The Western Front Society is one of Canada’s first artist-run-centres. For over 30 years, it has developed an international reputation as a centre for experimental art practice and performance. Five programs focus on the production and presentation of exhibitions, performance art, new music, media art, and an arts magazine.
Currently at the Front
- Exhibitions >
- February 17 – March 31, 2012
Opening: February 16, 2012 7PM - Instant Coffee: Feeling So Much & Doing So Little
- As any good collective would, in 2005 the members of Instant Coffee drafted a “manifesto” of sorts. In it, they define themselves and their objectives in terms of their caffeinated namesake: Instant Coffee “mimics the real thing without the pretense of being better. It isn’t that much easier to make, but… MORE >
- Media Arts >
- April 26 – August 26, 2011
- Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events now Available Online
- Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events, Western Front’s latest publication is available in its entirety onli… MORE >
- New Music >
- October 3 – December 5, 2011
- NOW Improvisation Workshops
- Workshop Info For nearly 20 years, the New Orchestra Workshop Society has presented an annual series of workshops aimed at educating musicians at all levels of ability in the varied techniques of improvised music. Each week, a different facilitator will present his or her own approaches to this music. Artists from around the world bring their… MORE >
- Exhibitions >
- January 10 – February 10, 2012
- New Exhibitions Curator
- We are pleased to welcome Jesse Birch as the new Exhibitions Curator at the Western Front. Birch brings a wealth of local and international experience to the position. He has produced exhibitions in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and Japan, and he was Co-Director/Curator of Access Gallery from 2008 to 2010. Birch was a participant of the Curatorial Programme at DeAppel Art Centre in Amsterdam from 2007 to 2008, and he holds a masters degree in Critical and Curatorial Stu… MORE >
- Exhibitions >
- August 30 – August 30, 2012
- Website Launch: A Small Gathering for the Healing of Our Aboriginal Languages
- A Small Gathering for the Healing of Our Aboriginal Languages is a website… MORE >