Art galleries in Cumberland
Looking for art in Cumberland, BC? There are 15 galleries mapped here. That's 15 galleries mapped around Cumberland. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Ask the gallerist what's on — they're usually delighted someone asked.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Cumberland (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include ArtWrx Studio and Artful: The Gallery, plus Jipsi Tree Brick and Mortar. If a gallery's missing from Cumberland's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Cumberland gallery lineup
15 mapped within about 40 km:
ArtWrx Studio
Art galleryRun by ArtWrx Studio
ArtWrx Studio is Art gallery run by ArtWrx Studio on 362 10th Street, Courtenay. ArtWrx Studio also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
362 10th Street, Courtenay, V9N1P5
Phone: +1-250-218-2742
Artful: The Gallery
Art gallery
Artful: The Gallery is Art gallery. Artful: The Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +1 250 896-6000
Jipsi Tree Brick and Mortar
Art gallery
Jipsi Tree Brick and Mortar — Art gallery on 2698 Dunsmuir Avenue. Also worth knowing about Jipsi Tree Brick and Mortar: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2698 Dunsmuir Avenue
Phone: +1-250-898-7330
Pearl Ellis Gallery
Art gallery
Pearl Ellis Gallery — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Pearl Ellis Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +1-250-339-2822
Spirits of the West Coast
Art gallery
Spirits of the West Coast is Art gallery on 2926 Back Road. Spirits of the West Coast also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
2926 Back Road
Phone: +1-250-338-2120
La Pause Creekside Gallery
Art gallery
La Pause Creekside Gallery is Art gallery on 540 Salsbury Road.
540 Salsbury Road
Lilac Sun Pottery
Art gallery
Lilac Sun Pottery — Art gallery.
Marilyn Peeters Art Studio & Gallery
Art gallery
Marilyn Peeters Art Studio & Gallery — Art gallery on 7985 North Island Highway. Also worth knowing about Marilyn Peeters Art Studio & Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
7985 North Island Highway
Phone: +1-250-218-2376
Brian Scott Art Gallery
Art gallery
Brian Scott Art Gallery is Art gallery on 8269 Island Highway North. Brian Scott Art Gallery also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8269 Island Highway North
Hours: 11:00-17:00
Phone: +1-250-337-1941
Ahtsik Gallery + Godon Dick Studio
Art gallery
Ahtsik Gallery + Godon Dick Studio — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Ahtsik Gallery + Godon Dick Studio: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
Phone: +1 250-723-3425
Comox Valley Art Gallery
Art gallery
Comox Valley Art Gallery — Art gallery on 580 Duncan Avenue. Also worth knowing about Comox Valley Art Gallery: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
580 Duncan Avenue
Phone: +1-250-338-6211
I-Hos Gallery
Art gallery
I-Hos Gallery is Art gallery on 3310 Comox Road. I-Hos Gallery also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
3310 Comox Road
Phone: +1-250-339-7702
Nim Nim Interpretive Centre
Art gallery
Nim Nim Interpretive Centre is Art gallery.
Hornby Creative
Art gallery
Hornby Creative — Art gallery, found on 5875 Central Road in Hornby Island. Also worth knowing about Hornby Creative: the map lists its hours as 10:00-16:00.
5875 Central Road, Hornby Island, V0R 1Z0
Hours: 10:00-16:00
Denman Art Gallery
Art galleryRun by Arts Denman
Denman Art Gallery is Art gallery run by Arts Denman on 1016 Northwest Road, Denman Island.
1016 Northwest Road, Denman Island, V0R 1T0
What the map tells us about art galleries in Cumberland
2 of the 15 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
3 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
Most of the art galleries in Cumberland list a phone number. Handy for confirming opening times around exhibition changeovers.
3 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Cumberland gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: ArtWrx Studio on 362 10th Street, Artful: The Gallery, Jipsi Tree Brick and Mortar on 2698 Dunsmuir Avenue, Pearl Ellis Gallery, Spirits of the West Coast on 2926 Back Road, La Pause Creekside Gallery on 540 Salsbury Road, Lilac Sun Pottery, and Marilyn Peeters Art Studio & Gallery on 7985 North Island Highway. That's 15 stops on the Cumberland gallery walk. 7 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Cumberland
Gallery-going in Cumberland? A few habits help:
- Ask the gallerist at ArtWrx Studio. They know the work, the artists, and what's coming next. Most are delighted when someone asks a real question.
- Trust your own reaction at Artful: The Gallery. You don't need the wall text's permission to love or hate a piece. Your honest reaction is the whole point of going.
- The bookshop corner is curated. Gallery bookshops stock the art books the big stores don't. Worth ten minutes on the way out.
- Don't skip the project room. The small back room often holds the most interesting work — emerging artists, experiments, one-night installations.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Cumberland — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Cumberland can take a while to appear. The 15 above are only as current as the community map. A art gallery that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 15 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Art gallery listings for Cumberland: 15 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.