Arts

Meet your Museums in August!

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7 months ago

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From Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)

#MeetYourMuseumRD

This summer the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) is excited to get Red Deerians involved with art, history, and culture around the city. Visit a Red Deer interpretive centre or museum in August for your chance to win a gift basket. There are 7 gift baskets up for grabs throughout the summer, with prizes valued at over $500 total!

Giveaway runs to August 31, 2019.

Two ways to win!

Receive an entry into the main giveaway for each Red Deer interpretive centre/museum visited by:

taking a photo during your visit; and
tagging that location and the MAG on social media.

Include your I met my Museum pin in your photo(available at the MAG & participating organizations; limited quantities available), and receive a bonus entry into the main draws!

PLUS, all visitors to participating locations have the opportunity to enter into the grand prize giveaway onsite: no photo required!

Participating locations – visit the following museums or interpretive centres this August:

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame & Museum
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Historic Fort Normandeau
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Kerry Wood Nature Centre
Norwegian Laft Hus
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Sunnybrook Farm Museum
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Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)

Receive one entry into the #MeetYourMuseumRD giveaway for each interpretive centre/museum visited in Red Deer, AB, by taking a photo during your visit, and tagging that organization and the MAG on social media. Include your “I Met My Museum” pin in your photo (available at the MAG & participating organizations), and receive a bonus entry! Three winners will be drawn for 3 random gift baskets on July 31^stand another 3 on September 3^rd. There is a maximum of 2 entries into the monthly draw per visit, per organization. All entrants will also receive 1 entry into the grand prize gift basket. There will be a $50 gift card to the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery present in each basket, plus additional items from and/or themed around each participating site. All visitors to participating organizations will have the opportunity to enter into the grand prize giveaway onsite, as well. Full details can be found at https://www.reddeermuseum.com/your-museum/mymsummergiveaway/.

The MAG is hopping on a provincial #meetyourmuseum campaign that is organized by the Alberta Museums Association. This summer, museums across Alberta are inviting their communities to meet their museums, and we want Red Deer to be a part of it! The campaign is designed to increase awareness of Alberta museums, boost attendance, and promote joy and collective celebration of Alberta’s culture and heritage. Red Deer’s museums and interpretive centres are a significant contributor to our community. Museums like ours are leading contributors to the social, cultural, and educational fabric of Alberta, and 93% of Albertans feel that historical resources contribute to a greater quality of life in Alberta.

For more details, contact us at 403-309-8405; email museum@reddeer.caor go to the MAG website: www.reddeermuseum.com.

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Foundation seeking applications for valuable ’emerging artists’ awards- Deadline Feb.23

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2 weeks ago

February 10, 2020

Lloyd Lewis

The competition deadline is midnight, February 23, 2020.

Full disclosure – I serve on the Board of Directors of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation. And as a serious artist in the province, you are likely aware of this foundation. And If not, you should be. It was in 2003 that some visionaries in our province, some even luminaries, put together the funds necessary to establish a foundation that would celebrate and promote excellence in the arts. You can thank the late Tommy Banks, the late John Poole and Calgary’s Jenny Belzberg for the legacy they created. The endowments they established with philanthropic dollars from generous community members, and gifts from a number of levels of government, have helped to create a lasting impact on those recognized.

In alternating years, the Foundation celebrates either emerging artists or distinguished artists. In 2020, the Foundation will recognize up to 10 emerging artists who will each receive a $10,000 cash award and a medal presented by Her Honour, the Honourable Lois E. Mitchell, CM, AOE, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, at a ceremony in June.

Artists from all disciplines including performing, visual, film, design and literary arts are eligible to apply.

Emerging artists are considered those of any age who have completed their training or apprenticeship and are in the early stages of their professional arts career. To date, 53 Emerging Artists have been recognized including singers Nuela Charles and Colleen Brown; theatre artists Heather Inglis, Jenna Rodgers and Simon Mallett; visual artists Amy Malbeuf and Pamma Fitzgerald.

The awards are adjudicated by a panel put convened by The Banff Centre. This panel will select the 2020 Emerging Artist recipients.

The competition deadline is midnight, February 23, 2020.

Full competition details and links to the online application forms can be found at artsawards.ca

You can find the application form and other details here. Since its inception, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation has awarded more than a million dollars ($1,130.000 to be exact) to 20 Distinguished Artists and 53 Emerging Artists.

These awards are amazing. I’ve attended both Distinguished Artist and Emerging Artist awards since becoming a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation several years ago. If you are serious about your art, you really need to get an application together.

2016 Emerging Artists with Her Honour Lois E. Mitchell and His Honour Douglas Mitchell

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First Friday features Country Pride Performance Team and Paul Boultbee

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3 weeks ago

February 4, 2020

Duane Rolheiser

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Here are the events happening as part of First Friday Red Deer on February 7th, 2020

Performers: Country Pride Dance Club will be performing in the Snell Auditorium for First Friday at Paul Boultbee’s Exhibit

Title: Shadow Man
Artist: Paul Boultbee
Kiwanis Gallery, 4818 49 Street, in Red Deer Public Library – operated by Red Deer Arts Council
Media: Mixed Media
Dates: to February 17, 2020
Reception: First Friday Red Deer February 7th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/629741994235637/.

