Please note that The Reach is currently closed for the installation of new exhibitions. Join us for a fun, family-friendly summer party marking their public launch on Saturday 11 July from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Curated by UFV students in the Winter 2026 special topics course, “What’s in an Exhibition?” taught by The Reach’s Curator of Art and Visual Culture, Kelley Tialiou, this exhibition explores the conditions—people, experiences, emotions, and beyond—that inspire creativity and visual expression. The word “inspiration” has its root in the word spire, which the ancient Greeks associated with the act of breathing. They did so because they believed the gods afforded emotions and thoughts to humanity via breath. In this context, the artworks featured in What Inspires You? are a testament to the conditions of creativity as a process of infinite exchange across the realm of human and more-than-human spirit: what is inspired in turn inspires. What inspires you?
Curatorial Team
Kay Berard (Lead Co-Curator)
Courtney Charleyboy
Adrienne Ginther
Ariel Hutcheson-Berlinghoff
Komal Kang
Komalpreet Kaur
Shaevi Khatri
Jennifer Koehler
Kimberley Perkins (Lead Co-Curator)
Nathan Redies
Emily Stalker
Melanie Tran
Darien Unger
