The Most Beautiful Art Tour in Alberta 2022
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Leighton Art Centre 282027 144 Street SW (Just 16 km south of Calgary), Foothills, Alberta T1S 0Y4
Your favourite cultural journey through Alberta's scenic foothills is returning for Alberta Culture Days 2022. The Most Beautiful Art Tour in Alberta is part cultural exploration, part road trip, all fun!
We are a community collective of art galleries and art studios in Southern Alberta's foothills - a feast of beautiful sights and interesting people to meet. The tour includes the best art galleries on offer, as well as an insider's look at private studios that open their doors to the public especially for these all-access events. What will you find? So much inspiration! Discover diverse collections of local fine art in gorgeous historical homes; contemporary exhibitions in a circa-1929 CPR Railway Station; a centuries-old method of paper decoration in a studio with one of the region’s best views; glassblowing demonstrations by award-winning glass artists - to name just a few.
New to the tour this year is Stone Wood & Steel, offering the experience of the ancient craft of blacksmithing in a modern, family-run forging studio.
Spend a day - or both days - taking a self-guided tour along highways 22 and 2A, stopping to take in each venue and enjoying the gorgeous scenery along the way!
September is Alberta's Month of the Artist, the official recognition of the many valuable contributions that artists make to our society - as creators, as teachers, as visionaries. How better to take part than by experiencing The Most Beautiful Art Tour in Alberta?
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This is a self-drive tour. Admission to each venue is free. Outside of tour events, all tour galleries are open to the public during their regular operating hours and private artist studios welcome visitors by appointment - visitors should contact them directly about booking appointments outside of official tour dates.
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