Public Engagement
Engage with The Gallery + Artists + ArtworksExhibition Openings
Throughout the year The Gallery hosts exhibition openings free to the community. These building-wide events connect artists and the public in a celebratory atmosphere. Non-critical and open to all members of our community, exhibition openings are informal and fun. Meet artists, ask questions and meander the building to see new works. There are usually six exhibition openings throughout the year. Refreshments and cash bar are available.
To see our upcoming exhibition opening nights, please visit our events calendar.
Art Documentaries
Over the past two decades the AAC Gallery Program has screened art documentaries. These documentaries look at the lives and practices of contemporary working artists. Art documentaries lift the curtain for non-artists and give a peek into the working lives of artists. As contemporary artists work with current topics, many times the films reflect on soci-political aspects of our own community. The films invite conversation, reflection and often inspire.
Attendees are asked to provide a donation to offset screening fees and as a fundraiser for The Gallery at Casa.
Watch the events calendar for full details and upcoming screenings.
Interested in viewing a documentary from our library? Request a private screening at Casa! Bring friends, family, or come solo. To schedule a screening, please email Darcy Logan our Gallery Services Manager + Curator: gallery@artslethbridge.org
Off-site Exhibitions – Joan Waterfield Gallery
The Gallery hosts exhibitions at the Joan Waterfield Gallery located in the Genevieve E. Yates Memorial Centre.
Currently on display:
90 Creative Years
Lethbridge Artists Club Retrospective
For the past 90 years local artists have been inspired to create, teach, exhibit, and sell art painted outdoors or in studios as members of the Lethbridge Artists Club.
Two evolving artists, Anna MacKenzie and Phillip Jerome (P.J.) Collins, attended the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1936 and this encouraged them to bring creative people together in an organization they called the Lethbridge Sketch Club. This club met regularly where Miss Edith Kirk, Annora Brown, Group of Seven member A. Y. Jackson and artists like H.G. Glyde and E. E. Riethman instructed local enthusiasts. They provided a District Scholarship so others could learn at the Banff School.
Initially members met in the Fish & Game Clubhouse, then the Bowman Art Centre became home to the club where regular exhibits and classes were held in the P.J. Collins gallery. Today, the club is active in Casa. In the early 2000s, the club was renamed The Lethbridge Artists Club and members continued its founders’ vision.
When the club turned 80, a competition invited the community to nominate local people as portrait subjects. Club members created memorable paintings of those chosen. The paintings travelled across southern Alberta and the ten finalists were exhibited at the Galt Museum & Archives. Judges chose winners and the public voted for their favourite.
Today, as the club celebrates 90 years, it offers monthly Skillshare Workshops where members share their techniques and knowledge with others. A website, Facebook, and Instagram connect regularly with the community. The club also participates in the Christmas at Casa sale, holds a weekend art retreat each fall, paints murals in several public buildings and exhibits art in various locations including the Yates, Casa, Helen Schuler Nature Centre, and local restaurants and businesses. And, of course, members still venture outdoors to paint.
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