Call for Artists: Upcoming Exhibition to Honor the Memory of the Red Bridge

Photo of Red Bridge captured by Teresa Rush.

Kamloops, BC – We are pleased to announce The DIS//CONNECT: Remembering the Red Bridge in Time, an upcoming interactive art exhibition honoring the history, legacy, and loss of the Red Bridge.

On September 19, 2024, the 88-year-old historic Red Bridge that connected Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to the city of Kamloops, was lost to a devastating fire. The bridge had long stood as a vital route between communities, and its destruction sparked responses of shock, grief, and feelings of disconnection. 

This commemorative exhibition is sponsored in partnership with the Kamloops Arts Council, providing two galleries for this art show to run from January 9th to February 12, 2026. This exhibition will bring together a variety of artists from different backgrounds to reflect on the important impact this bridge has had on all of our lives through artworks and stories. It will also invite members of the community to engage with the same discussions in the art: what memories do you have of the bridge? What did it mean to you? 

This is an open call for artists from all cultural backgrounds, all experience levels, and all art mediums to participate and share their connection with the Red Bridge. Submissions are open to art 2D, 3D, poetry, written word, mixed media, and figurative or metaphorical art.

In their statements, artists are encouraged to include a story or reflection on how the Red Bridge impacted life, past, present and/or for the future. As the Red Bridge has been important to so many of us and may result in numerous submissions, artist statements will be considered in the acceptance criteria. 

Submissions will be accepted until November 30, 2025. You can submit your artwork through this online form. 

This open, community exhibition is sponsored by the Kamloops Arts Council and organized through the Indigenous Resurgence Project.