In this issue: Last chance for Beauty’s Awakening and Jason de Haan, AGA Contests; Winter ArtBreak Camps; Art for Lunch; Vibe; AGA Shopping Night.
What's on @ your AGA
Bye Bye Beauty: Last Chance to see Beauty’s Awakening and Jason de Haan: Grey to Pink
Be sure to visit Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings from the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection and Jason de Haan: Grey to Pink before both exhibitions close on Sunday, November 13.
Beauty’s Awakening: Drawings from the Pre-Raphaelites and Their Contemporaries from the Lanigan Collection features more than 120 drawings by over 60 artists. The exhibition encompasses the entire Victorian era, charting the broad evolution of British draftsmanship and illustrating the new appreciation developed for the art of drawing during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 to 1901. It highlights a range of subject matter including simple figure drawings, medieval scenes from literature and Renaissance-inspired compositions.
Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and presented by Simons.
Jason de Haan: Grey to Pink in this project, fossilized shells perch, sphinx-like, on individual vapour spouts of ultrasonic humidifiers. Cool mist caresses the form of each fossil as if to disperse ancient mineral particles of the once-living form into, and beyond, the exhibition space. A new atmosphere is generated in which these particles appear to be inhaled and carried away by the viewer.
Presented with the support of the RBC Emerging Artists Project.
Enter to win! AGA contests on now
Feeling lucky? The AGA has two great contests on now. Enter now, enter often!
Fill your Fall + Win in Winter
Visit our fall exhibitions three times between now and December 18 to be entered to win a $300 gift basket filled with goodies from Shop AGA. For more details and to check out our prize basket please visit Guest Services on your next visit.
Win an exclusive trip to Ottawa
Purchase a new membership, renew your existing membership, re-instate your lapsed membership or refer a friend (to purchase a new membership) and be entered to win a trip for two to Ottawa, Ontario and an exclusive tour of the National Gallery of Canada!
Contest runs until Sunday, January 29, 2017
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News and Updates
Come for the art, stay for a bite
Next time you visit the AGA be sure to check out Zinc restaurant. Located just off of Manning Hall, Zinc offers a relaxed fine dining experience and a new fall menu featuring fresh Alberta ingredients and local artisan food products. Come in during brunch wearing your AGA admission sticker and receive a 10% discount!
Winter is Coming: Register for Winter ArtBreak Camps
December 27-30 and January 3-6, 2017Tuesday-Friday9-4 PM
$240 / $216 for AGA members
Winter is around the corner. Don't be left out in the cold! Register the young artist and art lover in your life into one of our great Winter ArtBreak Camps designed to connect students from ages 6-12 with art and ideas.
Events and Programming
Art for Lunch with David Altmejd: The Vessel
Thursday, November 17
12:10 PM
Free
David Altmejd, The Vessel (detail), 2011. Plexiglas, chain, plaster, wood, thread, wire, acrylic paint, epoxy resin, epoxy clay, acrylic gel, granular medium, quartz, pyrite, assorted minerals, adhesive, wire, pins, and needles, 260.4 x619.8 x 219.7 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa © David Altmejd. Photo ©NGC.
Take an art break for lunch and join us as we explore one of our newest exhibitions, David Altmejd: The Vessel. Join one of our knowledgeable gallery attendants for an insightful perspective and discussion about the monumental sculpture by internationally renowned Canadian artist, David Altmejd.
Feel the Funk with November Vibe
Friday, November 18
5-9 pm
$20/$15 for Members; $10 for Ultra Members
Come unwind, feel the funk and catch the vibe for the November edition of the Vibe, our after-work, live music showcase. For November’s Vibe Edmonton favourites, Mercy Funk and Mary-Lee Bird Band will provide the music while Alma Louise Visscher works with guests to create a collaborative fabric sculpture.
Deck the Halls with Holly Ball
Sunday, November 27
6 pm cocktails | 7 pm dinner
$500 / $5000 Tables of 10
‘Tis the Season: Grab your Shopping List
Wednesday, November 30
5-8 pm
Bring your holiday shopping list and join us for our annual AGA shopping night. Stock up on stocking stuffers with 20% off all merchandise. Our Art Rental and Sales Gallery will also be on hand for gift ideas suited for the art collector on your list. There will be free hot chocolate, free gift wrapping and an art activity to put you in the holiday spirit.
More November Events and Dates
November 11 (Remembrance Day) – Open
November 22 – AGA Drawing Night
November 24 – Servus Community Access Night
November 30 – Movie Night: Art in the 21st Century-Boundaries
Spotlight
Discover the AGA Art Rental and Sales Gallery
In need of a change of space? Re-do your rooms with art from the AGA Art Rental and Sales Gallery on the lower level of your AGA. Call 780-429-1232 to schedule an appointment to view artworks by 150 Alberta artists.
Image credit: Neil McClelland, Bound by Some Invisible, oil on birch panel, 2016
About the Artist
Neil McClelland creates fragments of the real and unreal that merge to create possible futures that have potential to evoke the dangers inherent in thinking that human ingenuity and technology can create a perfect society, but that might also hint at possibilities of a new beginning. He sees his painting process as a form of inquiry in which he is attempting to grasp and create a sense of the utopic and dystopic contradictions that pervade our lives at this time.
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