City of Surrey Fall 2026 Recreation Guide

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SURREY ARTS CENTRE surrey.ca/artscentre The Surrey Arts Centre is an arts hub that is home to Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey CivicTheatres Main Stage and Studio Theatre, and an array of visual and performing arts courses and camps for kids and adults.

Russna Kaur, Nice Ending , 2021, acrylic paint. SAG2021.06.01. Photo by Dennis Ha Photography.

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

In the Folds of Memory Oct 3–Dec 6, 2026 Through their distinct yet interconnected practices, Farheen Haq and Russna Kaur weave together stories of family, identity, and cultural memory shaped by South Asian motifs and patterning. Kaur’s expansive, multi-surface paintings unfold as layered narratives where colour, texture, and form trace complex personal and cultural histories. Haq’s time-based works in video, installation, performance, and photography invite reflection and reconstruction, reimagining her South Asian Muslim Canadian female identity through the body and lived experience. Together, their works create a dynamic conversation across textiles, surfaces, and images—opening space to engage with themes of belonging and transformation.

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Farheen Haq, Revelation #2 , 2017, bricks and digital loop. SAG2020.08.01. Photo by SITE Photography.

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tender threads Oct 3–Dec 6, 2026 Jonathan Alfaro and Sena Cleave See how two artists reimagine the medium of weaving. Cleave constructs woven sculptures using pine needles, rice grains, and hand-dyed fabric. Alfaro employs weaving techniques to deconstruct textile structures while using paint to trace and translate their material qualities. This exhibit considers weaving as an embodied practice where acts of making become gestures of memory, inherited knowledge, and self-exploration.

SF Ho–Solo Exhibition Oct 3–Dec 6, 2026 SF Ho draws parallels between principles of

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traditional Chinese medicine and human-ecology relationships, imagining how care for the land can be interpretated as a form of relationality. Central to the exhibit is the sculpture Triple Burner Flower Field made from clay referencing the oracle bone character for , the Chinese character for “return to”. The works trace connections between principles of healing and language back to the land.

A volunteer docent leads a guided tour for a visiting school group. Photo by Pardeep Singh.

THERE’S MORE Look in the Arts & Culture - Registered Programs section for visual arts classes.

Sena Cleave, Sieve , 2025. Photo by Sungpil Yoon.

Jonathan Alfaro, Less Than Two More Than One , 2018. Photo courtesy of the artist.

SF Ho, Triple Burner Flower Field , 2025. Photo courtesy of the artist.

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