Join us as we continue our long-standing tradition of connecting the community with the visual arts. Our upcoming exhibitions showcase a diverse array of artists and perspectives, inviting dialogue and inspiring new ways of thinking about art and its role in society.
With a commitment to inclusion and diversity, each exhibition reflects contemporary values and fosters an environment where creativity thrives. Explore thought-provoking works, participate in engaging programs and discover how art can challenge traditional concepts while enriching our lives.
We look forward to welcoming you to an enriching experience that celebrates the transformative power of art.
West Gallery: Trayces - Gary Weekes
East Gallery: Rediscovering the Roots of Black New Brunswickers
The UNB Art Centre, in partnership with the UNB Human Rights and Equity Office, is proud to present two powerful exhibitions that invite our community to reflect, engage, and celebrate Black identity and heritage.
Trayces, by artist Gary Weekes, is a striking visual narrative exploring Black skin, memory, and cultural lineage. Through portraits crafted with transparent vinyl and aluminum baking trays, the exhibition draws inspiration from West African scarification traditions to examine identity, beauty, and the marks we carry.
Alongside Trayces, the UNB Art Centre continues its annual Black History Month project: Rediscovering the Roots of Black New Brunswickers, honouring notable Black New Brunswickers who have fought, and continue to fight, for equality in the face of prejudice and discrimination. This ongoing research initiative adds new faces and stories each year, bringing their portraits to the streets of Fredericton throughout February. Banners along Westmorland and Regent Streets stand as a public tribute to their achievements and enduring contributions to shaping contemporary New Brunswick.
Three special events will accompany these exhibitions, creating opportunities for deeper reflection and dialogue.
Three special events will accompany these exhibitions, creating opportunities for deeper reflection and dialogue:
Opening reception
Jan. 23, 5 - 7 p.m.
Snow date: Jan. 30, 5 - 7 p.m.
UNB Art Centre, East & West Galleries, Memorial Hall
Artist Talk with Gary Weekes
Feb. 5, 5 - 7 p.m.
Snow date: Feb. 6, 5 - 7 p.m.
UNB Art Centre, East & West Galleries, Memorial Hall
Panel discussion: The Art of Belonging
March 21, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Snow date: March 28, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
UNB Art Centre, East & West Galleries, Memorial Hall
Opening reception: April 9, 5 - 7 p.m.
UNB Art Centre, East & West Galleries, Memorial Hall
This exhibition features new work developed by students in the course Media Arts (MAAC3001) with Professor Amy Siegel. Students will create new work throughout the semester, and collectively curate, organize, and execute the exhibition.
Celebration of Life for Biff Mitchell
June 5, 7 - 9 p.m. | Memorial Hall Auditorium
Organized by the Biff Mitchell Memorial Collective, this exhibition & Celebration of Life pays tribute to artist, writer, and friend of the New Brunswick Arts Community – Biff Mitchell. As a champion for the arts, Biff was well known as a writer, photographer, and collector of moments, but was lesser known for his prolific creation of ink drawings.
This exhibition seeks to shine a light on Biff’s never-ending desire and ability to create, while providing a space for the community to express their grief, love, and gratitude for the legacy Biff left behind.
Silence Says it All, a collection of Biff’s artworks, will be on display in the East Gallery, alongside a memorial portrait, “Biffy” (2025), painted by beloved friend, Deanna Musgrave. In the West Gallery, Biff’s photographic portraits of the Fredericton Arts Community will be on projection, and there will also be a ‘GRIEFiti’ wall.
The community will be encouraged to leave an expression of their love for Biff through collage, painting, drawing, words, or any other gesture that can visibly portray the appreciation for Biff’s massive contribution to the New Brunswick Arts Community.
The Celebration of Life Event, held in Memorial Hall Auditorium, will take place on June 5th, the closing day of the Exhibition. This will be a time where we can celebrate the joy, humour, love, and gratitude we still hold because of Biff’s presence.
As a community we will share readings, musical performances, and memories to collectively work through how deeply his absence is felt within the community.
Opening reception: June 26, 5 - 7 p.m.
UNB Art Centre, East & West Galleries, Memorial Hall
Brief Infinity is an exhibition of paintings by Danielle Hogan. The exhibition explores the delicate paradox of life’s fleeting moments and their boundless emotional weight.
Spanning over three years of weekly miniature paintings, half of the exhibition unfolds as an intimate diary of visual poems— each small work a quiet vessel of observation, joy and reflection.
These accumulations of the everyday are counterbalanced in the second half of the exhibition by larger-scale watercolours created during a period of profound loss and mourning, where the intimacy of the miniature expands into monumental expressions of beauty and grief.
Together, Brief Infinity forms a constellation of lived experience, examining how even the briefest occurrences can hold infinite imprints of a life.
Opening reception: Sept. 11, 5 - 7 p.m.
SilverFish Photography Collective is a group of 12 photographers who have annually exhibited thought-provoking concepts and ideas using the medium of photography and various image-making processes for 25 years.
Equivalents is a direct creative response to a concept coined by photographer, Alfred Stieglitz between 1923 and 1934. Stieglitz’s series of cloud photographs invited the viewer to go beyond the literal meaning of what is being seen and rather interpret the photograph as a metaphor or symbol; taking into consideration not only what the image depicts visually, but on a philosophical level, what emotion the image evokes.
In true SilverFish style, Equivalents will be characterized by a unique diversity, as each member explores this theme through their own expression and style of photography as well as experimenting with different methods of image making.
In addition, there will be a short video, accessible by a QR code, that will include the artist’s interpretation of their images. In turn, the viewer will be encouraged to add their reaction to each body of work.
These responses will be anonymously recorded and will create an ongoing public dialogue that will highlight the varying impact and emotional effect that art has on each one of us.
