AMAAS & Prairie Tales are proud participants in Alberta Arts Days, which in 2010 will be celebrated from September 17-19. Prairie Tales 12 is available to Arts Days programmers free of charge and, so far, has confirmed exhibitions in 12 communities! Many of the exhibitions will also have visiting artists in attendance!
Alberta Arts Days Screenings:
During Alberta Arts Days, the latest Prairie Tales anthology is made available to programmers free of charge. Prairie Tales was a proud participant Arts Days 2010, which was celebrated from September 17-19. Exhibitions of Prairie Tales 12 took place in the following communities:
Banff
Saturday, Sept. 18, 7:30 pm
Max Bell Building
Banff Centre for the Arts
Visiting Artists:
Price Morgan and Afshin Vahabzadeh
(Tales from the Heart)
Calgary
Sunday, Sept. 19, all day
Emmedia Open House
Emmedia Gallery & Production Society
#203, 351 – 11th Avenue SW
Visiting Artist(s):
Xstine Cook
(Tar Sand Pudding)
Greg Doble
(Coffee Stop)
Coaldale
Friday, Sept. 17, 2:00 pm
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2:00 pm
Coaldale Public Library
2014 18 Street
Visiting Artist:
Andrea N. Mann
(A Dozen Ways)
Didsbury
Saturday, Sept. 18, 7:00 pm
Didsbury Municipal Library
2033 19th Avenue
Visiting Artist:
Lyle Pisio
(The Empress)
Edmonton
Friday, Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
Saturday Sept. 18, 7:00 pm
Metro Cinema @ Rice Theatre (in the Citadel)
9828 101A Avenue
Visiting Artist:
Friday:
James Cadden
(Escape from Death Planet)
Scott Townend
(Greenwash Gang)
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2:30-5:30 PM
Film & Video Arts Society – Alberta (FAVA)
FAVA Open House
9722 102nd Street
Visiting Artist:
James Cadden
(Escape from Death Planet)
Forestburg
Friday, Sept. 17, 7:30 pm
Forestburg Public Library
4901 50th Street
Grande Prairie
Friday, Sept. 17, 10:00 am, 3:00 pm
Saturday, Sept. 18, 10:00 am
Sunday, Sept. 19, 1:00 pm
Rotary Community Room
Grande Prairie Public Library
101, 9839 103 Avenue
Visiting Artist:
Eric Becker on Sunday
(Water Under the Bridge)
Eric will speak about the making of Water Under the Bridge and about film making and producing.
High Prairie
Friday, Sept. 17, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Reading Room
High Prairie Municipal Library
53rd Avenue @ 48th Street
Lethbridge
Saturday, Sept. 18, 8:30 pm
Sunday, Sept. 19, 2:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Prairie Tales Tent, Galt Gardens (downtown)
Visiting Artists:
Andrea N. Mann
(A Dozen Ways)
Caitlind. r.c. Brown
(s p a c e)
Okotoks
Saturday, Sept. 18, 1:00 pm
Okotoks Public Library
7 Riverside Drive West
Visiting Workshop Artist:
Lyle Pisio
(The Empress)
Penhold
Thursday, Sept. 16, 7:00 pm
Penhold and District Library
Penhold Regional Multiplex
Range Road 280 @ Hwy 42
Visiting Artist Q&A:
Kyle Whitehead
(Maverick)
Red Deer
Thursday, Sept. 16
Screening for Hunting Hill High School
English and Media classes
and for Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School
English classes
Friday, Sept. 17
Visiting Workshop Artists at Hunting Hill High School English and Media classes:
Caitlind r.c. Brown (s p a c e): workshop on filmmaking and the visual components of analyzing and understanding film
Price Morgan (Tales from the Heart): workshop on digital animation (overview)
Lyle Pisio (The Empress): stop motion animation and the making of The Empress
Friday, Sept. 17
Visiting Workshop Artists at Lindsay Thurber Comp High School English Classes
Price Morgan (Tales from the Heart): workshop on digital animation (overview) and the filmmakers process and sources of inspiration
Lyle Pisio (The Empress): stop motion animation and the making of The Empress
Rocky Mountain House
Friday, Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
Meeting Room
Rocky Mountain House Public Library
4922 52nd Street
Sundre
Friday, Sept. 17, 3:00 pm
Sundre Municipal Library
#2 – 310 Centre Street North
Taber
Friday, Sept. 17, 8:00 pm
Taber Legion Hall
5205 48th Avenue
If you are programming events for Arts Days and would like to know more about how to arrange a free screening of Prairie Tales 12 during the celebration in September, please contact the Prairie Tales Tour Coordinator, Ian Leung, at prairietales@metrocinema.org.
