Credit: Visitors at a Family Sunday. Photo by Kyle S. Lee.
Events & Activities
Whether you're coming for an event, an art class, or casually dropping by, we've got lots of art for you to engage with in and around the Gallery.
We offer artmaking activities for all ages, seasonal opening receptions, family art parties, exhibition tours, artist talks, conversations, and more. For hours and location, go to our Plan Your Visit page.
Visit an Art Station
Connect with and make art at the Gallery anytime we’re open! Look for the Art Explorer, Art Thinker, and Art Maker stations where you can get creative and learn about art, artists, and artmaking.
Art Explorer Guide
Pick up an Art Explorer Guide, designed especially for kids. Friendly illustrated art monsters lead you through looking games, imaginative questions, and activities that explore our permanent installation artworks. When you’re finished don’t forget to stop at the front desk to get an art monster stamp and a button to take home!
Art Maker
Sculpt your own artwork inspired by Maurice Van Der Beke’s large spinning artwork, Mandala After Prayer Wheel and Keith Rice-Jones’ ceramic installation, Monumental Sculptures. Have fun, experiment, and learn about movement, shapes, and 3D form in these hands-on activities.
Art Thinker
Grab an Art Thinker card and respond to the art you’re experiencing through writing, drawing, or however you’d like! The cards include prompting questions: What inspires you? What do you feel? Take your card home or leave it at the Gallery to share with others.
Grow a Collaborative Blanket
Experience permanent artworks on display
In addition to our current exhibitions, there are many artworks for you to enjoy at Surrey Arts Centre and the surrounding Bear Creek Park.
Roger
Whimsical and ominous all at once, Davide Pan’s sculpture transforms found oil drums and car hoods into the face of a “Mean God.”
Sky with Swimmers
Sherrard Grauer’s monumental sculpture models three-dimensional space and movement through the intricate manipulation of wire mesh.
I Am Listening
This audio-responsive interactive listening machine by Brady Marks contains microphones at the end of each wire. Make some noise underneath and eight white LED lights dance up each strand.
Mandala After Prayer Wheel
This large public prayer wheel by Maurice Van Der Beke is connected to Buddhist beliefs and traditions. Give it a spin!
Retro-Perspective
This vinyl glazing by Drew Atkins combines Coast Salish design elements with a retro look that speaks to Kwantlen First Nation’s long history on the land where Surrey now sits.
Monumental Sculptures
These five giant sculptures in the courtyard show artist Keith Rice-Jones's love of shapes and the relationships between forms. Two are from his geometric series; three are from his organic series.
Taiko Tao
This sculpture by Michael Dennis is made of dead pieces of fir and cedar, reanimated as a figure in our courtyard subject to rain and sun and processes of decay.
Jump
This other figurative sculpture in the courtyard by Michael Dennis shows how a mood can be expressed through a physical pose. Like Taiko Tao, Jump is made of wood found on the artist's Denman Island property.
The Fisherman's Charm
Commissioned for the Public Art Banner program, Anthony Gabriel’s artwork captures the symbolic power of the great blue heron in Semiahmoo culture.
Eight Salmon Heads
This design by Leslie Wells honours the salmon valued by the coast-dwelling Semiahmoo First Nation, as well as the salmon that continue to spawn in nearby Bear Creek.
Lingua Aqua
This public artwork by Melanie Cassidy, Michael Filimowicz, Brady Marks, and Philippe Pasquier creates an immersive sonic environment that pays tribute to languages and first sounds.
We Are All Connected to this Land
This public artwork by Phyllis Atkins on Bear Creek Bridge is filled with symbolic figures to Kwantlen People.
Winged Lion Woman
This large sculpture by Joan Miriam Adams inspired by mythology presides over Bear Creek Gardens like a sphinx.
Poetry Rock
This poem by Rev. Dr. Byung Sub Van engraved in English and Korean on a rock in Bear Creek Gardens reflects on the theme of water.
This multi-part public artwork by Brandon Vickerd, installed at Bear Creek Stadium, explores the dynamic between nature and urban existence.
Gift shop & art rental
Run by the Surrey Art Gallery Association (SAGA), the Gift Shop in Surrey Arts Centre features finely crafted artworks by local artists from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, and the Gulf Islands.
Choose from decorative and functional pottery, handcrafted jewellery, limited-edition prints, hand-blown glass, artisan soaps, paintings, photography, fabric art, turned wood, art cards, and more.
Looking for an artwork for your home or office? Browse the wide selection available for monthly rental or sale on display in the Gift Shop and nearby hallway as part of SAGA's Art Rental and Sale program.
For hours and online shopping, visit SAGA's website.
Explore Bear Creek Park
We are fortunate to be nestled into Bear Creek Park, which features an outdoor pool and waterpark, a large playground, flower gardens, and the Bear Creek Miniature Train. It also has football and soccer fields, a running track, a fenced-in dog off-leash area, and a skatepark.
You'll find outdoor fitness equipment for cardio and strength training, nature trails and paved walking paths. Just a short walk down from the trail, catch a glimpse of spawning salmon or trout.
