The Prairie Art Gallery is hosting a free mask making workshop where families and children can drop-in to design and make their own mask to wear and take home. Drop-in anytime between 1:00 – 5:00 pm and get creative with us!

This event is happening during Alberta Arts Days (Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2011.)

Saturday, October 1, 2011
Location: Teresa Sargent Hall, Montrose Cultural Centre
Time: 7:30 pm – 1:00 am
Free admission

You are invited to join us! The Prairie Art Gallery is hosting a cocktail party to celebrate Alberta’s unique blend of peoples and passions. Guests are welcome to wear traditional cultural attire or even dress up as their favourite super hero or movie character. Share your love of sports, cooking, theatre, animals – whatever it may be! Costume-free guests are welcome to join the party, but we invite you to express yourself and what you love by using your fashion!

This event is happening during Alberta Arts Days (Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2011.)

The AGM is open to all current members of The Prairie Art Gallery.

The purpose of the meeting will be to consider and approve the minutes of the previous annual general meeting, to receive and to consider audited financial statements for the previous fiscal year, to receive and to consider reports from the Executive Director and the Board of Directors, to elect Directors and Officers, to appoint auditors for the next fiscal year, and to transact any other business properly brought before the meeting, including the following two special resolutions.

A tour of the construction site and a light reception will be held after the meeting.

Notice of Special Resolution:

The following special resolutions will be considered at the Annual General Meeting of the Prairie Gallery Society:

Proposed Bylaw Amendment, Term of Office:

That Article 5.3 is changed to read: Term of Office Directors and Officers shall hold office for a term of one (1) year so long as they remain eligible under the terms of Article 5.2. No member of the Board shall be eligible to serve more than four (4) consecutive terms in any capacity. A member of the Board who has served four (4) full consecutive terms shall not be eligible to serve again as a Director or Officer before the passing of one year. Exceptions will be made to ensure that this article shall not limit any Chair to fewer than two (2) consecutive terms as Chair, and to permit one (1) term as Past Chair.

Proposed Bylaw Amendment, Meetings:

That Article 5.5 is changed to read: Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times and such places as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board shall meet at least four (4) times in each year. The Board may use teleconferencing as an alternative to meetings in person, but, in no instance shall it meet in person fewer than one (1) time in each year. Meetings shall be called by the Chair. A special meeting of the Board may be called on the instructions of any two members of the Board provided they request the Chair in writing to call such a meeting, and state the business to be brought before the meeting. Meetings of the Board shall be called by ten (10) days’ notice in writing mailed to each member of the Board or by three (3) days’ notice by telecommunication. Any six (6) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

The Prairie Art Gallery is collaborating with the Grande Prairie Public Library to host a ‘Celebrate Seniors’ event during Seniors’ Week on June 9. Seniors are welcome to join for a Gallery tour from 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm of the exhibition hole/whole by Calgary based artist Kim Huyhn including a presentation about the restoration project by Gallery Executive Director Robert Steven. Seniors then move on to the Public Library where they will enjoy a tour and refreshments, as well as have the pleasure to be entertained by the Elders Caring Shelter.

A small selection of works from our collection is installed in the Green Space as the main Gallery remains under construction. The exhibition offers visitors a chance to see works from the collection that have rarely been exhibited, with an emphasis on the diversity of artistic practices that are preserved in our collection.

Peacework will be on view as long as construction permits.

Learn more about the permanent collection.

On December 9, 2010 the Prairie Art Gallery will host the PIE Luncheon. This luncheon is a free, one-hour fundraising event intended to inform community members of the work the Gallery is currently doing and hopes to continue into the future in the areas of Preservation, Inspiration and Exploration.

We encourage you to join us and share our message of philanthropy, community building, fostering artistic excellence, and above all, helping to make the Prairie Art Gallery a continued success. You will hear stories from members, artists, and educators and have the opportunity to become a member of the Art Forever Council.

Your commitment to the Prairie Art Gallery has a powerful impact in bringing alive the beauty and wonder of art for our generation and generations to come.

For more information, or to reserve your seat at this special luncheon, please call Rob Swanston at the Prairie Art Gallery at (780) 357 – 7486.

