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En Plein Air ’19
Sunday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
uLethbridge Coutts Centre for Western Canadian Heritage
Nanton, AB
Dear Artists and Friends!
It’s the sixth year for En Plein Air events at the Coutts Centre for Western Canadian Heritage near Nanton. The University of Lethbridge extends an open invitation to all artists to gather one day each month over the spring and summer for En Plein Air ’19:
Sunday, August 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Artists are invited to attend to draw, paint, sculpt, photograph, compose, design, meditate and/or picnic.
On-site are public washrooms, art shack, garden houses, wi-fi, indoor shelter, forest trails, birdwatching, Camera Obscura, wildlife telescope and sculptures.
Bring a picnic lunch OR partake of the on-site brunches provided by Brown’s Catering, who also offer all manner of refreshments, BBQ options, cold drinks and world-renowned desserts!
The EN PLEIN AIR 2019 EXHIBITION will be held at the Dr. Foster James Penny Building, downtown Lethbridge, from November 29 to December 20, 2019. (As a participating artist, we hope that you will contribute work to this exhibition!)
OPENING RECEPTION for En Plein Air 2019: Saturday, November 30, 2019, 3 to 5 p.m.
DIRECTIONS TO THE COUTTS CENTRE
Turn east off Hwy 2 on to Provincial Road 533; this intersection is across from the Ranchland Motel at the north end of Nanton
Follow Provincial Road 533 east, past the Nanton Golf Club to Range Road 280
Turn left (north) on Range Road 280 (gravel road)
Travel north on Range Road 280 about 4 km (cross Township Road 164)
Coutts Centre is on the left (west) side of the road. Look for a number of rustic outbuildings.
Contact:
Art Gallery | artgallery@uleth.ca | uleth.ca/artgallery/?p=17709