Past Exhibitions

HERS: The Sky’s the Limit

Izabella Orzelski-Konikowski & Bogdan Koral-Konikowski

Canadians have an identity, one to be proud of.  HERS is a portrait exhibition and the paintings are all women and all artists.  In their honour, 32 large-scale portraits of contemporary, innovative Canadian women in the arts.  The artists’ goal is to depict each of these women…

Janet Enfield: Wisdom of the Ages

Opening Reception: Friday, April 2, 2010 at 7:00 pm

This portrait exhibition earnestly captures the spirit and unique perspective of Peace Country elders whom the artist has had the pleasure of interviewing and photographing. To honour the many character’s individual life stories, every oil painting reveals a senior’s favourite colour, animal,…

Capturing Momentum: Sports in Art

The Prairie Art Gallery created this exhibition to welcome the visitors and athletes to our northern community for the Arctic Winter Games held in Grande Prairie, March 6 – 13, 2010. This exhibit features various artists from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Collection. Each of the 15 artists has…

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.