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Employment Opportunity

Post Date: May 16, 2013
Submission Deadline: May 29, 2013

 

Employment Opportunity
Part-time Position: Reception/Visitor Experience

 

Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direction of the Visitor Services Manager, responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

  • Greet visitors at the Art Gallery.
  • Develop thorough knowledge of The Gallery’s

Adrian Stimson in Grande Prairie

Bison Art with Adrian Stimson

Adrian Stimson is an artist and member of the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation and he will be in Grande Prairie this May to lead art workshops for students. These workshops will be done in conjunction with Adrian’s art exhibition “Another 75 Million – Ashes: Bison

An Afternoon with Phil Richards

Two very special FREE events presented in partnership with Reel Shorts Film Festival
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Location: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie – Lower Level

 

Artist Talk
1:30 – 2:30 pm

Senior Canadian artist Phil Richards, creator of the official Diamond Jubilee portrait of Queen Elizabeth II for …

Have you seen the bears?

Why are the bears here?
Bear Hunt is an outdoor sculpture installation located on the west side of the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (103 Ave & 99 Street.) It is a preview for artist Dean Drever’s exhibition coming in September 2013.

Why are they bright orange?
Bright orange is …

Exhibit offers glimpse of historic art movement

By Diana Rinne, Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune
Friday, February 22, 2013
View article on DHT website.

Curator of The Automatiste Revolution: Montreal 1941-1960, Roald Nasgaard poses with a painting by Paul-Émile Borduas, Abstraction, 1941, at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. The exhibit officially opens at the gallery Friday. …

33rd Annual Art Auction 2013

 

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s 33rd Annual Art Auction will be taking place on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Mark your calendars to save the date for the Art Gallery’s largest fundraiser of the year. All funds raised at the Art Auction directly support The Art Gallery of Grande …

Save the Date – April 13, 2013

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s 33rd Annual Art Auction will be taking place on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Mark your calendars to save the date for the Art Gallery’s largest fundraiser of the year. All funds raised at the Art Auction directly support The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie.…

Art in the Classroom Update

January 14, 2013

 

Dear Art in the Classroom Patrons,

Thank you for inviting our artists into your classroom over the past six years. Thanks to your support, the program has been a great success at meeting the needs of our community! Art in the Classroom began in January 2007 …

Formerly Exit Five Opens Friday

Please join us Friday, January 11, 2013 at 7:00 pm for the opening reception of the exhibition Formerly Exit Five: Portable Monuments to Recent History. The exhibition is curated by Shauna McCabe, Executive Director of the Textile Museum of Canada, and organized and circulated by the Kenderdine Art Gallery. …

Narrative Quest Artist Talk

Saturday, December 8, 2012 is the final day to view the fantastically popular exhibition Narrative Quest. Please come and celebrate the success of the exhibition here in Grande Prairie by meeting two of the exhibiting artists and the weekend’s guest speakers, Tanya Harnett and David Garneau.

Saturday, December 8, …