Pinesi Waaji Waawaabadahiwewigamik ashij lniniwag Ooshjikewinan  

A place where things made by the people are shown

The Thunder Bay Art Gallery is under construction. The gallery is a growing cultural anchor for Northwestern Ontario. By making its new home at Prince Arthur‘s Landing on Lake Superior, it goes beyond exhibition and education to participate in reclaiming an inclusive, living waterfront for the people of Thunder Bay. The site is beautiful yet wounded. Once a prominent ship-yard and industrial zone, it enjoys broad water access and sublime views of Nanabijou (The Sleeping Giant), but suffers from decades of contamination and estrangement from the daily lives of the public. Ongoing landscape design and revivification of the water’s edge is therefore tightly integrated with the organization and presence of the Gallery. The building is equal parts museum, community center, social hub, and a healing bond between peoples and ancient cultural landscape.