For more information on our programs and events, contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator.
Youth Art Club with Eric Dyck
If you’re a high-school-aged youth (14-18) 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.
This month’s Art Club features special guest artist Eric Dyck.
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Eligibility: High School age students (14-18)
Seniors Tour & Tea
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Curator's Tour
Join Associate Curator Adam Whitford for a tour of the Gallery’s current exhibitions Incidental Omens by Dana Buzzee, Practices of Suffusion by Tania Willard, and Hole Tech by Migueltzina Solís. This tour is free for members. For non-members regular admission applies.
Artist Statement Workshop with Aruna D’Souza
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin invites you to join us for an artist statement writing workshop led by acclaimed writer and art historian Aruna D’Souza. Participants will learn the essentials of artist statements and writing about their work. Participants are encouraged to bring their own writing for review and edits. This tour is free for members. For non-members regular admission applies. If program cost presents a barrier, please contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Events Coordinator, hkehoe@saag.ca
There are a limited number of seats available for this workshop. We encourage you to register in advance to reserve your spot.
Aruna D'Souza writes about modern and contemporary art, intersectional feminisms, and diasporic aesthetics. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns, The New York Times, and in numerous artist’s monographs and exhibition catalogues. Whitewalling: Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times. Recent editorial projects include Linda Nochlin’s Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now and Lorraine O’Grady’s Writing in Space 1973-2018; she co-curated the retrospective “Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And” at the Brooklyn Museum in 2021. She is the recipient of the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She was appointed the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery of Art in 2022, and the W.W. Corcoran Professor of Social Engagement at the Corcoran School of Art, George Washington University, in 2022-2023. Her most recent book, Imperfect Solidarities was published in 2024.
Crafternoon: Cyanotypes with Trap\door
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’ve partnered with Trap\door Artist Run Centre for a cyanotype workshop! This project is inspired by Tania Willard’s exhibition Practices of Suffusion in our Upper Gallery. This program is free with admission. All supplies are provided.
Trap\door is a non-profit artist-run centre founded in 2004. Dedicated to the promotion of contemporary visual art which is challenging and critical, the purpose of Trap\door is to encourage experimentation by artists whose work explores creative production outside of an institutional framework. https://trapdoorarc.org/
Seniors Tour & Tea
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Bletcher Hour
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.
Youth Art Club
If you’re a high-school-aged youth (14-18) 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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Eligibility: High School age students (14-18)
Crafternoon: Plastic Art
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 making plastic art inspired by Dana Buzzee’s exhibition Incidental Omens in our lower Gallery. This program is free with admission. All supplies are provided.
Seniors Tour & Tea
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Seniors Tour & Tea
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
2024 Holiday Market
SAAG 2024 HOLIDAY MARKET
November 15, 5 - 9 PM
November 16, 10 AM - 5 PM
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery’s annual Holiday Market will take place on Friday Nov. 15 from 5 - 9 PM and Saturday Nov. 16 from 10 AM - 5 PM. Our Holiday Market features a variety of talented local and regional artists. This is the perfect place to shop local this holiday season. Find something for your friends, your family, or yourself!
Featuring work from:
Corrogamy Studio
Cozy cat lady creations
Crowsnext Lake Bible Camp with WInterborne Alpaca
Fable Fabrications
Howl Candle Co.
JEM Originals
Keas Kreations
Knothole Photography
Lirayastudio
Melanie Barnett Ceramics
Mish Mash Art Studio
Modest Masterpeace
Moon + Maple
Mother Daughter Candle Co.
Nature Girl - Lauren Kurmey
Rainbow Bazaar Art Collective
Sewing and Ceramics & Bob's Scroll Saw Art
Spark of Sugar Confectionary
Starforged Pottery
Tarryn Louise Art
2024 Holiday Market
SAAG 2024 HOLIDAY MARKET
November 15, 5 - 9 PM
November 16, 10 AM - 5 PM
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery’s annual Holiday Market will take place on Friday Nov. 15 from 5 - 9 PM and Saturday Nov. 16 from 10 AM - 5 PM. Our Holiday Market features a variety of talented local and regional artists. This is the perfect place to shop local this holiday season. Find something for your friends, your family, or yourself!
