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An exhibition, The Summer Trade, curated by Ed MacDonald and Alan MacEachern will be featured at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery (CCAG) and launched at its Summer Gallery Opening.
The evening reception will begin in the newly renovated Courtyard Lounge and Studio 1 with light food, a cash bar, and live music. After opening remarks and artist introductions, guests will be invited to make their way to the Gallery to explore the exhibitions at their own pace.
For more details: Gallery Events - Confederation Centre of the Arts
Spanning from the Victorian era to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Summer Trade presents the first comprehensive history of tourism in any Canadian province. Over time the Island has marketed a remarkably durable set of tourism tropes - seaside refuge from urban industrial angst, return to innocence, literary shrine to L.M. Montgomery, cradle of Confederation, garden of the Gulf. As private enterprise and the state sought to manage the industry, the Island’s own identity became caught up in the wish fulfillment of its summer visitors. The result has been a complicated, sometimes conflicted relationship between Islanders and tourism, between a warm welcome to visitors and resistance to the industry’s adverse effects on local culture.