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East vs. West photography competition

Sharp shooters of the west:
Six local photographers take part in East vs. West competition and exhibit.

By KIRSTEN GORUK, Herald-Tribune staff.

Six Grande Prairie-based photographers and another three from Edmonton have teamed up in an effort to out-shoot their eastern counterparts.

The team is a part of the …

Alberta Arts Days are Coming Soon!

September 30 – October 2, 2011

Alberta Arts Days are coming soon and Grande Prairie is planning a great weekend to celebrate visual, drama, music and literary arts. We’re happy to report the Wearable Art Show at the Centre for Creative Arts will return this year. Also look for the …

Local artist makes key connection

Sabine Schneider is the Community Experience Manager here at the Prairie Art Gallery. Congratulations on your exhibition Sabine!

Local artist makes key connection
By Diana Rinne of the Daily Herald-Tribune

There are those with whom we connect instantly. Grande Prairie’s Sabine Schneider had such a moment of recognition a few …

Fun Times at the Festival

Thank you to the volunteers and visitors who joined us this past weekend at the Street Performers Festival.  We hope you all had a great time.

The exhibition “Evy and Betty” made its debut at the festival. The show was in a shipping truck to bring art to the visitors …

Update: Exhibition Destroyed in Slave Lake

The exhibition 75 Million: Bison Drawings of Adrian Stimson was nearly done travelling through northwest Alberta with The Prairie Art Gallery’s TREX program before it was unexpectedly destroy in May in the Slave Lake wildfires.  The exhibition was set to go to southern Alberta in September.

To ensure future venues are …

Construction Update

Rain delays Prairie Art project
Heavy rainfall over the last few weeks has set the restoration project back a few weeks

By remo zaccagna Herald-Tribune staff

 

Heavy rainfall over the last month has delayed the $10 million Prairie Art Gallery restoration project by a number of weeks.

Initially slated …

TREX Exhibitions in Grande Prairie

Kim Huynh: hole/whole
June 3 – August 15, 2011
On view at The Prairie Art Gallery
9839 – 103 Avenue, Montrose Cultural Centre
hole/whole was curated by Todd Schaber of The Prairie Art Gallery

Maskwacis: Bear Hills
July & August 2011
On view at the Grande Prairie Public Library
9839 …

Art Quest: Exhibition Reception

Children’s Art Exhibition

Saturday, July 23, 2011
1:00 – 4:00 pm
The Prairie Art Gallery

View the art work created by the children who attended this year’s summer art camps. The art work will be on view in The Prairie Art Gallery’s interactive zone called The Green Space. We invite …

2011 Street Performers Festival

July 22 – 24, 2011
Downtown Grande Prairie

Friday, July 22             4:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday, July 23       12 noon – 9:00 pm
Sunday, July 24          12 noon – 6:00 pm

Visit The Prairie Art Gallery during the 2011 Street Performers Festival!

Gallery Activities at The Prairie Art Gallery

New Board of Directors

Thank you to everyone who came to Monday’s Annual General Meeting. Executive Director/Curator Robert Steven gave a tour of the construction site after the meeting. We hope you had a nice time and enjoyed to the tour.

The Prairie Art Gallery is governed by a volunteer board of directors.  We …