Join us as part of #FirstFridaysRedDeer for the opening of the new pop up hallway exhibit, The Exquisite Seriography, plus see our current gallery exhibits, Upon Further Reflection: Highlights from the Past 50 Years and Landmarks: A Sense of Place.

About #FirstFridaysRedDeer

On the first Friday of every month, join the galleries in downtown Red Deer in celebrating local, regional and national artistic talent. The galleries buzz with art experiences, open gallery spaces, social mingling and maybe some entertainment. Suitable for adults, youth, families, date nights, music lovers, culture-vultures and anyone who enjoys kicking off their weekend with a Friday night party.

View the monthly First Fridays schedule on the Red Deer Arts Councils website.

Last day to see the exhibit! Join a MAG staff member for a guided tour of the exhibit Landmarks: A Sense of Place, featuring the work of local artists Carol Lynn Gilchrist and Wendy Meeres.

Join us as part of #FirstFridaysRedDeer for a look at our current exhibits, Upon Further Reflection: Highlights from the Past 50 Years and Landmarks: A Sense of Place.

About #FirstFridaysRedDeer

On the first Friday of every month, join the galleries in downtown Red Deer in celebrating local, regional and national artistic talent. The galleries buzz with art experiences, open gallery spaces, social mingling and maybe some entertainment. Suitable for adults, youth, families, date nights, music lovers, culture-vultures and anyone who enjoys kicking off their weekend with a Friday night party.

View the monthly First Fridays schedule on the Red Deer Arts Councils website.

Homes with Character

with Wendy Meeres

Join Wendy Meeres as she teaches you how to draw a character home in watercolour and ink.

Register: Homes with Character with Wendy Meeres

Beatty Heritage House, Wendy Meeres

About Wendy Meeres

Wendy Meeres was born and raised in Red Deer, Alberta. Art has always played an important role in her life. Her work has focused on pottery, painting and lampwork glass beads.

Her pottery was primarily raku. She did thrown and sculptural works that sold in Western Canada. In 2011 she made a choice to move away from the pottery and focus on the painting and glass bead making. Her glass beads are colourful bits of glass that are then made into jewelry or sold as single beads. Her paintings are works in water-based media, she combines printmaking and image transfers of her own photographs. The paintings may be mixed media or watercolour.

Her current work is often inspired by her travels and the streets of Central Alberta. She has always been drawn the details of historical buildings wherever she goes. Newer structures lack the character and don’t seem to be built to last the test of time. Canada is such a new country that we need to preserve the historical buildings we have.

Wendy’s work is currently on display as part of the exhibit, Landmarks: A Sense of Place.

Three Perspectives: Painting Gaetz Lake Sanctuary

with Carol Lynn Gilchrist

Participants will complete a scene of Gaetz Lake Sanctuary. Carol Lynn will discuss how drawing/sketching for painting requires a simplification of the scene, understanding how the picture plane is divided into the background, middle and foreground.

Setting up the palette for success and colour mixing will be covered, as well as lots of tips. We will use a photograph throughout the process, and put into practice the three types of perspective: Linear, Atmospheric, and Solar. The pace of this workshop will be brisk, and so the drawing will be provided and traced to allow for more time painting.

Paintings can be completed in Acrylic or Oil. Canvas & reference sketch provided; painting supplies are not includedview the supply lists here. Some painting experience is required.

Register: Three Perspectives with Carol Lynn Gilchrist

This workshop was originally scheduled for February and has since been postponed. New workshop date is March 5, 2023.

About Carol Lynn Gilchrist – landscapes and cARTography

Carol Lynn was always drawing as a child, however her first interest was in architectural design and drafting and considers her formal training as her starting point on her artistic path. She’s been painting ‘en plein air’ for over 14 years, starting first in watercolour (self-taught) while on her summer vacations, and the last two years in oils. In 2010 she took a week long class with Joanna Moore (Edmonton artist) at RDC Series that focused on using watercolour in the ‘plein air style’. Retirement came in 2011 and she started painting full time. Plein air painting just felt like the right way to paint for her. Outdoors in nature, applying paint directly on the canvas/paper. Distilling the expansive scene into a few main shapes, simplifying and capturing the essence of the place and time. Being in the moment. To go out and paint is like having an adventure!

She continues to explore themes of land, water, and the impact of human development in her art practice, and often plays with emotion and the memory of place to convey her emotional attachment to the land.

Carol Lynn’s work is currently on display as part of the exhibit, Landmarks: A Sense of Place.

Join a MAG staff member for a guided tour of the exhibit Landmarks: A Sense of Place, featuring the work of local artists Carol Lynn Gilchrist and Wendy Meeres.

Join us for the opening reception for the exhibit Landmarks: A Sense of Place, featuring the work of local artists Carol Lynn Gilchrist and Wendy Meeres. Artists will be in attendance.

About #FirstFridaysRedDeer

On the first Friday of every month, join the galleries in downtown Red Deer in celebrating local, regional and national artistic talent. The galleries buzz with art experiences, open gallery spaces, social mingling and maybe some entertainment. Suitable for adults, youth, families, date nights, music lovers, culture-vultures and anyone who enjoys kicking off their weekend with a Friday night party.

View the monthly First Fridays schedule on the Red Deer Arts Councils website.

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