Family Day returns for a second time this year with a preview of Qualico Alberta Family Day at the AGA, becoming a regular event to look forward to every Family Day in February. On September 8, 2007, Qualico will publicly announce its commitment to the Art Gallery of Alberta’s New Vision Capital Campaign with a $250,000 major lead donation, in recognition of bringing families together through creative activities and art education, and of contributing to building a cultural institution for the well being of all Canadians. Qualico Alberta Family Day will be available for families to enjoy both at the interim gallery at Enterprise Square (former Bay Building), and in the new gallery in Churchill Square scheduled to open in 2009.

Ken Cantor, Commercial Manager of Qualico Edmonton, says the donation to the New Vision project “...is a commitment by Qualico to help repay a city and a province that has allowed us all to prosper by assisting in the construction of a legacy for future generations, meant to both challenge and inspire our children and their children.”

Qualico Developments is a fully integrated real estate development company with operations in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. Over the past 55 years, Qualico has valued community involvement through supporting charitable organizations and initiatives that strengthen communities where they live and work.

The New Vision building of the AGA will be a greatly expanded 85,000 square foot innovative gallery and a premier presentation venue for international and Canadian education and scholarship.  The gallery in itself will be a work of art that will complement and complete the cultural precinct surrounding Churchill Square and solidify Alberta’s Capital as a world-class city, epitomizing Edmonton’s 2007 Cultural Capital of Canada designation. The new building designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout will be an icon of architecture for Alberta and a centre of excellence for visual art in Western Canada.The New Vision capital campaign moves forward with great progress with commitments from private donors, and all orders of government, nearing $70 million of the total $88 million. Construction of the new building began this summer.

Schedule of events on Saturday September 8, Qualico Alberta Family Day includes:
12-4 pm: hands-on art activites in our new studios
2 pm: Qualico announcement & presentation open to media and public at Gallery reception foyer
Tours following announcement: AGA art educators will offer guided tours of the 2007 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, and new fall exhibitions of Kurt Schwitters: Collage Eye, and POP ART: love, loss and the everyday…

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For media inquiries, please contact:         
Jolene Pozniak
AGA Media + Communications Coordinator
Tel. 422.6223  |  Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave.
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