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VISAC Members Salon Show & Sale
The Salon is a celebration of the immense talent of local visual artists. We are so inspired by the skill and variety of the artists who call the West Kootenay region home and are excited to share this work with the public and folks who might not otherwise be able to experience art in this way.
As a community-based gallery, we play an essential role in supporting and promoting emerging and established artists in the West Kootenay region. We foster emerging talent, assist in providing greater recognition for more established artists, and offer viewers a new way of experiencing art.
Opening reception: Thursday, November 20th from 4PM – 8PM (we’ll also be joining Trail Ladies Night)
Exhibition dates: November 17th, 2025 – December 18th, 2025
Gallery open hours: Monday – Thursday, 12PM to 4 PM
Theresa LeRose
I work in both hand built and wheel thrown work with emphasis on surface treatment and altered shapes. I work out of my home in Castlegar and a community studio in Trail. To learn more, visit Theresa’s website.
Theresa teaches classes in the pottery studio.
Kerry Bullock
Arts Educator Kerry Bullock is a professional Fibre/Mixed media artist who has worked with children of all ages.
She has learned to communicate with nature while creating a sustainable art practice. She is passionate about our Mother Earth and consciously wants to preserve and improve the land we live on for our future children.
“I feel when you create together with intention, it builds a stronger, more loving community. This will create a stronger, more loving world.”
Erin is a visual storyteller with a passion for comics, crafts and creativity. Her professional practice focuses on process-based projects that encourage vulnerability, experimentation and making mistakes. To learn more about Kerry, visit her Instagram.
Erin teaches the afterschool program Visual Exploration Club as well as a variety of art classes.
Sarah Zanussi
Creating nature inspired, whimsical collections of functional pottery from her home studio. To learn more, check out her work on instagram.
Sarah teaches wheel throwing and hand building classes in the pottery studio.
Exhibitions
Offering 6-8 exhibitions per year, our focus is supporting both emerging and established artists located in the Kootenay/Basin area. We also facilitate opportunities to exhibit elsewhere in the community.
Programs
The VISAC Gallery offers workshops in a variety of mediums. Facilitated by our talented arts practitioners, we welcome all skill levels to explore their creativity! Our workshop space is also available for private rentals.
Pottery Studio
Our pottery studio hosts over 70 members, as well as 100+ workshop participants per year. Membership benefits include access to kilns, glazes and tools, as well as arts opportunities such as sales and exhibitions.
Create with VISAC!
We are pleased to be offering core youth programming, as well as a variety of adult classes and workshops, such as pottery and lapidary learning opportunities. Facilitated by our talented arts practitioners, all of our programming fosters creativity in an encouraging environment.
$35 for 35 Years
VISAC is proud to be celebrating 35 years of excellent visual arts activity in the Greater Trail Area. Incorporated in 1989, the Greater Trail Visual Arts Centre Society has a long history of representing visual artists in a community-minded way.
We’ll be organizing events and activities all year long that celebrate and reflect our long history of serving the arts in the community. If you’ve long been a patron or have never visited us before, we invite you to celebrate with us this year.
The VISAC Gallery operates with the generous support of our members, corporate sponsors, and community partners.
