Red Deer College, as part of the Shaping Our Future Campaign, is offering another way to get involved and support this legacy project being built right here on campus at RDC.

You can help pave the future at RDC and become a part of history by showing your support and community pride in a lasting and memorable way by adding your name to the legacy walkway at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre/Centre des Jeux du Canada Gary W. Harris  at Red Deer College.

Make a donation and be remembered in stone, either for yourself, your family or your business. Or how about as a great gift idea? The options are endless, but the end result is ever lasting.

Having a personalized paving stone installed leading into the Canada Games Centre is a unique way to leave your legacy in stone while showing your community pride and spirit as the latest marquee facility is opened in Red Deer in the Fall of 2018.

• Each Paving Stone measures 24 inches wide by 8 inches high
• Each Stone can have a maximum of 18 characters (letters, punctuation and spaces) on each line.
• Each stone has a maximum of 5 lines - (90 Characters Total)
• Donations for this project are available from March 1 until July 15

  For a donation of $500, you will receive one (1) engraved stone.

  You can make your one time donation for $500 or you can spread payments over 12 months for just over $40 per month. The choice is yours.

 

AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS

Triple T= Act/Sing/Dance MAKE YOUR OWN PLAY!

April 26, 2017    Wednesdays    Till June 14,2017

July 3, 2017    Weekdays     Till August 25, 2017

www.triple-t.ca

LOCATIONS

ST. ELIZABETH SETON   6:00PM   TO  7:30PM

BARRIE WILSON   3:30PM  TO  5:00PM

FESTIVAL HALL 7:30AM  TO 5:00PM

REGISTER NOW!

 

The Red Deer Arts Council is thrilled to announce its second Open Studio Tour, June 24 and 25, 2017! Last year's event was so successful with over 300 people attending the tour, that we have grown the event to two days!

We have partnered with twelve visual artists in ten studios to bring you this amazing experience. They will open the doors to their private art studios from 1 to 4:30 p.m., and welcome the public to see the process of creating fine art. From sculpted clay to sculpted metal, molten glass to molten gold, the fascinating techniques and works of some of Red Deer’s most recognized professional artists will be on display for visitors.

This self-guided tour is free of charge. Visitors can download or print a tour guide that includes a map to help find all the studios, and artist bios to read before arriving on scene. The artists will not only demonstrate the processes they use, but happily take questions about their media, style, technique or anything related to art. Artists love to answer questions about their art!

Each studio is also offering a door prize for visitors. The draw will take place at a reception at Troubled Monk Brewery tasting room at 5551 45 Street. You will have the opportunity to take part in the Brewery's tour and tasting to find out about their own brand of locally made, hand crafted products. Tour visitors are invited to RSVP to the Arts Council by June 19th by phone at 403-348-2787 or by email info@reddeerartscouncil.ca to be eligible for this special reception.

The downloadable/printable map and brochure is available on the Arts Council website https://reddeerartscouncil.wordpress.com/ or Facebook page, or through the City of Red Deer Culture Services.

Open Studio Tour Participating Artists 2017: Sally Towers-Sybblis, Betty Schnell, Darcy Gusse Edinga, Wendy Meeres, Suzanne Le Beau, Candice Meyer, Trent Leach and Holly Elliott, Darren and Deborah Petersen, Marianne Harris, Jeri Lynn Ing

Join all of Red Deer at our 48th Annual Canada Day Celebration!  Celebrate Canada's 150th Birthday at Bower Ponds.  Enjoy a full day of entertainment on our outdoor stage beginning at 11:30.  Live Musical Guests throughout the evening leading up to a gigantic fireworks display at 11 PM. Special Children's Programming from 1 to 5 PM featuring the Kaybridge Puppets Country Pride Dancers will entertain and hold instructional sessions through the day. Free Admission Access by Walk & Bike or Bus (No Pets Allowed) The Greatest Canada Day 150 Fireworks Celebration Sponsored by: The City of Red Deer Scottsville Auto Group Bozdech Eye Clinis Wei's Western Wear Red Deer Rebels Hockey Club Stantec Country Pride Dancers Red Deer Central Lions Club Paul E. Hardy Professional Corporation Philippine Canadian Club German Canadian Club    

Calling all young curious curators and tale spinners to Summer Camps at the MAG

 

It’s not too late to register for week-long 2017 summer camps for kids at the Red Deer Museum Art Gallery (MAG)! The MAG has unique themes to offer this summer, for ages 6-8 and 9-11, full of art, games, adventures and learning opportunities only the MAG can offer. These five-day summer camps will take young curators and artists through a variety of themes and activities. Register by phone – 403-309-8405; online www.reddeermuseum.com/programs/summercamps/; or drop in to the MAG at 4525 – 47A Ave.

