GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA The Blur in Between Art and design meet in The Blur in Between. This Poole Centre of Design exhibition explores the intersections between contemporary art, architecture, industrial design, craft, digital art, fashion, publishing and typography. It demonstrates how functional design methods are used in art alongside conceptual design that questions both form and esthetics. Saturday to May 8. The Blur in Between Artist Panel The Blur in Between artists Micah Lexier, Lisa Naftolin, Maaike Anne Stevens and Maite Zabala Meruane will be participating in a panel discussing the boundaries between art and design. Sunday, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dana Holst: She’s All That Until Feb. 15 Living Building Thinking: Art and Expressionism Until Feb. 15 Rough Country Landscapes and everyday objects are made anew to the eye by the five Alberta artists featured: Maxwell Bates, Laura Evans Reid, John Snow, W.L. Stevenson and Dorothy Henzell Willis. Until Jan. 31. Charette Roulette: FABRIC FABRIC is the theme of the third Charrette Roulette. Lead artist Yvonne Mullock with local designer Teng Teng Chong will present HOMEWORKS. Using simple printed and decorative techniques, each design will be collaboratively negotiated and produced in the space. Textiles designed by Mullock and Chong will be sewn and made into items to offer comfort to those who visit the exhibition. Until April 10. Information: 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square, youraga.ca ACC DISCOVERY GALLERY A Place for Everything The ritual of its use becomes a central experience with Edmonton artist Terry Hildebrand’s functional soda fired ceramics. Until Feb. 6. ACC Feature Exhibition: X3 X3 features organizations on the cutting edge of fine craft: the Alberta Potters’ Association, Contextural/ Fibre Arts Cooperative and the Nina Haggerty Centre. Until Mar. 26. Information: 10186 106th St., albertacraft.ab.ca, 780-488-6611 ext. 221
GALLERY AT MILNER Alberta. Of Earth and Sky, paintings by Jay Bigam Saturdays will feature live painting in the gallery space by the artist from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Works inspired by the landscape, sky, water and ice of Alberta. Until Jan. 31. Information: Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square
JAKE’S GALLERY AND FRAME By Grace Canadian artist Naomi Gowing is having her first solo art show & sale By Grace. Opening reception Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Until Feb. 20 Information: 10441 123rd St., Wendy Gowing, rfgowing@hotmail.com, 780-941-2467
LANDO GALLERY Lando Gallery January Exhibition and Sale A group selling exhibition featuring new paintings by many of our gallery artists. Until Jan. 30 Information: 103, 10310 124th St., landogallery.com
PETER ROBERTSON GALLERY Winter Group Show featuring Colin Smith Colin Smith employs the traditional optical technique of Camera Obscura to create compelling images with dramatic light, saturated colour and symbolic juxtapositions. Smith was named first place winner of the 2013 Cenovus Art Competition. Obscure Inversions exhibition was on display at the Art Gallery of Alberta. This exhibition features his newest photographs. Until Feb. 6. Information: 12323 104 Ave., probertsongallery.com
SNAP GALLERY The Lebret Residential Petroglyphs SNAP opens 2016 with new works by Alberta artist Tanya Harnett. The Lebret Residential Petroglyphs is a series of photographs that document the school’s remaining brick gates and confronts the impacts of residential schools. In SNAP’s community gallery, Harnett’s new project references Joane Cardinal-Schubert’s The Lesson and investigates the rhetoric of an apology. Until Feb. 20. Information: 10123 121st St., snapartists.com/gallery
STRATHCONA COUNTY ART GALLERY@501 Interpretations Three emerging artists — a painter, a printmaker and a photographer — work on the subject of portraits with unique perspectives, observations, and psychological twists. Curated by Brenda Barry Byrne. Until Feb. 21. Information: #120 501 Festival Ave. Sherwood Park, 780-410-8585, artgallery@strathcona.ca
TELUS CENTRE ATRIUM International Week Presents The Global Goals for Sustainable Development: A Photo Exhibit Sponsored by the Global Education Program, the U.N.’s sustainable development goals come to life in this visual exhibit. Learn more about each goal and help us to envision the world we want in 2030. Share your ideas, which will be preserved in an International Week time capsule. Monday to Jan. 31. Information: University of Alberta, globaled@ualberta.ca
VASA STUDIOS AND GALLERY Members Winter Exhibition Until Jan. 29. Location: VASA Studios and Gallery, 25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave., St. Albert.
WEST END GALLERY Winter Collection Features new arrivals from Raynald Leclerc, Blu Smith, Paul Jorgensen, Sabina, Annabelle Marquis, Rod Charlesworth, Claudette Castonguay, Pierre Giroux, Alain Bédard, Dominique Desmeules and many more. Until Jan. 30. Information: 10337 124th St., 780488-4892, art@westendgalleryltd.com