Alberta Art Days - 2010 Program

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Freedom To Create. Spirit To Achieve.

Something For Everyone All types of art all over Alberta in three wildly creative days.

Celebrate the things that make us distinctly Albertan!

Grande Prairie ABArtsDaysGP.ca

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EVENTSlineup Fri. Sept. 17th

Backstage with a Travel Writer GP Public Library Rotary Community Room p.

13 6:30pm Wearable Art Show & Gala Centre for Creative Arts 7pm p.4 Five Alarm Photo Project Exhibition Opening Centre for Creative Arts 7:30pm p.5 Wild Art Centre for Creative Arts 7pm-10pm p.5

Sat. Sept. 18th

Art History Films Location: Muskoseepi Park 10am-6pm p.6 Outdoor Arts Festival Muskoseepi Park 10am-6pm p.7 Art & Architecture Tour GP Regional College Time: 1pm-2:30pm p.

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Illustrating Workshops for Kids GP Public Library Registration Required: Call 780-357-7454 Grades 1-2: 11am-12pm Grades 3-4: 1pm-2pm p.

Grades 5-6: 3pm-4pm 12 Art of the Peace People’s Choice Awards Centre for Creative Arts p.

7pm 14 Stop, Drop & Roll Fire Performances Location: Tito’s Cafe p.

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Sun. Sept. 19th Outdoor Arts Festival Location: Muskoseepi Park 1pm-4pm p.7

Concert in the Park Muskoseepi Park Amphitheatre p.

1pm-4pm 16 AutoPark Opening Centre for Creative Arts p.16 Artist talk: 4:30pm &17

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Cultural Costume Party Prairie Art Gallery p.

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Ongoing Events

Digging the Arts Reel Shorts Film Festival Second St. Theatre Fri. 7pm, Sat. 1pm & 7pm, Sun. 1pm & 7pm p.8

Alberta Films – Praire Tales 12 Montrose Cultural Centre Fri. 10am & 3pm, p.

Sat. 10am, Sun. 1pm 13

Fan the Flame Local Art & Silent Auction Esquires Coffee House, p.

Ivy Lake 10

Art of the Peace Members Show & Sale p.

Centre for Creative Arts 14

Mish Mash of Local & Some Not-so-local Artists’ Work p.

Picture Perfect 11

ArtWalk Various (Unique Gallery & Picture Perfect closed p.

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Peace Watercolor Society 34th Annual Fall Show & Sale p.

Unique Gallery 10

AutoPark by Laura St. Pierre Prairie Art Gallery p.16 Ongoing &17 Building Stories GP Public Library

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Burning Issue Poetry, Song, & Performance Bean Counters Coffee House, Resources Rd. Ongoing. Live reading on p.

Sun. at 2pm 10

Roof is on Fire Visual Art & Hanging Sculptures p.

Location: Tito’s Cafe 10 World on Fire Landscapes Esquires Coffee House, p.

Westside Plaza 11 Program booklet designed locally by ImageDESIGN

For more event location info, visit ABArtsDaysGP.ca

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KICK-OFF AT THECentre Wearable Art Show and Gala Centre for Creative Arts Fri. Sept. 17th, 7pm

This FREE event will serve as a kickoff party for Alberta Arts Days in Grande Prairie. The evening will feature a catwalk style showing of wearable art pieces created by local artists.

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Performance art will be incorporated into the evening through dancers and costumes.

After the show, models dressed in wearable art pieces will mingle with guests while everyone enjoys unique and artful offerings created by talented local chefs.

This high energy evening will be a spotlight on contemporary culture In Grande Prairie. Select pieces will be displayed for the duration of the weekend, along with wearable art pieces so that even more people will be able to experience this unique exhibition.

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Five Alarm Photo – Opening Night Centre for Creative Arts, Dance Studio Fri. Sept. 17th, 7:30pm

This exhibition will feature 5 local photographers, 5 models, 5 themes, and one final collaborative installation which will be unveiled during Alberta Arts Days in the Centre for Creative Arts following the Wearable Art Show.

Each of the 5 photographers will work with 1 different model for each theme, in a secret location, capturing their own unique interpretation of the selected theme.

The work will not be shown, shared or discussed until the opening reception where the 25 finalized images will be shown for the first time.

Wild Art

Centre for Creative Arts Fri. Sept. 17th, 7pm-10pm Artists will engage youth by creating a long horizontal mural that will be painted and hung from the fence outside of the Centre for Creative Arts.

