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JEAN-PIERRE GAUTHIER: Machines at Play

 

Exhibition Opening: January 8, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Montreal artist Jean Pierre Gauthier has been active on the contemporary art scene since the mid-1990s, when he quickly gained recognition for the inventiveness of his work. The kinetic installations that have emerged from his exploration of the acoustic and metaphorical potential of…

Qamanittuaq: Where the River Widens

Travelling exhibit from Macdonald Stewart Art Centre.

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 3 at 7:00pm

Qamanittuaq is a comprehensive exhibition of drawings by Inuit artists from Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. This touring exhibit has been organized by the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph, Ontario. The exhibition focuses on 80 drawings selected from…

The Boundary Layer

Curated by Catherine Dean

Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm

In its most simplified definition, the boundary layer is the thin plane at the surface of the Earth where land meets sky. Though we may temporarily escape it in skyscrapers and planes, boats and submarines, this is the only…

Han: Voices From the Earth

Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Exhibition location: Teresa Sargent Hall, in the Montrose Cultural Centre

“Voices from the Earth” is a multi-media, moveable public art installation that develops the theme of hope for the world’s threatened environment.


Grand Opening

Friday, September 18, 2009

7:00 pm

Location: The Prairie Art Gallery, in the Montrose Cultural Centre

Please join us at The Prairie Art Gallery’s Grand Opening Party in celebration of our new location within the Montrose Cultural Centre. Come and enjoy a delicious patio-style barbeque, chilled keg-style beer, three new art exhibitions, and…

Olivia Kachman: Out of the Blue & Into the Red

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm

“Out of the Blue & Into the Red” is a multimedia installation that explores the theme “What we do to the Earth, we do to ourselves.” This work examines the disconnect between people and their souls, communities and the Earth through an…

Without End:Exploring the Lines that Keep Us Apart

Curated by Todd Schaber with the Prairie Art Gallery and Catherine Hamel with the University of Calgary

Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm  

Location: The Prairie Art Gallery

“Without End” has two areas of exploration. The first area examines the tools of architectural representation. The second area studies its…

Visit us at the Street Performers Festival

Visit the Prairie Art Gallery during Grande Prairie’s 2009 Street Performers Festival. Gallery staff and volunteers will be downtown this weekend with sidewalk chalk drawing and art exhibitions. Visit the Prairie Art Gallery in our new location in the Montrose Cultural Centre, just two blocks away at 9839 – 103…

Opening Reception June 19

Friday, June 19, 2009

Art Exhibition Opening Reception
6:30 pm, The Prairie Art Gallery

Exhibitions:
Bibi Clement: Vigil of Angels
Yasuo Terada: East Wind Blows West
Tina Martel: tenuous

 

About the Festival….

Celebrate Summer Solstice with a six-day festival of arts and culture in the north! Music, drama, visual art and literary activities are planned…

Iskoteo Public Galleries Conference

Friday, June 19, 2009

Public Presentation: Excellence in Art Galleries
1:30 pm at the Prairie Art Gallery

Directors and Curators of public galleries across Alberta will gather in Grande Prairie to celebrate the Prairie Art Gallery’s new home in the Montrose Cultural Centre and discuss the future of public galleries in Alberta. The public is invited…