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Art Cart

Saturdays, 1-4pm

May 3-Jun 14, 2025

FREE, all materials included

Join us in the square for art explorations and fun! Each week, we explore new art materials and techniques!

May 3 | Creature Collages

Today is the first day of our newest exhibition featuring prints by artists William Kentridge and Pablo Picasso! While working at different times and in vastly different styles, both artists share an interest in printmaking, still lives, portraits, and collage. Gather inspiration from Kentridge’s cat prints and create a creature portrait using collage and charcoal.

May 10 | Clay Sculptures

Did you know that the earliest known sculptures date back to circa 32,000 BC! Visit our children’s gallery and then work with your hands and some modelling clay to create a figurative sculpture using additive and reductive techniques. Add ribbon or yarn to your sculpture to tie it all together.

May 17 | Splash Day

Join us for Splash Day and the opening of the City Hall fountain. Like artists before you, experiment with watercolour techniques to create a series of landscapes and underwater scenes.

May 31 | Folded Fan Club

Invented in Japan, folded fans have a long history across many cultures and experiences, used as a cooling device, in ceremony and as a symbol of wealth and opulence. Fashionable and fun, folded fans are also staples of queer culture. Make a fan using paper marbling techniques, and mix colour and pattern before folding the paper into its final form.

Jun 7 | Wearable Art

Express yourself through fashion! Create a wearable artwork using cardboard, fabric, mixed media and more. Whether you create something edgy or subtle, you are guaranteed to stand out in the crowd!

Jun 14 | Sidewalk Chalk Mural

Did you know that the AGA’s architect was inspired by our river valley when dreaming up the design of our building? Work alongside our educators and volunteers to create a large-scale chalk drawing of our beloved river valley on Churchill Square. Once you’ve added your mark, work on a smaller scale on paper and bring your artwork home with you.

Around Downtown

Unceded

March 15 - June 21, 2025

Following successful engagements in Venice and Ottawa, UNCEDED brings its breathtaking, immersive experience of the beauty, creativity and worldviews of Indigenous architects to amiskwaciwâskahikan, also known as Edmonton – opening March 15 in the heart of downtown.

Led by the world renowned “Contemporary Master of Architecture” and traditional Elder Douglas Cardinal, UNCEDED showcases the works and worldview of 18 prominent Indigenous architects and designers from across Turtle Island who share an Indigenous vision for the future of our human family.

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Around Alberta

The Ancestors Are Talking: Paintings by the Indigenous Seven

May 2 - October 19, 2025

Curated by acclaimed artist and the last living member of the Indigenous Group of Seven, Joseph M. Sánchez, alongside The Whyte's curators Dawn Saunders Dahl and Christina Cuthbertson, this exhibition celebrates the groundbreaking artwork of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (PNIAI), colloquially known as the Indigenous Group of Seven.

See this exhibition at The Whyte in Banff, Alberta. 

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