Alberta Culture Days is a month festival held province-wide featuring interactive activities, artisan demonstrations, live performances, workshops and more. The festival aims to engage Albertans while celebrating the cultural diversity and creativity that makes our province unique. With multiple community groups and organizations participating in this celebration, there is sure to be something for everyone.
Each year, thousands of Albertans discover, experience and celebrate our unique blend of peoples, passions and the importance of arts and culture to a healthy and vibrant Alberta. This is Grande Prairie’s 13th year participating in this exciting festival of the arts. Come celebrate with us from September 1-30!
Take Home Activities:
Chalk the Walk
Sept 1-29
The Centre for Creative Arts
Chalk the Walk around Grande Prairie and share your creations on our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/TheCentreForCreativeArts to be entered to WIN PRIZES for participating.
Pick up your FREE package of sidewalk chalk from the Centre for Creative Arts starting on September 1st
while supplies last. All ages! Drawings, positive messages, games, you can create anything! Help us to
spread creativity and cheer throughout our city during Alberta Culture Days.
Draw on the Go
Sept 1-29
The Centre for Creative Arts
Drawing is a simple and fun way to get creative and you can try it anywhere. The Centre for Creative
Arts wants to spread creativity this Culture Days. Pick up your free drawing kit from the Centre for
Creative Arts starting on September 1st while supplies last. All ages! Kit includes mini sketchbook,
drawing supplies and a step-by-step drawing lesson you can try at home or on the go. share your
creations on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TheCentreForCreativeArts to be entered to
WIN PRIZES for participating.
Free Creativity Kits
September 1 to 30
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
We have created two FREE take home creativity kits for you to explore your creativity and enjoy art-
making your way! Draw, colour, glue, layer and enjoy! Feel free to mix and match the materials provided
however it makes sense to you! Pick up your FREE Creativity Kit at the gallery during our regular
hours. Kits are for all ages. Limit 1 of each kit per person. *while quantities last. If you are an
organization or group interested in a larger order of any creativity kits, please contact garry@aggp.ca or
call 780-357-7480. For more information: aggp.ca/art-at-home/
Repeat Creativity Kit
Inspired by our current exhibition ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios,
this free creativity kit invites you to create your own repeating line drawing.
Personify Creativity Kit
Inspired by our current exhibition Thomas Anfield: Sock Monkey Scenarios, this free creativity kit invites
you to craft your very own paper sock monkey.
Live Events:
Art Squared Opening Reception
September 3
1pm-3pm
The Centre for Creative Arts, Centre Gallery
Join us for our opening reception. Meet the artists, enjoy free refreshments and bring along the whole
family to enjoy this exciting collection of local artworks. This exhibition and silent auction fundraiser
features 30 diverse, original creations generously donated by talented local artists. There is something
for everyone! All funds generated through the silent auction will support programs at the Centre for
Creative Arts, including our Healing Arts Program. The silent auction will run from September 3-29th.
The exhibition can be viewed in person at the Centre for Creative Arts or online www.creativecentre.ca
Splash Opening Reception
September 3
1pm-3pm
The Centre for Creative Arts, Centre Gallery
This exhibition features work by students of our Healing Arts Program, HAPI. Join us for our opening
reception. Meet the artists, enjoy free refreshments, and bring along the whole family to journey under
the sea through colourful and creative works for art. HAPI classes help students enjoy positive
accomplishment, overcome isolation, build self-esteem, unlock hidden talents and express themselves
through a healthy outlet. The program is designed to encourage positivity and inclusion. Come out to
celebrate our fantastic artists!
Bowl-A-Thon
September 4
11am-3pm
The Centre for Creative Arts
Bring the whole family to enjoy demonstrations by our local potters as they race to complete 100 bowls
in a day. A great opportunity to meet the artists, learn about our pottery studio and pick up
complimentary “Chalk the Walk” and “Draw on the Go” art kits.
Culture Days Intro to Soapstone Carving
September 10
11:30am-12:30pm or 1:00pm-2:00pm
The Centre for Creative Arts
Free workshop ages 6 – adult, children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult. Learn the basics of
carving soapstone in this hands-on workshop. A great introduction to basic tools and techniques. All
supplies are provided. Participants will complete a small sculpture that they can take home. Please
preregister as space is limited, call the Centre for Creative Arts 780-814-6080 or visit
www.creativecentre.ca/classes
Culture Days Intro to Sewing
September 10
11:30am-12:30pm or 1:00pm-2:00pm
The Centre for Creative Arts
Free workshop ages 6- adult, children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult. Learn the basics of
sewing while our instructor guides you through a fun lesson. A great introduction to sewing supplies
and techniques. All supplies are provided. Participants will complete a small project that they can bring
home. Please preregister as space is limited, call the Centre for Creative Arts 780-814-6080 or visit
www.creativecentre.ca/classes
Sketch Party
September 17
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
We’re having a sketch party and you’re invited to draw the artworks in our current exhibitions! The Art
Gallery is also featuring art activities in the Carlstrom Family Green Space, our interactive gallery and
community studio space. Everyone is welcome to this FREE event. All materials are provided. *While
quantities last. For more information: aggp.ca
Letters I’ll Never Send
Sept 1-25 (drop off letters)
September 23, 7pm
September 24, 2pm
September 25, 2pm
Presented by Cavalcade Theatre Company at The Centre for Creative Arts
All the words that live inside of our memories, or in the margins of our journals following catharsis are brought to life for one weekend only. This is an interactive piece of theatre that allows audiences to breathe, create and explore alongside performers as letters to unnamed recipients are given breath for a couple of hours. This is a creation-based piece of theatre centred around letters that we never intend to send. These letters will be gathered from the Grande Prairie and Peace Region and then performed at the hands of our creative team and artists. Drop off your letters in our mailboxes inside the Centre for Creative Arts, The Friendship Centre, Beneath the Witch’s Hat, The Next Chapter- Books, Puzzles and Café, Grande Prairie Public Library, Sterling Skull Studio, Card’s Board Game Café, The Student’s Association of Northwestern Polytechnic, or at performance locations.
