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Linda Craddock Free Artist Talk

Linda Craddock is an Alberta-based artist currently featured in the Travelling Exhibitions NW 2021 “Fire and Frost” exhibition. Her works are known for their emotional narratives of family dynamics, and the nostalgic feel of the urban landscapes of small-town living. Craddock uses her works to reflect upon her memories of her upbringing in rural Alberta and invites the world to see life through her eyes. Craddock draws from retro-styles to form a nostalgic feeling in her work, combined with warm and cool tones that speak to the emotional themes in the artworks.

Travelling Exhibitions (TREX) NW has partnered with the Grande Prairie Regional College Fine Arts Department, to bring you a free live talk and Q&A with the accomplished artist on November 17th, 2021 via Zoom at 11:30 AM Mountain Time. Please email: tkinderwater@gprc.ab.ca for access!

Halie Finney Artist Talk

Halie Finney is an artist displaying her illustrative works currently in our rotation of 2021 Travelling Exhibitions (TREX). Her exhibition called Through Those Trees uses ink and acrylic layered on transparent bases to create a colourful representation of generations of her Métis family’s stories, paired with her Lesser Slave Lake area upbringing.

Developing characters to reflect the narratives and memories of births, life, deaths, and the ever changing landscapes surrounding them. Finney uniquely brings these experiences together and represents them in a way that not only shows what it means to grow up in rural Alberta, but does so in such a way that is familiar to many different rural regions. Halie Finney’s works whimsically present like folklore pieces that allow any viewer to connect with and see their own stories within the work.

Travelling Exhibitions (TREX) NW has partnered with the Grande Prairie Regional College Fine Arts Department, to bring you a free live talk and Q&A with the accomplished artist on October 27th, 2021 via  Zoom at 11:30AM Mountain Time. Please e-mail Tanya Kinderwater: tkinderwater@gprc.ab.ca for access!

Call to Members – Featured Member Wall 2021/22

Are you a Member of the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie? Are you also an Artist? We’d love to work with you!

The Featured Member Wall is an opportunity that’s offered as a membership benefit. We know many who support the Gallery through membership are also artists. As part of our commitment to showcasing local artwork, and to celebrate our dedicated members, we have released our latest Call for Submissions for 2D or 3D artwork to be featured in the Gallery’s reception area. This is a great opportunity for emerging artists looking to display their artwork, as thousands of visitors interested in the Arts will see this work.

Memberships may be purchased on our website or at the Front Reception desk. (Learn more about Memberships and Purchase Online)

Deadline: Monday, November 8th, 2021

Renumeration($): Honorarium is paid to artists based on the length of term

Submission Criteria:

  • Please send a JPEG image of your work.
  • Submissions must be no larger than 40 inches wide. Artwork doesn’t have to meet the maximum size, but it can’t exceed it. As an example, an artist could submit two drawings that are each 11×14 and that would be ok to display together too.
  • Framing isn’t a requirement, but artwork does need to be ready to be displayed. That may mean a matted/framed photograph, or a stretched canvas with wire hangers, or a wooden sculpture we can display on a plinth.
  • Submissions must include the name of the artwork, date, medium, size, and a short artist statement.
  • We encourage submissions from emerging artists of all ages with little to no exhibition history.
  • Successful submissions will be featured in the Gallery’s reception area for up to 3 months.
  • Please apply or send inquires via email to melanie@aggp.ca

 

Image: Current Featured Member display
Artwork: Pam Wilcox. Done For The Day. May 2020, Printed and Framed Photograph, 36 inches × 24 inches.

FREE WEBINAR ON OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION ‘TULOY, TAWID’

Join us for a Live Talk through Zoom Webinar with the artists and curators of the ‘Tuloy, Tawid’ exhibition taking place at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. In this Talk we will have a conversation about the concept of the exhibition and hear from the artists on their art practice.

‘Tuloy, Tawid in Conversation II’ sees its second talk featuring artists Julius Poncelet Manapul, Marigold Santos and Karen Zalamea, with Curators Kuh Del Rosario and Manar Abo Touk.

Click the link here to register for FREE, and to watch the conversation unfold.

Time:
Canada: Friday, September 10th, 2021 6PM MST

Philippines: Saturday, September 11, 2021 8am PHST

Alberta Culture Days Event Line Up

Take Home Art Activities:

Free Creativity Kit

September 1 to 30

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

As part of our Art at Home online initiative, we have created FREE take home creativity kits for you to explore your creativity and enjoy art-making your way! Glue, stick, twist and tie, build and have fun! Feel free to mix and match the materials provided how it makes sense to you! Pick up your FREE Creativity Kit at the gallery during our regular hours. Kits are for all ages. Limit 1 of each kit per person. *while quantities last.

