Visitor Information
Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat: 10 am – 4:30 pm
Wed & Fri: 10 am – 8 pm
Sunday & Holidays*: Closed (*Open Heritage Day, Remembrance Day and Family Day from 12-4:30pm)
April 27 to August 10, 2024
Being Human: Portraits of Homelessness by Lana Michelin
Meet some of the clients of Red Deer’s Safe Harbour homeless shelter.
The 10 people depicted in these acrylic paintings range in age from 19 to 60-plus. They have all navigated difficult or traumatic life journeys and now suffer from addictions and or mental health problems.
The Being Human portrait exhibit asks viewers to reflect upon people that many of us overlook in the street. Knowing their challenges puts us closer to gaining an understanding. It is through understanding that we may find compassion.
Opening Event
as part of First Fridays Red Deer
May 3, 2024 / 5-8 pm
About Lana Michelin
Lana Michelin is a Red Deer artist, journalist and writer.
Lana was four years old when her family came to Canada in 1967 from the former Yugoslavia, settling in Saskatoon and Winnipeg.
Following high school, Lana attended Toronto Metropolitan (formerly Ryerson) University, where she first graduated with a degree in fashion design.
But soon her social conscience, interest in public affairs and writing drew her to take the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University.
She has written and reported for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Regina Leader-Post, Calgary Herald and Fort McMurray Today before joining the Red Deer Advocate, where she’s worked since 1991.
While at the Advocate, Lana has covered every news beat, but has a special affinity for arts and human interest stories.
Her life-long love of drawing and painting drew her to the Alberta Com-munity Art Clubs Association in 2012. Lana’s acrylic paintings have ap-peared in numerous group exhibits, winning many awards.
Her solo exhibit, Passages, featuring figures in a landscape, was held at the Kiwanis Gallery at the Red Deer Downtown Library in 2018.
Lana is married and has an adult son and daughter.
Lana Michelin