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Community Gallery
The Red Deer Arts Council's office features a Community Gallery; a small intimate gallery for emerging and well seasoned artists to display their art to the community. Our gallery books for 1-2 months for each show and is un-juried, so we accept all levels of artists and all kinds of wonderful local art. We would love to have your art in our gallery; to inquire about booking a place please email our Visual Arts Lead Bailey Horton at .
Red Deer Arts Council is pleased to present
Threads that Connect us
on display in the Community Gallery from September 1 to October 2 2026
“Threads that Connect Us” explores the connections between people, place, and medium both literarily and metaphorically. For this Alberta Culture days exhibition, 10 artists consider their connections across a wide range of visual, textile, and literary practices.
Many artists find a deep connection to nature, reflecting meaningful, enduring landscapes like Eelkje Vander-Meulen Smart and Annie Burik in painting form; or through working with natural materials through the eco-printed textiles of Kerry Tronnes. Amie MacInnis shares memories of places that are both nostalgic and ever changing. In the same vein, Judy Brownlee and Melanie Holland each express through poetry their own ties to nature as time passes inevitably forward.
Emalee Hagen considers her connection to the past through historical garment making, alongside the traditional quilting Hazel Sheehan; both layered through multiple forms of communication and women’s roles in society. Both the cyanotype preserved clothes and objects of memory depicted by Andrea Swainson. Similarly, Ruba Alnajjar reflects her ties to loved ones with richly dense pebble paintings.
Local poets consider their connections to the world and each other, alongside painters and printmakers reaching into memories of their past. While each has unique connections to the world and each other, the artists share ties across textile, visual, and literary practices.
These are the Threads that Connect Us.
If you are interested in purchasing any of the art, inquire with a gallery attendant. Each painting sold 30% commission will go to fund programs at the Red Deer Arts Council.
First Fridays Red Deer Opening: October 2nd from 5:00 to 7:00 pm with the artists in attendance.
Open to the public during the Community Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Friday: 11am - 4pm
Monday, Saturday and Sunday: Closed
