Art Prompt Gallery

June 23 - BC Landscapes

This week’s Art Prompt is BC Landscapes. This prompt is inspired by this piece by BC artist Glenn Clark called “Parrott Lake.” Glenn Clark has painted many landscapes of scenes from across British Columbia. Each of his landscapes uses vivid colour and soft brush strokes to capture the natural beauty of our province. Clark’s work is currently on display in the gallery’s permanent collection exhibition “Iconic Places, Artistic Traces” which will remain on view until July 25th.

Karen Lowe-Gillespie

Melon Durand

Peter Kalasz

Sandy Colclough

Tina Bryan

This week’s Art Prompt is Zoo Zone. This prompt is inspired by an exhibition that took place at the gallery back in 1988 called “Zoo Zone”. This exhibition was incredibly popular and well-received, featuring six artists from across BC and Canada. It was quirky and fun, but also reflected on important issues such as endangered species and the relationship between humanity and nature. Let’s go back in time to 1988 and create an art piece that you would have included in this exhibition.
This piece by Pat Service called “The Bronx Zoo” was on display in the Zoo Zone exhibition and is now a part of the gallery’s permanent collection.

June 17 - Zoo Zone

Wendy Butterfield

Laurie Ludwar

Laurie Ludwar

Julia Thomas

June 10 - Travel

In this week’s Art Prompt we want you to think about Travel. This may seem strange considering the current times, but in the place of being able to travel to amazing global destinations this summer, we want you to show us where you would love to travel through art.

Lorraine O'connor

Kathleen Keating

Sonja Gartner

Tina Bryan

The days are getting warmer and summer is getting closer. In this week’s Art Prompt, we want you to think about what you want to do this summer and show us a Summer Scene like Katherine Surridge does in her work “The Beach.”

June 3 - The Beach

Tofauna Lise

Sonja Gartner

Beverly Osachoff

Laurie Ludwar

Tina Bryan

Kathleen Keating

May 27 - Pastel Colours

Last week we asked you to explore making art with bright colours. In this week’s Art Prompt, we want you to explore Pastel Colours. The soothing hues of cream, lemon, mint, and pink are reminiscent of spring blossoms and summer vacation. What do pastel colours make you think of? Show us through art!

Rae-Lynn Dicks

Cindy Albas

Beverley Osachoff

Tina Bryan

Kathleen Keating

This week’s Art Prompt is Bright Colours! Looking at this artwork by John-Dan Key you can’t help but notice his use of bold and vibrant colour. We want you to create an artwork of anything you like. The only rule is you must use bright colours!

May 20 - Bright Colours

Beverley Osachoff

Cindy Albas

Leta Heiberg

Leta Heiberg

Kathleen Keating

Leta Heiberg

Melon Durand

Tina Bryan

May 13 - Flowers

This week’s Art Prompt is Flowers. The last frost has come and gone and gardens will be full of blooming flowers. Take inspiration from Kathleen Senay’s watercolour of blooming Daturas and show us some flowers!

Beverley Osachoff

Kathleen Keating

Natalie Herbert

Gail Reed Harrison

Sandy Colclough

Tina Bryan

Melon Durand

Anita Taylor

This week's Art Prompt is "Abstracted Shapes". Abstract art can inspire our curiosity about the reaches of our imagination and has the potential for us to create something completely unique in the world. Explore the freedom of creating abstract art b choosing a shape, or many shapes, and put those shapes on paper. The possibilities are endless!

May 6 - Abstract

Erika Ham

Kathleen Keating

Water Monet, Tina Bryan

April 29 - Landscape

This week’s Art Prompt is Landscape. Show us a landscape that is either familiar or imagined.
This artwork by Canadian artist Edward Epp is in Gallery 2's exhibition Iconic Places, Artistic Traces, which was on display when the building was closed due to Covid-19 last month, and is comprised of works all from the gallery's permanent collection. Edward Epp was known for painting "en plein air" which means to paint outdoors. Consider going outside (safely) and paint a landscape "en plein air."

Diane Green

Museum 2 Landscape, Hana Swank

Country Spring, Kathleen Keating

Landscape, Michelle Lee

Canyon on Spain, Sonja Gartner

Mountain, Eliza Potter, Sketch

Dreaming of the Islands, Bronwen Bird, Collage

Rural Inspiration, Tina Bryan, Photograph

This week’s Art Prompt is Resiliency. Resiliency is our ability to recover from difficult times. Show us what resiliency means to you through art. Consider what you and your family and friends are doing to get through these difficult times.

Artist Keith Allen Dethridge’s print “April Showers” gives us the inspiration to keep going even during a challenging time with the caption: “Neither rain nor snow nor sleep shall prevent me!”

April 22 - Resilency

Thank You, Bronwen Bird, Photograph

Psalm 121:1, Bernadette Groves, Acrylic Pouring

The Light in the Storm, Tina Bryan, Photograph

Resilency, Kayla Kootchin

Regrowth, Colette Ernst, Watercolour

Resilency, Kayla Kootchin

April 15 - What's Up

This week’s Art Prompt is What’s Up? Choose your favourite greeting, word, or phrase and turn it into art. Artist William Featherston used the words “Whatsup” in a creative way by turning them into a unique building in this print from the gallery’s permanent collection. Use your creativity to transform your favourite words into something else.

Hope, Kayla Kootchin

Love, Bronwen Bird

Grand Forks, Peter Matheson

You Rock, Peter Matheson

Anonymous, Debris Statue

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April 8 - Pets

This week's Art Prompt is Pet Portraits. Draw, paint or photograph your favourite pet. If you don't have a pet, show us what pet you would love to have!