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Tours for Tots | Beautiful Oops
Start the new year with a creative bang and expect the unexpected in this unplanned project. Read our favourite book, visit the current exhibitions for inspiration, and experiment with colourful inks and soft pastels. Find out where some creativity and play will take you today!
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Try Something New
In this studio session, we set out our art supplies and invite you to try out what we’ve got. Pick up a piece of vine charcoal, try an oil stick, or craft your own pen tool. The aim is to get out of your comfort zone and experiment with drawing materials that are new to you.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Cinema for Seniors | From Where They Stood (2022)
Are you a senior looking for unique art experiences, love film and meeting fellow life-long learners? Come to the AGA on Friday, January 10th at 2pm for our next Cinema for Seniors, a monthly film matinee programmed by our Aging Artfully Advisory Committee.
In January, we are screening From Where They Stood (2022), a documentary film by French filmmaker Christophe Cognet, that reveals the horrors of the Holocaust through photographs taken by prisoners. This film is 115 minutes and will be screened in our Ledcor Theatre located in the lower level of the Gallery. Following the film, we invite participants to partake in a lively discussion with light refreshments in one of our education studios.
This screening is linked to our current exhibition Here to Tell: Faces of Holocaust Survivors, which showcases 65 black-and-white portraits of survivors of the Holocaust and their descendants as well as a personal account of their personal experiences.
About the Film
It is not widely known that a handful of prisoners in the Nazi death camps managed somehow to take clandestine photographs of their experiences. Director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous people in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs. Film is in French with English Subtitles.
Content Advisory: depictions of nudity, violence and death.
For more information about this program and other programming for seniors or to sign up for our mailing list, contact us at programming@youraga.ca.
Weekend Art Class | Building Together (ages 6-8)
Explore storytelling, creativity and world-building in our current exhibition Building Black Civilizations: Journey of 2,000 Ships by artist Ekow Nimako. In the studio, imagine a bright and bold future and then, work together to create a large-scale installation, make prints from Lego pieces, and draw and paint to bring your collective vision to life.
Weekend Art Class | Lost Cities (ages 9-12)
In this choose-your-own-adventure-style class, discover forgotten cities and disappearing ships. Use your creativity and ingenuity to imagine their unfortunate fates and mysterious journeys. Experiment with various materials and techniques to illustrate how these adventures end. Will it be a tragedy or triumph? YOU decide!
Weekend Art Classes | Paint and Pen (ages 13-17)
Paint and Pen (ages 13-17)
Explore the creativity and possibility of art and poetry in this interdisciplinary session. Visit current exhibitions, journal, sketch, and, back in the studio, experiment with textual and visual forms, and illustration and painting techniques to create a compact portfolio of artwork.
Tours for Tots | P is for Portraits
Explore the photographs in Aliyah Logun: Portraiture of Black Youth-A Time Capsule of Infinite Possibilities and brainstorm how we identify and express ourselves. Create a self-portrait reflecting who you are now using found text, mixed media and mirrors.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | BYOC-Portraiture
Bring your own camera (BYOC) and play with lights, composition and settings to create a series of portraits inspired by current exhibitions.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Tours for Tots | Snow-ish
Our architect, Randall Stout, was inspired by the play of light on snow in our northern city, and many of the surfaces of our building reflect that idea. Explore the building and find some snowy colours. With your found palette, create a winter cityscape.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Figure Drawing 1
Using charcoal, conté and inks, sketch from a live model. Begin the session with expressive and loose renderings and finish with a longer more sustained study. Focus on the fundamentals of tone, form and perspective.
NB: This class features a nude model.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Seniors' Tour | A Look Within
Start the year off as a true art-lover would, with a guided tour of A Look Within: A Vision of Alberta Collectors with Catherine Crowston, the AGA’s Executive Director and Chief Curator. Listen as Catherine describes how the exhibition came together, the unique artworks on loan from Alberta collectors and the artists who created the work. End the tour with new insight into the world of collecting, and what drives those collectors’ passions. Perhaps you will be inspired to start an art collection of your own!
This tour is for self-identified seniors and is free with admission. Capacity for the event is 30 so reserve your tickets early.
Seniors’ Tours are offered monthly and organized by the AGA’s Aging Artfully Advisory Committee.
Accessibility notes: We have a whisper audio guide system with headsets available. These wearable transmitters allow visitors to listen to the tour guide without straining to hear or being distracted by ambient noise in the galleries. If you pause to contemplate an artwork longer, you won’t miss what the tour guide says next.
About the Exhibition:
The long history of the AGA – as with all public galleries and museums – is interconnected with the lives and histories of individuals who love and collect art. As part of the AGA’s 100th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition brings together more than 75 works of art on loan from private art collections across Alberta. Featuring a selection of works as varied as the collecting visions as the people who have lent them, A Look Within provides a view into the wide range of approaches, passions and interests that drive practices of collecting.
