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The AGA is open from Wednesday to Sunday. Please pre-book your visit on the calendar here.

Engage with us digitally anytime at youraga.ca, on social @youraga and see our current exhibitions here.

This week in your AGA E-news:

  • We show you how to support your local art institutions and win big with the Edmonton Arts 50/50
  • Get in the holiday spirit
  • Talk about wine and art
  • Announce the five shortlisted artists for Dentons Purple Art Contest 
  • Take a Curator's Tour with Danielle Siemens

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Current Exhibitions

Want to know what's on at your AGA? You can find all the current exhibitions and information about them below!

A Chance to Win with the Edmonton Arts 50-50

Edmonton Arts 50-50

Buy tickets for the Edmonton Arts 50/50 Lottery and Keep The Arts Alive today! Every purchase supports 4 Edmonton arts organizations: the AGA, The Citadel Theatre, Winspear Centre and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

Official Rules and Requirements  

Get your tickets below!

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Upcoming #AGAlives

#AGAlive | Art and Wine with the AGA and Color de Vino

 Art and Wine with the AGA and Color de Vino

December 1 at 6pm MST 


Join us on the first Wednesday of the month for a conversation about art and wine, with AGA Executive Director, Catherine Crowston, Juanita Roos and Kelsey Roos from Color de Vino. The conversation will focus on works of art in current AGA exhibitions, with special wines selected for the event. For December, we will be tasting sparkling wines, in preparation for the holiday season. Drop by Color de Vino to purchase the wine we will be discussing - and digesting. Participants in this virtual wine tasting will receive a discount on the selected wines from Color de Vino.

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#AGALive | Curator’s Tour of Making Art, Building Community: 100 Years of the Edmonton Art Club with Danielle Siemens

Making Art, Building Community: 100 Years of the Edmonton Art Club with Danielle Siemens

December 9 at 5:30pm MST 

Virtual
In-person


Celebrate the 100-year history of the Edmonton Art Club with a curator’s tour led by Danielle Siemens. The Edmonton Art Club is the oldest continuing art organization in Alberta and its history is intertwined with the development of the visual arts in this province. Siemens will lead you through the history of the Club and its main achievements while showcasing artwork by a number of its past members.

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#AGAlive is presented by the EPCOR Heart + Soul Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Dentons Purple Art Contest

Shortlisted Artworks

The Final Five


The AGA and Dentons are pleased to announce the shortlisted artists for this year's Dentons Purple Art Contest. 

Learn more!

Celebrate the Holidays with the AGA

Holiday Light Up

Downtown Business Association's Holiday Light Up!


December 4, 12-8pm
December 18,  12-8pm


The holiday season is here! The AGA is celebrating by participating in the Downtown Business Association’s Holiday Light Up! The event takes place from 1-8pm with AGA art activites happening from 1-3pm. Join us in Churchill Square and learn how to weave a snowflake with yarn and enjoy the giant holiday tree. Light up your holiday season with a safe and reimagined tradition.

Art activities at the AGA

December 4, 1-3pm
December 18,  1-3pm

In anticipation of Holiday Light Up, the AGA is pleased to announce that we will be extending our hours to 11am-8pm on December 4 and Saturday, December 18. This applies to ShopAGA hours however, Art Rental &Sales hours will remain unaffected staying at 11am-5pm. 

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AGA Education & Learning

Tours for Tots | Self-Portraits

Wednesday, December 1

10am MST


Soak Striple Splatter  

It may be white outside but the AGA is full of colour! Romp around in Soak, Stripe, Splatter: Collecting Colour at the AGA before dabbling with geometric trees and abstract landscapes using wool, felt and fabric.  

Register below!

Register

Tours for Tots is presented by the EPCOR Heart + Soul Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts.

The Art Hive

Thursdays 12pm MST 

Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-1pm. 

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Discover more AGA art activities here 🎨

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The Art Gallery of Alberta respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional land of diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Nitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/Saulteaux/Anishinaabe. We also acknowledge all of the Indigenous, Inuit and Métis peoples who make Alberta their home today.