Welcome to the travelling exhibition program northwest (TREX NW)

An initiative supported by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts to bring art exhibitions to as many communities as possible across Alberta.

About TREX NW

The Travelling Exhibitions (TREX) program brings engaging art exhibitions directly into communities across Alberta by partnering with local venues to host month-long exhibitions in their spaces, helping to share art

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TREX Wall

The TREX Wall displays solo or group exhibitions on the wall outside the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie located in the Montrose Cultural Centre. This initiative gives Alberta based artists another

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Educational Material

Each Travelling Exhibition (TREX) comes with an educational guide to help bring the exhibitions to life for your community programming and class, and to provide creative educational activities, curriculum connections,

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Current Exhibitions

Fire | Recovery

Fire | Recovery showcases six artists who have experienced forest fires firsthand in Alberta, including the Fort McMurray Wildfire of 2016, the Jasper Wildfire of 2024 and the Kiskatinaw River

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Hopeful Fragments

In this exhibition, the artists drew on life experiences to reveal what brings hope, joy, love and peace into their world. It is their hope that viewers feel and embrace

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Mysterious Forest Life

While exploring wildlife trails in the boreal forest, I have been serendipitously delighted by pop-up exhibits of wildly-diverse, intriguing, intricate structures and designs – some look delicate and fragile, some

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Acknowledgements

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX) acknowledge that the artistic activity we support takes place on the territories of Treaty 6, 7 and 8. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived on and cared for these lands for generations and we are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers, Elders and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on. We reaffirm our commitment to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous communities and growing our shared knowledge and understanding.

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