Three To See: Barbara Hirst, Gotta Minute Film Fest And Wet Paint

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Published Sep 15, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 1 minute read

Hirst art Barbara Hirst’s March Thaw is up at Bugera Matheson Gallery through Sept. 30. Photo by Barbara Hirst /supplied

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In the Wind and Light: Barbara Hirst’s new show opens Friday at Bugera Matheson, a lovely collection of paintings inspired by the woodlands and foothills close to her Alberta home. “When I began these paintings during the winter months,” says Hirst, “I thought about how nature is contained within the city and how snow transforms the landscape, giving even familiar places a disguise or mystique. My winter paintings of treed urban parkland are examples of magical realism in which ordinary places take on a hyperrealist or fantastical appearance.” The reception is 1-4 p.m. Saturday if you’d enjoy meeting this talented acrylic landscape painter in person.

Barbara Hirst’s Little Islands is up at Bugera Matheson Gallery through Sept. 30. Photo by Barbara Hirst /supplied

Details: 10:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Bugera Matheson Gallery (10110 124 St.), no charge

Gotta Minute Film Festival: The “festival in your pocket” continues, the first festival for commuters celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Appearing in Edmonton (and Calgary) transit systems, where every five minutes digital screens light up with a program of One-Minute Silent Short Films from around the world. The films also play in the Metro Cinema lobby and at various Edmonton Public Library locations — including an in-person screening and artist talk at 2 p.m. Saturday at Stanley A. Milner Library. And you can also vote for your favourites online!

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Details: Online at gottaminutefilmfestival.ca, no charge

Wet Paint: The final event in this year’s Edmonton Mural Fest is the MINBID erotic art auction and sweaty dance party called Wet Paint, an xxx-inspired art event. DJs include Joses Martin and Girls Club DJs, with performances by Goddessa, Starling Love and the pole acrobatics of Central Edmonton Aerial Performing Arts Club and there will be cocktails inspired by the art, which you can bid on and take home. Sorry kids — this one’s adults only, of course.

Details: 9 p.m. at Saddlery Gallery (10137 104 St.), $20 at edmontonmuralfest.com

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