Category Archives: Fieldtrip

On falling in snow

When you seek to do something ambitious, there will be a certain number of
unsuccessful attempts you make before finally getting it right. Go ahead and
get those unsuccessful attempts out of the way as quickly as you can.

When the initial effort fails to yield the desired result, there’s no reason
to get upset about it. Because it means you’re one attempt closer to the one
that does get the result you want.

Though it seems natural to feel discouraged when you fall short of the mark,
you’re actually moving yourself closer to the goal with every action. Keep
going, keep learning, and you will soon get it right.

When you keep yourself in action, good things are sure to come of it. When
you keep yourself in action, you’ll find your way to whatever you seek.

Make another phone call, write another paragraph, walk another mile, read
another book, paint another picture, sing another song, and work another
hour. Yes you can do it, and when you keep doing it, you work your way to
spectacular results.

Don’t give up just when you’re a few attempts short of the achievement. Keep
yourself in action, and make some great things happen.

Ralph Marston

WED OCT. 8: AGA LEGO NIGHT

Wednesday, October 8, 6-9 pm: AGA Lego Night

with MADE
Art Gallery of Alberta
Free with Gallery Admission

Watch art and Lego collide with exciting building challenges inspired by our current exhibitions! Join in on the brick-building fun with a collaborative mural, copy-cat art projects and much more!

October

 

Wednesday, October 1 | Nocturne Preview Night

Wednesday, October 8 | Lego Night

Wednesday, October 15 | Video Night

Wednesday, October 22 | Late Night Wednesday

Wednesday, October 29 | Drawing Night

November

Wednesday, November 5 | Poetry Night

Wednesday, November 12 | Games Night

– See more at: http://www.youraga.ca/late-night-wednesdays/#sthash.COPnycgJ.dpuf

 

HUM7: An hour at the Silver Birch Lodge, 9-10am

Syl_AppsOriginal 6:  The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup five times between 1944–45 and 1950–51

The grade 7s are going to be conducting fieldwork at the Silver Birch Lodge this upcoming Wednesday, Oct. 10th. We will be taking oral testimony and stories of Canadians who lived through the Dirty 30s, WWII, 50s, 60s, and until today.

We are asking for parents to equip students with a phone with a recording option, or other recording device such as a camera with video, to capture the interviews, however this is optional.

sock-hop-300x237We are also asking the grade 7s to dress up nicely. Time to break out those blazers, ties, shiny shoes, party dresses, nylons, bows, and cardigan sweaters. We know the Seniors came from a time of a strict dress code – no jeans in school! – and they’d like to see us look our best. Also feel welcome to wear any historical clothing of the 50s-80s. I’ll be in a poodle skirt in all likelihood! 🙂

Fieldtrip forms are due Monday Oct. 8th!

LEGO COMPETITION

Edmonton

LEGO COMPETITION WITH MADE

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Time: Sep 27 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Art Gallery of Alberta
2 Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton
T5J 2C1
Contact Info: View Website

Our Lego competition is back with another great challenge for all ages! Sign up your team to build AGA’s building from the past, present or future.

 

 

Adventure Trips: Cameron Lake

Waterton Lakes National Park: Cameron Lake

“Cameron Lake is a hidden jewel in Waterton Park.  To get to the lake you need to drive about 20-30 minutes up a windy road through the mountains.  The drive is well worth it, as you will invariably see deer along the way and during the spring some waterfalls.  There are several hiking trails and picnic spots off the road, and they are well marked.

The lake is nestled in the mountains, and provides spectacular views!  The water is clear and the lake is full of fish.  There is a nice information display.  There are several hiking trails as well.  The lake is a glacial basin with spectacular views, hiking, picnicking, fishing and boating.  You can rent canoes, kayaks, and pedal boats.

In the winter you can drive most of the way up the road to Cameron Lake.  Cross country skis will get you the rest of the way to the lake and the ice is thick enough that you can ski out on the lake – spectacular!!”

Adventure Trips: Moraine Lake/Larch Valley

Moraine Lake/Larch Valley

Where: 2.5 hours from Calgary, 5 hours from Edmonton

What to do: One of the most stunning vistas in the Canadian Rockies is just a few steps from your car at Moraine Lake, located just a few kilometres off the main road to Lake Louise. The stunning colour of the water and the accessible look-off points make this one of the most photogenic places in all of Canada. For those looking for more adventure, the hike to Larch Valley will take you high above the lake into a beautiful mountain meadow full of great spots to rest your tired feet and eat your packed lunch.

Adventure Trips: Dare to Step Out on the Glacier Skywalk

DarDeDar To Step Out Onto The Glacier Skywalk
Dare to Step Out in the Glacier Skywalk
Where: 3.5 hours from Calgary, 4.5 hours from EdmontonWhat to do: While you’re stopped at the Columbia Icefields, why not take a trip to the area’s newest attraction — The Glacier Skywalk. The glass-floored platform hangs nearly 300 metres above the Sunwapta Valley and promises to give visitors a bird’s eye view of glaciers, mountain crags and wildlife along the cliffs

Jasper, AB

AGA Opening: Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880-1910

Opening Soon: Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880-1910
September 6, 2014

This extraordinary exhibition highlights the wide spectrum of exciting work created by avant-garde artists in Paris around the turn of the century. Through dreamy Symbolist landscape paintings, edgy Parisian street scenes, intimate domestic tableaux, bawdy cabaret sketches, figure studies, portraits and still life compositions, it investigates a generation of artists continuing the battle against French Academic standards fought by the Impressionists and the Barbizon painters before them.

The exhibition traces the important 30 year period of modern French art at the turn of the century, from the “fin-de-siecle” through to “The Belle Epoque”, a time when Parisian art was multi-faceted with varied approaches to the idea of being “modern.” Breaking with tradition, some artists explored expressive means in line, colour and form to depict daily life, while others used abstract styles to negate naturalism and suggest underlying universal symbols.

With Toulouse-Lautrec as its focus, and featuring the work of a generation of his contemporaries, this exhibition puts the art of famous Impressionists and Post Impressionists into context; it demonstrates how avant-garde artists approached the subject of modernity, and highlights the various media turn of the century artists put to use to publicize their work: illustrated journals, books, posters and theatre programs.

This groundbreaking exhibition is comprised of over 180 works including paintings, watercolors and drawings; posters designed by Lautrec and Pierre Bonnard, among others; illustrated programs and rare zinc shadow puppet silhouettes used in avant-garde shadow-theatre productions at the Chat Noir cabaret; and illustrated programs for circuses, cabarets and café-concerts documenting the activities of avant-garde artists.

Toulouse-Lautrec and La Vie Moderne: Paris 1880-1910 is curated by Phillip Denis Cate and is presented at your AGA with the support of Capital Powered Art, an exhibition series sponsored by Capital Power Corporation

Organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.
His Excellency Franҫois Delattre, Ambassador of France to the United States of America is Honorary Patron of the exhibition.

– See more at: http://www.youraga.ca/exhibit/toulouselautrec#sthash.h8CRKB3Y.dpuf