Metro Gallery

Showcasing Your Art at the Garneau Theatre

The lobby of the Garneau Theatre, now Metro Gallery, features a rotating monthly exhibit of work by local visual artists. The gallery aims to bring accessible art to Metro audiences and to provide local artists with a paid platform to showcase their work.

Metro Gallery is curated by Edmonton visual artist and musician Tim Rechner. Tim has exhibited his artwork extensively locally as well as nationally and internationally. He has curated numerous exhibits in Edmonton at ArtsHab One, The Works Festival, The Artery, and Jackson Power Gallery.

For related inquiries, please contact Tim at t.rechner@metrocinema.org.

We invite artists working in any aspect of visual arts—two dimensional, three dimensional, or video—to submit their work to our gallery for consideration. 

Metro Cinema will provide a $200.00 honorarium to each monthly artist, and offer the opportunity for artists to sell their work during their exhibition. Work accepted will generally be programmed for a one-month period and scheduled to mutual satisfaction with selected artists.

As part of your inquiry, please include:

  • Artist CV with current contact information
  • Artist statement, and bio 
  • Image list (title, medium, date made, dimensions)
  • 3-10 images of work proposed

All requirements must be submitted digitally (i.e. Images sent in JPEG format, word documents sent in PDF format, etc.) and should be labeled accordingly.

  • E-mail submissions to t.rechner@metrocinema.org with the topic line Gallery Submission.
  • Name your JPEG files as follows: 1yourname_titleofwork, 2yourname_titleofwork, etc.
  • Submissions must be appropriate for all ages.
  • If your submission is accepted and assigned to a month, your pieces must be ready to be installed upon arrival.

Metro Gallery is located in the lobby of the historic Garneau Theatre and has multiple areas for displaying art: 2 10ft-wide wall spaces, an enclosed display case, and two lobby screens. Submissions may include the use of any or all of these areas.

  • Wall spaces are approx. 6′ high by 10.5′ wide.
  • Glass fronted display area is approx. 4′ high by 4′ wide by 2′ deep. There is power and illumination in the display area.
  • Two lobby TV screens
  • Your artwork will be displayed for the duration of the month chosen.