Culture Days Intro to Clay
September 24
12:30pm-1:30pm or 2:00pm-3:00pm
The Centre for Creative Arts
Free workshop ages 6- adult, children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult. Learn the basics of
working with clay to make a functional dish in this hands-on workshop. A great introduction to basic clay
hand building tools and techniques. All supplies are provided. Participants will complete a small fish
shaped dish that will be fired in our kilns and available to pick up at a later date. Please preregister as
space is limited, call the Centre for Creative Arts 780-814-6080 or visit
www.creativecentre.ca/classes
Culture Days Intro to Painting
September 24
12:30pm-1:30pm or 2:00pm-3:00pm
The Centre for Creative Arts
Free workshop ages 6- adult, children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult. Learn the basics of
acrylic painting while our instructor guides you through a fun lesson. A great introduction to acrylic
painting supplies and techniques. All supplies are provided. Participants will complete a small paintimg
that they can bring home. Please preregister as space is limited, call the Centre for Creative Arts 780-
814-6080 or visit
www.creativecentre.ca/classes
Art Squared Closing Reception
September 29
6pm-8pm
The Centre for Creative Arts, Centre Gallery
Join us for our opening reception. Meet the artists, enjoy free refreshments and bring along the whole
family to enjoy this exciting collection of local artworks. This exhibition and silent auction fundraiser
features 30 diverse, original creations generously donated by talented local artists. There is some thing
for everyone! All funds generated through the silent auction will support programs at the Centre for
Creative Arts, including our Healing Arts Program. The silent auction will run from September 3-29 th .
The exhibition can be viewed in person at the Centre for Creative Arts or online www.creativecentre.ca
Culture Days Celebration
September 24
11:00am-4:00pm
Grande Prairie Public Library
Alberta Culture Days will be celebrated at GPPL. We will be hosting local vendors of all types, music and
food trucks! Come and check out what our amazing locals have to offer. Email mbanack@gppl.ca for
more details.
Exhibits on Display:
Art Squared Exhibition and Auction
September 3-29
The Centre for Creative Arts, Centre Gallery
This exhibition and silent auction fundraiser features 30 diverse, original creations generously donated
by talented local artists. There is some thing for everyone! All funds generated through the silent
auction will support programs at the Centre for Creative Arts, including our Healing Arts Program. The
silent auction will run from September 3-29 th . The exhibition can be viewed in person at the Centre for
Creative Arts or online www.creativecentre.ca
Splash
September 3-29
The Centre for Creative Arts, Centre Gallery
This exhibition features work by students of our Healing Arts Program. HAPI classes help students enjoy
positive accomplishment, overcome isolation, build self-esteem, unlock hidden talents and express
themselves through a healthy outlet. The program is designed to encourage positivity and inclusion.
Come out to celebrate our fantastic artists as they take you on a creative journey under the sea.
Thomas Anfield: Sock Monkey Scenarios
September 1 to 30
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
In Sock Monkey Scenarios Vancouver-based artist Thomas Anfield explores in his paintings the labyrinth-
like and tangled conditions of being human through the symbol of the beloved Sock Monkey. Inviting us
into his carefully choreographed scenes, Anfield’s Sock Monkeys look curiously familiar as we encounter
this folk-art puppet in universal human spheres by themselves, or in relationship with each other
evoking immediate self-reflection as well as imagined realities. In their theatrical and anthropomorphic
quality, each painting shines light on the complexity of being human and the constant shape shifting we
experience in the Theatre of Life. For more information: aggp.ca/exhibitions/sock-monkey-scenarios/
ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios
September 1 to September 18
Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios presents the little-known story of a
group of Inuit artists and printmakers who produced a collection of graphic textiles in Kinngait, (Cape
Dorset, Nunavut) in the 1950s and 60s – a period of social change that disrupted traditional language
and relationships to the land. Made for interior décor during a period when artist-designed textiles were
popular in North America and Europe, these mid-century designs depict legends, stories, and traditional
ways of life. They provide vital points of connection between contemporary Inuit community members
and the creativity and resourcefulness of previous generations. For more information:
aggp.ca/exhibitions/printed-textiles-from-kinngait-studios/