The BaxterCannon Gallery is the collaborative space of photographers Laurie Rae Baxter and Charles Cannon. Over the past decade their combined photographic storytelling has enhanced and critically extended the capacity of non-profits and NGO’s in a number of countries to expand their reach and increase the visibility of their efforts.
Laurie Rae Baxter
Charles Cannon
Baxter and Cannon are both street photographers, sharing an abiding preoccupation with the connection between art and life and the ways they can inform each other.
OPENING EXHIBITION: Saturday October 28th
Please join us for a special evening to celebrate Fernwood!
Opening Reception begins at 5 pm. Musical entertainment slated to begin at 7pm.
Photographs of our community members will be on display & complimentary snacks will be provided by Mesa Familiar. Poetry by Mary Elizabeth Grace. Musical entertainment by Ares B. and Joe Hatherill. Pop on by!
BaxterCannon Gallery would like to extend a huge thank-you to the FCA and the City of Victoria for all of their support.
BaxterCannon Gallery is looking forward to co-creating a special community event with our local sponsor, the Fernwood Community Association FCA, and all of our neighbours. We have received funding from the City of Victoria to create a special evening event, and create a lasting legacy document of Fernwood Then and Now. Fernwood is a one-of -a -kind community consisting of special spaces, unique residents, and lively businesses. Through a collaboration with businesses and the community members it is our goal to assemble a collection of images of Fernwood’s past and present for this exhibition. The exhibit will capture the spirit of Fernwood and be celebrated at the BaxterCannon Gallery at an Opening event, then remaining on display in the gallery, as well as being posted online on the BaxterCannon website for the entire public to enjoy. Complimentary portrait sessions will be offered by photographers Chuck Cannon and Laurie Baxter in our studio throughout the month of September. You will receive a complimentary 8x10 photo from your sessions for your participation. Please consider helping us create this extra special community event. 
BaxterCannon Gallery Presents: The Fernwood Portrait Project
Current Project: Fernwood Then and Now
image courtesy of Royal BC Museum
BaxterCannon’s latest undertaking, Fernwood Then and Now, is a project in which we are examining Fernwood through a historical, as well as a contemporary lens.
Our gallery has been the fortunate recipient of a My Great Neighborhood Grant , courtesy of the City of Victoria, to aid in this endeavor. We are graciously sponsored by the Fernwood Community Association, and we are looking forward to working with our neighbors to create a new show for Fall 2023. Images will include Fernwood’s residents and merchants, as well as our ever changing places and spaces. We believe it is important to capture the spirit of our neighborhood and celebrate it with our fellow Fernwoodians.
BaxterCannon Gallery presents:
The Fernwood Then and Now PhotoContest
Have your work shown in the 24/7 window gallery in Fernwood Square and win $100!
Photography theme: What Does Fernwood Mean to You?
Victoria’s premier photography gallery is doing an open call for photography submissions around the theme of “What does Fernwood Mean to You?” Winners will receive $100, a print of their work and be shown in the gallery for the month of June.
Submission Deadline: Saturday April 15th
Send your entries to: info@baxtercannon.com
Photo contest criteria:
Submit up to 3 images for consideration
By submitting, you agree that the images are your work and you own all rights
You must obtain a model release form for all recognizable people in the image(s)
Submit images in JPG format at 2100 pixels on the longest edge at 300 PPI (pixels per inch) resolution
Images must be labelled with the title of the work and your first and last name (i.e. “My_Image_Sarah_Snapper.jpg”)
Email images to: info@baxtercannon.com.
BaxterCannon's mission is to support artists and nonprofits through photography, gallery events, and visual storytelling. To that end, you retain all the rights to your work. Should your work be accepted by the juror, you grant BaxterCannon Gallery and the FCA the right to reproduce your image(s) on BaxterCannon's website, the FCA website and social media, for the purpose of promoting the gallery's exhibitions and to bring awareness to the FCA. Everyone who submits images will be notified by email of the juror's selections by the end of May 2023.
