About Dunlop Art Gallery

The Regina Public Library has been exhibiting art continuously since 1949, when art was presented in the periodicals reading room. In 1964, a multi-purpose art gallery was built as part of the Library's current location.

The Gallery was named Dunlop Art Gallery in 1972, after Ms Marjorie Dunlop. Ms Dunlop was the former Chief Librarian of the Regina Public Library.

The Gallery has been professionally staffed since 1962.

Cultural Vision

Dunlop Art Gallery is dedicated to engaging, researching and presenting a diverse range of visual artwork. The main focus is on contemporary culture. Dunlop Art Gallery enhances the quality of life of its publics by informing the practices and understanding of visual art through activities that include exhibitions, programs, publishing and collecting.

Mission and Goals

Dunlop Art Gallery serves the local community, Library clients, artists, the visual arts community, and the regional and national cultural community. Its objectives are:

Exhibitions and Programmes

• to research practices and histories within visual culture, with emphasis on the relationships between cultural production and social context.

• to present the results of its research in informative, publicly accessible formats. These formats include but are not limited to exhibitions, screenings, lectures, programs, publications and extension programs.

Communications

• to promote the Gallery's purpose, scope and programs to a broad public.

• to communicate, consult and co-operate with individuals, groups and organizations having similar objectives.

Interpretation and Education

• to present and facilitate interpretive and educational programs that enhance intellectual access to visual culture, to encourage visual literacy, and to encourage interpretive and critical skills among members of its publics.

• to maintain a resource centre that provides information about the Gallery's current exhibitions, and access to recent publications from the Gallery's catalogue exchange program.

Collections

Permanent Collection

• to collect, research, catalogue and preserve works of art of contemporary and historical significance for the people of Regina and Saskatchewan.

Art Rental Collection

• to acquire and maintain works of contemporary art for circulation through the Art Rental service.

Funding

Dunlop Art Gallery receives operational funding municipally through the Regina Public Library.    

Funding is received provincially from SK Arts and funding partners SaskCulture and Saskatchewan Lotteries, whose contributions help the arts thrive in this province.

We acknowledge the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.
Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L'an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l'art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.
Nous reconnaissons l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada.

Grant funding from other organizations is also occasionally leveraged to support specific exhibitions, programs, research and, capital costs. 

You may also contact us by:

• leaving a voicemail at 306.777.6040
• emailing dunlop@reginalibrary.ca