\u2018In the Folds of Memory\u2019 and other new exhibits at Surrey Art Gallery this fall<\/p>\n
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2026<\/p>\n
Works by several artists are featured in different fall exhibits at Surrey Art Gallery including \u201cIn the Folds of Memory\u201d in the main hall, a space for art created by Farheen Haq and Russna Kaur.<\/p>\n
An early-October Woven Tenderly Art Party celebrated the launch of new exhibits also focused on \u201cTriple Burner Flower Field\u201d by S F Ho and \u201cTender Threads,\u201d showcasing sculptures by Sena Cleave and deconstructed textiles of Jonathan Alfaro.<\/p>\n
Also at SAG this fall are \u201cMarking the Seasons\u201d<\/a> (Scenes of Bear Creek Park painted by members of South Surrey and White Rock Art Society) and \u201cMaking Connections\u201d (works from the permanent collection selected by gallery docents).<\/p>\n Community weaving with Haq will be done Oct. 22 during an evening event<\/a> where participants are invited to \u201cslow down, weave alongside one another and contribute to a growing communal artwork,\u201d part of the \u201cIn the Folds of Memory\u201d exhibit. Admission is free.<\/p>\n For families, an Art Jam on Sunday, Oct. 25 offers \u201ca creative afternoon of artmaking and interactive gallery experiences,\u201d 1:30 p.m. start. Call 604-501-5566 to register or email gallerytours@surrey.ca<\/a> (space is limited).<\/p>\n \u201cIn the Folds of Memory\u201d is an exhibit of paintings, installations, videos and textiles \u201cthat weave together stories of family, identity and cultural memory shaped by South Asian motifs and patterns.\u201d<\/p>\n Kaur\u2019s expansive, multi-surface paintings \u201cunfold as living landscapes of recollection where colour, texture and form trace personal, emotional and intergenerational South Asian histories,\u201d raves Jas Lally, SAG associate curator of engagement.<\/p>\n Compelling is Haq\u2019s \u201cRevelation #2,\u201d a collection of bricks that border digital video of hands sifting through clay pieces, on the gallery floor.<\/p>\n Located in an adjacent hall, \u201cTriple Burner Flower Field\u201d is a mixed media installation with a floor of clay, acupuncture needle, yarrow, mugwort and other medicinal plants. <\/p>\n Meantime, applications are open to join Surrey Art Gallery\u2019s docent team, which leads school children on tours of the facility at Bear Creek Park. Training begins Jan. 14, 2027, according to a post on surrey.ca<\/a>. Visit the website for details or email volunteer programmer Johanna Lasner, artsvolunteer@surrey.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018In the Folds of Memory\u2019 and other new exhibits at Surrey Art Gallery this fall Published 12:00 pm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-933160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}