44 THUNDER BA Y EXPERIENCE 2020 THUNDER BA Y ART G ALLERY The Thunder Bay Art Gall ery is the lar ges t public gall ery betw een Sault St e Marie and Winnipeg The Gall ery s P ermanent Coll ection includes o v er 1600 w orks the v as t majority of which ar e tr aditional W oodland art making it one of the mos t signifc ant c oll ections of Indigenous art in Canada The Gall ery pr esents mor e than 20 e xhibitions by r egional national and int ernational artis ts e v ery y ear The Gall ery also off er s educ ational t our s and w orkshops special e v ents art clas ses f or all ages and a unique gift shop theagc a It s often said ar t br ings communities to lif e and no w her e is this mor e tr ue than in T hunder Ba y In r ecent y ears the ar t scene has e xploded br inging vibr ancy cr eati vity and inspir ation to e v er y cor ner of the city g aller ies studios The Thunder Bay Art Gall ery s permanent c oll ection is r eno wned f or its cultur al social and artis tic v alue It has a signifc ant f ocus on c ont empor ary Indigenous art fr om Canada as w ell as art of Northw es t ern Ont ario During the spring and summer of 2020 the Gall ery will pr esent some e x citing e xhibitions including signifc ant w orks fr om its permanent c oll ection f eaturing artis ts such as Norv al Morris seau Carl Ray Joane Car dinal Schubert and Leo Y erxa t o name a f e w Relationship Betw een Loon and Fish by Ro y Morris 2006 T r out Stur geon and Whit efsh by Ahmoo Angec oneb 1986 G ALLERIES STUDIOS