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May 4, 11am to Noon at Balmoral Community Hall

To register call 403-346-5613 or online at parklandgarcen.ca 

As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!

Chalk Drawings (May 4, 1:30-4 pm)

Rain or shine, we’ll be facilitating a discussion around placemaking and asking you to chalk up your interpretation of what a museum + art gallery represents for you in your life in our community.

Suitable for ages 13+, children may accompany adults. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.

As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!

Patchwork (May 10, 6-8 pm)

Create a quilt patch that represents what you’d like to see at your museum + art gallery, then have your patch photographed to be included in our virtually stitched together quilt.

For ages 18+. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.

May 11 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Cost: $12+GST 

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Register online at parklandgarden.ca and click on top right corner for workshops or call 403-346-5613.

Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

This tech help program is for anyone using assistive technology or anyone with questions on using this technology such as Daisy Readers, Smart Keyboards and more.

Registration is required for these programs.

Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.

Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

Connect with others who are living with sight loss. Join us for coffee, conversation and support.

Registration is required for these programs. Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.

TREASURES FROM THE PAST - Red Deer Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society meeting will be Thursday, May 16, 2024 at LDS Church 3002 - 47 Street, Red Deer from 7-9 pm. Do you have a treasured picture, document or other memorabilia?  Take a few minutes to share the story.  Public is welcome to attend.

Join Ellis Nature Centre and local artist Lauren Cowles for a bee art collage workshop on Ellis Nature Centre's opening day, Monday, May 20! Participants are sure to leave this workshop buzzing with excitement for the wonderful bee themed artwork they made. The class will take place from 10am-1pm and is $55 per person, which covers all required materials. Anyone aged 12+ is welcome to attend for what is sure to be a wonderful, creative filled morning. Only 20 spots are available, so don't miss out!

On May 25, AWES will be on the Ellis Nature Centre site hosting a day full of planting fruit and food shrubs. We need your help to plant as many shrubs and bushes as possible so we can create & enhance habitat for the wildlife on our site.

As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!

'Zines (May 25, 1-4 pm)

Create a collage of cutouts to tell a story you think belongs in a museum + art gallery. Creations will be photographed and collated into an online interactive ZINE that lives on the MAG’s site.

Suitable for all ages. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.

Join Dr. Delano Lewis's Butterfly Species Count project at Ellis Nature Centre. Dr. Lewis from Burman University is reaching out to Central Albertans to assist in this Citizen Science project. The training session will help you learn how to identify butterflies and conduct the butterfly counts. Butterfly count volunteers will conduct 1 hour butterfly counts throughout the summer at ENC, adding essential data to this multi-year project. Training sessions are free and refreshments will be served.

As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!

Seeding Hopes & Dreams (May 31, 5:30-8 pm)

Just in time for planting, you’re invited to create something that articulates your hopes and dreams for our community, museum, art gallery, collective history on seeded paper. Each creation will be intertwined with one another and hung outside of the MAG and we’ll see what crops up!

Suggested for ages 13+. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.

Join Ellis Nature Centre on Saturday, June 1 as we make hummingbird planters! The flowers and plants on hand will be selected with the purpose of attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard. The knowledgeable folks from Parkland Garden Centre will also be on hand to help with planter design. The $80 fee allows each participant to make one planter to take home with them. Pick between two times - 11am or 1pm. There are only 20 spots available in each time block and this workshop always fills fast, so don't wait to register!

Join Ellis Nature Centre on Saturday, June 1 as we make hummingbird planters! The flowers and plants on hand will be selected with the purpose of attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard. The knowledgeable folks from Parkland Garden Centre will also be on hand to help with planter design. The $80 fee allows each participant to make one planter to take home with them. Pick between two times - 11am or 1pm. There are only 20 spots available in each time block and this workshop always fills fast, so don't wait to register!

Join Ellis Nature Centre on Sunday, June 2 from 1-4pm as we host Sharon L’Hirondelle-Whiskeyjack, an Alberta Plains Cree Elder & Creator. In this workshop, she'll be sharing her knowledge of porcupines and the medicine wheel as participants learn to make their own medicine wheel quilled earrings. The fee for this class is $50 and there are only 20 spots available.

Local artist Erin Boake will be joining Ellis Nature Centre on Saturday, June 8 from 1-3pm for what's sure to be an amazing art workshop! She'll teach participants how to make their own lino cut outline of a bird, to then create a unique print from their lino cut. The fee for the workshop is $40. The age for the workshop is 8+ so while it is kid focused, adults are welcome too!

Join Dr. Delano Lewis's Butterfly Species Count project at Ellis Nature Centre. Dr. Lewis from Burman University is reaching out to Central Albertans to assist in this Citizen Science project. The training session will help you learn how to identify butterflies and conduct the butterfly counts. Butterfly count volunteers will conduct 1 hour butterfly counts throughout the summer at ENC, adding essential data to this multi-year project. Training sessions are free and refreshments will be served.

Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

This tech help program is for anyone using assistive technology or anyone with questions on using this technology such as Daisy Readers, Smart Keyboards and more.

Registration is required for these programs.

Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.

Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

Connect with others who are living with sight loss. Join us for coffee, conversation and support.

Registration is required for these programs. Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.

Join Ellis Nature Centre and Sharon Wiebe on Saturday, June 15 from 1-2pm for a FREE intro to gardening workshop! In this workshop, Sharon will cover gardening basics such as no-till gardening, feeding insects in the garden, natural fertilizers, raised beds, starting plants inside, remediating tilled soil, the importance of pollinators, gardening hacks, barriers for pests, and handy tools. If you're just starting your gardening journey or looking to refresh your skills, this is the workshop for you! While the event is free, we encourage pre-registration to ensure the workshop will run.

Join Ellis Nature Centre for a pollinator walk & talk in celebration of pollinator week! Charity Briere will be on our site on June 23 from 1-2pm to teach participants about various native pollinators & talk them on a walk to search for them. This event is free, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged and appreciated to ensure we have enough people in attendance!

Ellis Nature Centre is very excited to be hosting expert birder Gavin McKinnon from Meadowlark Tours for another birding walk! Join Gavin on June 29 from 7:30-9am where he'll share birding tips with participants and then lead a birding tour on the ENC site. This event is always popular! $10 per person, only 15 spots available.

Unsure how to navigate eBird but want to use it in your birding adventures? Join Ellis Nature Centre for a training session! Gavin McKinnon will lead participants through how to use this free birding app to identify and track bird sightings! eBird is a free app and as such, this workshop will be free to participants too. Only 30 spots available so pre-registration is strongly encouraged.

This summer, don't wait for the fun to find you; go out and find it with Summer Adventures at Red Deer Polytechnic! Whether your interest lies in creative arts, dance, music, sports or theatre, Summer Adventures at Red Deer Polytechnic has a camp to help you grow and develop your talents, build friendships and have fun!

Camps:

• Dance Like a Royal Dance Camps
• Kings & Queens Sports Camps
• Artstrek
• MusiCamp Alberta
• SummerScapes

For more information, visit rdpolytech.ca/SummerAdventures