Title: Faculty & Staff Exhibition
Artists: Red Deer College School of Creative Arts Faculty & Staff
Welikoklad Event Centre Gallery, 4922 49th Street
Dates: January 20 – February 28 2020
Reception Friday February 7th from 5 – 7pm. Free and open to the public.

Title: Undiscovered Talents – Student Art Exhibition
Artists: Students from A+’s weekly art classes will be showing off their creative endeavours
A + Art Gallery & Unique Collections, Unit 203, 4919 49th Street
Media: Various
Dates: February 1 -29, 2020
Opening Reception: February 7 from 4 – 6pm. We’ve got incredible art students doing amazing work in the Art Gallery workshops. Artists/Instructors Michael Huyzer, Rita Schoenberger, Amanda Frost, Meghan Harkins have shared their ideas and knowledge with workshop students. From oil painting, acrylic and alcohol inks, to mixed media, each person came up with inspiring pieces. We wanted to show case each of our students in celebrating their masterpieces with you. You’ve seen the photos on Facebook, now come in and talk with our students. You may be inspired to try out an art workshop for yourself.

Title:   Trees I Once Knew
Artist:     Peter Allen
The Velvet Olive Lounge, 4928C 50 Street (access via back alley/51^st Street)
Media:    Oil Pastels
Dates:     February 1 – 29, 2020
Opening Reception: Friday, February 7^th from 6 – 8pm. The content is primarily oil pastel drawings of simple landscapes that use trees as the main object in the image. The works were made between 1994 and 1996. Live music with Tyler Allen and Dayna Moritz to follow at 9pm.

Title:   Comic Book Love
Artist:     Trevor Wiltse
The Hub on Ross Art Gallery, 4936 Ross Street
Media:    Pencil sketches on Canvas
Dates:     February 1 – 29, 2020
Opening Reception February 7 from 1-3pm with the artist in attendance.

Exhibitions:
Anne Frank – A History for Today
Sacrifice, Hope, Friendship: Canada & the Liberation of Holland
Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery, 4525 47 A Avenue
Join a MAG staff member for informal tours of our permanent history exhibition, Remarkable Red Deer: Stories from the Heart of the Parkland from 5-8 pm, plus check out the temporary exhibits “Anne Frank – A History for Today” and “Sacrifice, Hope, Friendship: Canada & the Liberation of Holland.” Enjoy some light refreshments and snacks. Free to attend; donations gratefully accepted. Gallery open from 10am – 8pm.

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Gallery shows new and continuing with no receptions, although spaces are open to the public.

Title: Nature in Winter
Artist: Members of Red Deer’s Lettering Arts Guild
Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, 6300 45 Ave
Media: Mixed
Dates: December 20, 2019 – February 19, 2020
No reception for February. Gallery viewing times are 10 am – 5 pm everyday.

Title: Feline Lair: An Ephemeral Expression of Ice and Snow
Artist: Dawn Detarando and Brian McArthur
Viewpoint Gallery, Culture Services Centre, 5205 48 Street
Media: Mixed Media
Dates: January 3^rd – February 28, 2020
No reception for February. Hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 am-4:30 pm.

Feline Lair 2019
Dawn Detarando & Brian McArthur
Ice and Snow
Photographer credit: Asaf Kliger

Title: chasing the light
Artist: Carol Lynn Gilchrist
Media: Acrylic
Corridor Community Gallery, in lower level of Recreation Centre, 4501 47 A Ave
No reception for February. This work is a deeply personal response to the death of the artist’s brother.
Facilitated by City of Red Deer Culture Services and featuring the work of local emerging and established artists. Hours Mon–Thu 5:30am–10pm, Fri 5:30am–5pm, Sat 8am–5pm, Sun 12pm–5 pm.

Sunworks Gallery, 110-4913 50 Avenue
Store open, but no reception for January.

Creativity Understood.

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From Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)

The travelling exhibition Anne Frank – A History for Today, a travelling exhibition from the Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), will be on display at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) January 12 to March 22, 2020. This exhibit aims to bring Anne’s life story to the attention of people all over the world to encourage them to reflect on the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination and the importance of freedom, equal rights and democracy. As part of this exhibit the MAG will be showing artworks created by Red Deer high school students in response to the Anne Frank story. This exhibition tells the story of Anne Frank set against the background of the Holocaust. The exhibition makes use of images from the Frank family and quotations from the Diary of Anne Frank. Each panel displays information about the most important developments of that time: the rise of National Socialism, the Second World War and the persecution of the Jews. This exhibition has three artefacts that visitors will be able to see: a replica of the Diary of Anne Frank, a Yellow Star of David, a 3D model of the Anne Frank House and a Nazi program from 1935-1936. “We are pleased to present this exhibition during the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Holland from Nazi occupation,” says Lorna Johnson, Executive Director. “The Diary of Anne Frank continues to be a moving testament to the optimism of youth in the most trying situations. The Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam has made a commitment to work with youth all over the world to eliminate racism and discrimination. We are pleased to bring their message to Red Deer and we would like to thank the teachers and students of Red Deer’s high schools who have embraced the project and created artworks for display, and who have volunteered to be tour guides in the exhibition.” Opening Reception: Join the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery at 2pm on Sunday, January 26, 2020 for the joint opening reception of Anne Frank: A History for Today and the MAG’s in-house exhibit Sacrifice, Hope, Friendship: Canada and the Liberation of Holland.