Summary information
| Repository: | South Peace Regional Archives |
| Title: | Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Fonds |
| Reference code: | 0677 |
| Date: | 1975 – 2015 (date of creation) |
| Physical description: | 595 cm of textual materials
1199 photographs 949 negative slides 141 negative strips 5 CDs 2 floppy disks |
| Language: | English |
| Dates of creation, revision and deletion: | Processed in December 2022 – JL |
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
In 1974 an arts interested group in Grande Prairie organized together to establish a local art gallery and submitted their constitution and proposal to the provincial government. On June 5th, 1975, the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie (then known as the Prairie Gallery) was established under the Alberta Societies Act and set up in a former chemistry lab of the Northwestern Polytechnic (formerly the Grande Prairie Regional College).
In 1981 the Gallery temporarily moved to Speke Hall, before renovating and moving into Central Park High School in 1985. The Gallery continued to serve as a centre of Arts in the region, including as a partner in the Alberta Foundation of the Arts Travelling Exhibitions program, until 2007 when heavy snowfall collapsed the Gallery roof. The space began renovations, completing in 2012, into the current Gallery that is connected to the Montrose Cultural Centre.
Custodial history
Records held by donors until donation to the archives.
Scope and content
This fonds covers records the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie created as part of their activities as an arts centre. This includes records related to the AGGP Society and annual general meetings, administration and correspondences, exhibitions arranged by the curatorial department, as well as events and programming.
Notes
Title notes
Restrictions on access
Some Records in Exhibition Records (677.04.02) have been restricted as they contain personal information banks (PIB). Records in the Cancelled Exhibitions (677.04.03) and Rejected Exhibitions (677.04.04) sub-series are closed for 50 years after rejection or cancellation date before being opened.
Access points
- Textual record (documentary form)
- Graphic material – photograph (documentary form)
- Moving images (documentary form)
- Art (subject)
- Organizations* (subject)
Table of contents
0677.02, Administration, 1981 – 2012
0677.04, Curatorial Department, 1977 – 2015
0677.06, Events and Programming, 1981 – 2011
Series descriptions
| Series 0677.01: Society
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1975 – 2009 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series collects together records created by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Society. This includes agendas and other meeting materials made for their annual general meetings, policy documents, budget reports, staff photographs, strategic plans, building renovation proposals, official correspondences, and contracts. Physical description: 30.5cm textual materials 10 photographs 11 negative strips Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.01.01: Annual General Meeting
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1977 – 2009 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries relates to annual general meetings held by the Society to review and plan the actives of the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. This includes meeting minutes and agendas, reports, budgets, event permits, and related ephemera. Physical description: 22.5cm of textual material Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.01.02: Administration
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1986 – 2009 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries collects administrative records related to the Society, including budget reports, policy documents, strategic plans, staff photographs, and records related to the permanent collection acquisition committee. Physical description: 4.5 cm of textual records 10 photographs 11 negative strips Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.01.03: Correspondence
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1975 – 1991 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains correspondences between the Society and other organizations. Topics include letters and contracts with Evy McBryan and the nomination of Robert Guest for the Sir Frederick Haultin Prize. Physical description: 1cm of textual records Language of the material: English |
| Series 0677.02: Administration
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1981 – 2012 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series relates to records produced by the administration of the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Contained are supply inventories, staff photographs, moving plans, file backups, as well as fundraising and promotion records. Physical description: 14 cm of textual records 29 photographs 3 CDs Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.02.01: Correspondence
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1980 – 2008 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains assorted correspondence between the administration of the Art Gallery of Grande Praire and other organizations, including the City of Grande Prairie. Physical description: 3 cm of textual records Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.02.02: Fundraising
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1987 – 2012 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains records related to the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s fundraising activities including Art Auctions, Art Enlarged events, sponsorship and donation requests, and the Open Studio sponsorship with the Weyerhauser company. Physical description: 5 cm of textual records 5 photographs Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.02.03: Promotion