Featuring work from:
Corrogamy Studio
Cozy cat lady creations
Crowsnext Lake Bible Camp with WInterborne Alpaca
Fable Fabrications
Howl Candle Co.
JEM Originals
Keas Kreations
Knothole Photography
Lirayastudio
Melanie Barnett Ceramics
Mish Mash Art Studio
Modest Masterpeace
Moon + Maple
Mother Daughter Candle Co.
Nature Girl - Lauren Kurmey
Rainbow Bazaar Art Collective
Sewing and Ceramics & Bob's Scroll Saw Art
Spark of Sugar Confectionary
Starforged Pottery
Tarryn Louise Art
Bletcher Hour
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 month we will be reading the introduction and first chapter of As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. In this book, Simpson locates Indigenous political resurgence as a practice rooted in uniquely Indigenous theorizing, writing, organizing, and thinking. She makes clear that its goal can no longer be cultural resurgence as a mechanism for inclusion in a multicultural mosaic. Instead, she calls for unapologetic, place-based Indigenous alternatives to the destructive logics of the settler colonial state, including heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation. This book was recommended by artist Tania Willard, who's exhibition Practices of Suffusion is on display in our Upstairs Gallery until January 11th, 2025.
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.
Beyond Barriers: Self-Advocacy in Healthcare
Get ready to engage with a panel of healthcare experts, academics, and community organizers who are passionate about supporting you navigate the healthcare system with confidence. We’ll explore critical thinking and self-advocacy, while also learning about the political systems around us and how our experiences are inter-connected.
Presented in partnership with ProChoice YQL and ScienceUpFirst.
Articulations with Jared Tailfeathers
Come visit the Southern Alberta Art Gallery to see multidisciplinary Artist Jared Tailfeathers (Sikomh Kokomii - Calling Crane) from Kainai Nation read and share a few selections from his new book “The Art Of Making: Rediscovering the Blackfoot Legacy”, show some of his art, music, research photos, share copies of the book and talk about Blackfoot art history in the territory.
"A journey of growth and rediscovery. A chance as a colonized Blackfoot person to get to know who I am culturally, historically, and literally within the boundaries of my traditional territory. I want to help connect old names and practices to old places. Exploration of the evidence of art and methods of making that are still on the land as part of my cultural connection, and contextualizing those methods into my contemporary practice.
I focused this desire into a multi-year project that included contemporary art and research that became the book "The Art of Making: Rediscovering the Blackfoot Legacy Vol 1", the research is framed as a narrative of personal discovery and community connection. The book also documents the creation of contemporary multidisciplinary art (music, luthiery, sculpture, painting, toolmaking and instrument making), and resources found at important sites based on traditional land use. Timelines that flesh out the story of Canada from pre-contact to the present day. Relationships with the animals, resources, and with neighboring Indigenous Nations and settler communities. How all of these events and relationships influenced the methods of making pre-contact to the present day."
This event is free for Gallery members, with regular admission, and for attendees that self-identify as Indigenous. Please check in at the Gallery’s front desk when you arrive.
Jared will be hosting a book launch event at Analog Books on Friday November 8, 6:30 - 8:30 PM. To register or to purchase a copy of “The Art of Making” for yourself visit https://www.analogbooks.net/events/1235120241108.
Jared Tailfeathers is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist, musician, author, curator, and inventor. His work deals with Indigenous Treaty 7 Art, history, promotion, and sustainability, including public art, design, and public discussions.
Seniors Tour & Tea
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Crafternoon: Pumpkin Painting
Get in the spooky spirit at our special Halloween Crafternoon! Trade your carving knives for brushes as we paint pumpkins together. This program is free for members. For non-members regular admission applies. Costumes are welcome! All supplies are provided but we will be purchasing a limited number of pumpkins. To reserve your pumpkin please call the Gallery or email Program & Event Coordinator Heather Kehoe hkehoe@saag.ca before Oct. 23, 2024.
