2017
Something For Everyone All types of art, all over Alberta in three wildly creative days. Celebrate the things that make us distinctly Albertan!
September 29 - October 1, 2017 Visit CreativeCentre.ca/culturedays for local events
EventsLINEUP Friday SEPT 29 Provincial Building Coffee Kick Off Party
10320 99 Street Main Foyer Friday 10am – 11am Co-hosted by The Centre for Creative Arts, Alberta Culture and local artists, everyone is welcome to attend this refreshing event. Enjoy coffee and goodies, meet volunteers from local arts and culture groups and find out more about their programs, take in some great art displays and enjoy live, local music and dance performances by students from the Academy Grande Prairie.
Heritage Discovery Centre Letterboxing
11330 106 Street Lower Level Centre 2000 Friday 9am – 4pm Come down to the Heritage Discovery Centre and try the Letterboxing Program, a twist on the increasingly popular Geocaching; the ultimate scavenger hunt. Follow clues around the museum to find hidden letterboxes and get your weekend passport stamped by one of our friendly Guest Services staff.
Montrose Cultural Centre
School of Fish Community Art Installation Rotary Community Room Friday 11am – 9pm
Individuals, families, and people of all ages are invited to paint a fish cut-out as part of a unique and fun community art project.
Mamawe Concourse Grand Opening
Mamawe Concourse Friday 11:30am – 1:30pm Mamawe Concourse is a gathering place to celebrate our community’s rich and diverse cultures. Join us for an official opening ceremony, performances, and community BBQ.
Montrose Cultural Centre Vermicomposting Workshop Mamawe Concourse Friday 1:30pm
The City of Grande Prairie’s Environmental Stewardship Department hosts their first outdoor Vermicomposting workshop on the newly opened Mamawe Concourse and future home of the Community Garden. Participants receive instruction and all the supplies needed to create their own vermicomposting bin. A worm habitat that helps decompose household biodegradable goods. Registration is required as space is limited. For more information or to register call 780-538-0415.
Revolution Place
Community Trade Fair Bowes Family Gardens Friday 2pm – 7pm
The Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau presents the Community Trade Fair, sponsored by Revolution Place.
This free event allows the people of Grande Prairie and area the chance to learn about the non-profit and charity organizations in our area and the services they provide. They will also have the chance to learn how to become a volunteer and how to become more involved in the community.
murdered Indigenous Women while bringing awareness to the upcoming Walking with Our Sisters event held in June of 2018 at the Montrose Cultural Centre. Visitors are welcome to vote on art displays and enjoy an evening of performances by local Indigenous Artists.
Grande Prairie Museum
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Multi-Cultural Crafts
Muskoseepi Park Friday 2:30pm – 5:30pm In partnership with the Grande Prairie Centre for Newcomers, the Grande Prairie Museum hosts unique multi-cultural crafts for children of all ages. Get your weekend passport stamped by one of our friendly Guest Services staff.
Montrose Cultural Centre
Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Artist Showcase Teresa Sargent Hall Friday 6pm – 9pm
This evening showcase highlights local Indigenous Artists and the impact of missing and
Lyndal Osborne: Metaphor For Evolution Opening Reception Friday 7pm – 9pm
Osborne’s installation work speaks of the forces of transformation within nature, as well as commenting upon pressing issues relating to the environment. In her work, Osborne has focused on an examination of the issues of genetically modified organisms and more recently on the crisis in the global oceans.
Saturday Sept 30
Revolution Place
Grant Berg Gallery
Bowes Family Gardens Saturday 11am – 5pm
Sculpting Demonstrations Saturday 9:30am – 5:30pm
Grant Berg will be doing sculpting demonstrations throughout the day. Stop by to view the artist at work and take in impressive art displays.
Grande Prairie Public Library
Libricon Lead-Up: Painting Ganon’s Castle Saturday 10:30am – 12pm
From the earliest moments in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, it appeared in the distance: a proud castle engulfed in a barely-contained evil presence. Can you capture its majesty and menace in paint form? Ages: 10+ Max: 15 Hyrulian artists
Community Trade Fair The Grande Prairie Volunteer Services Bureau presents the Community Trade Fair, sponsored by Revolution Place. This free event allows the people of Grande Prairie and area the chance to learn about the non-profit and charity organizations in our area and the services they provide. They will also have the chance to learn how to become a volunteer and how to become more involved in the community.
Centre for Creative Arts
Artists North Pop-up Show North lawn, tent Saturday 11am – 4pm
This fish print show will be a swimming good time.
Free Sewing Lessons
Saturday 11:30am – 1:30pm Got the itch to stitch? Drop into our Sewing Studio anytime during this event to receive a free 30 minute sewing lesson, create a small project using our sewing machines and learn some basic skills. Lots of fun for anyone ages 6+. Bring the whole family.
Heritage Discovery Centre Letterboxing
Saturday 12pm – 4pm Come down to the Heritage Discovery Centre and try the Letterboxing Program, a twist on the increasingly popular Geocaching; the ultimate scavenger hunt. Follow clues around the museum to find hidden letterboxes and get your weekend passport stamped by one of our friendly Guest Services staff.
