Guided Tour: Gather


Date: May 23
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Where: Level 3 Art Gallery

See Gather together, the latest art gallery exhibition co-curated by The Rooms Curator of Contemporary Art Mireille Eagan and the Artistic Director of Bonavista Biennale, Rose Bouthillier.

Gather highlights the province’s growing creative community, exploring the reasons we come together.

See art inspired by this place, created in this place, and connected to this place, and be a part of the conversation on how art can help us find common ground with others.

Tickets: 12$ plus HST. Free for Members. Get your ticket online or by calling 709-757-8090
Limited tickets available.

Image:  Ethel Brown. Sustenance (2017). Photo print mounted on di-bond. Image courtesy of the artist.

Events & Programs

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Tour

Join us each day for an interpretive guided tour in one of our galleries. From the story of the Cod fishery to visiting a current art exhibition to a Family Rainbow tour, there is something for everyone. 

Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.

Fishing for Cod

For centuries, fishing for cod has played a vital role in the lives of the peoples of Newfoundland and Labrador. Generations of fishing men, women and children made use of the land and sea to sustain them and spent their lives “making fish”.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Tour

In Each Other’s Shoes

Learn how shoes are created, fashioned, and crafted for different environments by the people who thrive there. See how cultural identity is displayed through style, design, and decoration.

Join us each day for an interpretive guided tour in one of our galleries. From the story of the Cod fishery to visiting a current art exhibition to a Family Rainbow tour, there is something for everyone. 

Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.

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2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Please join us for a conversation with Sophie Angnatok, an Inuk throat singer and drum dancer from Nain, Nunatsiavut.

Sophie has been practicing the art of throat-singing and traditional Inuit drumming for 20 years and plays an active role within her local urban Inuit community.

Learn about her love of Inuit culture, the knowledge she shares in the community, her relationship with The Rooms, and her experiences in the Inuit drum dance group, Kilautiup Songuninga (Strength of the Drum).

Sophie performed for the Canadian Prime Minister during the Truth and Reconciliation apology for Labradorimut, the Governor General of Canada, and the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 2024, she was the inaugural recipient of the Chris Brookes Memorial Award for “artists effecting positive change in the world”.

This is a free event but a ticket is required. Please reserve your free ticket online or by calling (709)757-8090.