Art Gallery
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Opening Reception
Deanna Bowen and 365 Collective
Join us on Friday March 2 at 7 PM for a Public Reception in the Art Gallery.
March 2, 2012
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Black Pioneers of Western Canada
A presentation by Robert Bruce Shepard, Esplanade Museum Curator
You are invited to the Esplanade for this informal evening to attend Bruce’s presentation on “Black Pioneers of Western Canada,” and enjoy refreshments.
February 29, 2012
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Deanna Bowen
Stories to Pass on...
Inspired by a road trip to Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama in which she retraced her great grandparents’ slave roots and migration to Alberta, Ontario artist Deanna Bowen created two multimedia works about slavery-based trauma, family estrangement, community, and telling personal truths.
February 25, 2012 - April 15, 2012
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365 Collective
Relate
Experimenting with camera work, sound, editing, and digital post-production, the makers were all members of Medicine Hat College’s 2011 Visual Communications video class, taught by faculty instructor Rory Mahony.
February 25, 2012 - April 15, 2012
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Fantasy and Other Real Things
A Look at Kitsch and Culture by Betty Spackman
Betty Spackman is a multi media artist whose work is centred on cultural objects and the stories connected to them.
February 16, 2012
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Judith Tinkl Quilt Workshop
Colour as Trickster
A workshop exploring colour in quilting by Ontario quiltmaker Judith Tinkl for all levels of experience from beginner to advanced.
February 8, 2012
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Public Reception with the Artists
In the Gallery Foyer and Art Gallery
Join the artists on Sunday February 5 at 1 PM for a Public Reception in the Art Gallery.
February 5, 2012
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Finding Inspiration and Design Techniques for Art Quilts
Presented by Fran Lauzon
Artist talk by Fran Lauzon. Just for fun, bring your fabric art project for a show and share afterwards.
January 26, 2012
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Spotlight on the Quilts of Fran Lauzon
Fran Lauzon is a Medicine Hat painter and award-winning fibre artist who has been involved in the visual arts for over 30 years.
December 31, 2011 - February 12, 2012
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Out of the Vaults
Medicine Hat’s Heritage Quilts
These remarkable quilts are safeguarded for posterity in the Esplanade Museum Collection.
December 31, 2011 - February 12, 2012
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Soft Geometry
Quilts by Judith Tinkl
This Ontario artist brings four decades of skill, experience and exploration to her textile art works.
December 31, 2011 - February 12, 2012
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Reception with the Artists
Presented in conjunction with the Downtown Roving Art Reception and Midnight Madness.
From 7-9pm, join the artists of Z'otz* Collective and Medicine Hat College Visual Communications faculty members at a public reception for their respective exhibitions.
November 24, 2011
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Z'otz* Collective
Z’otz* is a Toronto-based art collective comprised of Nahúm Flores, Erik Jerezano and Ilyana Martínez.
November 5, 2011 - December 18, 2011
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The Faculty Show
Medicine Hat College Visual Communications
Medicine Hat College Visual Communications Faculty Biannual Exhibition. It’s a big biannual show by artists of today, who teach artists of tomorrow.
November 5, 2011 - December 18, 2011
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Art Gallery Reception with the Artists
In conjunction with pARTy! Downtown Roving Art Reception
From 7-9pm, join artists Craig Cote, Michael Campbell and Blake Senini at a public reception for the exhibitions Surfacing: Metaphor and Meditation, and Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting, as well as the AFA/Esplanade sculpture commission Turn Turn Turn (A Resting Place). Refreshments provided, free admission, all welcome!
September 30, 2011
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Les Manning: Common Opposites Book Launch
From 7-9pm, please join distinguished ceramic artist Les Manning to celebrate the launch of the publication Common/Opposites.
September 15, 2011
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Field Recordings of Icebergs Melting
Michael Campbell
A fascinating fleet takes off in Lethbridge artist Michael Campbell’s latest installation, evoking potential catastrophes - perhaps the rising waters of climate change.
September 3, 2011 - October 23, 2011
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Surfacing: Metaphor and Meditation
New Prints by Craig Cote
Cote's etchings on paper plumb the murky depths of myth, metaphor and dream states, surfacing with beautifully drawn figures; mysterious meditations on our human condition.
August 27, 2011 - October 23, 2011
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Natural Flow: Alberta Contemporary Glass
A group exhibition of handmade glass work, from large scale sculpture to small vessels, by 16 Alberta glass artists and artisans. The exhibition highlights the unique ability of hot glass to embody organic and biomorphic ideas, forms and forces. www.natural-flow.ca
July 1, 2011 - August 21, 2011
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A Valid Beauty: Susan Rankin
A retrospective of the exotic and flamboyant glass work of Saskatchewan/Ontario glass artist Susan Rankin, featuring figurative glass vases, epergnes and sculptural works that “salute the history of the craft while simultaneously exulting in its evolution.”
July 1, 2011 - August 21, 2011
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Common/Opposites
Les Manning
Common/Opposites presents the most recent works in clay by Les Manning, the internationally recognized ceramist based in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
April 30, 2011 - June 19, 2011
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School Art 2011
School Art 2011 is here! The latest crop of art work from over 40 Medicine Hat and area schools is a rich and vibrant display of students’ talent and effort, from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
February 26, 2011 - April 27, 2011
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Chance Operations²
The energetic prints and drawings in this exhibition by British Columbia artists Rodney Konopaki and Rhonda Neufeld stem from their exploration into artistic collaboration, and involve sharing, interfering, walking, observing, recording, reflection and dialogue, both in the studio and in a variety of outdoor settings.
February 26, 2011 - April 17, 2011
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