SAAG SOCIAL 2024
Harvest season is a special time; a time for gratitude, for sharing, and for celebrating together. This fall, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin invites you to come together to celebrate community at the fourth annual SAAG Social on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, an evening of local food, refreshments, and connecting through contemporary art.
Take in our newest exhibitions while enjoying food from featured vendors Beau's Birria & Taqueria and Milkman Milk Bar. Capture the memories and your fabulous outfits in our photo booth, bid on one of our silent auction packages, or try your luck in the 50/50 draw!
Tickets are on sale now online and at the Gallery with special member rates for current Gallery members and folks under 25! All tickets include two drink tickets and a ticket for each food vendor. Not a member? Join today to access member pricing for our events, discounts at our favourite local businesses, year-round complimentary gallery admission, and much more!
Seniors Tour & Tea
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Youth Art Club
If you’re a high-school-aged youth (14-18) 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 this summer .
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.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Eligibility: High School age students (14-18)
Opening Reception
Join us at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery on Saturday, October 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibitions featuring Tania Willard, Dana Buzzee, and Migueltzinta Solís, along with new Shop at SAAG feature artist Anton Golosov. Enjoy the artworks and refreshments, mingle with the community and meet the artists. The opening reception is free for Gallery Members or with regular admission.
ARTICULATIONS TALK AND TOUR
Join exhibiting artists Dana Buzzee, Tania Willard, and Migueltzinta Solís for an in-person tour and discussion of their new exhibitions Incidental Omens, Practices of Suffusion, and Hole Tech. This event is free for Gallery members and with regular admission.
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.
Articulations with Heidi HeavyShield
Join us for a special Articulations featuring social worker and instructor Heidi HeavyShield, who will speak to themes explored in our Lower Gallery exhibition Civic Floor by Sung Tieu. Heidi will draw on her expertise as the Indigenous Programs Coordinator in the Alberta provincial correctional system to discuss power, space, and privilege in public and institutional spaces. This program is free to attend.
Heidi HeavyShield is a Niitsitapiaki of the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe), Blackfoot Confederacy in Treaty 7. She is a clinical social worker who works within the provincial correctional system serving incarcerated populations as an Indigenous Programs Coordinator for over 17 years. Working from a social justice and Indigenous human rights framework, she integrates Indigenous cultural and healing methodologies and ceremonies with clinical practices. She is particularly active in the areas of incarceration of Indigenous people, restorative justice principles and practices, missing and murdered Indigenous womxn and girls, as well as areas regarding intergenerational trauma and colonial policies. Heidi is an instructor with University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work focusing her teaching philosophies on challenging oppression and confronting privilege. She seeks to honour her family, ancestors and home community of Kainaiwa in her work by recognizing those who have come before her.
The Articulations 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.
Seniors Tours & Tea
Seniors (65+) are welcome at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin on select Tuesdays this summer from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for a free guided tour, art activity, and refreshments.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Crafternoon at Word on the Street
Join the Gallery at the Lethbridge Public Library’s Word on the Street Festival. We are excited to feature artist Kellen Spencer, who will be leading a papermaking demo and sharing examples of handmade paper from local artists. Join us to meet the artist, learn more about this interactive process, and celebrate the literary arts!
Kellen Spencer is a Lethbridge-based visual artist, and printmaker whose practice examines the connection between residential redevelopment, memory, and the notion of home. By documenting changes in the neighborhood where he lives, Kellen sees the home as a place to unearth past memories, and to question future cycles of housing demolition, construction, and gentrification.
His interest in papermaking is complementary to his work in printmaking as it invites a material exploration that is critical to making a successful print; like understanding flour is to making delicious bread or choosing suitable lumber is to homebuilding. The tactile processes involved in creating handmade paper also offer a unique way to understand a material that has uses which we encounter almost every day.
In 2018, Kellen completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Print Media at the Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD), and was the recipient of the Board of Governor’s Graduating Student Award. His printed works have recently been included in exhibitions at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG), Casa Lethbridge and the John B. Aird Gallery in Toronto, Ontario.
This program is made possible by the Alberta Culture Days Celebration Site grant. We thank the Government of Alberta for supporting this program.
