Visual Art Galleries & Artisan Market

Deep Freeze Festival Gallery: Exhibition & Sale

The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts (9225 – 118 Avenue)

Saturday: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm | Sunday: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

The Carrot Community Arts Coffeehouse (9351 – 118 Avenue)

Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm | Sunday: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

The Deep Freeze art exhibition celebrates the amazing talent of local Edmonton artists working in a variety of mediums – from painting, mixed media, fabric, photography and sculpture.

Our Artists:

• Karen Bishop - Watercolour

• Oksana Zhelisko - Oil Painting

• Rebecca Pickard - Acrylic & Mixed Media

• Rhonda Young - Watercolour, Ink

• Suzan Berwald - Pastel

• Nozomi Kamel - Photography

• Jan Xu - Watercolour, Mixed Media

• Joanne Guthrie - Mixed Media

Artisan Market

The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts (9225 – 118 Avenue)

Saturday: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Sunday: 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Warm up from the outdoor activities and join us inside at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts and support some amazing local artisans! Amazing variety, quality and unique items for your home, family, friends or yourself!

Our Artisans:

• Noble Rabbit Creations - Knits, Hand Sewn Items, Jewelry, Paintings

• Olha Lesiv - Ukrainian Pysanka

• Pourfection - Jewellery

• SheDrewIt Design - Paintings

• Skrocki Design - Leather Goods & Books

• Sweetly Beaded - Jewellery

• The Latin Bloomstones - Textiles

Collins Studio Gallery Presents: The Eight - Stop, Drop, and Paint 2023

11741 – 94 Steet

Saturday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm | Sunday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Explore the captivating artworks born from Stop, Drop, and Paint, a dynamic live art event that unfolded at the Kaleido Family Arts Festival 2023. Stop, Drop, and Paint, a dynamic live art event, unfolded at the Kaleido Family Arts Festival 2023. Led by organizers Will Truchon and Collins Studio Gallery, Edmonton artists Tim Rechner, D.N.E., Leah Wilson, and Stephen Sereda embraced spontaneity on 4ft x 4ft boards laid on 94 Street. For 45 minutes each, they unleashed creativity before passing the baton to the next artist. This cycle repeated 4 times, resulting in eight collaborative masterpieces over 2 days, capturing the festival’s joy.

Tips for Enjoying the Gallery

There are lots of ways to look at artwork when you are in an art gallery. Here are a few easy questions to ask yourself and others if you are in a group as you view the artwork in this exhibition.

LOOK 
Take time to look at the work of art. 

• Take in the entire work of art, paying close attention to details. Ask the question, “What do you notice?” and take inventory of everything you see.

• Try looking at a work of art for 30 seconds, and then to turn around and try to remember everything you observed. Then take a look at the piece again. What did you overlook?

DESCRIBE
Talk about what you see in the work of art. 

• Describe all of the things that you see. Explore line, shape, color, composition, material, and subject matter.

THINK 
Interpret and assign meaning to the work of art.

• Think about the following: 

  • What story is taking place? What is the setting, or the time and place depicted?

  • What is the mood of the work? How do you know?

  • What is this work of art about?

  • What do you think the artist was trying to communicate through the creation of this work of art?

CONNECT
Relate what you see to your own life, or to other works of art or images you have seen. 

• Think about: 

  • What does this work of art remind you of? Why?

  • How does this work of art relate to an aspect of your own life?

  • Compare this work of art to other images/objects that you have seen, either in a museum or in your everyday life. How are they similar? How are they different?