ART AUCTION 2026 | MAY 2, 2026
Art Auction is our beloved annual fundraising gala where artists, art lovers, collectors and community champions come together to raise funds in support of our annual program at the Gallery. For 50 years, the Gallery has been a vital place of artistic expression, education and connection for our communities. Your generous support at Art Auction is what makes this ongoing work possible.
Purchase your tickets today to join us at this special gala event, featuring an incredible collection of 65 artworks donated by past exhibiting artists and southern Alberta’s visual arts community. Tickets include a three-course gourmet meal by Sky & Table, beverages, and exclusive access to our live auction.
PREVIEW WEEK
The Gallery will be open to the public regular hours from Wednesday, April 15 to Thursday, April 29 for anyone to preview the art and silent auction items. Bidding opens April 15th!
In Image Metabolisms, Nancy Valladares unearths the networks of extractive fossil economies and the chemical processes of fossilized life that photography hinges upon. In her first solo exhibition, Valladares uncovers the interwoven systems of corporate, chemical, and extractive processes that enable visual culture. Each material in Image Metabolisms is a node in the interconnected web between photography and fossil fuels. Asphalt, bitumen, video, sound, fountains, and lavender oil form a constellation of matter that visualizes the concealed network of extraction.
NANCY VALLADARES | IMAGE METABOLISMS
NOV. 1, 2025 - MAR. 28, 2026
CURRENT EXHIBITION
The photographs of Lethbridge-based artist David M.C. Miller are made in resonance with the seemingly infinite abundance of the sun. His work reimagines photography not as the containment of light, but as an encounter with its boundlessness — a document of its infinitude beyond the lens. In Other Suns, Miller upends the mechanics and temporal assumptions of traditional photography. Working entirely without a camera, Miller draws directly with light. Each photograph is developed by hand through successive exposures, resulting in delicate, vivid fields that suggest both atmosphere and space, yet resist clear resolution.
DAVID M.C. MILLER | OTHER SUNS
NOV. 1, 2025 - MAR. 28, 2026
CURRENT EXHIBITION
PROGRAMS+EVENTS
Exhibition opening reception for Lan “Florence” Yee’s Do Weeds Grow in Heaven?, Jan. 25, 2025. Photo by Kort Woycheshin.
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