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The Ball Is In Your Court, Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, January 2019

Frybread Man

Frybread Man

“I am familiar with the history and contemporary meaning of Galt Gardens as a social and cultural hub of Lethbridge and Indigenous community. As an educator and emerging artist, my philosophy is to create visual art as a way of storytelling that both inspires and...

Hali Heavy Shield
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Dreaming of Future Ecologies

Dreaming of Future Ecologies

This mural is a meditation on our relationship with the environment, suggesting a journey of reflection in which we examine and reimagine our relationship to the planet. This mural is 16’ high x 25’ wide Part of a pilot project with Heart of Our City and the Public...

April Matisz
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This is Home

This is Home

Each mixed media image represents important references of home. The rocks, hoodoos, beadwork, and portrait of the late Ed Heavy Shield are significant because of the Blackfoot territory and the people they represent.  

Hali Heavy Shield
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Keystone Species of the Prairie

Keystone Species of the Prairie

These designs emphasize the interconnection of all living things. It highlights the prairie dogs, the buffalo, and human beings for the integral parts they play within the status of their ecosystem’s health. They are what biology refers to as “keystone species,”...

Rudy Black Plume
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Colours Swirl

Colours Swirl

This playful photograph employs the four bold colours typical to the palette associated with children’s toys. Shot in a playground, this image is a metaphor to the feelings of Joy and Laughter that one can experience throughout our City. Evoking warm memories of...

Wayne Dwornik
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Buck

Buck

Buck combines the approaches of two artists. Hagan brings a strong sense of colour and a background in abstraction. Armstrong has a similar attraction to vibrant colours and a love of local wildlife. In this work, you see the use of organic, round and oval stone...

Leila Armstrong and Aaron Hagan
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Bolts of Creativity

Bolts of Creativity

is work is situated at Casa in the heart of downtown Lethbridge. As Casa is a hub of Creativity for our Community, Bolts of Creativity is a symbol of the spark and energy of the creative process that emerges at our Community Arts Center. Casa is a centre for learning,...

Aaron Hagan
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Together

Together

Together offers a ‘social infrastructure’ for community-making. Composed of twenty-six abstractly simple seats, the artwork references the universal and anthropomorphic qualities of the chair, while at the same time blurring the boundaries between the individual seats...

Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik
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A Geometry of the Sky

A Geometry of the Sky

A Geometry of the Sky reinterprets the Dominion Land Survey and the grid pattern of roads common across the Prairies, including here in Lethbridge. It takes a two-dimensional grid and turns it into a three-dimensional lattice. The resulting form has depth and open...

Andrew Rabyniuk
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The Ball Is In Your Court

The Ball Is In Your Court

The Ball is in Your Court is inspired by the intrinsic geometries of sport, while simultaneously referencing the divisions of space-within-space existing in the ATB Centre. Athletic exercises and sport are activities of measure. Many games involve the use of a ball...

Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins
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