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Create your own journal/sketchbook and try out some blackout poetry to inspire your next artwork. 

Plaster is an amazing sculpting material – modern day methods include plaster bandages. Gain inspiration from the Peter von Tiessenhaussen: Songs for Pythagoars by re-using and re-purposing found materials into your own unique art works. Unleash your inner sculptor!

Spend your International Women’s Day learning about women and the visual arts in Canada

Explore how artists use text and words in their art by visiting WordMark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project. Design and create your very own collaged logo based on your own name!

Are there shapes in painting? What kinds of shapes? The William Townsend exhibition depicts local Edmonton and Alberta scenes in bold simple shapes and tinted colours. In his artwork, abstract shapes become recognisable scenes and vise-versa! Have fun with painting and drawing, colour mixing, and collage techniques to create ‘shapely’ scenes of your own!

Edmonton has its own unique landscape filled with buildings and the scenic River Valley, all of which has inspired the work of artist William Townsend. See how Townsend depicts parts of Edmonton in the exhibition Painting in Canada. Use wood blocks to create your own cityscape!

Inspired by the work of William Townsend, head outside for an en plein air painting session.

En plein air refers to the act of making studies or sketches outdoors. Sketch in the gallery and then transform sketches into paintings in AGA studios. Alter, crop or add to your initial sketches. Learn creative watercolour techniques and borrow images from Undaunted: Women Artists of the 19th Century.

Are you ravenous for deeper learning about art? Join one of our skilled Gallery Attendants this month for an insightful perspective on Gloria Mok: Metamorphosis and then explore the core themes through looking at art together.

Warm up the start of your weekend with live music, tapas and drinks at the Art Gallery of Alberta. On March 16, come enjoy live music from Erin Kay with Lindsey Walker.