Events

Drop-in Sketching at RAM: Birds

Have you ever wished you could use the Royal Alberta Museum’s collections for sketching inspiration? Now’s your chance! We'll be showcasing rarely seen museum objects to create a still-life setup for you to practice your drawing skills.  

This month there will be a huge migration of birds from our collection rooms! Everything from owls, penguins, sparrows, and turkeys, you’ll have a chance to draw birds from Alberta and around the world.  

Learn more: https://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/node/648

 

Museum Skills Workshops: Ice Age Palaeo Anatomy

How do you know the difference between a Mastodon and a Mammoth tooth? How about a Bison’s foot from a Horse? These skills and many more are key for Palaeontologists as they piece together Alberta’s frozen past.

In this workshop, the Royal Alberta Museum's Quaternary Palaeontology Team will teach you basic comparative anatomy of Ice Age fossils, and how you can examine a skeleton to identify an animal group or species.

This workshop is open to anyone aged 15+, with no previous experience necessary.

Learn more at: https://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/node/628

Portraits of Place

Portraits of Place

Wendy Gervais

Curated by Maysa Miller-Saohin

March 22 - May 3, 2025

You’re invited to the opening reception of Portraits of Place — a solo exhibition by Wendy Gervais. The exhibit explores the loss of original houses in Garneau, reflecting on their role as landmarks of memory when shaping a community’s identity. 

Opening Reception: Saturday March 22, 2025 from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

Emerging Artists Unleashed

The Alberta Society of Artists is pleased to present our annual exhibition “Emerging Artists Unleashed: 2025” featuring the work of Alberta undergraduate students: Avery Neumiller (Undergraduate Scholarship recipient), Thea Galang (Undergraduate Scholarship recipient), Kayla Heinen, Aleanna Mau, Kacey Reichert, Karly Zouppas, and Kay Peters. This exhibition celebrates the diversity of undergraduate students enrolled in a Fine arts program at a secondary institution within Alberta. The exhibition runs March 12, 2025 – April 26, 2025, at the ASA Art Gallery, #222, 1235 – 26 Ave.

Spectre of Comparison

The Alberta Society of Artists is pleased to present the solo exhibition “Spectre of Comparison” featuring the work of Alberta artist Kuhlien Migue. The exhibition runs March 12, 2025 – April 26, 2025, at the ASA Art Gallery, #222, 1235 – 26 Ave. SE, Calgary, Alberta. Gallery hours are Wednesday – Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and parking is free. There will be an opening reception and artist talk Saturday, March 15, 1-4 pm. "The successive colonial and imperial regimes of Spain, the United States, and Japan in the Philippines produced postage stamps brimming with propaganda.

Sustaining & Growing, Artist-Parents in Conversation

As part of the “Tracing Days”, exhibition, artist-parents Jennifer Long and Shea Proulx will host a session themed “Sustaining & Growing, Artist-Parents in Conversation” on Friday, March 14, 10:00 - 11:30am at Gallery@501, #120, 501 Festival Avenue, Sherwood Park, AB. 

Gallery admission for this event is free! To register, call 780-410-8585 or email artgallery@strathcona.ca with the number of adults and children attending. 

Tracing Days

Gallery@501 is pleased to present “Tracing Days” by Toronto artist and photographer Jennifer Long and Calgary artist and author Shea Proulx. This exhibit is on at Gallery@501 from March 11 until April 17, 2025.

“Long and Proulx share refreshing and accessible perspectives, reminding us there is meaning in small moments and memories,” says Kris Miller, Gallery@501 curator.

Drop-in Sketching: Spinning Squirrels

Have you ever wished you could use the Royal Alberta Museum’s collections for sketching inspiration? Now’s your chance! We'll be showcasing rarely seen museum objects to create a still-life setup for you to practice your drawing skills.  

This month RAM is bringing out a load of your favourite little critters with beady eyes - squirrels! They will be displayed on special spinning platforms, so you’ll be able to get just the right angle to draw these small-but-majestic specimens.  

This free-with-admission activity will be back on the third Thursday of April.

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