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The next in our Community Tour series will be lead by Debra Davidson, a professor at the University of Alberta specializing in environmental sociology, climate change and the politics of natural resource use and extraction. 

Can words be used in art? Explore the exhibition WordMark to see how artists use words to share messages. Combine printmaking techniques with words and discover your creativity in AGA art studios!

Have a project idea? Want to finish what you started? Open Studio is for you!

Print a unique pattern on an item of clothing! Use an old shirt, canvas tote bag or vintage jeans jacket to inspire you. Create mind bending patterns using a method called ‘tessellation’ developed by M.C. Escher. Please note to bring a couple of clothing items.

Join us for a special panel discussion on Art and Environmentalism. This panel is held in conjunction with Peter von Tiesenhausen: Songs for Pythagoras and is a joint initiative of the Art Gallery of Alberta and the University of Alberta’s Change for Climate: Art for Change project. Joan Greer will moderate the discussion which will feature presentations by artists and scholars including: Brittney Bear Hat, Debra Davidson, Natalie S. Loveless, Peter von Tiesenhausen and Sheena Wilson.

It's spring and we're taking art outside as we draw 'en plein air' in Sir Winston Churchill Square create works that remind us of the season.

Solve a mystery every week by searching for clues throughout the gallery.

Come see the art works in Undaunted: Canadian Women Artists of the 19th C and then create a self-portrait using acrylic paint and acetate. Layering background, mid-ground and for-ground, bold colours and expressive lines are a must!

Interested in painting? Terrified ? Fear no paint!

Shapes can be found all around us! Make shapes with movement and experiment with familiar and unfamiliar shapes to create your very own painting.