“Prepare the Ground for Kindness”
HERMES group exhibition

18 October - 16 November 2025
Fridays - Sundays, 12 - 6pm or by appointment

Opening Reception: Saturday 18 October, 2 - 6pm

NOCTURNE: Saturday 18 October, 6pm - 12 midnight

Artist Talk: Saturday 16 November, 2pm

As suggested by HERMES’ member Robert Bean, the title for this exhibition is a line from Bertolt Brecht’s poem “To Those Born Later”. 

The poem was written in 1939 during Brecht’s exile in Denmark. It chronicles what Brecht refers to as “the dark times”. He had fled the fascist oppression in Germany for fear of losing his life. This one line from the poem however, offers a glimmer of hope for a world to come.

To make art in dark times is often an act of resistance and survival in itself. As a self-funded and collectively-governed artists’ cooperative, HERMES’ artists contribute work to NOCTURNE (Art at Night) that envisions a sustainable, kinder, and brighter day.

Participating artists are: Robert Bean, Catherine Beaudette, Barbara Berry, Thierry Delva, Peter Dykhuis, Leah Garnett, Ufuk Gueray, Sara Hartland-Rowe, Barbara Lounder, Frankie Macaulay, Erica Mendritzki, Jessica Wiebe