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Welcome

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

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

Kamaya stands outside, smiling, with her sketchbook tucked under her arm.

Sackville Sketching Walks with Kamaya Lindquist

Saturday, 9 July — Register to attend

Borrow an Art Kit

Try a mini-making activity inspired by the Salon Hanging exhibition

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Meet Jack Symonds, Colville House Curatorial Intern

Learn more about the exhibition No Place, Nowhere, curated as a part of Jack’s internship

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Teeny Tiny Zine Library

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

Two hands hold a publication. The cover is cream with a drawing of four women, a nun outdoors, swatching at flies while a man sits painting in a prochade box. Below, text reads "No Place, Nowhere Sans lieu, nulle part"

New Publication

Published in conjunction with the exhibition No Place, Nowhere

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

A duck's head peeks out from the "O" in the text "NO DUCKS". The text is hand lettered in black against a bright yellow background.

No Ducks: Emerging Art Critics

An online venue for art criticism and essays written by Mount Allison University students

Two hands hold a hard cover book open. The left is an image of a dense embroidered artwork. On the right is an essay on pink paper titled "Permanent Danger in Anna Torma's Art".

New Publication

Published in conjunction with the exhibition Anna Torma: Permanent Danger

A low white fence runs parallel to a driveway that leads to a two-storey Carpenter Gothic-style, white clapboard house with tall windows, a steeply pitched roof and a prominent cross-gable.

Visit Colville House

Visit the former home of Canadian artist Alex Colville, his wife Rhoda, and their four children

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Collection Highlight

Learn more about Felix Orville Goodman (’51) the first Black student to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Mount Allison

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

Owens TV

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

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