TREX Space
TREX Space is a public art gallery in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The space also functions as a the headquarters for TREX Southeast
— one of the four regional partners responsible for managing the AFA Travelling Exhibition program. In alignment with the TREX program mandate, TREX Space is committed to making Alberta artwork accessible to Albertans. The gallery is dedicated to exhibiting and promoting the work of Albertan artists and is always completely FREE and open for all to enjoy.
Located in the heart of downtown Medicine Hat, TREX Space helps position the city as a leader in championing and celebrating the work of Albertan artists.
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APR 20 – JUN 1, 2024 ︎︎︎ All the Time in the World
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All the Time in the World presents a collection of artworks that chronicle the story of an imaginary summer road trip. Borrowed from the Alberta Foundation for the Art’s permanent collection, audiences are sure to encounter familiar sites and scenes in this broad array of artworks: a 1980’s photograph of RVs parked in the picturesque Tunnel Mountain campsite; a woodcut image of bathers enjoying the upper hot springs in Banff and many more provincial icons. This exhibition longs for the easy days of summer spent driving endless roadways, sleeping in pop-up tents and marvelling at a diversity of flora and fauna. This road trip offers a respite from the busy modern life and acts as a reminder that there is more than enough time to breathe in all the goodness of the world.
Featured Artists: Carole Bondaroff, Douglas Curran, John K. Esler, David Hoffos, Amanda McKenzie, Marion Ordon, Harry Savage, Margaret Shelton, Robert Sinclair, Theresa Towers-Rickard, George Weber
Curated by Genevieve Farrell, TREX Southeast
APR 20 – JUN 1, 2024 ︎︎︎ Mary Shannon Will dot.dot.dot
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MARY SHANNON WILL dot.dot.dot. investigates the artist’s use of the dot, line and grid to make drawings and paintings that explore chance colour combinations and non-repeating patterns within rule-based systems. In the mid-1980s, Shannon Will started to make up rules to guide her art-making process — for example she might use the letters from the name of a place or friend to select her paint colours and determine the order in which she laid them down. In this way, fundamental colour theories, formal elements and rational structures were playfully reconfigured by chance to produce surprising vibrant abstractions of endless variety.
This exhibition includes 26 colourful abstract paintings, drawings, digital prints and mixed media works on paper produced by the artist between 1987 and 2017. Together they provide an intimate glimpse into Mary Shannon Will’s life and work; bright gems oscillating with concentrated energy drawn from the artist’s experience of the world.
Curated by Diana Sherlock for the Alberta Society of Artists
APR 20 – JUN 1, 2024 ︎︎︎ FREE Drop in Art Station 🎨
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Tuesday – Saturday
12 PM – 5 PM
TREX Space is closed to the public during stat holidays and installation periods. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up to date with upcoming exhibitions, events and closures.
#2 - 516 3rd Street SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 0H3
TREX Space is located on the corner of 3rd Street and 5th Avenue. We are just two blocks away from the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, which we HIGHLY recommend you go and check out!
MISSION STATEMENT & COMMUNITY IMPACT
Through its programming and partnerships with local organizations, businesses and individuals, TREX Space acts as a community connector dedicated to growing, educating, strengthening and displaying local and provincial artistic talent. In fulfilling this mandate, TREX Space positions itself as an integral aspect of the cultural fabric, vibrancy and pride of downtown Medicine Hat.
ACCESSIBILITY 👩🦽
TREX Space is an accessible, ground floor building equipped with a wheelchair accessible bathroom. We are a pet friendly gallery space 🐕🦺 so feel free to bring your four-legged friends along on your next visit!
PARKING 🚗
Downtown Medicine Hat offers FREE two hour street parking. There is parking available in front of TREX Space and all along 3rd Street. For longer stays, consider parking up the hill in a residential area where parking is free all day (along Aberdeen, Belfast or Cambridge Street).
Located in the heart of downtown Medicine Hat, TREX Space helps position the city as a leader in championing and celebrating the work of Albertan artists.