The Feminine Landscape: Opening Reception
Join us to celebrate the opening of The Feminine Landscape and meet the artists and curators behind the exhibition. This event is free to attend and takes place in the Community Gallery (located on the lower level). Registration is not required.
About the exhibition: In an art world still marked by significant gender disparities, The Feminine Landscape brings together five Edmonton area women artists whose diverse practices highlight not only their creative excellence but also the myriad roles they navigate in both their personal and professional lives.
Artists Alyson Davies, Crystal Driedger, Janet Sutanto, Ashley Thimot and Samantha Williams-Chapelsky have each created works that interpret what the “feminine landscape” means to them.
Tours for Tots | Treasure Hunters
Ahoy mateys! Cast yer eyes on the treasure trove of artwork in our galleries and discover the hidden gems and surprising artworks that make our collection unique. Participate in a scavenger hunt and make an artwork to take home. Parrots are optional!
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Stroller Tour
New parents are welcomed to join us on a monthly tour of the AGA’s current exhibitions. This tour series has been designed to have adult conversation, opportunities to socialize with other parents, baby play, and added flexibility to ensure if you need to step away to attend to your little one, you won’t miss a thing!
These tours are offered the last Wednesday of the month at 11am and are FREE with General Admission.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | A Look Within (DaveandJenn)
Featured in our current exhibition, view the artwork by DaveandJenn and learn more about the artists’ oeuvre. Back in the studio, work with layers of acetate and acrylic paint to create a multi-faceted artwork.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Tours for Tots | Stitch-A-Long
February is National Embroidery Month! Join our stitch-a-long and be inspired by featured artists in A Look Within: The Vision of Alberta Collectors. Use fabric, felt and string to make folk-art-inspired collages with a contemporary twist.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Printing Blocks
Learn about the disappearance of 14th-century explorer Basha Adu Kasa II and his enormous fleet. Follow artist Ekow Nimako’s imagining of their mysterious voyage in our newest exhibition. Create your own story in a series of layered prints using the iconic blocks.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Tours for Tots | Valentine’s Day
Prepare for Valentine’s Day on February 14th by creating cards from card stock, oil pastels, and other materials. Visit current exhibitions for inspiration and then settle into the atrium for a card-making extravaganza.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Heart-Shaped Cards
Join us in the studio for a card-making extravaganza! With our vast assortment of art supplies, create a unique design that tells your friends and family “I love you”. Already have your card picked out, but forgot to nab a gift? Work at a larger scale to craft a lovely hand-made surprise your special someone will remember.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Tours for Tots | Lost at Sea
Learn about the voyage and mysterious disappearance of Mansa Abu Bakr II, a 14th-century explorer, and his fleet in our exhibition Building Black Civilizations: Journey of 2,000 Ships by artist Ekow Nimako. Then, create a map to help the lost adventurers return home.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Art and Poetry
Inspired by the Dadaists, a 20th-century art movement, created a visual composition of images and text that are both nonsensical and deeply revealing of our current time.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Tours for Tots | Community Connector
Discover how Favour Olayinka Abimbola creates art inspired by storytelling, connection and culture. Reflect on your family connections before making an expressive painting that represents your community web.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Stroller Tour
New parents are welcomed to join us on a monthly tour of the AGA’s current exhibitions. This tour series has been designed to have adult conversation, opportunities to socialize with other parents, baby play ,and added flexibility to ensure if you need to step away to attend to your little one, you won’t miss a thing!
These tours are offered the last Wednesday of the month at 11am and are FREE with General Admission.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Say it with a brooch
Up your brooch game! For centuries, brooches have been worn as a subtle political and social statement. Using wire, beads and mixed media, create a wearable work of art inspired by current exhibitions.
About Adult Open Studio: These classes are casual, social drop-in art workshops offered weekly, featuring a new project and theme connected to current exhibitions. These workshops explore the technical and conceptual side of art-making and give participants opportunities to experiment and explore new ideas and materials in the studio.
Seniors' Tour | Black History Month
Celebrate the creativity of featured Black artists during this month’s Seniors’ Tour as part of our Black History Month programming. We will make our way through current exhibitions including Ekow Nimako: Building Black Civilizations – Journey of 2,000 Ships and 5 Artists 1 Love, an annual showcase of the talent and diversity of the African diaspora in our city.
This tour is for self-identified seniors and is free with admission. Capacity for the event is 30 so reserve your tickets early.
Seniors’ Tours are offered monthly and organized by the AGA’s Aging Artfully Advisory Committee.
