Welcome to the Gibson Gallery
The Gibson Gallery is located in South Western Ontario's historic town of Amherstburg.
This former Michigan
Central Railroad Station, ca. 1896, is a "state of the art" Art Gallery
renovated to
its original Romanesque glory
featuring towering ceilings, hardwood
floors and showroom track lighting. A
full season of exhibits by local artists and travelling exhibits
from Ontario museums and galleries
make this heritage
building a vital center for the visual arts offering arts and
crafts lessons, our unique Artisan
Shoppe and three needle art
guilds. Our
attached Caboose museum highlights local railroad history. The Gallery is owned and operated by the
Fort Malden Guild of Arts and Crafts,a charitable organization incorporated
in 1975 "to encourage and foster cultural development in the fields of fine arts and applied arts".Admission
to the Gallery is free-donations help support this heritage site.
On Exhibit
...
April
12-May 27
...
from the Royal Ontario Museum
..
O'h
ya,'h ohdiwenagqh:"Through the Voices of Beads"
Bead workers have played a vital role in preserving Iroquois beliefs over the centuries.One
of the goals of this exhibit is to reveal the meaning expressed in Iroquois beadwork, meanings that remain embedded in Iroquois
culture to this day. A second goal is to show that this art, like the Iroquois people themselves, still thrives. The exhibition
consists of historical and contemporary pieces from the Royal Ontario Museum and works from the collection fo renowned Iroquois
beadwork artist Samuel Thomas.
Admission is $3.00/adults $2.00/students