There’s a sense of minimalism within SNAP Art Gallery. Bright orange-red and light grey walls carry unique art works on its walls. While it’s not a big space, it uses this to its advantage as each work of art seems to become larger within the small space. It gives viewers the opportunity to take their time exploring and getting to understand the value of art.
This connection between artist and viewer has a lot to do with the freedom artists at the gallery have to create. “We support professional working artists in the community. And that helps to keep artists here in the community when they have production making resources,”says April Dean, executive director of the gallery.
There are artists in residence who often give workshops and lessons on different artistic practices as they work on their own projects - as Brittney Roy has done as a resident artist at SNAP. Brittney’s photographs of neatly placed clothes spread on pristine white bed sheets in “Not My Clothes” once hung on the minimalist walls – a project where clothing and rooms represented individuals.