Be sure to go online to our Art at Home page, you’ll find a series of educational videos, interactive content, and create-at-home activities to encourage continued learning, and support creative exploration. If you are an organization or group wanting a larger order of any art kits, please contact jamie-lee@aggp.ca or call 780-357-7480.

For more information: aggp.ca/art-at-home/

 

Live Events:

Chat & Craft

Session 1: September 9, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Session 2: September 16, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Session 3: September 23, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

Hosted by the Traditional Paths Society of Grande Prairie

This program is for everyone to meet and visit while working on a craft of their choice. It is also a special opportunity to spend some time with The Talking Path exhibition developed and facilitated in partnership with the Traditional Paths Society on display at the Art Gallery.

Everyone is welcome to this FREE event. Space is limited to 10 participants for each Chat & Craft. Bring your own craft project or start a new one using the free beading supplies provided.

Please register by September 8, September 15, and September 22 by calling 780-532-8111, or e-mail info@aggp.ca.

 

Sculpt Party

September 18

1:30 pm – 4:00 pm

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

We are having a sculpt party and you are invited! This event is for artists and art appreciators of all ages. The Art Gallery is featuring GIFT, a sculptural art activity within the exhibition Tuloy, Tawid.

Everyone is welcome to this FREE event. All materials are provided. *While quantities last.

 

Virtual Events:

Meet the Artist: Virtual Exhibition Tour with Free Art Activity Kit

September 1 to 30

Online

Hosted by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

We are pleased to offer a series called Meet the Artist. With this resource, you will be able to take your group on a virtual tour with the artist, through their exhibition at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. We have created this program for you to be able to ‘visit’ the Art Gallery in the comfort of your classroom, home or other location. After your group has watched the virtual exhibition tour, you can facilitate the art project inspired by the artist’s exhibition with our FREE art activity kits.

The two options for the virtual exhibition tour with free art activity kit are:

  • Meet Calgary based artist, Carl White as he talks about his exhibition I Dreamed a Universe! 
  • Meet local artist, Carmen Haakstad talking about his exhibition Domino VI.

Please email jamie-lee@aggp.ca or call 780-357-7480 to coordinate the delivery of the FREE art activity kits to your location with you.

For more information: aggp.ca/learn/tours/

 

Virtual Artist Talk: Tuloy, Tawid

Featuring Julius Poncelet Manapul, Marigold Santos, and Karen Zalamea

September 10

6:00 – 8:oopm

Hosted by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

Click the link below to REGISTER for free
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_YcmluFm9T0etbYoFsVoFmg
Join us for our second Live Talk with the artists and curators of the ‘Tuloy, Tawid’ exhibition where we will have a conversation about the concept of the exhibition and hear from the artists on their art practice. This talk features artists Julius Poncelet Manapul, Marigold Santos, and Karen Zalamea with Curators Kuh Del Rosario and Manar Abo Touk.
Tuloy, Tawid was developed while thinking through and critically examining the balikbayan box as a charged symbol for the Filipino diaspora (Hof 2018, 99). From Filipinos living abroad to loved ones in the Philippines – provisional imports are dispatched to satisfy anticipated needs, as well as requested goods. The proliferation of this gesture of care can be tracked from every direction around the globe, resulting in an estimated 18,000 containers received per year (Hof 2018, 95) as of 2015. This number has surely grown since. Thus, the balikbayan box serves not only as a form of kinship work (Milgram 2019, 53), maintaining important connections within family and community, but has grown into a lucrative industry, blurring the distinctions between gift and commodity. With such a complicated network of entanglements, the balikbayan box serves only as a beginning to a much larger discussion about the Filipino migration, as it informs and expands national borders, implicates notions of identity, cultural dynamics, evolving traditions and adapted rituals.
Through the unique perspective and geographical position of each artist, Tuloy, Tawid offers an exhibition with both breadth and specificity, at once. Featuring works by artists – Zeus Bascon (Laguna, Philippines), KoloWn (Philippines), Greys Lockheart (Cebu City, Philippines), Julius Poncelet Manapul (Toronto, Canada), Marigold Santos (Calgary, Canada) and Karen Zalamea (Vancouver, Canada) – this exhibition examines the Filipino experience, entangled and layered by the diaspora. By selecting artists from such diverse backgrounds, with distinct relationships to their own Filipino ancestry, Tuloy,Tawid proposes new ways of continuing on, and crossing to a more inclusive and generous future.
This exhibition is sponsored by Pizza Hut

New Exhibition on view!

