About Leighton Art Centre
The Leighton Art Centre is an Art Gallery and Museum located 40 minutes southwest of downtown Calgary. Non-profit organization. Admission is by donation.
Leighton Art Centre Description
The Leighton Art Centre is an Art Gallery, Museum, and Arts Education Centre located on 80 acres just outside of Calgary, near Millarville in the Alberta MD of Foothills. Situated in A. C. Leighton and Barbara Leighton’s original home, the LAC is a vibrant display of Alberta’s artists, both past and present. The Leighton Art Centre was established by Barbara Leighton in 1970 and was incorporated as a society in 1974.
Today the LAC is open to the public and offers a wide range of programming including Art & Nature programs for schools, Art to GO! programs, Professional Development Days for Teachers and Support Staff, Summer Camps, Adult Workshops, Professional Artist Workshops, Contemporary Art Exhibitions, rotating Museum Displays, Art Sales, and Special Events.
Summer Hours
Tuesday - Sunday (June 1 - Oct. 31)
10am - 4pm
Closed Monday
Winter Hours
Tuesday - Saturday (Nov. 1 - May 31)
10am - 4pm
Closed Sunday and Monday
For more information please see our website at www. leightoncentre.org or call 931-3633.
Reviews
From our Leighton Art Centre family to yours... all our very best wishes for a special Christmas with family and friends!
2018 is a wrap here at Leighton Art Centre! We wish you a very happy holiday season, with lots of time spent with family & friends and doing the things you love.
See you in 2019!
We are OPEN today and tomorrow (December 21 & 22), 10AM - 4PM, for last-minute gift shopping in our Gallery Shop. We have a beautiful selection of unique, locally handmade gifts for almost anyone in your life.
This holiday season, please buy local to support our community!
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May your day be filled with the beauty of the new season... and a little time to feel peaceful and cozy during this busy time of year!
#leightonartcentre #coollittletowns #explorealberta #capturecalgary #wintersolstice
The health and well-being of the students and summer campers who visit Leighton Art Centre is of first importance to us. Our staff participated this week in a learning session on recognizing, responding to and reporting suspected child abuse.
Thank you to Kim Campbell and Carrie Sanders of the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre for coming out to share valuable information on child and youth development, well-being and harm prevention with us!
Hot off the presses! We love being able to give these talented young artists a real gallery experience and expose their works to a wider audience. Thank you, Okotoks Western Wheel for helping us spread the word about this annual exhibition.
Youth Works 2018 continues through January 5th; we are closed for the holidays December 23rd through January 1st. Come see the works of these emerging artists December 20-22 or January 2nd-5th!
On December 18th, Leighton Art Centre staff and board members gathered at Swinton's Art Supply, Instruction & Framing to celebrate the holiday season, art-style!
Most of us in the group are not artists ("we just work here") so kudos and huge thanks to Doug Swinton Art and Sue Contini for coaching us to achieve such terrific results!
What a fantastic place... Swinton's Art Supply is to creative folks what a candy shop is to a kindergartner. 🎨
Ease up on your poor wallet AND have fun before the end of the year! Calgary Arts Development has your back.
Good morning from the beautiful foothills of Southwestern Alberta!
#leightonartcentre #coollittletowns #explorealberta #capturecalgary
Have you got January 12th on your calendar? Please join us to celebrate this exciting collaboration!
Indefinite Arts Centre, Rozsa Foundation
"Full Torso" by Jenna Wiechnik (Grade 12, Central Memorial High School) took 1st Place - Senior High Category - in Youth Works 2018.
It's really exciting to see such polished works from local youth artists!
Books make wonderful gifts. A children's book featuring original writing and artwork by a local artist could be the BEST gift for a child you love this holiday season!
"Adventures of Wilde: A Sense of Wonder" by Michelle Austen Fine Art is available in both soft cover ($14.95) and hard cover ($24.95) from our Gallery Shop.
Winter hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10AM - 4PM. Holiday break: LAC will be closed December 23rd through January 1st.
