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Walk through the work of artist Faye HeavyShield in Calling Stones (Conversations) to discover the stories that inspire her artistic process. Draw on acetate and cut shapes to create a project of your own.

Get inspired by artworks made of words and symbols in WordMark: A New Chapter Acquisition Project. After gathering ideas, lets head down to the studio to create our own embroidered artworks.

The Other Side of the Picture (1998) tackles the question posed by art historian Linda Nochlin, “why have there been no great women artists?” It takes audiences behind the disheartening statistic that women account for only 8 percent of the National Gallery of Canada’s collection and into the homes and studios of great Canadian women artists such as Mary Pratt, Joyce Wieland, Jane Ash Poitras, and Landon Mackenzie. Considering the last two centuries of women’s art history, this film comments on why we are still missing “the other side of the picture.”

In this introductory class to figurative drawing, use charcoal, inks, Conté and watercolour while sketching from a live model.

Join artist Peter von Tiesenhausen for a special artist’s talk about his solo exhibition Songs for Pythagoras. Gain insight into the artworks on display, exhibition themes, and the artist’s practice.

Members reception to follow.

Develop your watercolour expertise by exploring Undaunted: Canadian Women Artists of the 19th C. Transform a familiar landscape into extra-terrestrial terrains, with impossible shapes and insane colours.

In Alberta, we extract and harvest resources, produce materials and use them in various ways. Artist Peter von Tiesenhausen uses re-purposed materials in his artworks. Explore this process and experiment by making and building your own artworks with unconventional materials. The landscape of Alberta has been the main source of inspiration for this artist. Drawing from your own thoughts and feelings about Alberta, make something new out of something re-purposed!

Investigate the way artists use unique materials to create new environments! Take a look at the new exhibition Songs for Pythagoras to see how the artist Peter von Tiesenhausen combines industrial materials such as wood, glass, wire and metal before playing with metallic materials to make your own creative creation!

What goes into making a portrait? Take some time to visit Undaunted: Canadian Women Painters of the 19th Century and learn from the best.

Paint an image from start to finish following Old Masters methods of art instruction.