Standing in front of an open door an adult wearing a mask gestures expressively with their arms.

Welcome to the Owens

Plan your visit and check the current COVID-19 safety measures

Sackville Sketching Walk with Kamaya Lindquist

A new digital guide that leads you on a drawing exploration

A graphic geometric drawing is made up of hundreds of red, green, blue and teal rectangles which form a pattern of lines that bend around one another.

Visiting Artist Talk with Shaheer Zazai

Wednesday 12 October @ 4:00 pm

Each section of an eight pointed star is made of red, yellow, orange and blue porcupine quills. Pink and white quills fill the remained of a circle on birchbark, within a woven exterior of sweetgrass.

Collection Highlight

New to the Owens Collection, Shining Star for Children, 2021 by Melissa Peter-Paul

Two dice sit on a sea-foam green background. One dice has simple line drawings of a house, a car and a sail boat. The other shows images of a cat, a bird and a dog.

The Colville Drawing Dice

A playful new way to connect with the art of Alex Colville

A child stands over a table inking-up a circular printing plate with face-like features. In their hand they hold a rubber roller with red ink. On the table there is a row of similar round plates that feature colourful hand-cut squiggles and shapes.

Make Something Sunday

Hands-on workshops for families

Nantume Violet stands, smiling next to Buluma Mordecai seated. They are outside, in front of a large tree on a sunny day.

New Essay

Read Buluma Ochungo Mordecai (Class of ’62) by Nantume Violet online now

Meet Miranda Bellamy + Amanda Fauteux

Learn more about the exhibition Terrarium from the artistic partners

Two adults sit in arm chairs. Between them is a small table with a wooden display shelf that holds a selection of small publications. While one of them reads a publication, the other peruses the shelf. Behind them is a sign with text that reads "TEENY TINY ZINE LIBRARY".

Teeny Tiny Zine Library

Explore an ever-growing collection of zines, artists’ books and multiples, independent comics and handmade publications

Intern Alice leans in while cleaning an ornate gold frame with a small cotton swab.

Owens Conservation Lab

Find out more about how we care for the Owens Collection

In a gallery with high ceilings, framed paintings and works on paper are hung salon style against deep red walls. A plaster cast of the Venus de Milo is displayed on a wooden plinth in the corner of the room. In the centre of the room there is a wooden bench.

From the Vault

Explore a selection of featured works from the Owens Collection

Owens TV

Watch artist talks, interviews, behind-the-scenes videos and more from the Owens