Xchanges Gallery and Studios opened over 50 years ago. It was Canada’s first artist-run centre and continues to operate as a non-profit charity committed to serving the needs of artists and the greater community. Xchanges is mandated to operate, maintain, and manage a cooperative artist-run centre for the following purposes: to provide studios to practicing visual artists at affordable rents; to operate a public gallery that presents solo, group and curated exhibitions of local and regional artists, as well as other art related functions and events; and to promote and support the endeavors of the local artistic community for the benefit of the public at large, within the resources available to the Society.