Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba

The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba is an art museum in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba
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Former nameBrandon Art Club (1907)
Brandon Allied Arts Council (1959)
Established1907 (1907)
Location2-710 Rosser Ave.
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Coordinates49.8479°N 99.9476°W / 49.8479; -99.9476
TypeArt Gallery
Visitors20,000+ (2019)
Executive directorDeirdre Chisholm
Public transit accessTown Centre Transit Terminal
Websiteagsm.ca

History

The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba was founded as the "Brandon Art Club" in 1907. The Brandon Art Club provided an array of classes in drawing, painting and art history, and regularly exhibited work by its members. In 1959, a permanent space for studios and exhibitions was established and renamed the Brandon Allied Arts Council.

In 1989, after a lengthy capital campaign, a permanent building to house an art gallery/studio was renovated on Princess Street, and re-christened the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.

In 2000, the Gallery was moved to the recently vacated Eaton's building attached to the Town Centre Mall. The 23,000 sq ft (2,100 m2) space was renovated with municipal, provincial, federal, and private sector funds to accommodate a 4,300 sq ft (400 m2) environmentally-controlled exhibition space, a community access gallery, and 6 discipline-specific learning/production studios.

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