Participants will be given coveralls and allowed to go wild with abstract expressionistic techniques, throwing and splattering the paint over the twenty foot mural.

The activity will take place at the Centre for Creative Arts and with the participation of 15 youth from the John Howard Society.

The mural will be on display at the Centre for Creative Arts for the duration of Alberta Arts Days.

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ARTScentral Art History Films

Muskoseepi Park Pavilion Sat. Sept. 17th, 10am-6pm

Join us on an enlightening 1500 year journey through the History of Western Art. An ongoing DVD series will be presented for your enjoyment.

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Sit down, rest, relax and enjoy your tour through Prehistoric art, to the Gothic and Renaissance Periods, through to the Impressionists, Expressionists, Modern art and beyond. Learn how art has both reflected and shaped history. Share, learn about and discuss this amazing (and free!) experience with your family and friends during the Alberta Arts Days.

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Outdoor Arts Festival

Location: Muskoseepi Park Pavilion Sat. Sept. 17th, 10am-6pm and Sun. Sept. 18th, 1pm-4pm

This venue is centrally located with parking, weather alternative buildings, an amphitheatre and many other amenities. The Park is a hub for the weekend’s celebrations.

Come pick up programs of events that are happening at other venues while enjoying live artists demonstrations, musical performances, poetry readings, interactive hands on art activities, children’s activities, an art market featuring local artists and craftspeople and a trade show highlighting local cultural organizations.

This family friendly event will be free to the public.

The outdoor festival will be housed in four tents and in the case of severe weather some activities may be moved inside to Muskoseepi park pavilion.

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DIGGINGtheARTS REEL SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL Second Street Theatre Fri. Sept. 17th, 7pm; Sat. Sept. 18th, 1pm & 7pm; Sun. Sept. 19th, 1pm & 7pm This 52-minute package of films from Grande Prairie Live theatre 2009 and 2010 Reel Shorts Film Festival features the arts and how their surprising effects can be found anywhere and everywhere. It will screen free of charge to the public.

This package is rated PG and is not recommended for young children. The films are between 4 and 13 minutes long.

It starts with the oldest art form – storytelling – as illustrated in Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, screened with the kind permission of Network Ireland Television and Brown Bag Productions, and then proceeds with examples of music (Live Music, The Passenger, and The Necktie), visual art (PostIt Love), and dance (Pretty Big Dig), before finishing with a story about film making (The Climactic Death of Dark Ninja), the art form that can incorporate all the others.

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Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (Ireland, 2008) – A seemingly sweet old lady tells her version of Sleeping Beauty to her terrified granddaughter in this 2010 Oscarnominated animated gem.

Live Music (USA, 2009) – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Guitar falls in love with the Violin of his dreams.

Post-It Love (UK, 2008) – Too shy to talk to each other, a young couple find a unique

way to show their love for each other.

The Passenger (Australia, 2006) – A timid bookworm shares the bus with a passenger who’s strangely affected by music in this 2007 Oscarnominated tour de force which

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took the filmmaker 8 years to make by himself Pretty Big Dig (Canada, 2003) – Whimsical and profound, this ballet with backhoes melds classical music and heavy machinery.

The Necktie (Canada, 2008) – Fleeing a meaningless job in the corporate world, a middleaged office worker rediscovers the joy of life through an old accordion.

The Climactic Death of Dark Ninja (USA, 2004) – With only one chance to get the final shot of his ninja film, a young director’s preparations all hinge on what happens after he yells “Action”.

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ART walk EVENTS Artsy Window Shopping Downtown Put on your high-heeled sneakers, steel-toe boots, or Manolo Blahniks. Whether you prefer Birkenstocks or cowboy boots, walk, run, strut (or even dance) your way through our Alberta Arts Days ArtWalk in Grande Prairie City Centre retail venues.

Various shops along the ArtWalk will feature Artistic expressions created by local artists in their windows as well as exhibits at all pink locations on the map.

Visit the shops during regular business hours and have your passport (found at the back of this book) stamped at each local. It’s free, fun and fabulous. Feast your eyes, your soul and your soles at ArtWalk!

Stop Drop & Roll Fire Performances Live performance featuring dancers and entertainers using fire props at Tito’s Cafe Saturday evening at 8pm.