Tiny Press: Make your Own Book
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 free to attend thanks to the support of the Alberta Culture Days Celebration Site grant. This workshop is open to ages 16+. Limited space is available. Please email hkehoe@saag.ca to register.
The majority of the bookbinding process requires standing. Accommodations can be made. If you have any questions about the printing process, how to print your materials, or more please contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator.
Seniors Tours & Tea
Seniors (65+) are welcome at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin on select Tuesdays this summer from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for a free guided tour, art activity, and refreshments.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
SAAG at Coulee Fest
Join the Gallery and local artist and craftsperson Karla Mather-Cocks at Lethbridge College’s Coulee Fest to explore woven collages. Throughout the event, we will slice, cut, weave and combine images to create a Woven | Community | Collage and a postcard-sized weaving to take home. You can even use pictures you take at the 2024 Coulee Fest!
Karla Mather-Cocks is a multifunctional artist and craftsperson whose practice encompasses textiles, surface design, installations and public art. She is an active member of the Alberta Craft Council, Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge, Alberta Society of Artists and ewes+mies (Collective). She exhibits throughout Canada and enjoys sharing her experiences through workshops and community involvement. Her solo exhibitions include Sins & Insecurities: The Confessionalist (2019) and The Real House Finches of LA (2023).
This program is made possible by the Alberta Culture Days Celebration Site grant. We thank the Government of Alberta for their support of this program.
SAAG Culture Days Mixer
Join us to celebrate the launch of Culture Days with this special social event. Check out our exhibitions, connect with other artists and arts professionals, enjoy refreshments, or make some art! This event is free to attend.
This event is made possible by the Alberta Culture Days Celebration Site grant. We thank the Government of Alberta for supporting this program.
Bletcher Hour
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.
Seniors Tour & Tea
Seniors (65+) are welcome at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin on select Tuesdays this summer from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for a free guided tour, art activity, and refreshments.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Crafternoon
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 making paintings and drawings inspired by Amanda Chwelos’s exhibition Soft enough to slip through, on display in the Gallery’s Art Library. This program is free with admission. All supplies are provided.
Summer Saturday Tours
Join us for guided tours of our Summer exhibitions. Learn more about the art and inspiration for the exhibitions through walking tours of the Galleries. Tours will run every Saturday from 1-2 P.M. from July until August. These tours are included with admission or free for members. No advance booking is required.
Patio pARTy: Bead-art
Have some fun in the sun while indulging your creative side with Patio pARTy, a weekly drop-in art activity right in front of the Gallery every Wednesday in August from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. This craft session, get creative with bead-art. Paint designs on your beads or make your own beaded jewellry! Activities are free and light refreshments will be provided!
Summer Saturday Tours
Join us for guided tours of our Summer exhibitions. Learn more about the art and inspiration for the exhibitions through walking tours of the Galleries. Tours will run every Saturday from 1-2 P.M. from July until August. These tours are included with admission or free for members. No advance booking is required.
Curator's Tour
Join Associate Curator Adam Whitford for a tour of the Gallery’s current exhibitions, Civic Floor by Sung Tieu, Waste Land by Alex Turgeon, and Soft enough to slip through by Amanda Chwelos. This tour is free for members. For non-members regular admission applies.
Patio pARTy: DIY Tote Bags
Have some fun in the sun while indulging your creative side with Patio pARTy, a weekly drop-in art activity right in front of the Gallery every Wednesday in August from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. This craft session, design your own tote bag in your own unique style. Activities are free and light refreshments will be provided!
Seniors Tour & Tea
Seniors (65+) are welcome at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin on select Tuesdays this summer from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for a free guided tour, art activity, and refreshments.
For more information, contact Bariyaa Ipaa, Outreach Coordinator, at bipaa@saag.ca.
Summer Saturday Tours
Join us for guided tours of our Summer exhibitions. Learn more about the art and inspiration for the exhibitions through walking tours of the Galleries. Tours will run every Saturday from 1-2 P.M. from July until August. These tours are included with admission or free for members. No advance booking is required.