Surrey Art Gallery is hosting the Arts Council of Surrey's annual summer juried exhibition ARTS 2025 from May 3 to July 27, with free admission. The show features fifty works selected by a jury across five categories: painting; drawing, mixed media, and printmaking on paper; sculpture and fibre art; photography; and digital, performative, and new media art. The jury included photography-based artist Brian Howell, artist and Kwantlen Polytechnic University faculty member Jason Wright, and Surrey Art Gallery Curator of Art and Education Initiatives Alanna Edwards. Visitors can vote for the People's Choice Award, and the exhibition will conclude with a Summer Opening Art Party on July 5.
This exhibition matters because it represents a collaborative initiative between the Surrey Art Gallery and the Arts Council of Surrey that has run for over four decades, showcasing the breadth of local artistic talent across the Lower Mainland. It provides a platform for emerging and established artists from the community, engages the public through interactive voting and artist talks, and reinforces the role of regional art institutions in fostering cultural appreciation and dialogue. The event also highlights the ongoing support for the arts from municipal, provincial, and federal funding bodies.