Thursday, December 9, 2010
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
9816-107 Street, Grande Prairie

Loving Art Is As Easy As PIE: Preserve Inspire Explore

To ensure that everyone in Grande Prairie has warm clothes this winter, Prairie Art Gallery is accepting coats, scarves, mitts and socks as well as personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, soap and shampoo. The goods will be given to Rotary House after the donation deadline on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.

Jennifer Fisher of the gallery hopes to collect enough clothing and toiletries to provide for all of the Rotary House’s temporary and long-term residents.

“The goal that I have is to get at least enough clothing for about 150 to 200 people,” she said. “A lot of the main things they need when they’re living on the streets are warm clothing, and they often don’t have some of the basic necessities like dry warm socks and toques, scarves, mitts and jackets. In -30 or -40 temperatures when they’re out, it’s always good to have warm clothing.”

Fisher got the idea for the clothing drive from her experience working last November with The Mustard Seed, a Calgary outreach organization that disperses clothing and hygiene products to people on the streets.

“I figured (the clothing drive) would be a really good way to get something like that in Grande Prairie,” she said.

“We are a much smaller city, so I figured with something like this going out to the Rotary House, they would be able to deal with it as they saw fit.”

Announcement from the Gallery:

Give the Gift of Kindness

The Prairie Art Gallery and the Rotary House are working together this winter season to bring the gift of kindness to those in need. Our a goal is to provide gently used winter coats, toques, scarves, mitts, socks and personal hygiene products; so that no man, woman or child will go without their basic needs this winter.

If you have items to give, we encourage you to drop them off at the Prairie Art Gallery.  The deadline for donations will be December 10, 2010 at 6:00pm.  For more information, please contact the Prairie Art Gallery at (780) 532-8111.

Gallery hours and location.

In this exhibition, which is composed of works created by members of the Prairie Art Gallery, and chosen for exhibition entirely by the individual creators of the work with no interference whatsoever from the Gallery, we are proud to show a snapshot of some of the most current and active production of visual culture by artists at all levels of their careers working in this region. The Prairie Art gallery believes that art is among the most important components of a society, and as such that the art made in our community is an important component of our community. The works in this exhibition are as diverse and eclectic as the individual artists who have made them, and we hope they represent much of the diversity of the community. Yet each work, being of this place, should resonate both with the place of its creation and with the other works of art created in that place. The harmony that emerges from this range of voices is in itself a way of understanding Grande Prairie and the Peace Region.

The members’ exhibition has been a long and proud tradition for the Prairie Art Gallery and its members, and like all of the Gallery’s important programs, the members’ exhibition will be transformed by the growth of the organization that is currently underway. This exhibition is a sign that there will always be a place in the Prairie Art Gallery for unmitigated contact between artists practising in this region and the public audience, but it is also a milestone in that this is the final members’ only exhibition that will be held by the Prairie Art Gallery for the foreseeable future. It is our goal to reduce barriers between artists, art, and the audience, and as such, future exhibitions of this type will be open to all creators in the community, and no longer restricted to members.

We thank all of the artists who have so generously loaned their works to this exhibition, and we also thank the City of Grande Prairie and the Heritage Discovery Centre for the loan of this space in our time of need.

 
Heritage Discovery Centre
11330 – 106 Street
Phone: 780-532-5790

The Heritage Discovery Centre is located in the lower level of Centre 2000, the home of Grande Prairie’s Visitor Information Centre. Centre 2000 is situated on the Highway 43 Bypass at 11330 – 106 Street in Grande Prairie.  Our family-friendly hands-on experience officially opened in 2004.  Permanent exhibits showcasing the natural and social history of the Peace Country from prehistoric times to the present interactive displays for the whole family.

Hours:
Monday - Friday                 8:30 am to 4:30 pm 
Saturday & Sunday            10:00 am to 4:30 pm 

FREE admission if you’re only viewing the Prairie Art Gallery exhibition.

Grande Prairie is one of five featured celebration sites in Alberta and the Prairie Art Gallery will partner with other community organizations, including the Centre for Creative Arts, to present exciting activities throughout the Arts Days weekend.

What an Amazing Weekend!
To learn more about the amazing events happening in Grande Prairie visit www.abartsdaysgp.ca.  You will find information about art exhibitions and openings, art walks, film screenings, music concerts, and more.

Events All Over Alberta!
Visit AlbertaArtsDays.ca to learn more about Alberta Arts Days and view a calender of events that are scheduled all over the province.