Montrose Cultural Centre Orange Shirt Day
Mamawe Concourse Saturday 1pm – 5pm The City of Grande Prairie in partnership with the Grande Prairie Circle of Services (GPACOS) is pleased to present Orange Shirt Day 2017. This event takes place annually to continue the dialogue on the effects of the residential school system, particularly children’s loss of culture and sense of belonging. Orange Shirt Day invites all families to participate in an afternoon of traditional cultural teachings and sharing, Children’s crafts, bannock making, and more.
Montrose Cultural Centre
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Teresa Sargent Hall Saturday 1pm – 4pm
Saturday 1:30pm – 3:30pm
Alberta Culture Days Tradeshow The annual Alberta Culture Days Tradeshow, hosted by the Grande Prairie Public Library, highlights the diverse talents, cultures, and skills found here in our community. The show includes performances, demonstrations, and tradeshow style booths aimed at raising awareness, entertaining and engaging the residents of Grande Prairie in the diverse arts and cultures found here.
Art Demos
Rotary Community Room Saturday 1pm – 4pm Meet and greet local Peace Region artists and watch their art making process first hand. Artists will be demonstrating a variety of mediums including pyrography (wood burning), airbrushing, painting, and more. Spectators are welcome to ask questions about techniques, how they became artists and get inspired to try something new!
Grounded Reach Printmaking Party
We are having a Printmaking Party and you’re invited! This event is for artists and art appreciators of all ages. Join visual artist and printmaker Mary Parslow in her exhibition entitled The Printed Song and learn how to create your own sculptural print! All materials are provided.
Centre for Creative Arts
8th Annual Wearable Art Show
Saturday: 5pm – free showing, everyone welcome Saturday: 7pm – tickets $30 includes after party, purchase in advance at the Centre for Creative Arts Back by popular demand, this high energy event features unique art pieces crafted to be worn on the body. The event will feature a catwalk style showing that incorporates music, lights, performance, and art. The 5pm show is
free to the public and all ages are welcome. Select pieces will remain on display at the Centre for Creative Arts for the duration of the weekend.
Montrose Cultural Centre Kickin’ it Country
Teresa Sargent Hall Saturday 7pm – 10pm The Peace Country Western Dance Club starts the evening out with a dance lesson for beginners, in a fun, social atmosphere. Following the lesson, the floor is open to dance along to popular country tunes or kick back and experience the country connection with friends and family. All ages welcome and guests can participate individually or with a dance partner.
Sunday OCT 1 Eastlink Centre Outdoor Yoga
Community Knowledge Campus Sunday 9am Head over to the Eastlink Centre for a free morning yoga class to celebrate healthy and active Albertans. Class is in the Finning Fitness Studio and guests are asked to bring their own mat.
Heritage Discovery Centre Letterboxing
Sunday: 12pm – 4pm Come down to the Heritage Discovery Centre and try the Letterboxing Program, a twist on the increasingly popular Geocaching; the ultimate scavenger hunt. Follow clues around the museum to find hidden letterboxes and get your weekend passport stamped by one of our friendly Guest Services staff.
Montrose Cultural Centre
Handmade Marketplace Mini Pop-Up Market Teresa Sargent Hall Sunday 12pm – 4pm
Stop by The Handmade Marketplace and see what our Peace Country artisans have in store! They are proud to host 100% handmade events and support the local art and culture scene. Join in on a free workshop and pick up a gift for yourself or others.
Textiles Program
Rotary Community Room Sunday 1pm – 4pm Learn about traditional textile techniques in this interactive program. Watch a professional
weaver demonstrate their craft onsite while weaving your own pot holder with a loom. Try French knitting to create your very own bracelet out of yarn or try needle felting a unique design.
each supported by a team of local talents including models, hair and makeup artists, and assistants. Celebrate collaboration, creativity and community. Free and family friendly, join us for refreshments and meet the artists.
Hula Hoop Circus Front Lawn Sunday 2pm – 4pm
Centre for Creative Arts
Five Alarm Photography Competition and Exhibition Third Floor Sunday 2pm – 4pm
Join us in celebration of the annual Five Alarm Photo Project, a friendly competition between 5 local photographers who will compete head to head in 5 creative categories,
Join Hula Hoop Circus outside at the Centre for Creative Arts for a Spin Jam using both adult and child hula hoops and other flow toys. While this is not a structured workshop a hoop dance instructor will be on site to share some fun hoop moves. This is a great opportunity to try something new, practice your skills or share your knowledge with others. Hoops and other props will be provided but please feel free to bring your own. If weather is poor this event will be moved indoors to the Centre for Creative Arts dance studio.
powerful documentary about the role of Native Americans in contemporary music history features some of the greatest music stars of our time and exposes a critical missing chapter that reveals how indigenous musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives. Go to reelshorts.ca for more info and to watch the trailer.
