Looking for a fun and family-friendly activity on a Saturday afternoon? Visit the Gallery for Crafternoon, a self-directed, drop-in art activity in our Creativity Centre. This month we will be doing miniature air dry clay sculptures. All supplies are provided.

Join the Gallery and the Galt Museum and Archives for this panel discussion on Sept. 26 which gathers voices at the intersection of art and environmental advocacy, exploring how Indigenous worldviews offer both ancient and urgent solutions to the climate crisis.⁠

Prior to the panel, attendees are invited to join us at the Gallery at 4:30 p.m. for a complimentary tour of the exhibition before heading to the Galt for the panel.

⁠In conversation with artist Leila Sujir’s exhibition forest documents, currently on view at the Gallery, panelists Ira Provost, Katira Crow Shoe, Kansie Fox, and Star Crop Eared Wolf will weave together perspectives on land stewardship, ecological responsibility, and creative resistance. ⁠

⁠All ages are welcome, registration is not required, and there is no cost to attend.

Hands-on art workshops led by local BIPOC artists. Free to attend, all supplies are provided.

Part of the 2025 Culture Days: BIPOC Foundation Digi-Arts Program Series, a free series of art events supporting and highlighting the work of BIPOC artists in Southern Alberta made possible by the Alberta Culture Days Host Site Grant.

Featuring:

• Leila Sujir, artist and Elastic Spaces researcher

• Elder William (Bill) Jones, author and Elastic Spaces researcher

• John Latour, artist and Concordia University librarian and Elastic Spaces researcher

• Jorge Zavagno, Technical Director and Elastic Spaces member

To register for this program and receive a Zoom link, please email Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator.

Currently on view at the Gallery, forest documents by Montreal-based artist Leila Sujir is a large format video installation, including 3D and 2D projections, that chronicle the Walbran, the old-growth forests on the unceded traditional territories of the Pacheedaht First Nation on Vancouver Island.

Sujir approaches art-making with its research, testing, and making as a collaborative act. Like the roots in the forest, this exhibition is supported by an extensive network of collaborators:

• Jorge Zavagno as Technical Director was instrumental in the video production and designing the workings of the installation with Sujir as well as managing the book project, “Chronicles of the Forest” by Elder Bill Jones, of the Pacheedaht First Nation.

• John Latour, Concordia University Librarian and artist, collaborated with Sujir on the Reading Room in forest documents, and was editor of the book project, “Chronicles of the Forest.” Latour worked with Zoom transcripts to assemble the oral text into a written form.

• Elder Jones worked with Sujir and the Elastic Spaces team, as researcher and then author of the chapbook “Chronicles of the Forest.” The book emerged into a book form from their Elastic Spaces Zoom recordings (2020-2021) during the height of COVID19.

Join this panel discussion to hear more from Leila’s collaborators and hear how forest documents (2025) came together, with the production of three artworks on the Walbran old-growth forests (Forest Breath, 2018; Aerial, 2019) over a nine-year period and how the project continues.

Join the BIPOC Foundation and the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin at Casa for a celebration of art through tech! The event will feature a digital art exhibition, musical and dance performances, a fashion show, and more!

The main event will take place in Casa's Community Room. Cocktail Hour will start at 4 PM and the main banquet will run from 5-8 PM. We invite you to join us early to take a look at the Festival Market and the Digi-Arts Exhibition, both starting at 12 PM.

Stay tune for artist and performer announcements, coming shortly!

Part of the 2025 Culture Days: BIPOC Foundation Digi-Arts Program Series, a free series of  art events supporting and highlighting the work of BIPOC artists in Southern Alberta made possible by the Alberta Culture Days Host Site Grant.

If you’re a middle or high-school-aged youth looking to explore your artistic side in a warm and welcoming environment, join us at the Gallery for our drop-in Youth Art Club program. Bring your own art to work on or make something here while also taking in a tour of the current exhibitions.  Supplies are provided and snacks and refreshments will be available.

This program is for youth ages 12+. Children under the age of 12 are encouraged to join us for Crafternoon and other arts-based programming.

Join the Gallery and local artist Natalia Smith at Lethbridge College’s Coulee Fest to explore cyanotypes. Throughout the event, we will be exploring sun printing, sharing Natalia’s artwork, and talking about everything coming up at the Gallery. 

Natalia Smith is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in painting. Her work explores themes of identity, relationships, and eco-feminism in an autobiographical manner. She often incorporates the figure as the central subject to manifest these ideas. She has participated in exhibitions in Lethbridge at Casa for her show Mending Relations in 2025, and at the Penny Gallery in the Fluidity exhibition in 2024. She is an Art Studio Major in the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program at the University of Lethbridge.

