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

Ernest Boateng, POP YOUR COLLAR

August 7 – September 19, 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.

Upcoming Exhibitions

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.

Elijah Martel, RAYSN KVORIM | רייַסן קבֿרים

June 11 – July 24, 2027

RAYSN KVORIM uses prints and textiles to explore the bittersweetness of building liberatory, diasporic Jewish life in Newfoundland.

Hanushika Thurairajah, Intersectio[nality]: An interactive textile installation

August 13 – September 25, 2027

Intersectio[nality] explores identity, cultural hybridity, and belonging through textile. Drawing on Kandyan weaving from Sri Lanka, the layered design traditions of Singapore, and the vibrant row houses of Newfoundland, the work brings together hand-embroidery, recycled cords, and digitally printed mesh. The installation features an original garment and custom footwear, a display of textile samples inviting visitors to touch and explore the materials up close, and a growing community weaving piece (HOLDFAST pop-up 2026) that visitors are invited to contribute to throughout the exhibition, threading their own stories into a collective surface. It is not just about where I come from, but where we all intersect.

Emily Claudette Pittman, Skeletons in the Woods

October 15 – November 27, 2027

Skeletons in the Woods is a series of prints that seek to explore the contrast between abandoned vehicles and machines, and the natural environment. As the seasons shift and change, the machines slowly whither away, being taken over by rust, bushes, and animals seeking shelter. The prints will depict illustrated images of machines, nature, and animals interacting with one another, specifically snowshoe hares and ptarmigan, as their fur and feathers moult with the changing seasons. When creating these images, I reflect on life in my small, subarctic town of Wabush, Labrador. Since Wabush is a mining town, I reflect on the industrial legacies of the iron ore mine whose dust fills the air, and blasts shake the ground. I reflect on machines left in unnatural places by the mines and their workers, and what will come of the land when the project is inevitably halted sometime down the line. Though change is inevitable, it is difficult to imagine my hometown being abandoned for nature to reclaim.