The images will be shown for the month of June with the exhibition launch on June 10th, 2023 — coinciding with the Fernwood Art Stroll.
image courtesy of City of Victoria Archives
Oktokite by Annie RosleeThe Fernwood Small
As galleries have shuttered during social distancing and stay-at-home orders, the spirit of creativity has informed new relationships between art and viewers – Fernwood Small is one of these undertakings. The window exhibition at the BaxterCannon Gallery (dubbed The Fernwood Small) is a 24/7 outdoor gallery that creates a socially distant art experience for those who are reluctant to set foot in a gallery and affords the opportunity to view contemporary photography safely and with a coffee in hand.
Half-light by Reteka Yuvaraj
Fernwood 1 by Shelby La Rose
Vic High Boys Entrance by Alex Skorochid
On View Now
What Does Fernwood Mean to You?
Congratulations to all of our winners: Don Craig, Austin Dennys, Thomas Guerrero, Shawnie Kelly, Shelby La Rose, Cheryl Mullen, Ryan Pederson, Annie Roslee, Rachel Seeley, Kate Shelton, Alex Skorochid, Derek Swallow & Reteka Yuvaraj.
We asked our creative community for photographic representations of our neighbourhood and Fernwoodians rose to the challenge. Our winners all captured distinctive images of Fernwood’s character using a variety of capture methods- even a pinhole camera! We feel these images speak to Fernwood’s longevity, resilience and vibrant spirit. BaxterCannon wishes to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the FCA and the City of Victoria for all of their support.
View the images in the 24/7 window gallery in Fernwood Square any time.
Sunset at Vic High by Shawnie Kelly
Past Events
2022 Fernwood Art Stroll
June 11th & 12th of 2022 was a bustling, fun-filled weekend for BaxterCannon Gallery. Both photographers were honored to be part of Fernwood’s 14th annual Art Stroll https://www.fernwoodartstroll.ca/ Over 400 visitors (including some four legged furry ones), passed through our door. Many copies of our latest book, Cuba is it’s People, were sold and all proceeds were donated to the Friends of Cuba. The organization works tirelessly to end the blockades and inequality against Cuba.
Charles Cannon and Gallery Assistant, Leanne Gummersbach, hard at work framing.
SPCA Fundraiser Dog Costume Competition
On Halloween of 2020, BaxterCannon Gallery hosted a fundraiser for the SPCA’s Pet Food Bank in Fernwood Square. Faced with the challenge of hosting a safe event that still helped build community during the COVID-19 pandemic, we offered pet portraits in an open-air photo booth and raised money for pets and their guardians in need.
City of Gardens Photo Contest
A Lily for Andy by Matt Somerville
In the spring of 2021 BaxterCannon held a photo contest around the theme of gardens, and the public responded with unique and eye-catching submissions.
Lady Daisy by Marty Borsboon
Past Exhibitions
Laurie Baxter & Charles Cannon Honoring the Dead in San Miguel
Janet Dwyer
Scanography
Charles Cannon
Along the Poet’s Path
Brian Kipp Spirit Dwellings
Laurie Baxter I Misteri
Charles Cannon & Laurie Baxter Cuba is it’s People
Laurie Rae Baxter Gong Xi Fa Cai
Laurie Baxter Water Babies
Charles Cannon Denver Coors Stock Show
Leanne Gummersbach Other Worlds
Read more about BaxterCannon Gallery’s past photography exhibitions from both The Fernwood Small window showcase and main gallery space.
Current Show
Western Ritual
On exhibit now is Western Ritual, a documentary series featuring a day in the lives of modern day cowboys in Wyoming. Livestock freely wander 100,000 acres of land; however, the age old tradition of branding still exists in these parts of the country. For some viewers this springtime ritual will be a familiar way of life, for others, an eye opening experience. Artists Charles Cannon and Laurie Rae Baxter capture the wild west experience in color, B&W and with the aid of a drone. We invite you to come and learn about this vanishing way of life.