Limited space, registration required

$10 members | $15 general

Have you ever wanted to make your own book? Join us for this hands-on workshop to have the chance to make your own book. Participants will learn how to use the equipment in our Tiny Press Studio, and will make their own handmade book.

Participants will have the chance to make a blank notebook or bind their own printed materials. If you want to bind your own writing or art, please bring two printed copies to the workshop.

This workshop is open to ages 12+. The majority of the bookbinding process requires standing. Accommodations can be made. This program is $10 for Gallery members, or $15 for general attendees. Space is limited so registration is encouraged. You can register at the front desk or by emailing hkehoe@saag.ca If you have any questions about the printing process, how to print your materials, or if program cost presents a barrier please contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Events Coordinator, hkehoe@saag.ca.

Tiny Press at SAAG is a handmade bookbinding studio at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin, in Lethbridge, Alberta. Tiny Press prints, binds, and distributes books by hand, creating original work with writers and artists of the region, about topics that are important to us. Tiny Press is a community resource, and social gathering place for those interested in learning about publication, and connecting with others through a DIY mentality.

Join us at the Gallery for a free French-language guided tour of our current exhibitions. Snacks and refreshments available. Presented in partnership with ACFA régionale de Lethbridge.

For more information contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca or call 403-327-8770.

Assistez gratuitement à une visite guidée en Français des expositions actuellement présentées à la Galerie. Des collations ainsi que des breuvages seront servis sur place. Présenté en partenariat avec l'ACFA Lethbridge.

Pour plus d'informations, contactez Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, à l'adresse suivante: bipaa@saag.ca ou au numéro suivant: (403) 327-8770.

Seniors (65+) are welcome at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for a free guided tour, art activity, and refreshments.

Join us at the Gallery for this special workshop featuring Gallery staff and guest presenter Bethel Afework sharing advice on how to improve your professional artistic practice. This workshop is free to attend.  Space is limited.

Part of the 2025 Culture Days: BIPOC Foundation Digi-Arts Program Series, a free series of art events supporting and highlighting the work of BIPOC artists in Southern Alberta made possible by the Alberta Culture Days Host Site Grant. 

Looking for a fun and family-friendly activity on a Saturday afternoon? Visit the Gallery for Crafternoon, a self-directed, drop-in art activity in our Creativity Centre. This month we will be doing leaf prints. All supplies are provided.

Join Associate Curator Adam Whitford for a tour of the Gallery’s current exhibitions featuring work by artists Leila Sujir and Namaakii Bee Bear Hat

Join Outreach Coordinator Bariyaa Ipaa for more fun art activities at this year’s Whoop-Up Days at the Lethbridge and District Exhibition.

6-7PM MST

Join us to celebrate the will be held online to celebrate the winners of the 2025 SAAG Arts Writing Prize and Aruna D'Souza Award for BIPOC writers. Join us to meet this year’s winners Leanna Barwick and Kaya Panthier and learn more about their writing practices. Registration required, please email hkehoe@saag.ca.

Join us for this exciting outreach activity at Whoop Up Days! The Gallery will run an art activity booth featuring guest artists and drop-in activities. On Thursday August 21 we’re excited to feature artist Nicole Kelly Westman and on Friday August 22 join Outreach Coordinator Bariyaa Ipaa for more fun art activities 

Nicole Kelly Westman is a visual artist of Métis and Icelandic descent that recognizes with an indebted gratitude the artists that came before her and strenuously forged space, the curators that place care at the fore of their labour, the communities that foster confidence in her practice, and the institutions and organizations that implement policies prefacing relations of trust. As an artist she enjoys practices of listening, watching, hosting, poeticizing, foraging, and sharing. Westman was previously the director of Stride Art Gallery, holds a BFA from Emily Carr University (2012),  and is currently rolling through regions like a tumbleweed. Her writing has been published in C Magazine, Inuit Art Quarterly, Instudio Magazine, and Luma Quarterly.

Seniors (65+) are welcome at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for a free guided tour, art activity, and refreshments.

Join us at the Gallery to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibitions featuring work by Leila Sujir and Namaakii Bee Bear Hat. Enjoy the artworks and refreshments, mingle with the community and meet the artists.

Join exhibiting artists Leila Sujir and Namaakii Bee Bear Hat for an in-person talk and tour of their new exhibitions, part of our Articulations Art Lecture Series that offers presentations from contemporary practicing artists and arts professionals. Local and international artists, curators, critics, art historians, theorists, and filmmakers share their practice and engage with the audience in open, critical discussion.