Burning Issue Poetry, Song, & Performance A collection of stories, poetry, and songs will be featured at Bean Counters (Resources Rd.). Readings by artists on Sunday September 19th at 2:00pm.

Roof is on Fire Visual Art Collection of visual art, sculpture and craft by local creatives.

Fan the Flame Local Art & Silent Auction Esquires Cafe (Westside Plaza location)

Work will be hung on walls and suspended from Tito’s Cafe ceiling.

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Peace Watercolor Society 34th Annual Fall Show & Sale Transparent Watercolor in a variety of subject matter.

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World On Fire Landscapes Collection of Peace Area landscapes at Esquires Cafe (Westside Plaza location).

Peace Watercolor Society 34th Annual Fall Show & Sale Watercolor exhibition at Unique Gallery, representing works by: Dale Syrota, Suzanne Sandboe, Marjorie Henn, Toni Schuler, Judy Brown, Val Ditch, Barry Hommy, Louanne Hart, Bernice Trider, Doris Reynolds, Inez Demuynck, Robert Guest Mish Mash of Local & Some Not-so-local Artists’ Work Picture Perfect will be showing a variety of visual art during regular business hours.

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Forbes and Friend GP Farmers Market GP Public Library Image Design Mood Mender Picture Perfect Prairie Art Gallery Pure Home Design Rabbit Hole Ready Set Dance The Bed Shoppe Titos Cafe Unique Gallery

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1. Affordable Elegance 2. After Hours Boutique 3. Alberta Computers 4. Bean Counters, Resources Rd. 5. Centre for Creative Arts 6. Concetto Interior Design 7. Curry’s Jewellers 8. Esquire’s Coffee House, Westside Plaza 9. Esquire’s Coffee House, Ivy Lake 10. Eternity Fine Jewellery

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FOLLOWthe READER Library Events Illustrating Workshops for Kids Grande Limited Grades Grades

Prairie Public Library Space – Registration Required: Call 780-357-7454 1-2: 11am-12pm; Grades 3-4: 1pm-2pm; 5-6: 3pm-4pm Lorna Bennett, an Alberta-based children’s illustrator, will be giving three workshops, demonstrating illustration skills. Her work includes the Dot to Dot in the Sky series, True Story, and Hockey Trivia I and II, among others. She currently works at the U of A Hospital for Artist on the Wards.

Lorna’s sessions involve fun, interactive drawing.

The illustrator will do a whole day’s worth of workshops with drawing, storytelling, learning to write books, etc. for children.

Building Stories

GP Public Library Ongoing, month of September This collection features Alberta artists’ works, including local artists such as Euphemia McNaught and Peter von Tiesenhausen. The works will be displayed as part of the ArtWalk during Arts Days.

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Backstage with a Travel Writer Grande Prairie Public Library Rotary Community Room Fri. Sept. 17th, 6:30pm A Talk and Reading by Ted Bishop.

Ted Bishop’s travel book Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books (Penguin 2005 /Norton 2006), was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award, the Writers’ Trust Award, won the Edmonton Book Prize, the Wilfred Eggleston Award and the Motorcycle Award of Excellence (MAX!), and was named a Best Book by the Globe and Mail, CBC’s Talking Books, and Playboy magazine, where he appeared (in textual contiguity) with Pamela Anderson.

Alberta Films – Prairie Tales 12 Grande Prairie Public Library Fri. Sept. 17th, 10am and 3pm; Sat. Sept. 18th, 10am; Sun. Sept. 19th, 1:00 pm Come and see this exciting collection of Alberta-made short films. Rated 14A, runs approximately 1hr 15min.

The Sunday screening will be followed by a live presentation from Eric Becker, one of the exceptional film-makers.

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ARTof the PEACE

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Member Show and Sale Centre for Creative Arts Ongoing, Sept. 17th - Sept. 19th

The Art of the Peace Society will be exhibiting members’ work in celebration of the diversity and caliber of our local artists.

There will be an opportunity to view the artwork and vote for your top three favourite pieces on Friday and Saturday at the Centre for Creative Arts gallery.

Winners will receive their awards at a public reception on Saturday evening which starts at 7pm.

Thank you to our sponsors, TMG Leasing, Q99, and Image Design, for their contributions to the artist awards.

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GPRCevents Art and Architecture Tour Grande Prairie Regional College Sat. Sept. 18th, 1pm-2:30pm

GPRC Fine Arts instructor Ken HouseGo will offer an “Art and Architecture” walking tour. The tour is about 1.25 hours long.