... #leightonartcentre #coollittletowns #givebooks #localauthor #childrensliterature
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It turns out the Facebook job postings don't work quite like we had hoped, so we're posting this again!
We're hiring an Art & Nature Educator to join our awesome Education Centre team!! Find the complete details on this exciting opportunity on our website: http://www2.leightoncentre.org/…/Art__N ature_Educator_Job_D…
... Deadline to apply is January 5, 2019.
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On through December 31st. Use it as an incentive to explore Calgary during the holidays!
"The holiday season is a wonderful opportunity to make a bigger difference by contributing to a cause in need. This year, DIALOG is uniting for the arts."
Thank you DIALOG, from all of us here at Leighton Art Centre, and also from the community of artists, art- and nature-afficianados and students who will benefit from your gift during their experiences at LAC!
"He's Not That Bad"... or is he?? Either way you can't miss him... he's watching over our Main Gallery from A.C. Leighton's old easel, as part of Youth Works 2018!
#leightonartcentre #coollittletowns #explorealberta #yycarts #youtharts
So pleased to have been part of Indefinite Arts Centre's 2018 'year of firsts'; the landscape residency program was a first for us too!
Please join us for the opening reception of 'Pushing Boundaries with Art, Nature & History: An Indefinite Arts Residency' on January 12, 2019 @ 2 - 4 PM.
#residencyprogram #leightonartcentre #indefinitearts Rozsa Foundation
LAC Communications Coordinator Amanda MacKay was at Tourism Calgary's Town Hall this morning and got to check out the new Central Calgary Public Library - amazing place.
Tourism Calgary has great things planned for 2019 and we're excited to be a part of them!
#leightonartcentre #capturecalgary #lovecalgary #newcentrallibrary
Calgary has gone from being one of the Canada's lowest in per capita arts funding to closing the gap on the leaders... an excellent investment, in our opinion!
Who doesn't love The Leighton Centre. Always a beautiful drive out and visual loveliness once you get there.
My happy place.
I took the workshop "Pushing Boundaries: Diving into Colour Theory with Sharon Lynn Williams" yesterday. It was incredible! Not only was she a fantastic instructor, but the colour theory she taught us was so insightful. If only I'd taken her course before I bought my many acrylic and watercolour colours ....
Thank you so much, Sharon, for sharing your knowledge!
I love this place. so peaceful and beautiful. there spring fundraiser is amazing. food, fun, music and art. all the best things in life.
Great place for kids Summer Art Camp. Only wish they sold a cup of tea ☕️ at the visitors Center 😊 to enjoy the great view.
Who doesn't love The Leighton Centre. Always a beautiful drive out and visual loveliness once you get there.
My happy place.
I took the workshop "Pushing Boundaries: Diving into Colour Theory with Sharon Lynn Williams" yesterday. It was incredible! Not only was she a fantastic instructor, but the colour theory she taught us was so insightful. If only I'd taken her course before I bought my many acrylic and watercolour colours ....
Thank you so much, Sharon, for sharing your knowledge!
I love this place. so peaceful and beautiful. there spring fundraiser is amazing. food, fun, music and art. all the best things in life.
Great place for kids Summer Art Camp. Only wish they sold a cup of tea ☕️ at the visitors Center 😊 to enjoy the great view.
Who doesn't love The Leighton Centre. Always a beautiful drive out and visual loveliness once you get there.
My happy place.
I took the workshop "Pushing Boundaries: Diving into Colour Theory with Sharon Lynn Williams" yesterday. It was incredible! Not only was she a fantastic instructor, but the colour theory she taught us was so insightful. If only I'd taken her course before I bought my many acrylic and watercolour colours ....
Thank you so much, Sharon, for sharing your knowledge!
I love this place. so peaceful and beautiful. there spring fundraiser is amazing. food, fun, music and art. all the best things in life.
Great place for kids Summer Art Camp. Only wish they sold a cup of tea ☕️ at the visitors Center 😊 to enjoy the great view.