Accompanied by artist Michelle Smith, Grade 5 students from the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years created four faux stained-glass paintings depicting maple trees through the four seasons. Each painting features references to founding cultures. Can you find them?

Comprising over fifty paintings, 32 of which are exhibited here, From One Bell Tower to Another is the first collection by Acadian painter Donald McGraw. Created between 1986 and 1987, these works depict various churches in the Diocese of Bathurst.

Donald McGraw was born on August 31, 1950, in Pokemouche, New Brunswick. He was interested in painting and drawing from an early age and began painting at the age of 15. He studied at the Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design in Halifax, among other places.

The interactive exhibition Irréductibles racines was initiated in 2004 by the Festival des arts visuels en Atlantique (FAVA) and presented for the first time at the Congrès mondial acadien in 2009; fifty artists were invited to create a work on the theme of the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet toponymy of a community, a targeted location in New Brunswick.

This exhibition includes twenty-five works by First Nations artists, paired with twenty-five works by Acadian artists; a unique collection of its kind.