The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional 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.

Opening Party: Sobey Art Award Exhibition

October 4, 2019 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Join us for the Sobey Art Award Exhibition Opening Party.

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Join us for the Sobey Art Award Exhibition Opening Party. 

The Sobey Art Award is recognized as the pre-eminent prize for Canadian artists 40 and under and we are proud to showcase the works of the five 2019 short-listed artists. Come celebrate some of this country’s most exciting young artists!

7pm Doors/Free admission
7:30pm Welcoming remarks
7:50-10:30pm Tour the Sobey Art Award Exhibition, The AGA galleries and enjoy the cash bar, appetizers and music by DJ Text Chunk.

*Come at 5pm for our separate free-with-ticket event, Sobey Art Award: Artist Roundtable.

The Sobey Art Award Exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Curated by Lindsey Sharman.

Free courtesy of The Sobey Art Foundation.

 

 


 

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Photo of Brandon Smith from Text Chunk
Text Chunk

Text Chunk is the main project from the Canadian-based producer & Kudatah label founder, Brandon Smith. Smith’s latest work contorts all manners of uptempo leftfield dance, juke and retro-breakbeat sounds into freakish, entrancing & jaw-clenching club cuts.

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Free. Courtesy of The Sobey Art Foundation.
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Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 11am-5pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm

Admission

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

Location

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Edmonton, Alberta
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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional 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.