Join members of Surrey Art Gallery Association for an exhibition tour and strawberry shortcake!
Date/Time: Jun 23 2016, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Surrey, Surrey Art GalleryCost: $5.00
Strawberry shortcake for mad hatters? Surrey Art Gallery Association (SAGA) welcomes the summer with a chance to wear a fun hat, and enjoy fresh art and luscious local strawberries! Be SAGA’s guest at the Mad Hatter’s Strawberry Tea and Tour on Thursday, June 23 at 7pm at the Surrey Art Gallery. Get a sneak preview of one of the Gallery’s summer exhibitions, Away: The Artist as Traveller, featuring works drawn from our Permanent Collection The Gallery’s assistant curator, Brian Foreman, will lead a thirty minute informal tour. Following the tour, there will be a strawberry shortcake and tea reception to 9pm, with the opportunity to meet SAGA board members and Gallery staff. In keeping with the Mad Hatter’s theme, guests are encouraged to wear a “mad hat", preferably of your own creation.
Away: The Artist as Traveller considers the importance of travelling away from home and how travel manifests itself in artists’ work. From exploring landscapes to witnessing cultural events and making pilgrimages, artists offer us both familiar and unfamiliar images of the world. Travel provides opportunities to see new things, meet new people, and learn about different cultures. In doing so, we gain new perspectives on others and ourselves.
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