We’re excited to partner with the Trap\door Artist Run Centre to feature their exhibition "Carrying Baggage”,  a unique travelling exhibition being shared in a series of formal, semi-formal and guerilla venues around Lethbridge throughout the fall and early winter of 2023. The work will be on display at the SAAG on Friday December 1 and  Saturday December 2. 

"Carrying Baggage” asked artists to create work that could fit into small to mid-sized hardside suitcases, new or old.  The only condition being that the luggage itself is an integral component to the work.  The thematic considerations were open, and the various artists have reflected on motifs including movement, travel, history, the baggage they carry, and the public vs private. The show is being presented at various cultural institutions, shopping centres, live music venues, and pop-up locations.  “Carrying Baggage” demonstrates how artists can turn a suitcase into a piece of art, and Trap\door Artist Run Centre is excited to carry them into a wide array of public locations. This exhibition features the work of the following artists; Seema Karchoo, Heather Kehoe, Harley Morman, Kalina Nedelcheva, Arianna Richardson and Noble Seggie. 

As an artist-run centre without a fixed and permanent venue, Trap\door is interested in situating work in spaces where artists and the public can intersect.  Historically, they have done this with pop-up galleries, ephemeral public artworks, and relational projects.  A registered non-profit operating out of Lethbridge, Trap\door has acted as a siteless & nomadic artist-run centre since 2004.  Oscillating between periods of activity and dormancy, "Carrying Baggage" is their first post-Covid initiative.

Did you know the Southern Alberta Art Gallery offers free admission on the first Friday of every month? Join us and explore our current exhibitions featuring artists Gabi Dao, Elisa Harkins, and Megan Feniak and check out the Shop at SAAG’s feature artist Indig Busy-ness.