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John & Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2026)

10/20/2026

REMINDER: Workshop this Thursday

Gleaning the Blue-Green: Field Lab
Thursday, October 22, 6 - 8 p.m.
Room 11-460, 4th Floor, Allard Hall
Free registration required - link in bio!

Gleaning the Blue-Green: Field Lab is a 2-hour participatory workshop considering dataset-making as a creative and relational practice. Building from the exhibition Gleaning the Blue-Green, the workshop explores how creatives can build personal or conceptual image ecologies from the places, materials, phenomena, and visual traces that shape their attention.

Through short talks, discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on activities, participants will develop an image ecology drawn from personal interests, local environments, everyday observations, or ongoing research.

The workshop will also introduce accessible open-source tools for organizing and extending these image collections into generative processes. Rather than beginning with the machine, the workshop begins with attention: What do we repeatedly notice? What do we overlook? What relationships become visible when images are gathered over time?

Participants will leave with the beginnings of a personal image ecology and a framework for slower, localized, and less extractive approaches to generative AI.

No previous experience with coding or AI is required. Seats are limited. This event is free and all are welcome.

Note: You are encouraged to bring a laptop or similar device to follow along.

Photos by Blaine Campbell.
[image description: image 1: graphic detailing information about the workshop from the caption.
image 2: installation shot of artwork titled Scaffold, consisting of plant matter on mirrors supported by wood structures.
image 3: installation shot of the exhibition showing multiple pieces. ]

10/14/2026

Workshop: Gleaning the Blue-Green: Field Lab
With artist Kelly Andres
Thursday, October 22, 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: Room 11-460, Allard Hall, MacEwan University
Free registration required (link in bio)

Gleaning the Blue-Green: Field Lab is a 2-hour participatory workshop considering dataset-making as a creative and relational practice. Building from the exhibition Gleaning the Blue-Green, the workshop explores how creatives can build personal or conceptual image ecologies from the places, materials, phenomena, and visual traces that shape their attention.

Through short talks, discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on activities, participants will develop an image ecology drawn from personal interests, local environments, everyday observations, or ongoing research.

The workshop will also introduce accessible open-source tools for organizing and extending these image collections into generative processes. Rather than beginning with the machine, the workshop begins with attention: What do we repeatedly notice? What do we overlook? What relationships become visible when images are gathered over time?

Participants will leave with the beginnings of a personal image ecology and a framework for slower, localized, and less extractive approaches to generative AI.

No previous experience with coding is required.

EDIT: You are encouraged to bring a laptop or similar device to follow along but it is not mandatory.
[image description: Attendees look at the opening reception of Gleaning the Blue-Green. In focus is a guest taking a close look at a large wall vinyl artwork made up of tiled cyanotype scans.]

10/09/2026

Mitchell Art Gallery will be OPEN on Saturday, October 10 for regular hours. Come visit our current exhibition Kelly Andres: Gleaning the Blue-Green, from 12 - 5 p.m.

In Gleaning the Blue-Green, Kelly Andres experiments with the ways we seek understanding about the living systems of plants and animals around us. Drawing from her own efforts to learn about an important ecosystem close to her rural home east of Edmonton – the wetland – the artist’s creative fodder is the methods often used in scientific study.
[image description: A graphic that reads "Mitchell Art Gallery THANKSGIVING WEEKEND HOURS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10: OPEN 12 - 5 p.m., SUNDAY-MONDAY: CLOSED". In the background is a close up of the artwork featuring a pile of fluffy seeds. End of description. ]

09/30/2026

Update: Register now
Noticing, Tending, Eating: A water lentil tasting in three parts
with artist Kelly Andres
and chef Rylan Krause

November 19, 6 - 8 p.m.
At The Kitchen, Stanley A. Milner Public Library.
Registration: https://mitchellartgallery.macewan.ca/events/noticing-tending-eating

Join artist Kelly Andres for a participatory tasting and conversation in collaboration with chef Rylan Krause, developed as part of Andres’s solo exhibition, Gleaning the Blue-Green, at the Mitchell Art Gallery.

The event invites participants to consider how attention, care, and creative transformation can shift what feels edible, familiar, or possible through experiments in observation, tending, preparing, and speculative tasting.

Chef Rylan Krause’s culinary offerings using water lentils and other often overlooked ingredients open space to think about tasting as a process of discovery as Andres’ creative prompts illuminate tender and thoughtful methods for encountering the unfamiliar.

