Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba


The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba is an art museum in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.

History

The Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba was founded as the "Brandon Art Club" in 1907. The Brandon Art Club provided an array of classes in drawing, painting and art history, and regularly exhibited work by its members. In 1959, a permanent space for studios and exhibitions was established and renamed the Brandon Allied Arts Council.
In 1989, after a lengthy capital campaign, a permanent building to house an art gallery/studio was renovated on Princess Street, and re-christened the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.
In 2000, the Gallery was moved to the recently vacated Eaton's building attached to the Town Centre Mall. The space was renovated with municipal, provincial, federal, and private sector funds to accommodate a environmentally-controlled exhibition space, a community access gallery, and 6 discipline-specific learning/production studios.