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Event

Seniors' Takeover Day

Information

  • Date

    October 2, 2025
  • Time

    12-5pm

Join us on Thursday, October 2nd, for our 3rd annual Senior Takeover Day, a day of programming for seniors by seniors!

Explore the AGA and discover the inner workings of an art museum with other curious learners. Our schedule of events is overflowing with behind-the-scenes sneak peeks and insights into our building and into our collection. We’ve scheduled opportunities for creativity and expression, including art making, film and dance to round things out.

Seniors’ Takeover Day is organised by the AGA’s Aging Artfully Seniors Advisory Committee. It is a great way to create new community connections, learn about Alberta artists and find new ways to interact with art.

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2025 Schedule of Events

  • 12pm Arrival and Welcome
  • 12:15am Opening Remarks
    Gather in the atrium, learn more about our seniors’ initiatives, and meet key Museum Staff and stakeholders
  • 12-2pm Art Hive
    Get creative at our Art Hive, a community-led art space where participants socialise and make art.
  • 12:30pm Exhibition Tours
    Join our interpretive staff on a tour of current exhibitions.
    Limited to 30 participants per tour. Timed tickets are available at the registration table
  • 1-2pm Workshop with the Provincial Archives of Alberta*
    Explore different conservation techniques and learn about the work the Provincial Archives do to restore, protect and maintain artworks and historical artifacts.
    *Folks will be able to come through the workshop at their own pace and move on to other activities when they are done
  • 1:30pm Exhibition Tours
    Join our interpretive staff on a tour of current exhibitions. Limited to 30 participants per tour. Timed tickets are available at the registration table
  • 1-3 pm Material Explorations*
    Join AGA Educators in the studios for short sessions on printmaking and anatomical drawing.
    *Folks will be able to come through the workshop at their own pace and move on to other activities when they are done
  • 2pm Behind the Scenes Tour of the AGA
    Learn from our prep team and discover how artworks are packaged, moved, installed and maintained during and in between exhibitions.
  • 2-3pm SocaFit
    Learn about the music and culture of the Caribbean while you move in this unique dance/fitness class led by Cherelle George.
  • 2:30pm Collection Tour of fire’s burning
    Learn about the AGA’s collection from our Interim Registrar, Simone Halliday-Shaw
  • 3-5pm Film Screening and Discussion
  • Film Screening - Details TBC
  • 5pm End of Event
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