The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
(AFA) has supported a provincial travelling exhibition program since 1981.The
mandate of the AFA Travelling Exhibition Program is to provide every Albertan
with the opportunity to enjoy visual art exhibitions in their community.
Three
regional galleries and one arts organization coordinate the program for the
AFA:
·
Northwest
Alberta: The Prairie
Art Gallery
·
Northeast
and North Central Alberta: The Art Gallery of Alberta
·
Southwest
Alberta: The
Alberta Society of Artists
New TREX Exhibitions for 2011/2012
from the AGA:
·
Abstract
Thinking (an examination of abstraction in the visual arts through artworks
created by five contemporary Edmonton
·
Culture
Crates (investigations in museum architecture and art styles over the past one
hundred years with a focus on the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton ;
the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat ;
and The Prairie Art Gallery/Montrose Cultural Centre, Grande Prairie
·
Wild
Thing! (artworks examining expressions of wild animals with works from the
collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts)
The TREX
exhibition ’Our wilderness is wisdom…’ begins traveling Region 2 in January of
2012.
This
exhibition, curated by artist and educator Heather Shillinglaw, examines First Nations
artists’ relationship to the land and stories of the past, present and future.
This exhibition was made possible through the generous sponsorship of Syncrude Canada
For more
information about TREX, please visit: http://www.youraga.ca/exhibitions/trex/
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