One of Canada's foremost public galleries, SAAG fosters the work of contemporary visual artists who push the boundaries of their medium. Regularly changing exhibitions are featured in three distinct gallery spaces. Learning programs, film screenings and special events further contribute to local culture. Gift Shop and a Resource Library. Wed to Sat noon - 5 pm, Thurs and Fri till 8 pm.
Southern Alberta Art Gallery
601 3 Avenue S, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0H4
601 3 Avenue S, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0H4
403-328-3913
Wed to Sat noon - 5 pm, Thurs and Fri till 8 pm
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New Director at Southern Alberta Art Gallery
Su Ying Strang has been appointed director of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge.
Nov 8, 2021
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Alberta Arts Writing Prize Opens for Submissions
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Lauren Crazybull
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Jenna Swift and Sahar Te Win Art Writing Prizes
Two writers with connections to Calgary, Jenna Swift and Sahar Te, have picked up awards in a writing contest organized by the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge.
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Alberta Arts Writing Contest Seeks Entries
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is seeking entries for its annual writing prize, which recognizes the work of emerging arts writers in Alberta and BIPOC+ writers within Canada.
Jul 22, 2020
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Santiago Mostyn
An exhibition about migration and colonial oppression prompts thoughts about galleries as sites of protest.
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To See and Be Seen
American artist Alicia Henry’s tenderly made portraits hover in the space between face and mask, challenging our gaze.
Nov 4, 2019
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Daughters of Uranium
Mary Kavanagh looks at the atomic age’s lingering residue on humanity.
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Tangled Tongue
Jennifer Rose Sciarrino’s poetic work reminds us of the need to build intimacy in a disconnected world.
Jan 14, 2019
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Southern Alberta Art Gallery Hires New Executive Director
Kristy Trinier replaces Ryan Doherty, the director/curator since 2013, starting June 18.
May 29, 2018
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Director/Curator leaving legacy at SAAG
After 10 years at SAAG, including four as the organization’s Director/Curator, Ryan Doherty will be stepping down to pursue other opportunities.
Nov 19, 2017
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Maria Hupfield: The One Who Keeps on Giving
Maria Hupfield’s practice lies less in the inequities of Indigenous identity in the 21st century – though it is about that – than in the more critical experience of human connection.
Jul 3, 2017
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Courtesy of the artist
Holger Kalberg, June 24 to September 11 at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge
Vancouver artist Holger Kalberg explores the relationship between utopian ideas and modernist aesthetics in recent paintings, sculptures and installations.
Apr 29, 2016
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Sarah Anne Johnson: Rawness and technical finesse
A first look at a Johnson exhibition is often a matter of matching various levels of technical finesse to various levels of rawness in the subject matter...
Aug 23, 2015
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AMALIE ATKINS: Dec 6, 2014 to Feb 1,2015 at SAAG
Amalie Atkins sets layered narratives against the luminous landscapes of Saskatchewan, enacting scenarios both mundane and otherworldly.
Sep 14, 2014
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Courtesy the artist and Jessica Bradley Gallery.
Zin Taylor at Southern Albert Art Gallery
Zin Taylor addresses form as a philosophical quandary using stripes and dots, two hallmarks of abstraction, to develop a surface language for various forms. At its core, Taylor’s exhibition explores how ideas become concrete and tangible.
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Monika Sosnowska at Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge Sept. 28 to Nov. 24
Monika Sosnowska considers the economic shifts following the collapse of Communism in her hometown of Warsaw with painted steel sculptures that resemble twisted vendor stalls.
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SAAG Executive Director Marilyn Smith to retire
RYAN DOHERTY NAMED DIRECTOR/CURATOR The Board of Directors of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery announced today that Marilyn Smith, Executive Director, will retire from the gallery in mid-July.
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KELLY RICHARDSON "Erudition," January 15 to March 6, 2011, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Kelly Richardson’s new three-channel video installation, Erudition, opens on an alien landscape, where lush trees grow out of a wrinkled desert, and move statically in the wind.
Dec 31, 2010
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PLAYING THROUGH
WITH A 40-YEAR SURVEY OF PAINTING AND PRINT-MAKING AT THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA ART GALLERY, LETHBRIDGE LEGEND BILLY MCCARROLL SHOWS HE’S STILL IN THE GAME.
Dec 31, 2010
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CHAI DUNCAN AND LEILA ARMSTRONG "12 Point Buck," October 2009, Window Gallery, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Opposing perspectives led two Lethbridge artists to collaborate. “Our different interactions with nature caused spirited debates,” says Leila Armstrong.
Aug 31, 2009
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DAVID HOFFOS, "Scenes from the House Dream," Southern Alberta Art Gallery
It hardly mattered that I had already seen some of the mixed-media work featured in this exhibition of shadowy illusions.
Dec 31, 2008
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MARIE-JOSÉE LAFRAMBOISE, "Points d’inflexion et de rebroussement 2 (Points of Inflection and Reflection 2)," June 26 to September 14, 2008, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
As with many large-scale installation pieces, Marie- Josée Laframboise’s mixed-media sculptures must change somewhat to fit diverse gallery spaces.
Apr 30, 2008
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"THE MCINTYRE RANCH PROJECT," until September 11, 2005, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
As Chris Cran lets us know in his large painting featuring an anonymous talking head, McIntyre Ranch is... king big! Who better to tell the story in two words than Alberta’s master of wit and art.
Aug 31, 2005
