Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake // 50th Anniversary Exhibition

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Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake

// 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Featuring Artists: Helen Arias, Jordan Baylon & Peter Moller

August 22 – October 11, 2025

Opening Reception: August 22nd, 7-9PM

"Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake // 50th Anniversary Exhibition" is a commemoration of 50 years of artist-run culture at The New Gallery (TNG). Originally founded as Clouds ‘N’ Water Gallery and Visual Production Society in 1975, the organization was conceived as a parallel space to the large institutions like museums that most emerging artists couldn’t access or exhibit in. It was a space for the experimental and the dreamy. Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake is a collaborative exhibition featuring the work of Helen Arias, Jordan Baylon and Peter Moller reflecting on the histories of The New Gallery, and more broadly, the histories of the arts in Mohkínstsis. Through meetings, dinners, and cups of coffee, the artists have begun connecting the lineages between their practices, bridging the gap from The New Gallery’s founding to its present day.

Additionally, The New Gallery is launching a 50th Anniversary Publication of the same title, Dreaming Asleep, Dreaming Awake, that features writing by Jules De Guzman, Sikapinakii Lowhorn, Su Ying Strang, Winona Julian and Alexa Bunnell, and is designed by Phoenix Ning. This publication celebrates The New Gallery's 50 years as an artist-run center, with texts that touch on archival memory, collaborative histories and institutional knowledge vs. lived experiences.

A series of public outreach events will accompany the exhibition and publication launch in the coming months.