 

The camps run various weeks from July 3 to August 19, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Each camp is designed for an optimal escapade! The campers will even be designing their own exhibitions. Every day includes outdoor activities so make sure to pack a swim suit just in case! All camps are full week registrations only. Campers can be dropped off anytime after 8:30am and picked up between 4:00 and 4:30pm. We are offering the add-on options of early drop-off beginning at 7:45am and late pick-up until 5:15pm; ideal for working parents.

Join us for a dynamic week of improvisation, drama skills, sketch comedy and more. Emily Allison, with guest visits from Bull Skit Theatre's Jenna Goldade, will guide you in this exploration of staying positive, building characters and working with relationships and environments through improv. A special showcase for family and friends will close the week on Friday afternoon. Cost is $150.00 for the week, including all supplies. Register for course #84460 online at www.reddeer.ca/looknbook, by phone at 403-309-4091 or in person at any City of Red Deer recreation facility. Camp takes place at the Culture Services Centre, 3827-39 Street.

Kiwanis Gallery - * in Red Deer Public Library - operated by the Red Deer Arts Council

* First Friday Red Deer is sponsored by Red Deer Downtown Business Association for the

Kiwanis Gallery, 4818 49 Street

Title: 'cottonwoodSky'                  Artists:  Theresa Potter and Lorene Runham

Media: Mixed Media                      Dates: June 19 to August 19, 2017

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 6 to 8 pm.

 

Red Deer Museum Art Gallery, 4525 47 A Avenue

Title: Memory Bones                                                      Artist: Jewel Shaw

Media: Printmaking & Found Objects                     Dates: July 2 to August 20, 2017

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 5 to 8 pm

Exhibit Continuing

Title:  To Canada With Love         Artist:    Tim Van Horn

Media: Photography                      Dates: May 13^th to August 20^th, 2017

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 5 to 8 pm.

 

The Hub on Ross, 4936 Ross Street

Title:      Filtered                                 Artist: Cydnee Sparrow

Media:  Acrylic & Oils                      Dates of Exhibit: July 1 to 31, 2017

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 4 to 6 pm.

 

The Gallery on the Alley - Alberta Art and Drafting, 4711 - 49 Avenue

Title: The Creation Guild                                Artist: Janice Gallant

Media: Literary Artist & Artwork

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 7 to 9 pm.

Guests must register to attend. Call 403-346-8255.

Exhibit continuing: New Beginnings

Media: Mixed Media      Dates: May 31 to July 29, 2017

 

Harris-Warke Gallery, upstairs in the Sunworks Home & Garden Store, 4924 Ross Street

Title: Contradiction                        Artist: Dusty Herbig

Media:  Printmaking        Dates: July 7 – August 19, 2017

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 6 to 8 pm.

 

Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre

Title:  No Shades of Gray              Artist: Mim Thompson

Media: Mixed Media                      Dates: July 6 to August 18, 2017

Reception: First Friday Red Deer from 4 to 6 pm.

Join us this evening for the Opening Reception of Jewel Shaw's Memory Bones!

The galleries will be open from 5-8 pm for viewing. First Fridays Red Deer at the MAG are free to attend but donations are welcome. Enjoy some light refreshments and snacks.

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT:

Memory Bones runs July 2nd to August 20th, 2017

Memory Bones is a personal exploration of memory, identity and loss through symbolic imagery and found objects. Jewel Shaw uses a combination of traditional printmaking, drawing and digital media to explore concepts that relate to genetic memory and epigenetics. Her work investigates how ancestral trauma may be passed on through DNA, influencing ones lived experience and identity.

From beautiful prairie skies to cottonwood trees in their own backyard, these two Olds and area artists are showcasing their complementary artworks in this series of work that shows different styles and techniques. Painting their surroundings inspired them to experience more fully the place they call home and celebrate the joy they find in rural Alberta's changing seasons.

Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library are pleased to present, ‘cottonwoodSky’: Paintings by Theresa Potter and Lorene Runham, running from June 19 to August 19, 2017 in the Kiwanis Gallery.

Theresa Potter and Lorene Runham are multi-media artists inspired by the love of home; their land . . . rural Alberta. This partnership of work includes landscape paintings using acrylic, soft pastel, watercolour, digital, and mixed-media.

Their joint artist statement reflects their passion for the rural Alberta area:

Over the years, we have found we know and see our surroundings more deeply. Painting our response to a particular experience and place, we would have to say the subject found us. The resulting work keeps growing and growing. We know we will keep adding to the collection because it is very personal to us. After all, it is home. We are living ‘cottonwoodSky’!

It is our hope people who see this exhibit will come away with a stronger feeling about the amazing nature of rural Alberta. And how lucky are we? We get to live here!

 First Friday Opening: July 7 from 6 to 8 pm. Join these two Olds and area artists and see their home expressed through their paintings. Refreshments will be served.