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Archive for September, 2008

Instructors Needed

Are you an artist living in Grande Prairie and area?  Are you interested in teaching art classes to children, youth or adults?

What talents do you want to share with others?

Painting? Drawing? Sculpture? Artist Trading Cards? Mixed Media? Calligraphy? 

We want to hear from you.  Please call the Prairie Art Gallery at 532-8111, or…

Hear From the Artists of ARTery

Arterial Motives

ARTery Artists in Conversation

If we think of the artery as a channel of communication, and if we further think of it as a sustaining conduit, then it follows that we want as many branches and veins radiating from it as we can assemble. In doing research for the essay…

Robert Enright: ARTery Essay

The following is the catalogue essay for the ARTery exhibition, written by Robert Enright.  The Prairie Art Gallery was pleased present ARTery, curated by Ed Bader, in January 2008.  The ARTery catalogue will soon be available.

Robert Enright is the senior Contributing Editor to Border Crossings magazine and the University Research Chair in…

Travelling Exhibition Season Event

The Prairie Art Gallery is hosting an event to mark the beginning of the 2008/2009 year of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX). 

On display during the event will be travelling exhibition, Checkerboard and Other Patterns.  Also on display will be slideshow presentation of 4 other exhibitions for…

displace/graft/retrace

Artworks / Framed works / 17 artworks / 1 artist / 3 crates / 70 running feet

AVAILABLE September 2008 to August 2009

Curated by Todd Schaber

To many of us being born in a country where freedom and stability are taken for granted, forced displacement is seldom given a passing thought, other…

Checkerboard and Other Patterns

Artworks / Framed works / 20 artworks / 17 artists / 2 crates / 60 running feet
4 didactics

Curated by Todd Schaber

AVAILABLE October 2008 to September 2009

The exhibition “Checkerboard and Other Patterns” presents an eclectic group of art works by a variety of Alberta artists. The emphasis is on pattern and…

Common Threads

Artworks: Multi-media

18 artworks / 6 artists / 3 crates / 70 running feet

Available September 2008 to August 2009

Curated by Todd Schaber of the Prairie Art Gallery

The exhibition “Common Threads: Textiles in Art” presents artists that use textiles in the creative and formative process of their work. The line between Fine…

Fall Art Classes Begin Soon

The Prairie Art Gallery’s Fall art classes are beginning in September.  To register, call the Gallery at 532-8111, or register online.

Youth & Adult                   Creative Watercolour           September 22 - October 27, 2008

Children Ages 6-9            Studio Mentors - Drawing    September 20 - November 1, 2008

Children Ages 10-12        Studio Mentors - Drawing    October 1…

Art of the Peace Visual Arts Symposium

 

October 24-26, 2008    Dawson Creek, BC


The 6th Annual Art of the Peace Visual Arts Symposium is a weekend lecture series featuring guest artists, curators and art professionals. It is an opportunity to educate, inspire and network with local, regional, and national visual artists. This year’s guest speakers include artist Molly Raher…

Studio Mentors - Drawing (ages 13-17)

Professional artists as mentors for budding young artists!

Learn a variety of drawing techniques and drawing media while exploring art styles and fundamentals in this 4 week program.

This certificate program is aimed at developing students’ technical skills and art knowledge. Students progress from Level 1 through Level 3, each level is four weeks…