This program is conducted in partnership with the Edmonton Public Library.

Stay tuned for details about free online registration!

Pictured: Details of artworks, taken at the opening reception.
[image descriptions: image 1: A graphic about the event with the text: "Noticing, Tending, Eating: A water lentil tasting in three parts, with artist Kelly Andres and chef Rylan Krause. November 19, 6 - 8 p.m. At The Kitchen, Stanley A. Milner Public Library. Free online registration."
image 2: A close up of a water container filled with live water lentil plants.
image 3: A detail shot of wood scaffold-like structures holding up platforms of blue and white mirrors. There are piles of seeds and glass containers of water on each mirror.
image 4: A detail of a large glass container with water containing spirulina growing. ]

09/28/2026

Mitchell Art Gallery will be closed to the public on Wednesday, September 30 in honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Please note there will be no Art Buffet this Wednesday due to the gallery being closed.

Swipe to see what's happening on campus and around the city on this date. Don't forget to follow to stay up to date on their year-round programming.

We will resume regular gallery hours on Thursday, October 1. Art Buffet will return for a regular session on Wednesday, October 7.
[image description: image 1: a graphic with the text "The Mitchell Art Gallery is closed Wednesday Sept 30. Regular gallery hours resume on Thursday, Oct 1."
image 2: A poster for the event "Truth First: Transforming Curriculum Through Indian Residential School Truths" on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 8:30 – 11 a.m. hosted by kihew waciston
image 3: A poster for the event "National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Event" on September 30, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm hosted by Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society. End of descriptions. ]

09/22/2026

Art Buffet RETURNS! Join us this Wednesday, September 23rd for the first Art Buffet of the season.

When: Every Wednesday 12 - 4 p.m., September 23 - December 2
Where: Mitchell Art Gallery, Allard Hall Main Atrium
Free art-making drop-in

What is Art Buffet?

The Art Buffet is the Mitchell Art Gallery’s own “art hive”, a concept developed over two decades of research by Dr. Janis Timm-Bottos rooted in ideas of art therapy and inclusivity. Every Wednesday, we gather and invite the community to join us in self-directed, no-pressure art-making, where we provide the materials and the encouragement!

The Art Buffet is free, materials are provided, and no prior art experience is necessary. Share in dialogue, art-making, and skill-sharing between people of different backgrounds, ages, cultures, and abilities. A buffet of art materials awaits!
[image description: image 1: a close up of a collage that a participant is working on at the Art Buffet table, with paint, colour pencils, and glued on paper.
image 2: a poster for Art Buffet detailing the info from the caption.
image 3: a close up of a participant adding braided fabric to a wall tapestry with many colourful strips of cloth, ribbons and yarn woven into it. End of descriptions.]

09/15/2026

Here's a peek behind the scenes as we install Gleaning the Blue-Green! Please join us this Thursday, September 17 for an opening reception and see these works in action. The reception runs from 6 - 8 p.m. and is free and open to all.

In Gleaning the Blue-Green, Kelly Andres
experiments with the ways we seek understanding about the living systems of plants and animals around us. Drawing from her own efforts to learn about an important ecosystem close to her rural home east of Edmonton – the wetland – the artist’s creative fodder is the methods often used in scientific study. Andres has created this series of sculpture, video, photography, and performance from gathering and growing water lentils and spirulina, collecting water samples, and building datasets. Rather than generating data intended for analysis and supporting empirical knowledge, Andres instead uses these artistic interpretations of scientific methods to ask important questions about how and what is knowable – what it is that we can glean – about living systems. The ongoing maintenance of the plants in the gallery is a performance of care between the artist and her living subjects. Andres’ investment in relational care opens space for us to consider what might be required of such relationships as our climate continues shifting.

Can't make it to the opening? Visit us Tuesdays to Saturdays, 12 - 5 p.m. and Thursdays 12 - 7 p.m., starting September 18th. Admission is free and all are welcome.
[image descriptions: image 1: a close up photo of a trough filled with green water lentils growing in them.
image 2: a white graphic with the exhibition details written on it with blue and black font.
image 3: a vinyl featuring a large grid of cyanotypes is being installed. The cyanotypes depict various plant matter.
image 4: a detail shot of an artwork featuring a dark green coloured mirror sitting up on the floor. The top of the mirror is cut like the silhouette of a bush.
image 5: a detail shot of a sculptural installation, featuring a dark blue mirror, with a stack of seeds on top.]

