The Spaces In Between

Stop by from January 12th to add a shadow. It doesn’t have to be your own.

What's in a shadow? A distortion of a person? A reflection of them? Choices made, personality quirks, that "something" that makes a shadow belong to a person is hard to quantify, but it's a part of us all. Our shadows imprint on the places we call home on a daily basis. Our friends. Our family. Our community. Those that pass through our lives. Those that pitch a tent and never leave. Everything and everyone leaves a trace. Be that a footnote or a monument.

For our 2026 Community Exhibition, Lake Country Art Gallery invites the public to contribute a shadow to a cast of characters that will fill the gallery for The Spaces in Between. It could be your shadow. It could be someone or something else. Once the shadows are in place, all are invited to fill in the spaces in between them, creating a mural that will change with every visitor throughout the run of the show.

The Spaces in Between is a show that will never stop growing. Forever unfinished, always moving, with a course charted by you. Write something irreverent, sketch something profound. Paint the town purple. Draw from the everyday or the imaginary, or the imaginary everyday.

Long after our shadows fade, our imprints remain. Imagination, like energy, is not something that dissipates, but shifts and changes form.

The scene of shadows etched onto walls also reflects images of some of humanity's darkest moments, echoing at a time where we dare history to repeat itself with higher stakes than all but the oldest of living memories. A stark reminder that home is a fragile ecosystem, not always peaceful, not always perfect, ever changing but worth preserving. What is a place without a person? What are people without a sense of place?

Join us on January 17th to fill The Spaces In Between.
​When the days are short, and light is a precious commodity, it is of the utmost importance to not be afraid to find joy in the dark. It was a monochrome world of lonely shadows and stillness, until imagination fought back. It was a jolt from the youngest and boldest that spread and sparked and sparkled. From their hideaway they dreamed and schemed and found the antidote. It began with reclaiming objects claimed by the shadows that the adventurers collected on their expeditions, unafraid and eager for the colours in their minds to dance with the dark again. And they did. It wasn't instantaneous, but it spread from the hideaway all over. The shadows came to life, no longer lonely without those they were cast from, finding their place in the spaces in between.

Come back any time until Valentine’s Day and make your mark.