Calendar
July 2010
Open Studio Drop-in Workshop
Every Thursday, 7-9 pm
Summer Season: June 3-August 26
$12 / $10 AGA Members
Imaginary Architecture
In-Gallery Sketching Hour: Imaginary Architecture
First Saturday of every Month, 3-4:30pm
June 5, July 3, August 7
Free with Admission | Sign-up at Guest Services beginning at 2 pm
Led by local artist Paul Freeman
The Golden Age of Looney Toons
Tuesday, July 6, 7pm
Free
Presented as part of ANIMATION WEEK at your AGA.
1 pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
2:30
pm Spotlight: Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Best of Bugs Bunny and the Best of Daffy & Porky
Wednesday, July 7, 7 pm
Free
Presented as part of ANIMATION WEEK at your AGA.
Drop-in classes for families and kids aged 3-5
Wednesdays 10 am-11:30 am
Free with Gallery admission
Make a Move
Discover art through movement activities! Movement, action and motion
are all part of this gallery exploration. Dance in the atrium, move
through exhibitions and pose on the sculpture terrace!
1 pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
2:30
pm Spotlight: M.C. Escher
Free with Admission
The AGA Presents: Gary Panter
Artist Talk followed by a book launch
Thursday, July 8, 7 pm
Ledcor Theatre and City of Edmonton Terrace
$10 / Free for AGA Members
In celebration of all things comic and cartoon, the AGA has invited Gary Panter to give an artist talk. The Emmy-award winning Panter was the head-set designer for Pee Wee’s Playhouse and the creator of the underground comic Jimbo. He has been credited with successfully breaking down “the barrier that separates “trash” from “art” and transform[ing] underground comix into a viable art form.”
Panter has also contributed an illustration to the AGA’s publication The Murder of Crows. Following Panter’s Artist Talk, join us for a book launch on the AGA’s sculpture terrace.
Open Studio Drop-in Workshop
Every Thursday, 7-9 pm
Summer Season: June 3-August 26
$12 / $10 AGA Members
1 pm Exhibition Tour: M.C. ESCHER: The Mathemagician
2:30
pm Spotlight: Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Road Runner versus. Wile E. Coyote
Friday, July 9, 7 pm
Free
Presented as part of ANIMATION WEEK at your AGA.
1 pm Exhibition Tour: Reframing a Nation
2:30
pm Spotlight: M.C. Escher
Free with Admission
Saturday, July 10, 8 pm-2 am
Late Night Art Party, 18+
$45
10% off for AGA Members / 50% off for AGA Ultra and Curator’s Circle Members
Themed around the exhibition The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons with performances and projects by some of Alberta’s hottest young artists, this party will be the first in a new series of late night events at the AGA.
Saturday, July 10, 2-5 pm
$15 / $10 AGA Members
Presented as part of ANIMATION WEEK at your AGA
Spend an afternoon with the talent behind the Warner Bros published comic book: Absolute Magnitude. Discover the ins and outs, whys and hows from Robert Burke Richardson and Kuen Tang.
12:30 pm Spotlight: M.C. Escher
2
pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Animated AGA
Second Sunday of every month, 12-4 pm
Free with admission
What's up doc? The Edmonton Street Performers Festival invades the AGA to help celebrate the Art of Warner Brothers! Create balloon animals and learn to cartoon with professional artists. Develop your own cartoon character and work with local musicians to bring your character to life through sound effects!
12:30 pm Spotlight: Warner Bros. Cartoons
2
pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
Free with Admission
1 pm Exhibition Tour: Reframing a Nation
2:30
pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Drop-in classes for families and kids aged 3-5
Wednesdays 11 am-12 pm
Free with Gallery admission
Imaginary Architecture
Explore the AGA and the exhibitions through architecture and design
activities and games. Discover the imaginary architecture of M.C. Escher
and follow the Borealis throughout the building before visiting the BMO
World of Creativity!
1 pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
2:30
pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner
Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Open Studio Drop-in Workshop
Every Thursday, 7-9 pm
Summer Season: June 3-August 26
$12 / $10 AGA Members
12:10-12:50 pm
Free
Piranesi’s Labyrinths: Voids, Utopias and “Other Spaces”
1 pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
2:30
pm Spotlight: M.C. Escher
Free with Admission
1 pm Exhibition Tour: M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician
2:30
pm Spotlight: Reframing a Nation
Free with Admission
11:30 am Spotlight: M.C. Escher
12:30 pm Spotlight: Reframing a Nation
2:00 pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner
Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
11:30 am Spotlight: TIMELAND
12:30 pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
2:00
pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
Free with Admission
1 pm Exhibition Tour: Reframing a Nation
2:30
pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner
Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Drop-in classes for families and kids aged 3-5
Wednesdays 11 am-12 pm
Free with Gallery admission
Shape it Up
Search, make, and discover shapes throughout the gallery. Games,
movement activities and making are all part of this interactive visit!
1 pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
2:30
pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner
Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Open Studio Drop-in Workshop
Every Thursday, 7-9 pm
Summer Season: June 3-August 26
$12 / $10 AGA Members
1 pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
2:30
pm Spotlight: M.C. Escher
Free with Admission
Friday, July 23, 7 pm
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition M.C. ESCHER: The Mathemagician.
In 1956, Dutch artist Maurits C. Escher challenged the laws of perspective with Print Gallery and found himself trapped behind an impossible barrier...
This uncompleted masterpiece quickly became a puzzling enigma for both artists and scientists. Half a century later, mathematician Hendrik Lenstra took everyone by surprise by drawing a fantastic bridge between the intuition of the artist and his own, finally shattering the Infinity Barrier!
Directed by Jean Bergeron. 2007 / 52 minutes / English
7-9 pm
For AGA Ultra Members.
This Ultra Night is followed by an encore private screening of Achieving
the Unachievable, a film about M.C. Escher, at 9 pm.
1 pm Exhibition Tour: M.C. ESCHER: The Mathemagician
2:30
pm Spotlight: Reframing a Nation
Free with Admission
11:30 am Spotlight: M.C. Escher
12:30 pm Spotlight: Reframing a Nation
2:00
pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
11:30 am Spotlight: TIMELAND
12:30 pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
2:00
pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
Free with Admission
1 pm Exhibition Tour: Reframing a Nation
2:30 pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Drop-in classes for families and kids aged 3-5
Wednesdays 11 am-12 pm
Free with Gallery admission
1,2,3, Count with Me!
Discover numbers in art and learn how math and art connect. Investigate
art through counting, patterns and ordering while learning the art of
numbers!
1 pm Worlds of Illusion: From Piranesi to Escher
2:30 pm Spotlight: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
Free with Admission
Free admission to the AGA on the last Thursday of every month from 6-9 pm
Open Studio Drop-in Workshop
Every Thursday, 7-9 pm
Summer Season: June 3-August 26
$12 / $10 AGA Members
1 pm Exhibition Tour: The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons
2:30 pm Spotlight: M.C. Escher
Free with Admission
1 pm Exhibition Tour: M.C. ESCHER: The Mathemagician
2:30 pm Spotlight: Reframing a Nation
Free with Admission
11:30 am Spotlight: M.C. Escher
12:30 pm Spotlight: Reframing a Nation
Free with Admission