09/14/2026

REMINDER: Opening Thursday, September 17

Gleaning the Blue-Green
Kelly Andres
September 18 - December 5, 2026

Join us this Thursday, September 17 from 6 - 8 p.m. to celebrate the opening of the MAG's new exhibition, Kelly Andres: Gleaning the Blue-Green.

The evening will begin with opening remarks at 6:15 p.m., followed by a reception in Allard Hall Atrium. This event is free and all are welcome - no RSVP is required. Head to our website for details and accessibility information. We hope to see you there!

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In Gleaning the Blue-Green, Kelly Andres experiments with the ways we seek understanding about the living systems of plants and animals around us. Drawing from her own efforts to learn about an important ecosystem close to her rural home east of Edmonton – the wetland – the artist’s creative fodder is the methods often used in scientific study. Andres has created this series of sculpture, video, photography, and performance from gathering and growing water lentils and spirulina, collecting water samples, and building datasets. Rather than generating data intended for analysis and supporting empirical knowledge, Andres instead uses these artistic interpretations of scientific methods to ask important questions about how and what is knowable – what it is that we can glean – about living systems. The ongoing maintenance of the plants in the gallery is a performance of care between the artist and her living subjects. Andres’ investment in relational care opens space for us to consider what might be required of such relationships as our climate continues shifting.

We acknowledge the support of the Province of Alberta through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
[image description: image 1: a white graphic with blue and black text on it, reading "Gleaning the Blue-Green,
Kelly Andres,
September 18 - December 5, 2026,
Opening Thursday, September 17, 6 -8 p.m.
Curated by Carolyn Jervis"
image 2: a scan of a cyanotype print of two horsetail plant stalks. The horsetail looks like a white silhouette against the dark blue background. End of description.]

08/26/2026

Save the date: Opening September 17

Kelly Andres: Gleaning the Blue-Green
September 18 - December 5, 2026

Opening Reception: Thursday, September 17, 6 - 8 pm.

In Gleaning the Blue-Green, Kelly Andres experiments with the ways we seek understanding about the living systems of plants and animals around us. Drawing from her own efforts to learn about an important ecosystem close to her rural home east of Edmonton – the wetland – the artist’s creative fodder is the methods often used in scientific study. Andres has created this series of sculpture, video, photography, and performance from gathering and growing water lentils and spirulina, collecting water samples, and building datasets. Rather than generating data intended for analysis and supporting empirical knowledge, Andres instead uses these artistic interpretations of scientific methods to ask important questions about how and what is knowable – what it is that we can glean – about living systems. The ongoing maintenance of the plants in the gallery is a performance of care between the artist and her living subjects. Andres’s investment in relational care opens space for us to consider what might be required of such relationships as our climate continues shifting.

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday: 12 - 5 p.m.
Thursdays: 12 - 7 p.m.

We acknowledge the support of the Province of Alberta through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Image credit:
Kelly Andres, Gleaning Outwards: Horsetail, Equisetum arvense [detail], 2026. Cyanotype print on watercolour paper. Courtesy of the Artist.
[image description: a scan of a cyanotype print of two horsetail plant stalks. The horsetail looks like a white silhouette against the dark blue background. End of description.]

08/14/2026

Reminder! Join the MOTHRA at MacEwan team for a PLAYDATE! You and your family are invited to an artist-family event on Saturday, August 22nd on MacEwan University campus.

Time: 10AM to 12PM
Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Location: Room 11-157, Allard Hall, MacEwan University, 11110 104 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5K 1M9

PLAYDATE will be filled with artist-family friendly activities, snacks, and community. Come meet other artist-families and feel part of the village!

PLAYDATE is also a chance for the MOTHRA at MacEwan team to find out more about the artist-families local to Edmonton and area, and their caregiving and creative lives and needs. PLAYDATE is hopefully the first of many events, so all participation and feedback is welcome and will help to inform future initiatives.
Register at link in bio.
[image description: a colourful and fun graphic describing the details about the event. The text reads PLAYDATE: All artist-families are invited to come to a PLAYDATE! August 22, MacEwan University. This is followed by a QR code labelled Register Here. The pink graphic is framed by green and blue blocks with happy cartoon faces. End of description]

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