First Fridays Red Deer at the MAG

Name: First Fridays Red Deer at the MAG
Start: 2025-10-03T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-10-03T20:00:00-06:00
Location: 4525 47A Ave, Red Deer, AB, Canada, Alberta T4N 6Z6

Schedule

Fri Oct 03 2025 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

4525 47A Ave, Red Deer, AB, Canada, Alberta T4N 6Z6 | Red Deer, AB

Join us at the MAG for October's #FirstFriday event, as we showcase our current exhibits in Galleries 1 and 2:

Ian Cook: A Retrospective
September 6 - November 22, 2025
Artist Ian Cook is the founder of Red Deer Polytechnic’s (RDP) highly successful Visual Arts Program as well as the initiator of the RDP Permanent Art Collection, Summer Series Program, and the Bronze Casting Foundry. Undoubtedly Ian’s 50-year career as an Arts Educator has created a legacy through his profound influence on emerging and aspiring artists in Alberta.
This exhibit highlights and introduces us to Ian’s art practice as a sculptor working in bronze. The work in the exhibition spans from 1980, the year the foundry was established, to the present day.
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Under the Influence...
Ian Cook: selected works of RDP Permanent Art Collection
September 6 - November 29, 2025
The Red Deer Polytechnic Permanent Art Collection was started by former Instructor Ian Cook, with the idea that students should see important works beyond photographic slides and visual aids. Ian helped to collect, donate and grow original works by Canadian and International masters. This exhibition will feature the works that were collected by or Under the Influence of Ian during his time at RDP.