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The AGA is currently closed in keeping with the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 staged re-opening plan. Join us as a virtual visitor at youraga.ca for Your AGA From Home activities and programming. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube to get the latest activities and information.

AGA Sidewalk Cinema

Daily from 10am-10pm

We are pleased to announce the list of 12 short videos selected by a jury from an open call made to Alberta artists and filmmakers for our new Sidewalk Cinema project. You can see the works now on the outside Northwest wall of Your AGA, daily from 10am to 10pm. Stay tuned as we share the videos on our social channels in the coming weeks!  

Nasra Adem, Shea
Simon and Vinson Chan, Garbage Boi
Cobra Collins, Hop Along Hang On
Patricia Anne Duquette, Ancestral Tree
Ryland Fortie, Guardian
Jamie-Lee Girodat, Facing the Metronome
Madeline LeBlanc, All That I Know
Timiro Mohamed, Faisa Omer, Omar Farah, Abdulhakim Elmi, Mustafa Mohamed, The 252
Stephanie Jonsson, Sweetie
Nauzanin Knight, Shades of Worth
Tank Standing Buffalo, RKLSS
Cedar T, Cedar's Video Diary

We are proud to be a part of the Downtown Spark project with AGA Sidewalk Cinema, make sure to check out all of the other great projects in downtown Edmonton!

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Your AGA from home virtual events & activities

#AGAlive: The Scene | Curator’s Tour with Lindsey Sharman and Danielle Siemens

Saturday, May 1
2pm MDT

Don’t miss our next #AGAlive Curator’s Tour of The Scene. Curators Lindsey Sharman and Danielle Siemens will walk you through the exhibition giving you an in-depth look at the artwork, with a special Q&A hosted after the tour.

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#AGAlive is made possible with the support of the EPCOR Heart + Soul Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts

Get the latest and watch past #AGAlive sessions here.

City Dreamers Virtual Screening

Thursday, May 6
5pm MDT

In anticipation of the upcoming exhibition Cornelia Hahn Oberlander: Genius Loci, we will be screening the documentary City Dreamers, which features Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander. Our virtual screening means that you can enjoy this film from the comfort of your own home, with a dedicated link sent to each subscriber on May 6th that will be active for 48 hours. The film will start with an introduction by co-curator Amery Calvelli who will speak about the upcoming exhibition. To subscribe to the film, purchase a ticket to the virtual screening. We hope you will join us!

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Asian Heritage Month

1286: (L-R) Lauren Crazybull, 'Coty', 2020, acrylic on canvas; Yong Fei Guan, '塑胶狮 Sujiao Shi', 2018, household plastic waste, PVC pipe, screws, nails and wood; Lauren Crazybull, 'Kristen', 2020, acrylic on canvas. Installation view of 'The Scene,' Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 2021. Courtesy of the Artists. Photo: Art Gallery of Alberta.

May is Asian Heritage Month. Here at the AGA, we are privileged to have a longstanding history of presenting exhibitions and programming with artists from many Asian cultures. In our exhibition, The Scene, you will find the work of Chinese-Canadian artist Yong Fei Guan currently installed and waiting for our reopening.

Yong Fei Guan’s pair of sculptures, 塑胶狮 Sujiao Shi, were made in response to two recent events. The first occurred on April 4, 2017, when the City of Edmonton removed the two Chinese guardian lions that flanked the Harbin Gate. Formerly the ceremonial gateway to Chinatown, the Harbin Gate was named after Edmonton’s sister city in China. The second event happened in January of the following year when China announced that it would no longer accept most plastic recyclables from other countries. Made entirely from household plastic waste, Guan’s lions memorialize the displacement of a local monument while speaking to the global waste crisis. You may also recognize one of the sculptures from the exhibition, Daydreams, at the McMullen Gallery.

We will be sharing more for Asian Heritage Month on our social channels throughout May.

AGA Education & Learning

Art Activity: Mother's Day Card

Send a unique greeting to someone special this Mother’s Day! In a few easy & creative steps, your mom will be delighted to receive a digital postcard designed by you! Let’s get started! 

  1. Head to Canva.com (Choose the free trial option for this art project). 
  2. Decide what style or format you want your greeting to take, for example, poster or postcard. 
  3. Click upload image or images and then select a personal photo for mom from your own folder or desktop files. You’ll instantly see a change in your template to something personal just by choosing your photo. 
  4. Experiment with background colour, elements and audio. All options are on the left-hand side of your screen, simply click the icon and start creating! (NB: some images or backgrounds require payment to use). 
  5. Once you are satisfied with your image, add a greeting by clicking the text icon and choosing your stylized script (We almost used pizza party! Another time!) 
  6. To complete, find the download icon in right-hand corner to save your work. Finally, choose your favorite social media site and create a post just for mom!

Last Chance to Sign Up for Saturday Kids Art Classes

May 8-June 18
10-11:30am
(no classes Victoria Day weekend) 

From masters like Picasso to local contemporary artists, we’ll explore art in the gallery, experiment with materials and discover innovations in art every Saturday morning starting May 8th.

$121 Public / $110 AGA Members

Cut and Collage (Ages 6-8)

Learn about the history and possibilities of collage! An art technique that incorporates mixed paper, photographs, fabric and other materials made famous by artist Pablo Picasso in 1912. Throughout the session, we will experiment with composition, and then cut, collage and assemble artworks in a wide range of materials using playful strategies.

New Art Frontiers (Ages 9-12)

Explore how technology and the pandemic have changed the way artists approach the creative process. Visit current exhibitions, investigate traditional & digital art tools and experiment in a range of media including drawing, painting, photography and video to create your own art inspired by changing technologies.

Discover more AGA art activities here 🎨

Private Shopping for Mother's Day - Book Now

Pierre Bataillard, ‘Abundance’, watercolour conte stick and ink stick on paper. Available to rent or buy from Art Rental & Sales.

Flowers? For Mother’s Day? Ground-breaking. Treat Mom to something different this year with a gift that will last forever from Shop AGA and Art Rental & Sales. We’re open for private shopping experiences on Fridays, book a visit and pick out something unique from our wide selection of Alberta artists and artisans. We know mom probably does like flowers, though, so why not gift her an artwork with some florals? Show Mom you appreciate her while supporting local artists.    

April Dean longlisted for Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize

April Dean, 'I Inhale/You Exhale', 2020. Vacuum formed potted plants, 304.8 h x 431.8 x 12.7 cm. Installation view of 'borderLINE: 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art', Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, 2020. Courtesy the Artist. Photo: Art Gallery of Alberta.

We are so thrilled to share that April Dean has been longlisted for the Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize. She was nominated by Lindsey Sharman for her work I Inhale/You Exhale recently seen in borderLINE at Your AGA. Congratulations to April, and all of the nominees!    

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