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.
In collaboration with the Traditional Paths Society of Grande Prairie, this exhibition was curated by Sabine Schneider, Curator, Learning.
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
Students will learn a variety of painting and drawing techniques inspired by our natural environment and current exhibitions.
Students will explore a variety of exciting mediums including, printmaking, adding textures from nature and around us to their paintings, and more.
With a unique focus on sculptural forms and space, students will create contemporary 3-dimensional art.
SUMMER ART CAMPS are sponsored by:
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
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.
anne drew potter’s exhibition ‘age of innocence’ ran from October 15th – February 14th, 2021 and guest curated by Derrick Chang. Due to the times, we weren’t open for visitation for most of the show.
We wouldn’t let you miss this experience though! Visit ‘Art at Home’ to view our stabilized walkthrough video, as well as installation images of the artist’s layered tales.
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Reflecting on the anne drew potter Exhibition
Featured Image Artwork: anne drew potter, ‘Get Off the Boat: Disposable Bodies’, black earthenware, 2010.
Link Featured Image Artwork: anne drew potter, ‘Let Them Eat Cake I’, Vanitas et Avaritia (Vanity and Greed) (detail of one of ‘Three Little Birds’), stoneware, porcelain, luster, 2010.
Justin Langlois’ exhibition ‘Words are Weapons’ opened recently, while we are still closed to the public, we’ve shared some installation photos with you on Justin’s exhibition page!
With an interest in what art can do in everyday life, Langlois’ artworks look to the community to develop collaborative models as tools for gathering, learning, and making space for dialogue and affirmative action.
Photo: Installation of Justin Langlois ‘Decisions, Decisions’ participatory poster series
This exhibition is supported by Northreach
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie and City of Grande Prairie are excited to welcome an ice carving exhibit to the Montrose Cultural Centre, Mamawe Concourse Area(south side of building) on Sunday February 28th and March 1st, 2021.
The exhibit will see the real-time carving of ice sculptures unique to Grande Prairie, by two artists from the Ice on Whyte Festival, Mark Berge & Cliff Vacheresse. After the sculptures are carved, they will remain at the Montrose Cultural Centre site for the remainder of the Winter season for all to enjoy.
Visit the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie on Facebook, Sunday February 28th and March 1st to view the livestream as nationally renowned sculptors create masterpieces of ice.
We are happy to be partnering once more with the Grande Prairie Regional College Fine Arts department to offer a free online presentation by artist Geneva Haley, whose artwork is currently in the travelling exhibition “Scraps.” Her talk will take place on February 24th at 11:30AM. To register and receive the presentation link please email: finearts@gprc.ab.ca
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie is located within the Montrose Cultural Centre in Grande Prairie, Alberta.
#103, 9839 – 103 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta
T8V 6M7
(780) 532-8111
(780) 539-9522
info@aggp.ca
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10 am – 6 pm
Wednesday: 10 am – 6 pm
Thursday: 10 am – 9 pm
Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 1 pm – 5 pm
Holidays: Closed
Closed Mondays
We acknowledge that we are located on Treaty 8 territory—the ancestral Land of the sovereign Dane-zaa, Nehiyawak, Dene, and Otipemisiwak Nations. We acknowledge the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude.
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie also recognizes that Land Acknowledgments are not enough. Through our actions we commit to truth, reconciliation, decolonization, and allyship in support of Indigenous lifeways and wellbeing.