niagara exhibits

FAITH ARTS

exhibits

. THE PHYSICAL SPACE

The THIRD CHAIR GALLERY CAFE

in Calvary Church,

89 Scott Street, St. Catharines, ON

Canada

VISIT

Monday - Thursday 9 AM - 2 PM

Confirm your visit: Call Church office (905) 935-3683

Enter through the Main Office doors

Sunday 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Enter through any door

Third Chair Gallery, Calvary Church, St. Catharines

Directions

CURRENT
exhibits

SOLO EXHIBIT: AMATE: LOVE!

by Elma Eidse Neufeld

Located in the main auditorium.

Running November 2025-June 2026

VISIT IN-PERSON: This show can be viewed any Sunday mornings 9:30-11:45 am

or online anytime:

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UPCOMING
exhibits

OPENING JUN 21, 2026

MAGNIFIED REALITIES:

An Ongoing Mixed Arts Experience

Featuring local & international artists & writers

"Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law." — Psalm 119:18

Art invites us to pause, linger, and notice what might otherwise pass unseen. Sometimes beauty, symbol, or story reveals realities our hearts cannot perceive in any other way.

MAGNIFIED REALITIES showcases works that focus on and magnify God’s character through the natural, the personal, and the spiritual. Each piece offers a closer look at the world, inviting reflection and, in its own way, shared worship.

The gallery transforms over time, as works come and go—shifting, renewing, and revealing new dimensions of what is magnified before us.

Visit us any Sunday and share your reflections in the Guest Book, joining in this ongoing dialogue of wonder and discovery.

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P A S T
exhibit highlights

THIRD CHAIR GALLERY journey

Curating by Faith Arts

89 Scott St., St. Catharines, ON

October 2022 was the official opening of the Third Chair Gallery Café which is situated in the heart of Calvary Church. OTHER work is also spread around the church and sometimes in the auditorium. Contact us for a visit or tour.

DOUBLE CLICK below to see the journey of our gallery and the artists we have featured:

ALL PAST SHOWS!

The gallery located in Calvary Church, launched October 2022.

DOUG PORTER

YES THIS FACE ran Jan-Apr 2026. Douglas Porter is a visual artist whose video works have been featured in festivals and galleries across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Building on his foundation in video art, he has recently turned his focus to acrylic painting on canvas. His current work investigates the aesthetics and potential relevance of contemporary devotional imagery. In addition to his studio practice, Doug creates visual environments for worship spaces using a range of media. He is based in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. "YES THIS FACE" explores how we imagine Jesus. We have no real description of his appearance, yet countless cultures have pictured him in their own way. No one knows what Jesus looked like—and everyone does.

These paintings place familiar images of Jesus into unexpected, contemporary settings. By shifting the context, the work invites viewers to see him with fresh eyes and consider what his presence might mean here and now.

This exhibit invites a reconsideration of Jesus outside traditional religious frames and within the realities of our contemporary world.

"Stories of Light" Solo Exhibit featuring work by Bettina Stumm - May-Aug 2025

Canadian artist, author, and educator with a doctorate from UBC, Stumm explores the intersections of embodiment, spirituality, and visual art. Through acrylic, mixed media, alcohol inks, and stitch, the exhibition examines how light illuminates, penetrates, and refracts across layered surfaces. These meditative works evoke stained glass and reflect on beauty, brokenness, and resilience, affirming wholeness amid fracture and loss.

"Eden's Echo: Seeds of Hope" Solo Exhibit featuring George Langbroek - Jan-Apr 2025

From Jordan Art Gallery "The recovery of beauty is of primary concern in Langbroek's art works. We encounter a vast amount of fragmentation and brokenness. Langbroek assembles objects, materials, paint and images using aesthetic and cultural implications that can tell our story of suffering and joy, brokenness and wholeness, ugliness and beauty intertwined in a kind of reconciliation of an aesthetic of beauty. The nature of his art is never preachy or moralistic and it shies away from the didactic. Rather, his poetic nuanced, often narrative-based images reflect normative universality."