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.

Looking for a fun and family-friendly activity on a Saturday afternoon? Visit the Gallery for Crafternoon, a self-directed art activity in our Creativity Centre. This month we will be doing rock painting. Make a rock for yourself or to leave around the city to spread some joy. All supplies are provided.

Youth aged 12 to 18 looking to explore their artistic side in a warm and welcoming environment are invited to join us for the monthly drop-in Youth Art Club program. Bring your own art to work on or make something here while taking in a tour of the current exhibitions. Supplies and snacks provided. This program is free to attend. 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.

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.

FREE

Summer is the season of yard sales and we’re taking part! Join us at the Gallery for this special sale. We will have a variety of gently used Gallery items available for purchase, including books, wood, hardware, technology, and more! All items will be available by donation, and this event is free to attend.

Join the Gallery, the Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, the Galt Museum & Archives Akaisamitohkanao’pa and Bike Lane for a two-wheeled explorations of Lethbridge’s rich collection of public art!

The journey begins at the Galt Museum & Archives, where Bike Lane will provide complimentary bike inspections to ensure everyone is road ready. After a brief overview of the route and a discussion on cycling safety, participants will embark on the public art bike crawl, discovering murals, sculptures, and other artistic landmarks scattered throughout downtown and area.The ride will cover approximately eight kilometers at a relaxed pace.

As we explore, there will be opportunities to pause, take in the artwork, and discuss its significance. There will be one extended stop halfway through the trip at the mural Confluence by Darcy Logan and Aaron Hagan. The ride wraps up at Casa, where Studio B Collective (Darcy Logan, Aaron Hagan, and Alexis Bialobzyski) will host Patio Postcards and Pinot where you can enjoy a refreshment and write a postcard to share your feelings on public art in the community.

This event is open to all ages, children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Participants are required to bring their own bicycles, helmets, and safety gear, and it’s recommended to bring a water bottle to stay hydrated. Please note that washrooms will not be available along the route. This program is free and registration is required. To register, please fill out this form.

As part of the Gallery’s ongoing commitment to be more accessible and inclusive to our local communities, our Outreach Programming team has worked with community organizations requiring space, materials, or assistance in their artistic programming over the past several years.

Lethbridge Family Services, Recovery Alberta’s “A Brush with Art” program, and the Lethbridge Modern Quilt Guild have been involved in artwork creation in collaboration with the Gallery but have been without exhibition space to present their new creations. After years of art-making, we are pleased to celebrate the unique artistic voices of the artists in each of these groups by assembling their recent works in our Community Showcase.

We acknowledge the support of the City of Lethbridge, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

The Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin is excited to partner with the Lethbridge Pride Festival Society as Lethbridge Pride’s Chill Zone. Join us to enjoy light refreshments, visit our exhibitions, and participate in drop-in craft activities. The Gallery is happy to provide a quiet zone for visitors to relax during the excitement of Pride.

If you’re a 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.

Eligibility: High School age students (14-18)

Henderson Lake Park

Free

The Gallery is excited to host an activity booth at Helen Schuler Nature Centre’s Nature Play Fest! Join us and guest artist Mary-Anne McTrowe as we do block printing on upcycled fabric. Create a unique pattern on second-hand fabric squares using pre-carved rubber blocks and fabric ink. Use your fabric square as a handkerchief, a pocket square, a flag, or décor! All supplies are provided for this hands-on art workshop.

Mary-Anne McTrowe was born and raised in southern Alberta, where she earned her B.F.A. at the University of Lethbridge in 1998. She went on to pursue graduate studies at Concordia University in Montreal and received her M.F.A. in studio art in 2001. Her work has spanned a number of different media including performance, installation, and textiles, and in her practice she explores objects that are in states of transformation, focusing on the question of how things that are familiar to us can be made unfamiliar; how a change in context can render something temporarily strange and perhaps even unrecognizable. McTrowe was a member of the now-retired folk art-ernative duo The Cedar Tavern Singers AKA Les Phonoréalistes with Daniel Wong, was a founding member of Trap\door Artist Run Centre, and currently works as a Technician in the Art Department at the University of Lethbridge.

Free

Join guest artists Tyler Alexander and Grace Wirzba to make, mend, and alter your clothes for Pride using embroidery, patches, paint, and more. Visitors of all ages are invited to join us for this fun evening of fashion.

Supplies will be provided for this free drop-in workshop to make patches and other small sewn items. Visitors are welcome to bring their own clothing to alter. Refreshments will be provided. This event is presented in partnership with the Lethbridge Pride Festival Society.

Join us for Bletcher Hour, the Gallery’s monthly critical reading group. Readings explore key themes of the exhibitions and current events, with the intent to deepen our understanding of the artworks and their context within our community.

This program is free to attend. Please contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator, to register. Readings are sent as PDFs in advance of the event. If you cannot make it in person, online attendance options are available.

Join artist Michelle Sylvestre as she discusses her mentorship project with art students from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, culminating in the exhibition Generative Prompt.

Michelle Sylvestre holds a BFA in Art (2017) and an MFA in New Media (2021) from the University of Lethbridge, located on Treaty 7 Territory, Alberta. Currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural, Social, and Political Thought, her research investigates systemic patriarchal and colonial biases in artificial intelligence (AI). As an interdisciplinary artist, Sylvestre’s public and exhibition work examines identity and community through technology, sculpture, and performance. Using research-creation, she merges critical inquiry with artistic practice to address complex sociocultural challenges, advocating for equity and inclusion in technology.

Sylvestre is a Researcher in Residence in the Abundance Intelligence Niitsitapi Pod in the Centre for Indigenous Art, Research, and Technology and a sessional instructor at the University of Lethbridge. During her masters, she received the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) scholarship and was recently selected as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar.

The Articulations Art Lecture Series 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.

Free

Join us at the Gallery for a free French-language guided tour of our current exhibitions led by Chrystèle Chevallier-Grabinska. 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. Les tours guidées seront animés par madame Chrystèle Chevallier-Grabinska, éducatrice à l'école d'immersion LCI. 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.

Free

Looking for a fun and family-friendly activity on a Saturday afternoon? Visit the Gallery for Crafternoon in our Creativity Centre. This month we are excited to feature artist Michelle Sylvestre who will lead a workshop on how to make shrinky-dink keychains. Experiment with mark making on this throwback art project. All supplies are provided for this free program.

Michelle Sylvestre was born in Camrose, Treaty 6 Territory, Alberta, Canada in 1982. She completed an Art BFA (2017) and New Media MFA (2021), from the University of Lethbridge. Recently Sylvestre completed a public artwork consisting of thousands of handmade ceramic tiles at Legacy Park Pavilion commissioned by the City of Lethbridge and Allied Arts Council. As a multidisciplinary artist, her practice often focuses on the intersection of technology, craft, and identity, often employing traditional and digital mediums. Sylvestre is an artist and educator based in Lethbridge, Treaty 7 Territory, Alberta where she is a Sessional Instructor at the University of Lethbridge.

If you’re a 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.

Eligibility: High School age students (14-18)

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 bookmaking 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 Associate Curator Adam Whitford for a tour of the Gallery’s current exhibitions.

In this final session of this four-part workshop series led by educator John Chief Calf, we will celebrate the learnings we’ve shared throughout the series. Attendees are invited to share food and show the art they’ve created during the program.

This program is free to attend. Supplies and light refreshments will be provided. To sign up for this program series, please email Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator. 

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.