Alberta Culture Days 2018

The Alberta College of Art + Design will be participating in Alberta Culture Days as a Feature Celebration Site offering three full days of arts and culture programming. The IKG will be hosting an opening reception, gallery tours and workshops to coincide with this event.

Opening Reception for Unpacking IKG: 60 Years a Gallery
Friday September 28, 5-8pm

Curator’s Tour with Ashley Slemming
Saturday September 29, 11-12pm

Monuments to Graffiti: A Workshop Unpacking Public Art with Dick Averns
Saturday September 29, 2-4pm
Public art appears in many forms, from easily recognizable monuments to more challenging approaches such as graffiti. This easy-to-follow workshop enables you to readily understand multiple forms of artistic practice, with a focus on historical and contemporary public art. The program structure incorporates topical examples of public art from Calgary and beyond, as well as a user-friendly worksheet and walking tour of selected public artworks on campus. By the end of the session you will have a stronger understanding of how, and why, public art is created and produced, enabling a more informed basis from which to critique public art.

Prescribing Art! From Rule-Based Art to Social Practice with Dick Averns
Sunday September 30, 12-2pm
Solving the riddle of “what is art?” has no easy answer… although one “logical” approach is to create art shaped by a pre-determined framework. Prescriptive examples explored in this workshop include rule-based art (where an artist proposes criteria to be followed); art multiples (a proposition for multiple iterations of the same art object); and social prescriptions (distinct from art therapy, a doctor prescribes activities e.g. art making, as a remedy to a health concern). Attending this session will encompass a range of art-making activities including creating an art multiple, guerilla gardening, and devising your own set of rules for making art.

all photos courtesy Jeremy Pavka