Mountain View Arts Society

Our first Mountain View Arts Festival was held in conjunction with Alberta Arts Days 2011, and highlighted the artistry and creations of artists, artisans, musicians, dancers, performers and writers in and around Didsbury Alberta.

Didsbury's Not-For-Profit Society of 2015!

2017
We have 3 major events scheduled for 2017:
* 6th Annual "A Brush With Art" Art Show and Sale, April 8 & 9 - Didsbury Memorial Complex
* 2nd Annual "Days of Yore", A re-enactment Heritage Day Weekend in Didsbury featuring the Sons of Fenrir Vikings, Dragons Own Medieval Combat Group, WWII First Special Service Force Re-enactment Group, The Cannoneers, and the 78th Fraser Highlanders Group. Rosebud Park, TBA
* 6th Annual Mountain View Arts Festival at the Didsbury Train Station, Library, Museum, Elks Lodge, Ross Ford Elementary School, Walking Tour downtown, and First Nations activities in the park west of the Museum. September 9 & 10.

Our History
In 2015, we hosted the 4th Annual "A Brush With Art" Art Show & Sale in April, 2 shows of the "Sir John Eh Road Show", also in April, and the 5th Annual Mountain View Arts Festival in September. We had a float in the Didsbury Elks Parade, and booths at Community Registration Nights in Carstairs, Olds, and Didsbury. We ended 2015 on a very high note as we were named Didsbury's Not-For-Profit Society of the Year! !

We held our 2014 AGM in February at the Didsbury Museum with book author, Maxine Spence sharing her journey and reading from her newest book, Down in the Jungle (released later that spring). In April, we held our Art Show & Sale during the Art, Travel, & Trade Expo at the Didsbury Memorial Complex. Tammy Ryrie, entered her very first art show, received the People's Choice Award, AND sold two pieces of art! We had a float in the summer parade. Our main event of the year, the Mountain View Arts Festival was in September and our attendance zoomed to over 4, 000 art lovers! We ended the year with a booth during Didsbury Showcase, and running the concession at the Elks Hall during Country Christmas.

In 2013, we hosted the "A Brush With Art" Art Show & Sale again in April; Concert with JUNO Award winners, Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard; and the 3rd Annual Mountain View Arts Festival - 4 venues of all that is arts, culture, and heritage in Didsbury, Mountain View County, and Central Alberta.

With the success of the first Arts Festival in 2011 came the incorporation of the Mountain View Arts Society. In 2012, we hosted three major events: the Art Show & Sale during the Didsbury Art, Travel & Trade Expo in April; Mountain View Rocks, a rock concert held in July; and in September, the 2nd Annual Mountain View Arts Festival, a showcase of virtually every artistic discipline from modern digital art to historical yarn spinning.

Check out our website at www. mountainviewartssociety. ca or Facebook Events pages for details on each of our events.