Discover the Agnes Etherington Art Centre's (Agnes) extensive collection of art over Homecoming weekend. Agnes is a curatorially driven and research-intensive professional art centre that proudly serves a dual mandate as a leading, internationally recognized public art gallery, and as an active pedagogical resource at Queen’s. By commissioning, researching, collecting, and preserving works of art and by exhibiting and interpreting visual culture through an intersectional lens, Agnes creates opportunities for participation and exchange across communities, cultures, histories and geographies. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Although we’re excited to welcome alumni back to campus, Homecoming 2022 celebrations will be subject to change or modification depending on public-health guidelines. Read more about health and safety information.
Virtual
Experience Agnes virtually with Digital Agnes, a platform for critical curatorial collaboration and creative research embracing virtual exhibitions, digital publications and interactive online experiences.
In-Person
Enjoy a 45-minute guided tour of the exhibitions with an Agnes Community Docent. Space is limited for guided tours (maximum 30 individuals). If you're interested in organizing a guided tour, please submit a booking request.
Accessibility
The main entrance is accessible with a ramp from University Avenue and automatic door openers. The historic Etherington House is accessible from Agnes’s Atrium by a ramp with railings on each side. All galleries are located on the main floor and have automatic door openers.
Wheelchair-accessible stalls are available in the public washrooms located off the main lobby. The entrance to the washroom has an automatic door opener. A wheelchair is available at the reception desk for use by visitors, free of charge. The accessible parking spot on Bader Lane (#1011) requires a pass that can be booked in person or in advance at our reception desk, please email Agnes or call (613) 533.2190.
Service animals are welcome. Visitors with non-traditional service animals are asked to contact us before their visit.
If you require accommodations for a tour or program, please contact the Program Assistant at least three weeks in advance. For inquiries or feedback on access, call (613) 533.2190 or email. Read more about accessibility at Agnes.
Special Extended Hours
Hours of operation have been extended over Homecoming weekend.
- Fri., Oct. 28: 10 am - 4:30 pm
- Sat., Oct.29: 10 am - 5 pm
- Sun., Oct. 30: 10 am - 5 pm
Exhibitions
Visit the Agnes website for a full listing of exhibits and offerings.
- Transformations: This site-specific commission transforms the exterior façades of Agnes’s current facility and is the first-ever in-situ graffiti project.
- Land Protectors: This exhibition pays tribute to the Indigenous artists and peoples who, since time immemorial, have protected something most precious to us all—the land.
- The Fabrics of Representation: This exhibit draws from a variety of Agnes’s collections to highlight how European painting genres such as still life, portraiture and history painting employed elements of an increasingly global material culture to new representational ends.
- Fugitive Rituals: Fugitive Rituals examine belief systems embedded within institutional architecture and ask how we make changes with care to the systems that we have lived with for a very long time.
- Where Were You in '92?: Pamila Matharu looks back to Toronto’s 1992 youth-led uprising on Yonge Street that gave rise to Fresh Arts.
- Winsom Winsom: The Masks We Wear: This installation includes Me Myself & I, a self-portrait of Winsom wearing a mask.
