Welcome to Muse! Muse is designed to capture the visual and written responses from the audiences of our travelling exhibition program. Muse is for students and venue participants in Northern Alberta to showcase their talents in direct response to the art they view in the TREX (Travelling Exhibition) program.
If you are a participating school, library or venue in Northern Alberta (Region 1), and you enjoy looking at the artwork that arrives in crates to your venue, then you may wish to respond through artwork, poetry, writing or any creative expression.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Travelling Exhibition (TREX) program aims to spotlight the work of artists from Alberta and provide every Albertan with the opportunity to enjoy visual art exhibitions in their community.
Three regional galleries and one arts organization coordinate the program for the AFA:
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The exhibition “High Art: Passport to the Peaks” serves as a documentary of the Passport to the Peaks program which has become a part of Alberta’s history. It cements the relationship between fine art, sport and personal achievement. Artist Robert Guest and Dr. Keith Darcel are deeply connected to the …
EXHIBITIONS IN GRANDE PRAIRIE & AREA – Fall 2011
We’re very excited that several of our travelling exhibitions from our TREX program will be on display in Grande Prairie and area this fall! Learn more about TREX.
Tina Martel: evolve
Curated by Todd Schaber of the Art Gallery of …
The exhibition 75 Million: Bison Drawings of Adrian Stimson was nearly done travelling through northwest Alberta with The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’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 …
Kim Huynh: hole/whole
June 3 – August 15, 2011
On view at The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
9839 – 103 Avenue, Montrose Cultural Centre
hole/whole was curated by Todd Schaber of The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Maskwacis: Bear Hills
July & August 2011
On view at the Grande …
JULY & AUGUST: View the travelling exhibition Maskwacis: Bear Hills at the Grande Prairie Public Library. The library is located within the Montrose Cultural Centre, which is also home to The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie and Esquires Coffeehouse. Maskwacis is part of the TREX program. Each month …
2 CRATES/ 1 ARTIST/ 10 ARTWORKS/ 70 RUNNING FEET
Available: September 2011 – August 2012
Curated by Todd Schaber of The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Tina Martel is a mixed media artist whose work ranges from painting, drawing, photography, video and installation. The installation and creation of evolve happened …
Celebrating our Peace Region Matriarchs
The Euphemia McNaught and Evelyn McBryan Collection
2 CRATES/ 2 ARTISTS/ 23 ARTWORKS/ 70 RUNNING FEET
Available: September 2010 – August 2011
Curated by Lynn LeCorre-Dallaire of The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
This exhibition is curated from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and …
3 CRATES/ 1 ARTIST/ 21 ARTWORKS/ 70 RUNNING FEET
Curated by Todd Schaber of The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Travelling Exhibition (TREX) program
Pearls/oysters are derived from oceans, which are an integral part of the eco environment. Our relationship to the world’s oceans was ambivalent during the nationalistic economic development …
A wildfire devastated the town of Slave Lake, AB, which is 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton. The town was evacuated Sunday, May 15, 2011. The fire destroyed more than a third of the homes, along with commercial buildings, the town hall, government centre and library.
The Art Gallery of Grande …