It covers a brief history of the original Douglas Cardinal portion of the College the iconic core and establishes a sense of what Grande Prairie was like in 1974.

It also overviews Douglas Cardinal’s career path as a warrior architect. During the tour, there will be presentations about the permanent sculptures and some key art works.

The tour is free to the public.

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Celeigh Cardinal & the Nordic Knights

CONCERTin thePARK

Muskoseepi Park Amphitheatre Sun. Sept. 19th, 1pm-4pm

Local musicians Chris McIntyre, Celeigh Cardinal & the Nordic Knights, and The Dandylionesses, along with belly dance troupe Moondance Shimmey will be showcased at this family-friendly open air concert.

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GALLERYfare AutoPark by Laura St. Pierre Prairie Art Gallery Ongoing

An exhibition by Grande Prairie artist Laura St.Pierre, AutoPark is a portable garden of defunct vehicles that have been converted into large-scale terrariums.

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Riffing off of the history of the enclosed growing space, the artist investigates our evolving relationship to the natural and the man-made worlds, proposing that we find new ways to inhabit both.

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Artist Talk with Laura St. Pierre Prairie Art Gallery Sun. Sept. 19th, 4:30pm-5:30pm

Join Laura St. Pierre to discuss her exhibition, AutoPark.

Weather permitting, Laura will lead a tour of the exhibition.

St. Pierre is an instructor in the department of Fine Arts at the GPRC and has shown her work across Canada. She holds a BA from UBC, a BA of Art and Design from U of A, and a MA of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montreal.

Art Insight Tours

Prairie Art Gallery Sat. Sept. 18th & Sun. Sept. 19th at 11am and 12pm Join the staff of the Prairie Art Gallery on a free behind-thescenes tour highlighting the Gallery’s activities that investigate and preserve the region’s cultural heritage and inspire the community through art. See the art collection, the expansion of the Gallery, and the plans for the future.

If weather and construction activities permit, these tours will include a hardhat tour of the inside of the historic Grande Prairie High School building, currently under construction.

Cultural Costume Party Prairie Art Gallery 5:30pm

Show everyone what culture means to YOU. Express yourself in your referee’s jersey, your formal attire, your studio apron, your dance costume, your traditional dress, or your rodeo duds. Enjoy free live performances and a recap of highlights from the weekend’s celebrations.

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thank YOUS Greetings,

On Behalf of the organizing committee for Grande Prairie’s Alberta Arts Days 2010 Celebrations, I would like to thank all of the volunteers, artists, sponsors, and you, the participants, for making this year’s event an exciting expression of our local culture. Thanks also to the Alberta Government and to the Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit for their support. I hope you are inspired to incorporate arts and culture into your lives year round. Enjoy!

Sincerely, Candace Hook Executive Director, The Centre for Creative Arts.

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Funding By

Freedom To Create. Spirit To Achieve.

Organized & Supported By

Assistance From

The Downtown Association, the GP Catholic School District, the GP Public School District, the GP Regional College, Muskoseepi Park, the Peace Wapiti School District, the Prairie Art Gallery, and Space Candy.

Supported By The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the GP Public Library, ImageDESIGN, Q99, and Second Street Theatre, TMG Leasing, and the Writers Guild of Alberta.

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Passportto theArts To show our appreciation to you for supporting this wonderful event, we’re giving you the chance to win one of three great arts-related prize packs!

Entering is easy. All you have to do is fill out the entry form on this side, and collect stamps (on the back of this page) at various participating organizations and vendors around Grande Prairie. The more stamps you collect, the bigger the prize

you’re able to win! When you’re finished for the day, cut off the form and drop it in the draw boxes in the tents at Muskoseepi Park.

Winners will be announced on Sunday, September 19th at 4pm.

1st Prize – Eligible to those who receive 7-9 stamps 2nd Prize – Eligible to those who receive 4-6 stamps 3rd Prize – Eligible to those who receive 1-3 stamps

Name: Email: Phone: Address: I would like to receive news about upcoming arts events and news in Grande Prairie 

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Passportto Get stamped theArts to win!

Collect stamps at all art walk locations (see page 11) and at the Centre for Creative Arts, GP Public Library, Second Street Theatre, GPRC, Muskoseepi Park, and the Prairie Art Gallery.

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