- Young Professionals - April 3 to May 2, 2010
- High School Art Show - May 8 to May 22, 2010
- Tough & Tender: Pioneer Women of Saskatchewan - May 29 to July 4, 2010
- The Summer Salon Art Exhibition and Sale - July 10 to August 28, 2010
- WATCHMAN: George Glenn & Myles J MacDonald - September 4 to October 10, 2010
- Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty - October 16 to November 21, 2010
- The Holiday Show: Southwest Saskatchewan Open Art Exhibition - November 27, 2010 to January 2, 2011
A glimpse of the art practices and careers of six young graphic designers from Swift Current and area.
Opening Coffeehouse Evening Saturday, April 3, 2010, at 7:30pm. Artists talk, music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar. Cover charge $5.00. Door opens 7:00pm. Everyone is welcome.
This exhibition presents a broad selection of visual artwork by High School students of the Chinook School Division. This is a great opportunity for public audiences to enjoy wonderful artworks by inspired young people. It is essential to the future of culture that we provide good quality education in the fine arts.
Public Reception - Wednesday, May 12, 7:00 pm.
Solo exhibition by Swift Current artist, Benita Struik.
Transparent gel transfer images hang from lines strung across the gallery like clothes hung out to dry in the prairie wind. Photographs trigger memories and stories. A multitude of stories are hidden away in the memories of pioneer women who are now in the latter days of their lives. During this exhibition, the women of Saskatchewan are called on to write down their memories and experiences. Their stories will be hung as part of the installation. These stories will reveal the untold history of Saskatchewan prairie life.
Coffeehouse Evening - Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 7:30pm. Artists talk, music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar. Cover charge $5.00. Door opens 7:00pm. Everyone is welcome.
This is the fourth annual Salon, this year moved to summer. This annual exhibition project provides an opportunity for patrons to become aware of some of the artists in our region. This is also an opportunity to view and to purchase artwork by professional and aspiring local professional artists. A portion of proceeds from the sale of artworks will go to support public programming at Art Gallery of Swift Current.
Opening Reception Saturday July 10, 2010, 7:30pm.
Watchman is a collaborative exhibition of work by Saskatchewan-based artists George Glenn and Myles MacDonald. This installation of 12 paintings and plexi-glass display cases explores the relationship of individuals to the topography which surrounds them. It uses their presence on the landscape along Highway #2, between the City of Prince Albert and Prince Albert National Park, to present a unique, haunting, and even apocalyptic perspective of our time.
This highway facilitates transportation between two ideals of modern life, the city and the national park. The former represents a manifestation of the ideals of democratic, capitalist civilization and the latter represents a manifestation of our ideal views of nature. However, the stretch of marginal land that fills the space between these ideals denies these categories and provides a point of view that exposes the failings of them.
This exhibition includes 50 pieces of hand-blown glass by Susan Rankin. This respected artist grew up in Moose Jaw as the daughter of a prominent artist, Joan Rankin. It was a culturally enriched and artistic environment, which included summer trips to the Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops where she and her brother Michael, played with the children of the Regina Five and other prominent artists. It was the kind of household with opera on the radio, jazz playing on the stereo, and art books, magazines and materials in abundance.
In the 25 years since attending workshops at the Pilchuck Glass School and studying in Sheridan College’s renowned glass program, she has continually innovated with the medium of glass. Susan Rankin has an uncanny ability to make very intelligent contemporary work with glass that keeps its eye on the history of her medium, but still remains playful, beautiful and smart.
A large group show presenting a variety of recent artworks and craft by SW Saskatchewan semi-professional and amateur artists.
AGSC and SCAAC present the annual Southwest Saskatchewan Open Art Exhibition: The Holiday Show, this year moved to December. This project provides professional development for artists through exhibition experience. Artists take part in critique with art professionals. Artwork is selected for possible inclusion in OSAC provincial tour program.
Opening Public Reception: November 27, 2010, 2:00 pm