KATHY THIESSEN ART GALLERY
In recognition of her initiative and dedication to the arts, the Board of Directors named the Station gallery after its 25-year administrator, Kathy Thiessen. A core group of founding members began working with Thiessen in 1986 to make the dream of a community centre for the arts a reality. Thiessen retired in 2010 and continues to enjoy supporting the Station Arts Centre through volunteering, attending concerts, and special events.
STATION ARTS SATELLITE GALLERY
Station Arts is excited to bring more art exhibits right to you!
Station Arts is celebrating our newest community arts initiative – a gallery in the window of our local grocery store! Like a satellite, this is a smaller gallery that communicates with the larger Station Arts Centre gallery. This new space will feature local, professional and emerging artists’ work in a variety of mediums and styles. It may be used as an extension of a show in the Station or be a space to feature artwork made by youth or in classrooms. This gallery will allow people to engage with visual art more often and make our downtown even more vibrant! Shows in this space will change every month or two in order to bring new perspectives to viewers and keep things interesting. The Station Arts Satellite Gallery is a space to celebrate diversity, creativity and community.
Thanks to Friesen’s Bigway and the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils for supporting this project!
UPCOMING EXHIBITS
SATELLITE GALLERY EXHIBIT
Autumn Night Exhibit by RCS Grades 1 & 2
October 2023
Satellite Gallery, Bigway window, Main Street, Rosthern
Come see what the kids have created for the fall season!
GREG ALLEN & JEFF MELDRUM Micro & Macro of the Boreal Forest
Exhibit Runs October 7 – November 23, 2023
Kathy Thiessen Art Gallery
This humorous and thought-provoking exhibit looks at nature through very different lenses…
INVENTIONS, WONDERS & CURIOSITIES
Exhibit runs from September 1 – 30, 2023
*This show has been extended to October 7th*
GALLERY SUBMISSIONS
The Kathy Thiessen Art Gallery is programmed through an ongoing call for submissions as well as by curated exhibitions. The Station Arts Centre hosts monthly exhibits year round and accepts applications from both professional and emerging artists. We are currently accepting applications for shows into 2024. Please fill out the submission form below if you are interested in having your pieces on display in the Kathy Thiessen Art Gallery.
Kathy Thiessen Art Gallery Exhibit Submission Form
If you’d like to have a show in the Satellite Gallery, email programmingdirector@stationarts.com.
EXHIBIT ARCHIVAL
Big Earth Series: Val Wiebe
October 8 – 29, 2020
This exhibit explores the relationship between the landscape and our own fragility – the universal human experience.
Scissor Cuts/Scherenschnitte: Jessica Richter and Waltraude Stehwien
November 2 – December 17, 2020
Richter and Stehwien employ creativity to express landscape, scene and image with cut paper. This collection ranges from traditional German papercutting to papercut evolved into sculpture.
The Darkened Sky
January 7 – February 23, 2021
Consisting of fifteen artists, The Darkened Sky highlights the beauty of darkness through a spectrum of artistic mediums. Works range from craft to fine art, and over half of the artists are First Nations or Métis, weaving together unique cultural perspectives and familiar methods of art-making.
Sign Posts
March 1 – May 23, 2021
Signposts brings together three Saskatchewan based artists who examine the familiar imagery that dots the Saskatchewan landscape.
Chasing Identity and Reconciliation
July 1 – August 28, 2021
Ray Keighley adds creative energy to his art, reflecting balance between his ethnic origins, life and work.
The Red Chair Project Exhibit
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER, 2021
Exhibition located in the window at Friesen’s Bigway Foods, Rosthern
10 Artists 30 sitters 3 hours…
This show shines a light on those who make our community special and the diversity we value. It is a portrait mural that celebrates what we share and how we can work towards a brighter future together.
I DO NOT HAVE MY WORDS
Exhibition runs February 1 – 23, 2022 *Postponed*
Joi Arcand, Catherine Blackburn, Audrey Dreaver, curated by M.J.M.A.G.
This show features a variety of work that explores language loss & considers how language is connected to one’s cultural identity.
THE STORIES OF IMMIGRANT WOMEN ART EXHIBIT
Exhibit runs May 1 – May 23, 2022
“Storytelling is not only the core of my work, but is also universally important. Human beings need to be seen and heard. Art is a vehicle through which I am empowering these women.” – Madhu Kumar
EDIE MARSHALL: MOVING LANDSCAPES
Exhibit Runs Jul. 1 – Aug. 23
Admission is free. Please note summer hours of operation below.
Marshall’s prairie landscape paintings are like “…a well-organized kaleidoscope of a singular landscape.” – Madeleine Greenway
FROM OUR HANDS : The Saskatoon Potters Guild 2022 Juried Exhibit
Exhibit Runs Jul. 1 – Aug. 27
Admission is free. Please note summer hours of operation below.
“As potters, our hands are our key tool for creating…”
LIVING LOCAL: a community collection
Exhibit runs Sept 1 – 24, 2022
Admission is free
Artwork & artists with a connection to the Rosthern area…
DONNA LANGHORNE: COMMON TRUTHS EXHIBIT
Exhibit runs Oct 1 – Nov 23 2022
Admission is free
“This project furthered my examination of how challenges facing Indigenous people today can be addressed artistically with reference to traditional teachings and concepts.”
– Donna Langhorne
FAMILY TIES
Art Exhibit runs December 1 – January 21/22
Admission is free
*See gallery hours at the bottom of the main page
The concept of ‘family ties’ has been used in a variety of contexts to speak to a common theme of shared intimacy and bonds between family members.
MELANIE MONIQUE ROSE: The Flower People Exhibit
Exhibit runs February 1 – March 18, 2023
Admission is free
Book a tour for you and your friends or a school tour/activity for your class!
Rose explores identity through fibre art inspired by Métis and Ukrainian floral motifs.
YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAM EXHIBIT
This show runs April 1 – 22
Exhibit Opening for Curious & Colourful
Saturday, April 1 at 11:00
*Admission is free
Join us for our exhibit opening!
EAST AND WEST: The Bridging of Cultures and Art by MUVEDDET AL-KATIB
Image: Muveddet Al-Katib, ISLAMBOL II, 2016, 30” x 40”, Mixed media with veneer
Exhibit runs May 1 – June 18, 2023
Muveddet Al-Katib shares her story as an immigrant and newcomer, illustrating the differences and similarities we all share.
PHYLLIS POITRAS – JARRETT Spirit of Nature – Looking Beyond Yourself
Exhibit run July 1 – August 23, 2023
Station Arts Gallery
Free Admission
Within each beautifully painted animal, is a glass spirit bead; an imperfection put there as a reminder…
FAITH, LOSS, RENEWAL The Russlaender Mennonites
Exhibit runs July 1 – August 26
Station Arts Centre Gallery
Free Admission
This photographic exhibit tells the story of Mennonites who disembarked at the Rosthern train Station in 1923.