OLDS — The Mountain View Museum & Archives (MVMA) has gone wild with a new art exhibit entitled Wild Art, Experience the Beauty.
The exhibit, which features works by several local artists, is located in the southwest corner of the building in Olds and runs until Sept. 27.
The exhibition features pieces created during the Paint, Pen & Pixel event, an outreach program of the Legacy Land Trust Society, held in June.
In late spring, artists went out to the Kettle Crossing Farm, a conservation easement property near Sundre, owned by Bob Griebel and Sandy Easterbrook.
The Olds-based society, is a registered non-profit which works toward the conservation of land in central Alberta deemed to be have ecological, agricultural and heritage significance so it can be preserved for future generations.
A Gala Grand Opening and wine & cheese reception for the exhibition will be held Thursday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m.
During that event, attendees are urged to meet the artists, view their work and talk to them about it.
“We’re encouraging people to come in and not be shy. Come in and meet these people, ask them what inspires them, why do they do the work they do? Where did they find these things to paint,” MVMA manager and programmer Chantal Marchildon said during an interview with the Albertan.
Each artist is donating an original piece of art to the society as part of this fundraising event.
