Indigenous Community Art Gallery
The Marianne van Silfhout Gallery is a state-of-the-art community art gallery located at the front atrium of the Brockville campus and is the focus of the visual arts for Brockville and the surrounding region.
Creation of the gallery was made possible by a major half-million dollar bequest from the estate of Marianne van Silfhout, a graduate of the Fine Art program at St. Lawrence College, as well as numerous donors to the St. Lawrence College Alumni & Development Office. Behind this gift is Marianne’s belief that wilderness adventure, education, and art are inextricably bound together in an experience of enduring value and benefit to humanity. The bequest also funds bursaries for both part-time and full-time Fine Arts students at St. Lawrence College.
A juried selection of artwork by former SLC students that speaks not only to what we create, but to WHY WE MUST!
Dates of Exhibit: June 23 - August 1, 2025
Closing Reception & Awards: Friday, August 1, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
“To live is to leave traces.”
-Walter Benjamin
About the Exhibit:
We make art to feel more alive.
To process, to play, to grieve.
To remember who we are—beyond roles, beyond routines.
Proof of Life gathers work from alumni and former students across disciplines—some trained in studios, others in labs, classrooms, or clinics—who turn to creative practice not just as expression, but as affirmation. What they share is the choice to create. To pick up a brush, a lens, a thread—and say, I am here.
These works are traces of thought, feeling, and memory. They speak not only to what we create, but to why we must.
This is not just an art show.
It is a record of breath.
A gallery of gestures that affirm what makes us human.
This is proof.
*Note about the “+++in the title”:
The call for submissions for this year’s alumni juried exhibition was expanded from our traditional inclusion of “alumni of any program at any of our three campuses” to include former students (graduate or not) of our Continuing Education courses, SLC + courses, and our 1000 Islands Summer School of the Arts. The response to this call was record-breaking, with 122 submissions from more than 45 artists!
Gallery Hours
- Tuesday - Friday, 10 am to 8 pm
- Monday & Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm
Contact Information
The Marianne van Silfhout Gallery is located on St. Lawrence College's Brockville campus.
2288 Parkedale Avenue, Brockville, ON K6V 5X3
To find the Gallery more easily, please use the main entrance at the front of the college.