Walt HumphriesSA国际影视传媒� LifeSA国际影视传媒檚 Like That exhibit is coming off museum walls next week, but not without a proper goodbye. 

The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) is hosting a SA国际影视传媒渇lashlight farewell,SA国际影视传媒� to bid a proper adieu to HumphriesSA国际影视传媒� 11-month gallery run. 

Participants can sign up for the Nov. 26 event in groups of four, to take a 30-minute tour of the exhibit guided by co-curators Sarah Swan and Bill Braden, as well as Humphries himself and his wife Diane Baldwin. 

Each will be stationed at a different point of the exhibit to share their own anecdotes and points of interest in the work. Humphries will delve into the inception of his works, while Braden puts historical elements into context, adding bits of legend and folklore. Swan outlines what makes HumphriesSA国际影视传媒� paintings successful from an artistic perspective.  

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 like speed dating the art,SA国际影视传媒� Swan said, outlining the 10 minutes each group will have to ask questions, hear stories, and explore each station of the darkened exhibit by flashlight. 

The flashlight tour is a concept gaining popularity in southern galleries as a way of drawing participants to galleries in small groups during the pandemic. 

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The tours will run next Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Interested participants can book their timeslots through the PWNHC page. By Wednesday afternoon, only hours after becoming available, half the spots had already been filled.

When LifeSA国际影视传媒檚 Like That' was first unveiled on gallery walls, there was no fanfare. After an extension six months past the exhibit's initial closure date, however, SA国际影视传媒渋t would have been sad to just take it off the walls without ceremony,SA国际影视传媒� Swan said. 

Swan said her and Braden had pushed for Humphries to showcase his art in the museum because they see him SA国际影视传媒渘ot just as a local quirky columnist for the paper,SA国际影视传媒� but as SA国际影视传媒渁 world-class artist.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淗eSA国际影视传媒檚 incredibly brilliant,SA国际影视传媒� Swan said. 

Accompanying the flashlight farewell, the mobile art gallery will also be parked in the museumSA国际影视传媒檚 parking lot to display some of HumphriesSA国际影视传媒� never-before-seen drawings from the '70s and '80s.

The pen and inks are SA国际影视传媒渉ave a lot of character and whimsy and no one in town has ever seen these before,SA国际影视传媒� Swan said. 

Many of the pieces on display are a part of peopleSA国际影视传媒檚 private collections theySA国际影视传媒檝e donated for the exhibit. Swan encourages Yellowknifers to come out to the free event as SA国际影视传媒渋t may be a very long time before people have the chance to see these again.SA国际影视传媒�

Next at the PWNHC, Covered Ground features Yellowknife artist Tracey Bryant and Alberta-based artist Rhonda Harder Epp. The exhibit will display encaustic paintings and paper sculptures representing Northern landscapes with a particular focus on lichen. 

Covered Ground will launch on Dec. 9 for a six-month run.