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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary  land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.

Alberta Culture Days at the Art Gallery of Alberta

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Please note:  We have updated our COVID-19 protocols, more details here.

Join us at the AGA for a two-day family-friendly celebration of arts and culture at the Art Gallery of Alberta. On September 25th, and September 26th from 11am to 5pm we will be transforming the main floor into a kaleidoscope of colour with free art activities hosted by local artists, and our education team. With a lot of great ways to express your creativity and a giant community colouring project make sure to join us to celebrate Alberta’s lively art community.

On top of daily art activities hosted by our education team we have special programs planned throughout the weekend!

On Saturday join us for a portrait drawing activity hosted by emerging artist Braxton Santiago-Garneau from 12-3pm.

On Sunday local artist Yong Fei Guan will teach you how to transform plastic waste into a colourful lantern that you can take home from 12-3pm.

We hope you will join us at the AGA for our two days of celebration. We are inspired by our recently opened exhibition ROYGBIV, which is a maximalist tribute to colour. All activities on the main floor of the gallery of FREE and open to the public, if you would like to see the rest of the gallery we are offering a reduced admission cost of only $5 this weekend only, brought to you by our sustaining partner Capital Power.

Please note: The Intro to Breaking and Beat Making workshops with Creeasian have been postponed to a later date. Stay tuned for more details.

Bios

Braxton Garneau is a visual artist based in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton, Canada). He holds a BFA from the University of Alberta and has had solo exhibitions at GAVLAK, Los Angeles (2023), Stride Gallery, Calgary (2021) and Parallel Space, Edmonton (2019). 

Yong Fei Guan is a Chinese-Canadian artist with a degree in fine arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Guan explores multicultural identities, politics and their relationship to environmental issues in her work.

Dates and Tickets

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Audience: All ages

Hours

Monday: closed
Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 11am-5pm
Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 11am-5pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm

Admission

* Restrictions apply. Please see our Hours and Admissions page.

AGA members
$Free
Youth 0-17
$Free
Alberta students 18+
$Free
Out-of-province students
$10
General admission
$14
Seniors 65+
$10

Location

2 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T5J 2C1

780.422.6223
info@youraga.ca

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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory and Region 4 of the Metis Nation of Alberta. We respect this as the traditional and contemporary  land of diverse Indigenous Peoples including the Plains Cree, Woodland Cree, Beaver Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Anishinaabe/Saulteaux/Ojibwe and Dene Peoples. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous, Inuit and Métis people who make Alberta their home today.