TREX SOUTHWEST | Travelling Exhibition Program

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CURRENT Travelling Exhibitions | 2025-2026

The following twelve exhibitions will tour between September 2025 and August 2026 throughout the Southwest Region of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX). Each of the four TREX regions in Alberta has developed custom education guides to move viewers through the various themes presented in each of the exhibitions.

Seven of the exhibitions were developed by TREX Southwest as part of the Alberta Society of Artists, including; Mary Whale: Between the Lines, Re-imagining Fire: The Future of Energy, Howl in the GrassOdd Objects: The Things We Believe In, The Nature of Ornament, WE ARE IMMIGRANTS, and ReconciliACTIONS. The remaining exhibitions were organized by our partner regions: Northwest Alberta (The Art Gallery of Grande Prairie), Northeast and North Central Alberta (The Art Gallery of Alberta), and Southeast Alberta (Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre).

Mary Whale: Between the Lines

Mary Whale: Between the Lines is a solo exhibition that showcases expressive portraits of older adults and celebrates the beauty of ageing through Mary Whale’s compelling and elegantly executed watercolours. 

Curated by Ash Slemming. TREX Southwest

Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

A book publication and exhibition exploring pressing questions that arise as we imagine solutions to climate change and global energy transitions.

Curated by Eveline Kolijn, lead Energy Futures artist. TREX Southwest

Howl in the Grass

A group exhibition alluding to the mystery and aliveness of land and sky in the prairies, inviting viewers to listen, feel, and to connect with the diverse calls of the land along the Great Plains in Alberta and beyond.

Curated by Ash Slemming. TREX Southwest

Odd Objects: Things We Believe In

Featuring the whimsical work of artists Mantis Mei, Teresa Tam, and Pamela Vickerson, this exhibition showcases both the humorous and sentimental relationships we have with the objects we love.

Curated by Levin Ifko. TREX Southwest

WE ARE IMMIGRANTS: The Hidden Hardships & Legacy of Early Chinese Canadian Immigrants

A solo exhibition featuring the work of Raeann Kit-Yee Cheung, exploring the legacies of early Chinese Canadian immigrants.

Curated by Ash Slemming. Developed by TREX Southwest in partnership with EXPOSURE Photography Festival.

Scouring Heaven and Earth

A solo exhibiton by Gabriel Esteban Molina, inviting viewers to zoom way out and to dive in deep, being imaginative and paying attention to the little and big things happening all around them.

Curated by Sierra Zukowski, TREX Southeast

Mysterious Forest Life

Presenting a close up, sensory view of moss on spruce bogs and fens, Sharon Krushel’s photography transports us to a new level in nature.

Curated by Jamie-Lee Cormier. TREX Northwest

Folk Memoirs

From helping with housework and farm labour, to playing outside, dancing in the kitchen, and going to rodeos, Folk Memoirs presents a collection of visual narratives experienced while growing up on the Alberta prairies.

Curated by Jamie-Lee Cormier. TREX Northwest

RECONCILIACTIONs

ReconciliACTIONS invites viewers to contemplate how they can show up with care both individually and collectively in actively carrying reconciliation forward.

Curated by Ash Slemming and Colouring it Forward. TREX Southwest

The Nature of Ornament

Featuring work from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts collection as well as artists’ personal collections, this exhibition highlights parallels between patterns and visual motifs that exist naturally in the wild with humanity’s timeless inclinations towards adornment.

Curated by Ash Slemming. TREX Southwest

Riot on the Walls!

This exhibition features artists that use colour to express their aims and extend the moment of looking. In the process, they create a conversation with viewers, enabling them to learn about themselves and the world
around them.

Curated by Shane Golby. TREX Northeast/Central

Self Reflection

The four artists in Self Reflection employ unique ways of expressing their identities in the works on display while allowing the viewer to reflect and even relate them to their own identity.

Curated by Jamie-Lee Cormier. TREX Northwest

Summer 2026 | Tour Calendar

Venues marked with an asterisk (*) are open to the public during the venue’s regular operating hours.

 

May 21 – June 17, 2026

PERIOD 8

June 25 – July 22, 2026

PERIOD 9

July 30 – Aug 26, 2026

PERIOD 10

Mary Whale: Between the Lines

*artsPlace
Canmore AB

Mary Whale: Between the Lines

*Nose Creek Valley Museum
Airdrie AB

Mary Whale: Between the Lines

*Sundre Municipal Library
Sundre AB

Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

*Triwood Community Association
Calgary AB

Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

*Triwood Community Association
Calgary AB

Reimagining Fire: The Future of Energy

*SAIT Library
Calgary AB

Howl in the Grass

Sibylla Kiddle School
Calgary AB

Howl in the Grass

*Viewpoint Gallery
Red Deer AB

Howl in the Grass

*Claresholm Public Library
Claresholm AB

Odd Objects: Things We Believe In

Crowsnest Consolidated High School
Crowsnest Pass AB

Odd Objects: Things We Believe In

*Bighorn Library
Exshaw AB

Odd Objects: Things We Believe In

*Nose Creek Valley Museum
Airdrie AB

ReconciliACTIONS

Turner Valley School
Turner Valley AB

ReconciliACTIONS

*SAIT Library
Calgary AB

ReconciliACTIONS

*Viewpoint Gallery
Red Deer AB

Nature of Ornament

École Rocky Elementary School
Rocky Mountain House AB

Nature of Ornament

*High River Library
High River AB

Nature of Ornament

*Bighorn Library
Exshaw AB

Riot on the Walls!

Light of Christ School
Calgary AB

Riot on the Walls!

 

 

Riot on the Walls!

*Cochrane Public Library
Cochrane AB

Self Reflection

Samuel W. Shaw School
Calgary AB

Self Reflection

*Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery
Red Deer AB

Self Reflection

*High River Library
High River AB