New Exhibit at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Museum of Her by Michèle Karch-Ackerman

For Immediate Release
Minden, Ontario
Monday, May 25, 2026
10:00 AM
Release #26-53

Subject: New Exhibit at the Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Museum of Her by Michèle Karch-Ackerman         

The Agnes Jamieson Gallery is pleased to welcome Michèle Karch-Ackerman with her exhibit Museum of Her. The exhibit will be on display in the Kirkwood Room of the Agnes Jamieson Gallery from May 28 to July 18, 2026. An artist talk will take place on Saturday, June 6 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

The exhibit serves as a ghostly capstone for Karch-Ackerman, honoring the wistful period of grief that followed the recent deaths of both her parents. Through it she shares her unusual ancestral connection to Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. Augusta Draper, her great-great-great-great-grandmother, was a lifelong friend of Edward Trelawney, a close companion of Percy and Mary Shelley and their circle, including Lord Byron. Karch-Ackerman reached out to Mary Shelley during her own period of mourning, initiating an ethereal correspondence with the famed writer that bridges centuries of loss, imagination, and creative communion.

Artist Biography

Karch-Ackerman is a nationally recognized contemporary artist whose installations are known for inspiring viewers with their provocative and touching subject matter. Her work has been exhibited in over forty solo exhibitions at public galleries across Canada. A graduate of the OCAD, she is the recipient of numerous awards from the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council.

The Agnes Jamieson Gallery is a public gallery with year-round visual exhibitions of local and regional art. The Gallery is part of the Minden Hills Cultural Centre which also includes the Heritage Village & Nature Place Interpretive Centre. The Gallery is fully accessible. The Minden Hills Cultural Centre is located at 176 Bobcaygeon Road, Minden, Ontario and is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission by donation.

For questions regarding this exhibit, please call the Community Services Department at 705-286-1260 x 542. For more information, visit the Township of Minden Hills website at www.mindenhills.ca.

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Contact Information:
Shannon Kelly, Manager of Cultural Services
Township of Minden Hills
PO Box 359, 7 Milne Street
Minden, ON K0M 2K0
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