Annual Mount Community Show

Mount Saint Vincent University students, staff, faculty, and alumnae are invited to show their creative work in this annual extravaganza.  All submission types (limit 2 per person) are accepted and displayed – including visual art, music, performance, poetry, craft, literature and more. Please visit the Accessibility, Plan Your Visit and Interpretive Services sections of our website for information on the Gallery’s location and services, and contact art.gallery@msvu.ca with any access needs, inquiries or service requests.

Download the fillable PDF  submission form here

Drop-Off

You can drop off your artwork between December 1 – December 5, 2025 from 9:30am to 4:00pm.  Drop-off at the Gallery Office in Seton Academic Centre room 206 (beside the Seton Cafe)

50^th Annual Mount Community Show

It’s the Mount Community Show’s Golden Jubilee!

For fifty years, MSVU Art Gallery has hosted this fantastically eclectic and much-loved annual exhibition, which celebrates the broad range of creative pursuits practiced by Mount Saint Vincent University community members. Every year, students, faculty, staff, alumni, retirees, and their family members are invited to participate, and every year, the Community Show features work in a wide range of media, including visual, media, and literary art, music and performance, fine craft, and more.

How well do we know our classmates, professors, students, or colleagues? The familiar faces we see at the dining hall, the library, the lecture hall, or the gym? The former students and classmates pursuing new challenges since graduating? The Community Show is a way to get to know one another better, offering a glimpse of the diverse range of skills, talents, points of view, and experiences of the many individuals that comprise the Mount’s extended community.

The Community Show also offers valuable perspectives on the many ways that creative practices are a meaningful and impactful part of people’s lives. For some, art is a professional pursuit. For others, it’s a component of their research, their community work, or their activism. Art can be a cultural practice that connects us to our families and ancestors, a tool for self-understanding, a reason to get together with friends, a means to express complex ideas, a rewarding technical skill to master, or a satisfying way to busy our hands and calm our minds.

Sharing your art with your community requires some courage. It is an act of generosity, an invitation to connect, to be known and understood more deeply.  It is a gift—one best received with curiosity and gratitude.