Offsite exhibitions are organized by the Gallery’s Preparator/Exhibition Coordinator and generally draw from works from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection. Offsite exhibitions also present opportunities for emerging and local artists to present their work to a wide audience.
Two Burnaby library locations, Bob Prittie Metrotown Library and McGill Library, host these exhibitions.
Burnaby Photographic Society
September 17-December 17, 2025
Bob Prittie Library
6100 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby
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For over 50 years, the Burnaby Photographic Society has supported Burnaby artists working in photography. The Burnaby Art Gallery is pleased to present these photographs made by members of this rich community of photographers and showcase the wide-ranging genres of images that the society creates.
The Burnaby Photographic Society (BPS) is a diverse community of photographers ranging from amateurs, emerging artists to professionals. BPS meets weekly, either in person or online, to share photos and ideas, learn from one another, hear inspiring guest speakers, enter competitions and organize photo outings. Interested photographers are sure to meet others with shared interests and approaches to photography and be encouraged to expand their artistic horizons.
To learn more about the Burnaby Photographic Society, please visit the BPS website. Your guest attendance at weekly meetings is welcome.
Kristen Krimmel: Handled with Care
September 17-December 18, 2025
McGill Library
4595 Albert Street, Burnaby
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Kristen Krimmel’s careful selection and delicate representation of disposable packaging acknowledges the inherent appealing composition such packaging carries. Over some months, the artist collects a number of worn packages and selects those she chooses to draw deliberately and with acute attention to detail. Although the life of the object may, until the time it meets Krimmel’s doorstep, be subject to much haphazard treatment—tumbling in storage containers and floating along across various conveyers—Krimmel is discerning about which she chooses to draw. Each package has different compositional elements, some more attractive than others. Through a number of drawing mediums and Krimmel’s patience and precision, these compositional elements, such as the contrast between the translucency of packaging tape and the bright font of the directives, come to life. These pensive works become studies on beauty, the mundane, value, and impermanence. Curated by Emily Dundas Oke, BAG Assistant Curator.