Red Deer’s First Fridays art gallery openings held on June 2

Title: The 15th Annual IB & AP Art Show

Artists: Students from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School and Hunting Hills High School

Kiwanis Gallery, in Red Deer Public Library (4818 49 St)

Media: Various

Dates: May 24 – June 18, 2023

#FirstFridaysRedDeer opening reception June 2 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Description: The exhibit features the artwork of the 2023 graduating students of the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate Art Programs.

“Every year there are new things to see and experience through this show. From installation art to ceramics to prints and drawings and beyond, this exhibit showcases the young people who will be the next generation of talented artists. Explore their work with them. See what inspires this young generation of artists as they develop their artistic perspective through their interactions with their culture and environment. Explore their work and try to imagine where their art will take them in the future,” said officials in a release.

Gallery/Library Hours: Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m., Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday & Sunay: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Title: Save Us All

Artists: Student artists of Artribute Art School

The Red Deer Arts Council Community Gallery (6–4919 49 St)

Media: Various

Exhibition Dates: June 1 – 30, 2023

#FirstFridaysRedDeer reception June 2, 2023 from 5 – 7 p.m.

Summer Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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Title: Painting Home

Artists: Valerie Speer and Carol Lynn Gilchrist, Alberta Society of Artists

Riverlands Studio and Gallery (5123 48 St)

Media: Acrylic and Oil

Exhibition Dates: June 1 – 28, 2023

Opening Reception: June 2, 2023 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm.

Description: “We are all on a journey… Some paths lead to familiar places, which may bring unexpected delights. Meanwhile, some roads are bumpy; leading us through experiences we don’t desire though we know we are headed in the right direction. Throughout it all we will find points of joy and hope. The focus of these prairie works is noticing these moments and finding the beauty of where I am,” states Speer in her show ‘Back Road Wanders‘.

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Title: The Futility Index

Artist: Emily Promise Allison

The Viewpoint Gallery (5205 48 Ave), located in the lobby of the City of Red Deer Culture Services facility

Media: Digital Photography

Dates: May 23 – July 28, 2023

#FirstFridaysRedDeer Opening Reception June 2 from 6 – 8 p.m.

Gallery open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Artist Talk on Friday, June 9, 6:30 p.m.

“The Futility Index photo series depicts the limitations and possibilities of physical balance. Utilizing an array of household, industrial, constructed, and natural materials, Emily intricately balanced and photographed hanging assemblages. The details of each assemblage were considered with an utmost regard for authenticity; meaning that nothing in the composition was altered in post-production. The resulting artwork is a collaboration between the artist and natural forces, as gravity demands the size, weight, and position of the item to be added next. Emily’s use of a tomatillo, a branch, or a rose suggests that each balancing sculpture is temporary. As time passes and the leaves whither and vegetables rot, the natural exchange of matter and forces will eventually topple each sculpture. Although the works depict intricate balance, they draw from Emily’s appreciation for the tense, unstable, and absurd forces within each of us. If each photograph is really a sign of futility, the quest to strike a permanent and stable balance in our psyche, emotions, or lives is really the futile act,” said the artist in a statement.

About the Artist: Emily Promise Allison is a Canadian artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture with Distinction from the Alberta University of the Arts and the Glasgow School of Art. She has performed, taught, and exhibited internationally. Allison is a conceptual artist who uses photography and performance to create images that embrace surreal, metaphysical, and dreamlike qualities. The purpose of her work, she says, is to activate curiosity, stimulate a sense of wonder, and enable a collapse of status and expectation concerning theoretical knowledge versus lived experience. Allison says she regards the imagination as a fundamental sense that allows people to find or create magic within systems regulated by logic, celebrating the strange nature of existence and the absurdity of life.

About the Gallery: The Viewpoint Gallery showcases original works of art by individual artists and collectives, and curated exhibitions.

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Title: Expressions of Self: Art from The Hub

Artists: Participant from The Hub 2.0 Mixed Media Art Sessions

Art in the Hallway, YMCA Northside Community Centre (6391 76 St)

Red Deer Opening Reception Wednesday, May 31, 2023 from 12:30 – 1:30 pm at the YMCA during The Hub 2.0 lunch hour. (No Friday reception.)

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CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

Title: Remarkable People and Places

Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG) (4525 47A Ave)

Friday, June 2^nd from 5 – 8 p.m.

“Check out some of the remarkable people and places of Red Deer in our permanent history exhibit, Remarkable Red Deer. New additions to our collection include the Buffalo Head from the Buffalo Hotel and Curtis Labelle’s performance costume and memorabilia. Check out these treasures from our collection to celebrate our 50th anniversary,” the MAG said in a release.

The MAG says the travelling exhibit BODY LANGUAGE that was expected to open in May is delayed due to shipping. They say they hope to invite everyone back soon for their summer exhibit. The date is to be determined.

Title: The Nature of Variegation

Artists: Alison Forsberg

Velvet Olive Lounge (4928C 50 St)

Dates: May 1 – June 30, 2023

Description: This project features pieces created by the artist of natural subjects using prismatic and unnatural colours. The effect is described as ‘surreal’ and aims to show a new side to looking at landscapes and animals.

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Title: Splendid Insects

Artist: Members from Red Deer Art Club

Marjorie Wood Gallery at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre (6300 45 Ave)

Media: Mixed

Dates: April 25 – June 28, 2023

Gallery Open during regular hours (10 a.m. – 5 p.m. every day)

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Title: Central Alberta at Play

Artists: Central Alberta Photographic Society

The Corridor Community Gallery (4501 47A Ave) inside the Recreation Centre

Media: Digital Photography

Dates: May 16 – August 3, 2023

About the Gallery: The Corridor Community Gallery is located adjacent to their ceramic arts studio in the lower level of the Recreation Centre. The space aims to provide a public venue for local artists and to allow them to share in the talents and interests of fellow community members.

Hours of operation: Monday to Thursday: 5:30 a.m. – 10 p.m., Fridays: 5:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Sunday 12 – 5 p.m.

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Other resources:

Artribute Art School (212 – 4836 50 St), in the Old Courthouse

Curiosity Art & Framing has moved to a new location on 5002 48 St, formerly Great Strides Shoe Store on Little Gaetz.

by rdnewsNOW Staff

Red Deer’s First Fridays art gallery openings held on June 2

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