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
APR 20 – JUN 1, 2024 ︎︎︎ All the Time in the World
All the Time in the World presents a collection of artworks that chronicle the story of an imaginary summer road trip. Borrowed from the Alberta Foundation for the Art’s permanent collection, audiences are sure to encounter familiar sites and scenes in this broad array of artworks: a 1980’s photograph of RVs parked in the picturesque Tunnel Mountain campsite; a woodcut image of bathers enjoying the upper hot springs in Banff and many more provincial icons. This exhibition longs for the easy days of summer spent driving endless roadways, sleeping in pop-up tents and marvelling at a diversity of flora and fauna. This road trip offers a respite from the busy modern life and acts as a reminder that there is more than enough time to breathe in all the goodness of the world.
Featured Artists: Carole Bondaroff, Douglas Curran, John K. Esler, David Hoffos, Amanda McKenzie, Marion Ordon, Harry Savage, Margaret Shelton, Robert Sinclair, Theresa Towers-Rickard, George Weber
Curated by Genevieve Farrell, TREX Southeast
APR 20 – JUN 1, 2024 ︎︎︎ Mary Shannon Will dot.dot.dot
MARY SHANNON WILL dot.dot.dot. investigates the artist’s use of the dot, line and grid to make drawings and paintings that explore chance colour combinations and non-repeating patterns within rule-based systems. In the mid-1980s, Shannon Will started to make up rules to guide her art-making process — for example she might use the letters from the name of a place or friend to select her paint colours and determine the order in which she laid them down. In this way, fundamental colour theories, formal elements and rational structures were playfully reconfigured by chance to produce surprising vibrant abstractions of endless variety.
This exhibition includes 26 colourful abstract paintings, drawings, digital prints and mixed media works on paper produced by the artist between 1987 and 2017. Together they provide an intimate glimpse into Mary Shannon Will’s life and work; bright gems oscillating with concentrated energy drawn from the artist’s experience of the world.
Curated by Diana Sherlock for the Alberta Society of Artists
APR 20 – JUN 1, 2024 ︎︎︎ FREE Drop in Art Station 🎨
PAST EXHIBITIONS ︎︎︎
360° VIRTUAL EXHIBITION TOURS ︎︎︎
HOURS 🕛
Tuesday – Saturday
12 PM – 5 PM
TREX Space is closed to the public during stat holidays and installation periods. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up to date with upcoming exhibitions, events and closures.
LOCATION︎
#2 - 516 3rd Street SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta, T1A 0H3
TREX Space is located on the corner of 3rd Street and 5th Avenue. We are just two blocks away from the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre, which we HIGHLY recommend you go and check out!
MISSION STATEMENT & COMMUNITY IMPACT
Through its programming and partnerships with local organizations, businesses and individuals, TREX Space acts as a community connector dedicated to growing, educating, strengthening and displaying local and provincial artistic talent. In fulfilling this mandate, TREX Space positions itself as an integral aspect of the cultural fabric, vibrancy and pride of downtown Medicine Hat.
ACCESSIBILITY 👩🦽
TREX Space is an accessible, ground floor building equipped with a wheelchair accessible bathroom. We are a pet friendly gallery space 🐕🦺 so feel free to bring your four-legged friends along on your next visit!
PARKING 🚗
Downtown Medicine Hat offers FREE two hour street parking. There is parking available in front of TREX Space and all along 3rd Street. For longer stays, consider parking up the hill in a residential area where parking is free all day (along Aberdeen, Belfast or Cambridge Street).
TREX Southeast respectfully
acknowledges that it supports artistic activity on Treaty 6, 7 and 8
territories: traditional lands of First Nations and Métis peoples.
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TREX Space (TREX SE Headquarters)
#2 516 3rd Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 0H3
403 527 6682
siezuk@medicinehat.ca
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#2 516 3rd Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB, T1A 0H3
403 527 6682
siezuk@medicinehat.ca
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