Grande Prairie Live Theatre
Reel Shorts Movie Series
Grande Prairie Museum
Multi-Cultural Crafts
Sunday 2:30pm – 4:20pm
Muskoseepi Park Sunday 2:30pm – 5:30pm
Join the folks from the Reel Shorts Film Festival as they screen the first of the 2017-18 feature films in the Reel Shorts Movie Series – an award-winning Canadian documentary called Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World. This
In partnership with the Grande Prairie Centre for Newcomers, the Grande Prairie Museum hosts unique multi-cultural crafts for children of all ages and get your weekend passport stamped by one of our friendly Guest Services staff.
For a full listing of Culture Days events in Grande Prairie visit creativecentre.ca/culturedays For info on Alberta Culture Days visit culture.alberta.ca Find out what’s happening in celebration of Canada Culture Days right across the country at culturedays.ca
ONGOING On June 7, 1933, Olwen Sanger-Davies left her home in East Sussex, England to begin a long journey by train to
Southampton, then steamship to Montreal, by train across Canada to Banff, and finally up to the Peace River Country
Friday 10am – 5pm Saturday 11am – 4pm Sunday 12pm – 4pm
on the Northern Alberta Railway. The purpose of her trip was to visit her younger brother Morgan, who lived just outside the Town of Grande Prairie. Along the way and throughout her five month visit, she collected memorabilia, took photographs, drew ink sketches and painted watercolours of what she did, the people she met, and what she saw. Her exquisite miniatures, as well as larger artworks and the memorabilia, were pasted into two scrapbooks and illustrated with almost daily entries describing the places she saw and visited. This book is a compilation of those scrapbooks. Olwen Warburton Sanger-Davies was born in 1891 in Canterbury, England. She was a gifted artist and won
Solace
several awards, including a gold award at the Exhibition of the Royal Drawing Society held in Kensington Palace in 1908. Another of her scrapbooks, kept while her two younger brothers—Morgan and Llewelyn—fought in France, is featured online as a valuable World War I history resource by the Hastings Museum in England.
ISBN 978-0-9735665-2-9
Peace River Chapter of the Federation of Canadian Artists Moody Blues
5 Alarm Photography Select Wearable Art Pieces
Grant Berg Gallery
Friday 10am – 5:30pm Saturday 10am – 5:30pm
Suzanne Sandboe
Where ya to? Images of the East Coast Opening Reception: Thursday September 28th 7pm – 9pm
O LW E N ’ S S C R A P B O O K :
A Journey to the Peace Country in 1933 written and illustrated by Olwen Sanger-Davies
Olwen Sanger-Davies
Tammy Baduk
O LW E N ’ S S C R A P B O O K : A Journey to the Peace Country in 1933
Centre For Creative Arts
Exhibitions Olwen Sanger-Davis
Olwen’s Scrapbook: A Journey to the Peace Country in 1933 A compilation of water colours, sketches and photographs created by Olwen SangerDavies as she traveled from Sussex, England to Grande Prairie, Alberta. Her exquisite miniatures and artwork provide a captivating archival record of the Peace Country during the Great Depression.
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Friday 10am – 5pm Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 1pm – 5pm
Mary Parslow
The Printed Song
Robert Guest 2017 His Art / His Legacy
Lyndal Osborne
Metaphor for Evolution
Ken Lumbis
Painted with Fire
Kit Fast and Mary Mottishaw
convergence – two artists consider their landscape
Grande Prairie Public Library
Forbes Homestead and Pioneer Hospital
Grande Prairie Photoclub Photography display
Indigenous Reading Corner
A new Indigenous Reading Corner officially opens to visitors. The space features a 13 Foot, Seven Teachings Round carpet, display Teepee, locally made dream catchers and the FNMI Indigenous collection on a designated floating bookshelf. Find non-fiction, fiction, DVD’s and CD’s all in one place.
Open 1pm – 5pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Alberta Culture Days
Scavenger Hunts
Grande Prairie Museum Heritage Discovery Centre Grande Prairie Public Library
Event Locations Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
Grant Berg Gallery
Centre for Creative Arts
Heritage Discovery Centre
Forbes Homestead
Montrose Cultural Centre
Grande Prairie Live Theatre
Muskoseepi Park
Grande Prairie Museum
Provincial Building
98 St.
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101 St.
11330 106 St.
102 St.
Grande Prairie Public Library
104 Ave.
99 St
103 Ave.
101 Ave. 100 Ave. Hwy 43
99 Ave.
97 Ave. 96 Ave.
ThankYOU Organized and Funded by
THE CENTRE FOR
Freedom To Create. Spirit To Achieve.
CREATIVE ARTS
Free Transit Visitors with the Alberta Culture Days guidebooks are eligible for free GP Transit rides from Friday, Sept 29 through Sunday, Oct 1. Riders can simply show the 2017 weekend guidebook to transit drivers when entering the bus, limited 1 rider per guidebook. Collect stamps at any of the participating culture days events. Once you’ve collected 3 stamps, turn it in at any location listed below for your chance to win an awesome arts and culture prize pack. Collect stamps at: • Grande Prairie Museum
• Provincial Building
• Heritage Discovery Centre
• Teresa Sargent Hall
• Rev Forbes Homestead
• Centre for Creative Arts
• Grande Prairie Public Library • Grande Prairie Live Theatre
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