Archway Exhibition Space
Located in the Library’s main floor study space, the Archway Exhibition Space provides a venue for members of the University Community to display creative and scholarly works, and to enhance the user experience in the main floor study space. The Library and Archives works closely with the University of Regina community and other partners to organize new exhibitions on a regular basis.
Submission Proposal
Current Exhibition
Photovoice for Health Equity (June 2025 to December 2025)
This exhibit was conducted by the the University of Regina Faculty of Nursing. In 2024, Dr. Shauna Davies, Dr. Coatlicue Sierra Rose, and Mr. Claudio Bezerra Azevedo Filho, of the Roots + Wires Research Collective, facilitated a Photovoice project focusing on the health and wellness needs of marginalized communities in Saskatchewan and how these needs may differ from the mainstream.
This project brought together a diverse group of 14 University of Regina undergraduate and graduate students who were asked to take photos from their daily lives speaking to the concerns of their respective Indigenous, Black, newcomer, 2S/LGBTQIA, and low socioeconomic status communities. This exhibition is a collection of the photos the students nominated as most representative of their collective concerns. Photovoice projects aim to enact social change by raising awareness and impacting policy solutions to complex social problems.
Exhibition Guidelines
The Dr. John Archer Library may exhibit creative and scholarly works at its discretion in the Archway Exhibition Space. The Library espouses the value of intellectual freedom and will not censor work. The Archway Exhibition Space Team will determine what is chosen based on a number of different factors.
Exhibitions in the display area may be changed each semester (Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer).
| Exhibition | Exhibition Dates | |
|---|---|---|
| Winter Term | January to April | |
| Spring/Summer Term | May to August | |
| Fall Term | September to December |
Who Can Display Artwork: Any member of the University of Regina or surround communities including students and alumni. The Archer Library welcomes proposals from artists, scholars or researchers of all abilities, cultures, ethnicities, citizenships, gender identities and races.
Labels: Labels will be placed beside artwork detailing the title, the artist, the medium, and the year. This information must be discreetly affixed to the work itself by the artist (on the reverse, for example), in case of separation from label.
Continuity: The items on display are expected to stay on display for the entire exhibition period. If a piece is needed for another purpose during the display period, it should not be included unless it can be replaced by another work. At no time other than during the installation, should the display look incomplete or unfinished.
Installing/Uninstalling: All artwork is to be installed and uninstalled with the assistance of Library staff. Work must have approved hanging hardware affixed prior to drop off.
Sales: The Dr. John Archer Library will not charge any fee to exhibit or view this art and is unable to pay CARFAC fees to artists. The artwork(s) exhibited in the Archer Exhibition Space will not be sold on premises nor will the Library be involved in any transaction regarding it. Interested buyers may contact the committee who will contact the artist.
Rights: All rights including moral, copyright, and exhibition are the responsibility of the applicant. The Dr. John Archer Library Exhibition Space may request proof of rights.
Pick Up Times: If all reasonable efforts to contact the artist have failed and 90 days have passed since the pickup deadline then the University of Regina reserves the right to determine the manner of disposal.
Damage: The Dr. John Archer Library is not responsible for any damage or loss that may occur to work while being displayed in the Archer Exhibition Space. Exhibitors use this space to display work at their own risk.
Space Allocations/Formats: The Dr. John Archer Library Exhibition Space has limitations on the size and format of work that can be displayed. Only work with approved hanging hardware will be installed. Please see exhibition space floor plan for space details.
Past Exhibitions
University of Regina Press 10th Anniversary Book Cover Art (2024)
- Blake, Raymond and Melvin Baker. Where once they stood: Newfoundland's rocky road towards Confederation. Regina, SK University of Regina Press, 2019.
- Dashchuck, James W. Clearing the Plains: disease, politics of starvation, and the loss of Indigenous life. Regina, SK University of Regina Press, 2019.
- Eisler, Dale. From left to right : Saskatchewan’s political and economic transformation. Regina, SK University of Regina Press, 2022.
- Johnson, Harold. Firewater: how alcohol is killing my people (and yours). Regina, SK: University of Regina Press, 2016.
- Kreuter, Aaron. Shifting baseline syndrome. Regina, SK University of Regina Press, 2022.
- Merasty, Joseph Auguste. The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir. Regina, SK University of Regina Press, 2022.
- Ratt, Solomon. Mâci-nêhiyawêwin = Beginning Cree. Regina, SK: University of Regina Press, 2016.
Meet Mary Filer (2022) and Opening reception photos
Riding is Resistance (2019) and opening reception photos and artists
Saskatchewan Landscape Photography (2018)
Floor Plan
