Artistic Vision:

The Inverness County Centre for the Arts celebrates the work and the creators, the art in limitless form and the inspiration powered by the place we call home, this Cape Breton Island. Enhancing the experience of physical culture, the Centre will consider for exhibit, all representations of place and spirit; work from any global source that is found to be moving and motivational.

The foremost goal is to provide a community-based resource for the County's arts and cultural constituency; develop a strategic plan to market the area and its artists and enhance both visitors' and residents' enjoyment of the arts.

The Arts Centre gallery parallels the Council's efforts to establish the Centre as an important national gallery, one that will not only provide excellent presentation opportunities to the artists in our community, but will introduce the community to significant touring exhibits as well.

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Main Gallery (794 sq. ft.)

The Exhibition Hall is a rectangular space approximately 20 ft by 40 ft. with a cathedral ceiling and an open mezzanine at the north end. Lighting is on two tracks suspended from the ceiling running the length of the gallery. The space is climate controlled for temperature and humidity.

The Exhibition Hall will present a minimum program of five exhibits a year, which will be determined by the exhibition committee. They will include, in order of priority, solo or group exhibits by local artists, submissions from Cape Breton and other non-local artists, heritage exhibits, archival material and collections and national or international touring exhibits. The Centre's exhibition guidelines and policies are available for download in pdf format.

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Outer Gallery (436 sq. ft.)

The Corridor Gallery serves various functions and is operated less formally than the Exhibition Hall. This space is used to present for sale paintings that cannot be accommodated by the Gallery Shop. It is also available to community and non-profit groups for special exhibits. E.g. the Inverness County annual Show of Hands, a two-day, artist-run show held during the Inverness Gathering week at the end of July.

In addition to the Galleries, we offer a spacious, naturally lit studio to host seminars, demonstrations and instructional classes. The inspiring ocean views make the studio a perfect setting for private studio space.