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1988 – 2007 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains records related to the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s promotion activities. This includes staff promotion planning, Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune newspaper adverts, as well as the Weyerhauser company Christmas card art competition and grant correspondences. Physical description: 5 cm of textual materials Language of the material: English |
| Series 0677.04: Curatorial Department
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1977 – 2015 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series contains records created or collected by the curatorial department of the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie related to gallery exhibition operations, including the development and running of exhibits at the gallery and across Northern Alberta through the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibitions (TREX) program. Physical description: 513 cm of textual materials 349 photographs 786 negative slides 130 negative strips 2 CDs 2 floppy disks Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.04.01: Administration
Date: 1998-2002 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series contains the administrative records created by the curatorial department for operating exhibitions including incoming and outgoing loan forms and an accession register of the permanent collection. Physical description: 3.5 cm of textual material Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.04.02: Exhibition Records
Date: 1977-2015 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series collects together correspondences, programs, release forms, alcohol serving permits, and ephemera related to different exhibitions held at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Physical description: 391 cm of textual material 286 photographs 435 negative slides 130 negative strips 1 CD 2 floppy disks Language of the material: English Restrictions on access: Some Records in Exhibition Records (677.04.02) have been restricted as they contain personal information banks (PIB). |
| Subseries 0677.04.03: Cancelled Exhibitions
Date: 1978-1996 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series contains records and ephemera related to exhibitions that were planned but cancelled before being held at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Physical description: 12.5 cm of textual material 6 photographs 85 slide negatives Language of the material: English Restrictions on access: Records in the Cancelled Exhibitions (677.04.03) and Rejected Exhibitions (677.04.04) sub-series are closed for 50 years after rejection or cancellation date before being opened. |
| Subseries 0677.04.04: Rejected Exhibitions
Date: 1985-2012 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series contains records and ephemera related to exhibitions that were rejected from being held at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Physical description: 4.5 cm of textual material 20 negative slides Language of the material: English Restrictions on access: Records in the Cancelled Exhibitions (677.04.03) and Rejected Exhibitions (677.04.04) sub-series are closed for 50 years after rejection or cancellation date before being opened. |
| Subseries 0677.04.05: Travelling Exhibitions (TREX)
Date: 1985-2012 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series holds records related to the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie’s participation in the Travelling Exhibition (TREX) program held by the Art Foundation of Alberta. This includes program reports and agreements, as well as programs, guides, and correspondences connected to travelling exhibits the gallery produced. Physical description: 131 cm of textual material 9 photographs 16 negative slides Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 0677.04.06: Exhibition Photos
Date: 1981-1997 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series is a collection of photographs and negative slides kept by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie a number of different exhibitions they held. Physical description: 40 photographs 786 negative slides Language of the material: English |
| Series 0677.06: Events and Programming
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1981 – 2011 (date of creation) Scope and content: This series collects together materials depicting evnets and other programming run by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. This encompasses a wide variety of events including; the Downtown Mural Competition. Visiting Artist Lectures, Arctic Winter Games 2010, Gallery Tours, Summer Camp, Teacher’s Convention, Street Performers Fest, House and Garden Tour magazine, 25th Anniversary and Beyond Red Brick School Exhibit, Annual Members’ Exhibit and Sale, Canada Council Visiting Artist Program, and Artist in the Classroom. This series also holds records related to planning for the Abilities Centre, community progress plan and statistics, and assorted photographs of various events. Physical description: 37 cm of textual materials 811 photographs 163 negatives 1 CD Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 677.06.01: Artist in the Classroom
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1996 – 2011 (date of creation) Scope and content: This subseries contains records related to Artist in the Classroom, a long running program that brought artists to school classrooms to teach visual art fundamentals. This includes planning documents, inventories, booking forms, evaluations, contracts, statistics, and home-school program guides. Physical description: 22 cm of textual materials 1 CD Language of the material: English |
| Subseries 677.06.02: Event Photos
Creator: Art Gallery of Grande Prairie Date: 1981 – 2001 (date of creation) Scope and content: This file contains photographs and negatives produced at a variety of public events held by the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. This includes Summer Art Odyssey, Balloon Launch, Tempt Your Palette, Art Auctions, 10th Anniversary, SummArtime Children’s class, William Townsend in Alberta, and events celebrating Euphemia McNaught and Evy McBryan. Physical description: 810 photographs 163 negative strips Language of the material: English |