AGGP - Carlstrom Family Green Space

The Carlstrom Family Green Space is a free admission interactive gallery and self-directed studio space located on the second level at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Since September 2009, we have dedicated a space in the Art Gallery to the interactive exploration of and response to art. This is a drop-in activity space for all ages.

Art Gallery of Grande Prairie inside the Montrose Cultural Centre, next to the Grande Prairie Public Library. #103, 9839 – 103 Ave
FREE ADMISSION
Paid Parking – in the front lot and underground parkade
Free Parking – in nearby City of Grande Prairie parking lots

HOURS
Monday – Closed
Tuesday – 10am to 6pm
Wednesday – 10am to 6pm

Thursday – 10am to 9pm

Friday – 10am to 5pm

Saturday – 10am to 5pm
Sunday – 1pm to 5pm

Holidays - Closed
 

Who can visit the Carlstrom Family Green Space?

 

Visitors of all ages are invited to enjoy responding to the Art Gallery’s current exhibitions and themes through free art activities that are designed to encourage reflection, creativity and inspiration. The art projects in the Carlstrom Family Green Space feature a variety of skill levels and are created for all age groups to enjoy, including toddlers, children, teenagers and adults.

 

What can we do in the Carlstrom Family Green Space?

 

Within the space you’ll see workstations with art supplies and instructions to create your own artwork. Visitors are welcome to display their work take their projects home to share with their families and friends.

 

What are community art projects?
 

Visitors are always invited to contribute the piece(s) they make in the Carlstrom Family Green Space to our community art projects. These collaborative artworks allow everyone to participate and for visitors to watch them change and grow over time. We often choose installation art for our community art projects because it’s a contemporary art form that often emphasizes a sensory experience and is rich in material choices easy for everyone to manipulate.

 

Supervision
 

A special note to remember when visiting with children is that the Art Gallery is not responsible for the safety or supervision of children. Children under the age of 12 must be supervised and attended by a parent, guardian or person 14 years or older at all times.

 

Take care

 

A self-directed space requires all users to take care of the space and to be respectful to the other visitors, so that everyone may enjoy their time here and experience a pleasant visit. We ask each visitor to tidy the space after each visit. This includes restoring art materials to their designated shelf or bin, resetting moved furniture and placing any garbage into waste bins. Always remember that food and drink are not permitted in the Green Space.

 

Welcome

 

We hope you’re inspired to spend time in the Carlstrom Family Green Space during your next visit to the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Pop in and see what others are making!

Art Gallery of Grande Prairie
The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie is one of the largest Free Admission galleries in Western Canada.  It is one of a number of programmed spaces within the Montrose Cultural Centre and shares communal spaces with the Grande Prairie Public Library and Teresa Sargent Hall. Strict adherence to climate and security controls has earned the Gallery a “Category A” designation by the Movable Cultural Properties Directorate of Canadian Heritage. This designation permits the Gallery to preserve and exhibit artworks to the highest of national standards.

Vision

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie will be a centre of excellence, inspiration, creativity and innovation for the Arts.  We will be a valued cultural partner and vital resource for the public, artists, curators and writers.

Mission

Enriching the community through the creation, conservation and sharing of art.

We acknowledge that we are located on Treaty 8 territory—the ancestral Land of the sovereign Dane-zaa, Nehiyawak, Dene, and Otipemisiwak Nations. We acknowledge the many Indigenous Peoples who have lived and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude.

The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie also recognizes that Land Acknowledgments are not enough. Through our actions we commit to truth, reconciliation, decolonization, and allyship in support of Indigenous lifeways and wellbeing.