Calendar
November 2012
Collect: Mixed Media Installation
Using a variety of materials, work in groups to create a large-scale installation work in the TD Education Gallery
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/07/murals-created-with-thousands-of-buttons-pins-and-beads-by-ran-hwang/
$10/workshop
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
12:15 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Albrecht Durer
(spotlight, 25 min)
Friday, November 2, 6:30 pm
Art Gallery of Alberta
Free with Gallery Admission
Join Edmonton artist Paul Freeman to learn more about the exhibition PAUL FREEMAN: It’s Only Natural, showing in the RBC New Works Gallery. More information >
Opening reception free for AGA Members!
7:30-10 pm
No RSVP is required. Simply show your AGA Membership card at the door, and feel free to bring a guest.
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
3 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
4 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Edo is the old name for the city of Tokyo, but also refers to the history period extending from 1603 to 1868. During this time, Japan was ruled by military leaders known as Shoguns of the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa Shoguns were great patrons of the arts and encouraged the nobility to collect artworks as well, leading to the development of two distinct schools of ‘high art’.
During the Edo period, Japan also saw the rapid growth of a merchant class who desired to show off their new wealth through the acquisition of artistic goods. This gave rise to a new form of prints known as Ukiyo-e. Instead of depicting spiritual or scholarly subject matter, the Ukiyo-e showed the day-to-day life of the people of Japan—the different social classes, their occupations, the clothes they wore and even the way women dressed their hair. The prints also depict aspects of folklore, legends, theatre as well as historical scenes. Exquisite craftsmanship and technical ingenuity are the hallmarks of the Edo period and these aspects are reflected in the functional objects produced in the era.
This exhibition features a wide variety of Edo period works of art on loan from the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s extensive and world famous Japanese collection, including: paintings, prints, ceramics, lacquerware and samurai armour, as well as the famed Ukiyo-e prints.
EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age is organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria with assistance from the Canadian Department of Heritage, Museum Assistance Program and curated by Barry Till, Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Paul Freeman’s art practice focuses on the tensions that are emerging in connection to new genetic technologies and what appear to be the blurred boundaries between genders, species and life forms. This exhibition in the RBC New Works Gallery features two life-size casts of stags whose antlers seem to have run wild, emerging from their bodies like the branches of a tree. In these works, Freeman uses one of the most traditional sculptural methods, metal casting, and a centuries old theme, the majestic wild animal sculpture, to create works that speak to a future of variation, hybridity and potential mutation.
The RBC New Works Gallery features new artworks by Alberta artists. Initiated in 1998 and named the RBC New Works Gallery in 2008, this gallery space continues the Art Gallery of Alberta’s tradition of supporting Alberta artists.
Art of the Rulers: The Kano and Tosa Schools with Professor Walter Davis
Wednesday, November 7, 7 pm
Single Talk: $15/$10 AGA Members
Talk Series: $30/20 AGA Members
Science and Nature
What is the relationship between science, nature, and art? Can science be beautiful? Learn about the science of colour and texture in this fun and interactive visit throughout the gallery. Today will be our first look at EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age.
Print: Making of Multiples (Guest Artist) – tentative
Join local artist and photographer Jonathan Luckhurst for an experimental printmaking workshop.
$10/workshop
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
12:15 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
3 pm: Ledcor Building Tour
(spotlight, 25 min)
4 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Saturday Art Classes!
Session 5 begins!
November 10-December 16, 2012
Registered studio classes for kids aged 3-12.
Sunday Art Classes!
Session 5 begins!
November 10-December 16, 2012
Registered studio classes for kids aged 3-12.
Organic vs. Geometric / Rural vs. Urban
It’s time for a shape showdown at the AGA! What are some of the similarities and differences between organic and geometric shapes? What kind of shapes are more common in rural and urban settings? Movement, activities, and making are all part of this interactive visit.
Stencil: The Art of Katagami
Explore stenciling techniques from the past before heading to the studio to create a
http://www.okoshi-katagami.com/
$10/workshop
Blend: Pastel Portraiture
Connect with works from the past to create your own pastel portrait plays with multiple perspectives. Play with abstract colour, shapes and form to create unique portraits.
Samurai in Edo Japan
Edo Japan was ruled for 250 years by military leaders from the Tokugawa family. Under the leadership of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan’s borders were almost entirely closed to the outside world which altered the traditional role of Samurai as warrior. Drawing from prints, swords and armour featured within the EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Ageexhibition, this Art for Lunch will explore the life of the Samurai and the decline of their military role during the Edo period.
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
12:15 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
4 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
BMO All Day Sundays
Art activities for all ages
Third Sunday of every month, noon-4 pm
Free with Admission
Join us for a Japanese cultural celebration! The AGA invites families to visit our exhibition EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age, enjoy performances by Kita No Taiko drumming troupe and take part in Japanese-inspired projects including origami-making and haiku experiments with local poets!
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Life of the Samurai: Armour, Swords and Images with Professor Mikael Adolphson
Wednesday, November 21, 7 pm
Single Talk: $15/$10 AGA Members
Talk Series: $30/20 AGA Members
Number’s and Art
1,2,3, count with me! Discover numbers in art and learn how math and art connect. Investigate art and architecture through counting, patterns, and ordering while learning the art of numbers!
Hybrid: Photographic Collage
Be inspired by the sculptural work of local artist Paul Freeman before creating your own photographic collage.
$10/workshop
Mold: Clay Sculpture
Current exhibitions will inform this workshop to create 3-D sculpture in clay that responds to the idea of “transformation”. Use still life objects and found images to inspire your clay work.
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
12:15 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
4 pm: Ledcor Building Tour
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
1 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
3 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
Time Travel in the AGA
Pretend to climb aboard the AGA time machine! What was the world like a long time ago? What will it be like in the future? Use your imagination to create worlds that have existed to those that have yet to be discovered. Try to determine what art was like in the past and what it will be like in the future.
DIY: Open Studio 3D
Have a project idea? Want time to finish what you started? Open studio is for you! In this special edition Studio Y, you choose the project and theme.
$10/workshop
Relief: Lino Block Prints
Play with repetition and rhythm to create a relief printing block inspired by printmaking exhibitions in the Gallery.
November 29, 2012
Enjoy free Gallery admission from 6-9 pm
Brought to you by Servus Credit Union
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
12:15 pm: Misled by Nature
(spotlight, 25 min)
2 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell
Thursday, November 29, 7 pm
Art Gallery of Alberta
Free, Register online >
The AGA Book Club is the product of an exciting partnership between the Art Gallery of Alberta and the Edmonton Public Library. Book selections are inspired by current AGA exhibitions. This season the exhibition is EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age. Engage in a discussion about the book, and tour through this exciting exhibition. This program is free.
Regular exhibition tours with our knowledgeable Interpretive Staff are offered free with admission.
3 pm: Albrecht Dürer
(spotlight, 25 min)
4 pm: EDO: Arts of Japan’s Last Shogun Age
(spotlight, 25 min)
