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City of Grande Prairie Youth Art Contest

The City of Grande Prairie Municipal Government Day 2008 Youth Art Contest
Draw, colour or paint a picture around the theme:  “Grande Prairie’s 50th Anniversary

This contest is for children ages 12 and under.

 Entries may be dropped off at the Prairie Art Gallery or the Grande Prairie Public Library.  For more information, call …

Volunteers Needed

Are you interested in being involved with the Prairie Art Gallery?
Would you like to participate in…..

one of our fundraising events?

the upcoming Street Performers Festival?

delivering brochures and posters?

signing up for a Bingo (they happen once a month)?

Please call the Prairie Art Gallery …

Update on the House & Garden Tour

The Prairie Art Gallery’s House & Garden Tour is an event that is planned and organized by a committee well in advance.  Unfortunately, due to the partial collapse of the Prairie Art Gallery in March of 2007, the 2008 House & Garden Tour will not take place.  We thank all …

Tina Martel’s Upcoming Exhibition in Encore! Magazine

Tina Martel’s upcoming exhibition tenuous, presented by the Prairie Art Gallery, was featured in the May 1, 2008 issue of Encore! Magazine.  Martel is one of two Grande Prairie artists who received funding through the Alberta Creative Development Initiative (ACDI), a new program designed to support the arts in Alberta.  Read …

Bibi Clement wins Euphemia McNaught Award

Last night, the Prairie Art Gallery awarded its highest artistic honour, the Euphemia McNaught Award, to internationally renowned ceramic artist Bibi Clement. The Euphemia McNaught Award was created in 2003 to recognize artistic achievement at the same time as the comparable Evy McBryan Award was created to recognize service to …

Thanks for a Wonderful Art Auction

The Prairie Art Gallery thanks everyone who made last night’s 28th Annual Art Auction one of the most successful in the Gallery’s history. There were 80 artists who donated works of art that were sold to the 340 attendees, all in support of the Gallery’s operations. The Art Auction is …

Scotiabank presents the 4th Annual Spring Fling

The Prairie Art Gallery would like to tell you about an event happening here in Grande Prairie. This fundraiser is hosted by Scotiabank, with all proceeds from the evening going to the Montrose Cultural Centre. We hope you come …

Grafik Dynamo in Encore! magazine

The Prairie Art Gallery’s presentation of Grafik Dynamo was featured in the April 10th Encore! Magazine. Click here to view the story.

The Prairie Art Gallery to become the best in the world

The Prairie Art Gallery has received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for a research project entitled “The Best Small Art Gallery in the World Project.” The Gallery’s intention is to use the findings of the study to become the best …

Curator rambling: Grafik Dynamo, part 1

Today’s update on the ongoing exhibition Grafik Dynamo is the first in a series of self-indulgent curator rambles on the exhibitions, programs, and future of the Prairie Art Gallery by Director/Curator Robert Steven.

Grafik Dynamo is, as far as I know, the first web art project to be exhibited at the …