Gallery Closure and 2020 Members Exhibition

GALLERY CLOSURE as of March 13th

Tufted Puffin | Acrylic | Nathan Perry

Tufted Puffin | Acrylic | Nathan Perry

In response to the current global pandemic, the IGCA board has voted to close the gallery to the public. This closure is intended to protect our volunteers, our members and our greater community. 

We do not know how long this closure will extend, but as of today we are planning on being closed through April. We are working directly with the affected artists to reschedule. Please keep an eye on our upcoming exhibitions page for more information. 

Moving forward, we will be assessing the situation regularly and may need to adjust programming beyond April. We will, of course, communicate in advance any updates on this closure to our members & subscribers via email and our social media platforms. 

MEMBERS EXHIBITION

We have been looking forward to March since the last members exhibition, and although the IGCA itself is closed, we have creative plans to continue the 2020 Membership Exhibition. It is such an important event for the gallery and it's supporters, and we are committed to sharing the work and talents of our creative community.

Our current plan for the Members Exhibition:

  • Going Digital : we will pursue even more efforts in promoting individual artists & works on our social media, through posts & stories. Please look out for these and engage with us as we attempt to bring the exhibition out of the gallery. 

  • Online Gallery : we are going to use this opportunity to build an online gallery of the Members Exhibition work. This will allow people to view the work, read more about the artists and make online purchases. 

  • Window Installations : We are going to build a temporary, lit, display wall in our large front windows. This will allow us to cycle work from the members exhibition on a weekly basis and display it to our community. Please drive or walk by on occasion to check it out.  

  • Extended through April : Since we have cancelled April's exhibition - we are extending the members exhibition (window & virtual) into April. 

If you are a participating member in the exhibition, and you need your work before the end of April, please communicate with us directly and we, of course, can coordinate for pick up. Otherwise plan on pick up dates for the members show exhibition to be in early May. 

Our annual Members Party is also indefinitely postponed. We love our members celebration and are CERTAIN to host it eventually. As mentioned above, we will update plans as we get more information and it becomes safer to open the gallery and consider social congregation. 

The Opening was very well attended - nearly 300 people through the door! We are thankful that we had the chance to see so many supporters in person and celebrate our amazing community.

The Opening was very well attended - nearly 300 people through the door! We are thankful that we had the chance to see so many supporters in person and celebrate our amazing community.

IN CONCLUSION

We want to encourage our community to please stay safe, adopt proper protection, hygiene, and social distancing efforts to prevent the spread of this dangerous virus in our community. The best way to collectively assist in this environment is to be diligent as individuals. This is true if we are part of the vulnerable population or not. We are all in this together. 

The IGCA may be closed, but we are going to work harder than ever to support, promote, uplift, and pursue our mission in this difficult time.