rOGUE Gallery

Eastern Edge’s rOGUE Gallery is a space that is dedicated to showcasing work by Eastern Edge members, with a special focus on local practices and works by artists with a connection to Newfoundland and Labrador. Programmed through an annual call for submissions, the gallery highlights experimental art practices, and supports artists in the emerging stages of their career.

Starting in 2025, Eastern Edge will reserve one of the six-week exhibition slots in the rOGUE Gallery for community programming each year, usually running in the Spring. During this time, exhibitions and events by community groups and partner organizations will be on display. Exhibiting space in our province is limited, but our local arts community is robust, thriving, and ever-growing. With our rOGUE’s Community Slot, we hope to provide the much-needed space for community groups to share their hard work and programs with everyone!

Current Exhibition

rOGUE Community Programming

April 10 – May 23, 2026

We’re excited to bring back rOGUE Gallery Community Programming for its second year! This six-week exhibition slot will be used to showcase multiple exhibitions and events by community groups and partner organizations. With the hope that this programming initiative will provide space for community groups to share their work with the public, we’re incredibly proud to present the following exhibitions:

St. Michael’s Printshop – Places and Places Imagined

April 10 – 25, 2026

St. Michael’s Printshop (SMP) presents an exhibition of prints, entitled Places and Places Imagined, from the sales collection. Works to be included will feature spaces rendered by a variety of printmakers who have contributed to the SMP. These works capture the quiet intimate spaces of homes, spaces of work, landscapes, seascapes and abstracted spaces of the imagination.

The Gathering Place – Beyond the Frame: Made with Kindness

April 29 – May 9, 2026

Everyone who walks through the courtyard at The Gathering Place has a story to tell and the ability to do wonderful things, but they are not all given the opportunity to create anything with it. This exhibit is that opportunity. Each piece was created by someone who comes to The Gathering Place for support, or a hot meal, or simply for the community, but all with a story. The story the artists chose to tell with their art was entirely their decision, even if the story was nothing more than ‘I am able to create things no one thinks I can.’

Upcoming Exhibitions

Kristen Piercey, Unfed Hunger

June 12 – July 25, 2026

Unfed Hunger is composed of two doilies laid on individual red tea plates that are coupled together by crochet that spills over each plate and pools to mimic blood. While doilies are traditionally associated with domesticity and care, these doilies are black, turning their inherent delicacy, somber. The plates beneath them consider themes around both communion and sacrifice, evoking the Catholic altar as much as the dinner table.

The crocheted red thread functions as blood, cord, and wound: a fragile connection that insists on closeness while signaling pain. Intimacy here is not seamless or simple; it is strained, negotiated, and physically taxing. The piece reflects on how chronic illness complicates physical touch and emotional vulnerability, turning desire and passion into something that must be meticulously cared for and managed rather than freely expressed and enjoyed. References to Catholicism, such as Eve’s transgression, ideals of purity, and shame around sex, linger throughout and question how religious expectations, particularly involving women, may shape intimacy; especially when the body does not conform to ideals of health, production, or control.

Ernest Boateng, POP YOUR COLLAR

August 14 – September 26, 2026

This exhibition celebrates the untold stories of tradespeople in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, and beyond. Through intimate portraits, workplace scenes, and artifacts, Ernest Boateng bridges local and global narratives, capturing the humanity, craftsmanship, and resilience of workers. Highlighting the intersections of labour, identity, and culture, the exhibit invites viewers to reflect on the vital contributions of these “unsung heroes” to our communities.

Katelyn Dobbin, Knowing, Not Knowing, and Being Known

October 16 – November 28, 2026

Knowing, Not Knowing, and Being Known interrogates the intersections of gender, nature, and the grotesque in Newfoundland fairy lore and the artist’s memories of growing up in the St. John’s metropolitan area. Using experimental papermaking, quilting, and embroidery techniques that metaphorically recall the body and fragmentary nature of memory, Dobbin explores the multiplicity of identity—generating dialogue about the complexities of Newfoundland culture.