The Community Gallery: Radical Roots

Radical Roots

by Gareth Brandt

2025 marks the 500 anniversary of the Anabaptist movement, and MHC Gallery plans to honour our roots with a few upcoming exhibitions focused on Mennonite history. Radical Roots is an exhibition of watercolour paintings and story boards depicting sites and events of Anabaptist origins. Gareth Brandt, freelance artist, itinerant speaker, and independent scholar.

Admission to the exhibition by donation | Exhibition runs September 9 – October 20, 2025

Related Programming

Opening reception Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 PM
Artist/author Gareth Brandt will discuss the exhibition, read poetry including "Hans Denck and the Godless Painters" and reflect on Mennonites and art. With special musical guest Darryl Neustadter-Barg.

Celebrate Mennonite Heritage Week! Wednesday, September 10, 10:00-11:30 AM
Join us for free watermelon and rollkuchen! Check out the art exhibit, visit the Mennonite Heritage Archives, and stay for Gareth's lecture at 10:30 – "Make Love the Core: Why Hans Denck is important 500 years after his anabaptism in September, 1525". Presented in partnership with the Mennonite Heritage Archives.

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