Pavilion Art Galleries
One of Winnipeg's most recognizable and beloved landmarks, The Pavilion has served as the heart of Assiniboine Park for over 100 years.
The original building was constructed in 1908, one year before the Park officially opened, and replaced with the current structure in 1930 following a fire.
Today, the beautifully restored Pavilion is home to the largest collections of works by renowned Manitoba artists Ivan Eyre, Walter J. Phillips, and Clarence Tillenius. Through WAG@ThePark, a partnership with the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG), Park visitors enjoy free entry to expertly curated exhibitions, drawn largely from the Conservancy's collection, as well as from the WAG's vast holdings.
Community Gallery (2nd Floor)
Home Grown; Photography by Robyn Waddell
Monday, June 10 to Sunday, August 18, 2024
Discover the beauty of Manitoba and beyond through the lens of Home Grown—a photography exhibition celebrating the wonder of nature and the resilience of our ecosystems. Capturing the essence of community and conservation, this exhibit features images blending organic landscapes with human elements, inviting viewers to see the world through a fresh perspective. Join us in appreciating the everyday magnificence of our home, while raising awareness of our environmental impact. Home Grown invites you on a journey to rediscover the overlooked beauty of Manitoba and beyond. View an exploration of the natural world, where every image tells a story of resilience and interconnectedness. Explore, enjoy, and embrace the beauty that surrounds us and be inspired to see your home in a new light.
This exhibit features a photo-scavenger hunt that is suited for all ages with both adult and kid-friendly options. It encourages park-goers to pay close attention to the natural world around them and how they interact with it, as well as encouraging kids to explore the world around them and really look at the place they call home.
Pop up Store
Please visit the artist Robyn Waddell in the Community Gallery. Cards will be available for purchase.
June 29, July 13, and July 27 at 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Pooh Gallery (2nd Floor)
“The Best Bear in All the World”: The Many Sides of Winnie-the-Pooh
This exhibition brings together objects, archives, and works of art drawn from the collection of the Assiniboine Park Conservancy, Colebourn Family Archive, and the Archive of Modern Conflict to sift through the elements of fact, fiction, and fantasy that together comprise the multilayered identity of Winnie-the-Pooh.
John P Crabb Gallery (2nd Floor)
Snapshots: Our Phantom Nostalgia
July 30, 2024 to November 2024
The summer trip to the cabin, the family road trip, and the week camping – snapshots from these scenes populate our collective imagination and are often framed as quintessentially Canadian summer experiences. Vacations in Lake of the Woods and the Muskoka Lakes were essential to Walter Phillips' sense of belonging in Canada and inspired many of the artworks he produced.
The works in this exhibition explore these idealized Canadian experiences while questioning the extent to which they reflect the inherited and perpetuated biases on which this country was founded. In it, you will see art depicting summer vacations, the Canadian wilderness, the nuclear family, and early to mid-20th century Winnipeg.
Art image:
Rest, 1923
Walter J. Philllips (1884-1963)
Ivan Eyre Gallery (3rd Floor)
made of many: multiplicity of self
July 30, 2024 to November 2024
Ivan Eyre’s figurative surrealist-inspired paintings often represent an alternate reality that confronts our expectations by juxtaposing incongruous elements, fragmenting faces, and distorting visual planes. Eyre plays with the human form by doubling, multiplying, covering, and distorting it. He constructs and dismantles representations of people in a way that challenges unidimensional understandings of self.
In this exhibition, you will see artworks that depict distortions of the outwardly presenting singular self. Artists like Ivan Eyre, Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, Esther Warkov, and Sheila Butler approach conceptions of personhood in unique and disparate ways, but all challenge notions of normalcy and the discernable self.
Art image:
Untitled, 1976
Esther Warkov (1941-)
Contact [email protected] for general inquiries about art at Assiniboine Park.
Inquiries from artists regarding exhibitions in the Community Gallery can be directed to [email protected].
