Art Gallery of Bancroft Opening Reception

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Laura Peturson's "Small Wonders"

Opening reception: Friday, October 2 | 7:30 pm

Buskers will greet you outside at 6:30pm, Live music and refreshments await inside at 7:30pm.

Meet the artist - Laura Peturson holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Her work uses narrative to explore themes of childhood, gender, and place. She is interested in the ways the domestic spaces we inhabit as children form our identity and a conception of our place in relation to family, geography, and nature. Laura’s influences include Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and the work of 19th century artists such as Mary Cassatt, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and William Merritt Chase.

She lives in the small, Northern Ontario town of Callander, and is an Associate Professor at Nipissing University in North Bay.

Laura exhibits widely in Canada and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Wasteland/Wanderland at Station Gallery (Whitby), Terre égarée at Atelier Circulaire (Montréal), and Keeping Time at Martha Street Studio Gallery (Winnipeg).

She is currently preparing for exhibitions at AM Zehnder Gallery (Welfleet, MA) and the Cambridge Art Galleries at Idea Exchange (Cambridge, ON).

In addition to exhibiting her traditional and installation-based printmaking, Laura has an active public art practice with large-scale murals in Sudbury, ON, North Bay, ON, and Port Burwell, ON.

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Art Gallery of Bancroft

The Art Gallery of Bancroft (AGB) is a vibrant, not-for-profit public gallery in Bancroft, Ontario—powered entirely by dedicated volunteers. We receive no government funding and rely 100% on fundraising to keep the doors open.

For over 30 years, we’ve grown a remarkable permanent collection of more than 100 works, featuring artists such as Harold Town, George Raab, Earl W. Smith, Oscar Schlienger, Gerald Humen, and Michal Manson.

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