Accessibility notes: We have a whisper audio guide system with headsets available. These wearable transmitters allow visitors to listen to the tour guide without straining to hear or being distracted by ambient noise in the galleries. If you pause to contemplate an artwork longer, you won’t miss what the tour guide says next.
Tours for Tots | Words and Worldmaking
Visit our current exhibition AGA100 Act 3: Words to Worldmaking and discover how language helps us connect and why words matter. Create a visual poem using pencil crayons, markers and ink.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is presented by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Adult Open Studio | Figure Drawing 2
Hone your figurative drawing skills with a series of gestural ink drawings. Choose to stay in a loose, expressive style or try your hand at a sustained tonal drawing. Focus on methods such as sight measuring to achieve representational proportion. Learn about the many ways to create a figurative drawing and the various strengths in gesture and representation.
NB: This class features a nude model.
Tours for Tots | Future Fest
Imagine jumping into a time machine to the future. What do we see, smell, taste, hear and feel? What kinds of tools, objects and favourite toys do we bring? What do we leave behind? What new things do we make? Visit what we leave, what we take and create a prototype of a new object made for the future.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | Spring Creatures
With spring just around the corner, Dara Ojo’s macro photographs of bugs will inspire today’s exploration. Using wire and model magic, we’ll create a series of never-before-seen insect sculptures.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | Icons of Art
Learn about the iconic French artist Matisse and a famous art book called Jazz. Inspired by the musical genre, listen to jazz music and create an accordion book using a collage inspired by the shapes and textures of the master.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | International Children’s Book Day
Join us for International Children’s Book Day! We read a selection of our much-loved books and make artwork inspired by our favourite characters.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | National Siblings Day
Today is National Siblings Day and to celebrate, we invite you to bring along your sibling to the Gallery and revel in your relationship. Make a collaborative artwork together and surprise your parents or guardians.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | Art of Pysanky
Learn about the tradition of pysanky, an art form done on eggs using wax resist. Decorate a series of paper eggs using oil pastels and watercolour. Use yarn to string them together.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | Earth Day
April 22 is Earth Day! Continue the celebration of this unique planet we call home by creating a masterpiece from recycled materials. Visit current exhibitions and see how artists combine materials to make art.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Tours for Tots | Art and Science
Channel your inner Leonardo de Vinci and explore the connection between art and science. Like the famous artist, architect and inventor before you, create sketches and prototypes of never-before-seen buildings and future city plans.
Tours for Tots is a weekly in-person art exploration for children ages 3-5 and their parents, consisting of playful activities, whimsical storytelling and hands-on art-making. Our aim is to create a dynamic program which fosters meaningful relationships, community awareness, well-being, visual literacy and creative expression.
Each week features a different theme and a new opportunity to be creative together.
Tours for Tots is sponsored by Second Street Fund.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.
Art Hive
Community art making that welcomes everyone to get creative, on Thursdays from 12-2pm.
Join AGA educators and students from St. Stephen’s College Art Therapy program in the art studio Art Hive; a weekly community-based art making initiative that is FREE and open to all, every Thursday from 12-2pm.
What is an Art Hive?
Art Hives are small community art studios that are open to all, and welcome participants as artists. These safe(r) and inclusive spaces use art making as a tool for collaboration, dialogue, skill-sharing and community engagement for people across different cultural, socio-economic backgrounds, ages and abilities. No art training or experience is required to participate!
An Art Hive:
- welcomes everyone as an artist and believes art-making is a human behaviour.
- celebrates the strengths and creative capacities of individuals and communities.
- fosters self-directed experiences of creativity, learning, and skill sharing.
- encourages emerging grassroots leaders of all ages.
- provides free access as promoted by the gift economy.
- shares resources including the abundant materials available for creative reuse.
- experiments with ideas through humble inquiry and arts-based research.
- exchanges knowledge about funding strategies and economic development.
- partners with colleges and universities to promote engaged scholarship.
- gardens wherever possible to renew, regenerate, and spread seeds of social change.
The model and practice of these community art studios are based on over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. Learn more about Art Hives here.
Do Art Hives sound familiar? You may have heard Dara Armsden, Head of Education and Learning at the AGA, having a conversation about them with Art Therapist Olga Perju. Olga is also the Clinical Director at St. Stephen’s College, where she teaches and supervises art therapy students. You can listen to their conversation here.
Or, read how Art Therapy can support mental health and wellness.
This Art Hive is a collaboration between the Art Gallery of Alberta and St. Stephen’s College. Nestled in the heart of the University of Alberta campus, St. Stephen’s College offers unique graduate level professional training programs - including a Masters of Psychotherapy and Spirituality - Art Therapy specialization program. We believe that art has the power to support wellness, break isolation and build community, and could not think of a better space to host an Art Hive than in partnership with the Art Gallery of Alberta. Learn more about studying Art Therapy here.