You can see the 2021 Recent Acquisition exhibition from July 10, 2021 – November 15, 2021.
In the past three years, the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie has acquired 33 artworks from 9 artists into our Permanent Collection. This exhibition also includes our first two artworks certified by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB).
This exhibition is sponsored by Servus Credit Union
This exhibition was curated by Katrina Shirley, Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions & Collections
Artwork credits:
‘Hide: RUNNINGCROSS’, Clay Ellis, 2013. Gift of the Artist

‘The Talking Path’ – Upcoming Exhibition

June 17 – October 10, 2021

Rooted in the Oral Tradition of Indigenous cultures of The Peace Region, the artworks in The Talking Path represent collected spoken words and stories handed down for generations. In their integrated, authentic and visual forms, they tell the stories of diverse joint journeys between Indigenous Elders, Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Indigenous Youths honouring, respecting, and sharing holistic ways of knowing and well-being in family and community.

Told and retold many times throughout an individual’s life, Oral Stories echo the inheritance of a cultural group. Oral Stories may include songs, prayers, epics, stories, histories, speeches, poems, spiritual messages, sacred teachings as well as experiential and sensory knowledge. Nurturing a sense of belonging and identity, Oral Stories speak to the inter-related, multi-levelled nature of Indigenous cultural and sacred teachings to maintain a spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental balance in everyday life.

Visit exhibition page here.

In collaboration with the Traditional Paths Society of Grande Prairie, this exhibition was curated by Sabine Schneider, Curator, Learning.

Summer Art Camp

We have launched our Summer Art Camps! Offered in a professional gallery setting, this year, students will display their artwork in a Community Art Installation in the Montrose Cultural Centre. To keep children safe, we will be limiting our camps to 6 children per camp to maintain the proper amount of social distancing. View the Summer Art Camp Handout to see the steps we are taking this summer to keep everyone safe.

Week-long camps for 6 – 12 year olds.
$95 Non-Members / $75 Members
To register: call (780) 357 – 7480 or email jamie-lee@aggp.ca

Camp 1
Painting
July 19 – 23
Daily 1pm – 3:30pm

Students will learn a variety of painting and drawing techniques inspired by our natural environment and current exhibitions.

Camp 2
Mixed Media
July 26 – 30
Daily 1pm – 3:30pm

Students will explore a variety of exciting mediums including, printmaking, adding textures from nature and around us to their paintings, and more.

Camp 3
Sculpture
August 9 – 13
Daily 1pm – 3:30pm

With a unique focus on sculptural forms and space, students will create contemporary 3-dimensional art.

 

SUMMER ART CAMPS are sponsored by:

UPCOMING EXHIBITION – Tuloy, Tawid

The Tuloy, Tawid exhibition developed while thinking through and critically examining the balikbayan box as a charged symbol for the Filipino diaspora (Hof 2018, 99). From Filipinos living abroad to loved ones in the Philippines – provisional imports are dispatched to satisfy anticipated needs, as well as requested goods.

This exhibition includes six artists from diverse backgrounds, with distinct relationships to their own Filipino ancestry, Tuloy, Tawid proposes new ways of continuing on, and crossing to a more inclusive and generous future.

Upon reopening, you can experience the artwork of JULIUS PONCELET MANAPUL, MARIGOLD SANTOS, KAREN ZALAMEA, ZEUS BASCON, KOLOWN & GREYS LOCKHEART from June 24th to September 20th, 2021 at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie!

Guest curated by Kuh del Rosario with the support of Manar Abo Touk (Curator of Exhibition and Collections)

Visit the exhibition page here

 

This exhibition is sponsored by Pizza Hut

MEET THE ARTIST VIRTUAL EXHIBITION TOUR WITH FREE ART ACTIVITY

We are pleased to offer a new series called Meet the Artist. With this resource, you will be able to take your class on a virtual tour with the artist, through their exhibition at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. We have created this program for you to be able to ‘visit’ the Art Gallery in the comfort of your classroom. After your class has watched the virtual exhibition tour, you can facilitate the art project inspired by the artist’s exhibition with our FREE art activity kits.

Our first MEET THE ARTIST  VIRTUAL EXHIBITION TOUR is with local artist Carmen Haakstad featuring his exhibition Domino VI. SCULPT is the activity that comes with Carmen’s virtual tour.

Please email jamie-lee@aggp.ca or call 780-357-7480 so we can send you the link for the Meet the Artist Virtual Exhibition Tour video and coordinate the delivery of the FREE art activity kits to your location with you.

Plan your next visit to the Art Gallery and view our current Program Guide with details on the featured exhibitions, artists, guided tours, art activities and art retreats.

 

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