Life at ECU | Creating + Learning

Exhibition + Community Spaces

Using the movable walls, a small, enclosed section has been created in the Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons. The small space has been painted bright yellow and the walls are covered with various artworks. Several people are in the space looking at them.
Life at ECU | Creating + Learning

Exhibition + Community Spaces

Request an Exhibition Space

At ECU, we’re proud to support a vibrant exhibition culture. Our campus offers a wide range of professionally equipped spaces for students, faculty and staff to share work and celebrate creativity.

Review tips, policies, FAQs and how-to guides to support you—whether it’s your first exhibition or your fifth.

Exhibition Guidelines + FAQs
A contemporary gallery space with high white walls and polished concrete floors, featuring large hanging fabric panels, wall-mounted paintings, suspended sculptures, and mixed-media installations arranged throughout the room.

Start by Exploring the Spaces

From large galleries to intimate critique rooms, ECU offers diverse exhibition environments to suit your needs. Check out the Exhibition + Critique Spaces map to see what’s available around campus.

Exhibition + Critique Spaces Map

Student Requests

Students can request spaces for self-directed exhibitions through the Student Exhibitions Committee, which runs three major student-led calls for proposals each year. Visit the Student Exhibitions site to apply and learn more.

Visit Student Exhibitions

Faculty + Staff Requests

Faculty and staff can request space for exhibitions connected to research, coursework or special projects. Requests are reviewed based on availability and alignment with institutional priorities.

To inquire or request space, contact the Exhibitions Office.

Email the Exhibitions Office

Discover other exhibition opportunities.

In addition to student-led and faculty-led exhibitions, ECU hosts curriculum-related exhibitions that are organized as part of your coursework. ECU’s Exhibitions Office and Events Office coordinate institution-wide exhibitions like the Student Art Sale and The Show.

You’ll be notified about these exhibition opportunities throughout the year on email and campus channels.

ECU Exhibition Spaces

We see the Sculpture Gallery, located on Level 1 of the campus. One wall is entirely windows. There is an installation in the centre, consisting of a small round table with a tablecloth, and other work on the walls.
Using the movable walls, a small, enclosed section has been created in the Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons. The small space has been painted bright yellow and the walls are covered with various artworks. Several people are in the space looking at them.
We are looking at the Zone 3 Gallery on Level 2. The far wall is entirely windows, so the gallery is bright and airy and full of sunlight. Modular seating is in the spaces, giving the people in the photo a place to sit and relax.
We are looking down the length of the Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons. It is bright and airy with white walls and polished concrete floors. A large sculpture is on the right; a person looks at it while another walks down the hall.
We see a bright, airy exhibition space bathed in sunlight filled with pieces made of light coloured wood.
We see 3 large sculptures in the middle of the exhibition spaces, with paintings on the walls around them. All the pieces are colourful and whimsical.
We are looking at an exhibition space, bisected by a wall. One side has several people looking at something on their side of the wall. The other side is empty. The walls facing us have colourful artwork and sculpture on and around them.