
Join us for Nuit Blanch With R.P.L. & Dunlop Art Gallery to explore "The Great Unknown", a thematic exploration of what lies beyond our understanding or control. We will be hosting a variety of activities great for all ages and abilities. Nuit Blanche activities include: 1. Join us for tours of the exhibition "Connective Tissue", curated by Wendy Peart, featuring work by Sarah Cummings Truszkowski, Zun Lee, Dominique Rey, Melanie Monique Rose, Angeline Teoh Simon. How do we make visible the powerful and intangible forces that bind us together in relation? This exhibition provides insights into how five artists approach this question through works that consider the vast depth and varied configurations of kinship. Through the perspectives of a parent, child, friend, or one who shares place and land, the artists give color, shape and form to lived experiences that deepen our understanding of family. Together, the works create an opportunity for us to consider how our relations have been created, sustained, and nurtured over time — through forces such as love and loss, as well as generous acts of care and reciprocity. As such, this exhibition demonstrates that kinships are not rigid frameworks but thrive through complex ecologies of belonging. 2. Drop-In Workshop - Kaleidoscopes in the Central Library Community Commons. Create a unique personalized kaleidoscope to celebrate this year's theme: The Great Unknown. Great for all ages and abilities. 3. Artwork - "Common Ground" installation by Hallie Lang in the Sunken Garden of the Central Library. The installation "Common Ground" considers experiences of domestic labor and the everyday acts of care that sustain relationships, traditions, and communities. Through a communal table setting, repeated ceramic forms, and inherited patterns, the work explores continuity through care and the knowledge and traditions passed between generations. The familiar space remains while the participants do not, drawing attention to what takes place before and perhaps after we arrive. Through preparation, repetition, and gathering, the work considers how practices of care are maintained, adapted, and carried forward. Hallie Lang is a fourth-generation settler of Scottish and Ukrainian descent from rural South-Eastern Saskatchewan. A recent BFA graduate from the University of Regina, she works primarily in ceramics and installation. Her practice examines place, inherited knowledge, community structures, and systems of care. 4. Spectra 2 - Expanded Cinema & Experimental Performance in the Central RPL Film Theatre. 9:00pm - Matthew Cardinal & Stephanie Kuse. 10:00pm - Seulement Please note: Youth under 12 must be accompanied & supervised by an adult at all times for all parts of this event.