Current Exhibitions
Laura St.Pierre: AutoPark
July 23, 2010 - October 31, 2010 | Montrose Cultural CentreAutoPark is a portable garden of defunct vehicles that have been converted into large-scale terrariums. Cars, vans, trucks and SUVs house communities of native plants, re-inserting the wilderness into contrived urban landscapes. Riffing off of the history of the enclosed growing space, the artist investigates our evolving relationship to the…
The Wild Side of Art
July 1, 2010 - September 5, 2010 | The Prairie Art GalleryPermanent Collection of The Prairie Art Gallery
Curated by Lynn LeCorre-Dallaire
The Prairie Art Gallery presents the theme of animals in art as enrichment for our children’s summer programs. All the artworks by Alberta artists are selected from our permanent collection, with the exception of the interactive mural display commissioned by local…
Spring Hurlbut: Le Jardin du sommeil
June 4, 2010 - August 22, 2010 | The Prairie Art GalleryOpening Reception: Friday, June 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm
The moving sight of about 100 cribs and cradles lined up in orderly fashion in The Prairie Art Gallery will summon up memories of hospitals, orphanages, dormitories, schoolrooms, cemeteries—images that telescope the cycle of life: birth, life and death.
Le Jardin du sommeil (1998) is a…