Join us on Friday, November 22, 2024 for a casual walk through our current exhibition AGA100: A Lasting Legacy. Learn about our upcoming 100th anniversary and discover artworks from the AGA collection that have been donated by the Ernest E. Poole Foundation. As the cornerstone of the AGA collection, we are honored to display works from the Group of Seven, Tom Thompson and many other notable Canadian artists. Discover the legacy of the Poole family and their dedication to art in Alberta.
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: AGA100: A Lasting Legacy features Canadian art that was part of a donation by the Ernest E. Poole Foundation in 1975. This group of 90 paintings and sculptures became the cornerstone of the AGA’s collection of Canadian historical art. The gifts features work by Group of Seven artists such as Lawren Harris, Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald and Frederick Varley as well as works by other luminaries of art in Canada: Emily Carr, David Milne, James Wilson Morrice, Tom Thomson amongst many others. This donation and these works are hugely important to the AGA and have been featured in numerous exhibitions, borrowed by museums across Canada and loved by many Albertans. Since 1975, Poole family members have continued to donate works of art to the AGA Collection, including works by A.Y. Jackson and more recently a blanket painting by renowned Indigenous art Bob Boyer. Organized as part of the AGA’s 100th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition features the legacy of the Poole family and their contributions to the AGA and art in Alberta.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta. Curated by Catherine Crowston. This exhibition is presented by the Poole Centre of Design.