Current Exhibitions

Spring Exhibition

Our Spring Exhibition will run March 20 – June 20, 2023. There will be a solo show within that time frame from May 12-28. Join us throughout the week or if you’d like to book an appointment during our off hours, we’d love to show you around our Spring Exhibition. Enjoy an espresso and browse your favourite local artists.

Past Exhibitions

Our Prairies & Beyond: Dale Kalbfleisch Solo Art Exhibit and Reception

Crafting creative wood art panels of our familiar Alberta prairies and mountains for over 30 years, Dale Kalbfleisch will join us for a two week art exhibit showcasing his work and sharing his process.

Opening reception is Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 from 7pm – 9pm @ Bay 1 Gallery. Live Jazz by Brophy 2 & Cash Bar. Registration is free and helps us prepare.

Meet and greet with Dale, Saturday, Oct. 15 from 1-4pm

Show runs until Oct. 29th. We hope you will join us for this unique art exhibit.

“My work is a tribute to the land of my roots and history, and to those who nurture the land. I see an opportunity to connect with and be attentive to this land; to take tiny steps towards wholeness and to treasure the land’s rhythm and life. A chance to reflect and marvel, and acknowledge this mystery. My images are seeing after a long look, the blink after the stare, the impression of a snapshot and the stillness between breaths. I am fascinated with fluid forms and the nuances of layers, geometry and patterns, light and colour.

My panels start with veneer or solid wood, chosen for species, grain and natural colour, followed by sketching, routing, staining, shading and applying ink and finish. The images have depth and contrast. The frames contribute their grain and the texture of a re-sawn surface, providing a subtle and supportive layered border.”

Dale Kalbfleisch

SUMMER SIDEWALK ART SHOWS

Woodworking with Style

June 18th 11am – 4pm

Join us for a grouping of incredibly talented woodworking artisans. On Father’s Day weekend, this afternoon event will feature a number of Alberta woodworkers, artists, furniture makers & designers. With live music, vintage cars, Alley Kat biergarten, Grill, and Garage Kombucha.

Bring a dad ~ look forward to having you join us.

The event is free and open to everyone but we would love if you could let us know you are coming!

Featured work from Ralph Reichenbach, Len Stebner, Natasha Lay, Douglas Pueschel, John Morel, Kelvin Soo, Kenton Jeske & Nathan Sterkenberg and more.

Local Art Fest

June 25th 11am – 4pm

Meet and greet with a collective of local fine artists as they share their work in our outdoor gathering space. Featured artists: Melissa Baron, Doug Madill, Glen Ronald, Mariam Qureshi will be on sight to exhibit and share about their art. Join us for live music, wine, local craft beer, Garage Kombucha & Grill in the bay 1 Gallery Biergarten.

The event is free and open to everyone! Thank you for registering as it helps us prepare.

Abstract’d Artfest

An evening of abstract art, live music, beer, wine & kombucha – a little something for everyone!

June 4 from 4pm – 9pm

Bay 1 Gallery in Edmonton is hosting a pop-up group exhibition in collaboration with the Abstract’d Art Collective. This evening event will feature eight abstract artists from southern Alberta, live music, an Argentinian Tango performance, food trucks, local beers, City & Country wine, and Garage Kombucha.

Featured artists include Gloria Gelo, Julia Hirst, Margriet Hogue, Nadine Johnson, Barb Kreutter, Patricia Langevin, Susan Sakamoto and Louise Savoie.

The Box Show

November 23 – December 7

Sunday-Monday Call for appt.
Tuesday – Thurs 10-6pm
Fridays 10-2pm
Saturday 10-4pm

Come see some fabulous box vessels at our first annual Box Show. Inspired by the former TU Gallery, we will begin showing a variety of box vessels each year before the Christmas season.

This year 6 different local artists will be sharing handcrafted one of a kind boxes. Crafted using skilled woodworking techniques, each unique design makes for a personalized special holiday gift.

The show will run for two weeks from Nov 23 – Dec 7 with extended shopping hours. If you can’t make it during our extended hours please call for appt. thank you and hope to see you then!

Alberta Culture Days Event

Sept 26 – 4-8pm

Fall Art & Music Night

Live Jazz music by Brophy 2

Live art by Glen Ronald accomplished mixed media artist.

PaintNic boxes for 2 by Mariam Qureshi, local abstract figural & contemporary landscape artist (Everything you need to paint with a partner out in nature) available for purchase and if weather permits to use in our green space or take away.

Local brewed Kombucha from Garage Kombucha available for tastings and purchase.

Complementary finger foods and hot apple cider available.

1st Annual Summer Sidewalk Art Shows

Summer Sidewalk Art Shows featuring two or more of our local artists every Saturday in the month of June from 12-4. Each Saturday will be something different.

June 5

Woodworking with Style

Featuring: Accomplished wood working artists Ralph Reichenbach, John Morel, Douglas Pueschel and Len Stebner.

Free Bublys and/or Mocha Espressos.

Listen to live local music by Zachary Red. @ZacharyRed

June 12

Brews at the Bay

Featuring: Skilled artists Dale Kalbfleisch (wood art) and Sabine Hahnel (painter).

Beer Garden by Alley Kat with snack options for purchase.

Free Iced or Hot Mocha Espressos.

June 19

Dads, Drafts & Design

Featuring: Seasoned artists Doug Madill (pastel & graphic illustration) and Christopher Kingston (photography).

Beer Garden by Alley Kat with snack options for purchase.

June 26

Fresh Art and Freezies

Featuring: Talented Mixed Media artists Glen Ronald & Melissa Baron.

Beer Garden by Alley Kat with snack options for purchase.

Free Freezies to cool off.

Helis Podnek
“From Nothing to All”
Bay 1 Gallery Solo Exhibition

June 28th – July 5th

“I’m Different”
28”x 32”
Pencil on Cotton Paper

HOURS OF VIEWING

Monday, June 28th
By appointment. Call 780-975-3131 to book a time.

Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm

Saturday, July 3rd
By appointment. Call 780-975-3131 to book a time.

Saturday: 6 – 10pm
Private Reception by Invitation Only

Sunday, July 4th
By appointment. Call 780-975-3131 to book a time

About this Exhibition

Art involving Nature can be simply a reflection of beauty seen, a recreation of exactness as well as a likeness through the filter of the artist’s life experiences and emotions.

Helis Podnek, Estonian-born, Visual artist and designer, presents her work in the exhibition “From Nothing to All”. Podnek reflects on the journey she has come from her small village in Estonia to her bigger city life in Edmonton and all the life in between through this series. “I grew up in a small village called Veskitaguse which strands in the midst of the thick forests and soft meadows (…) I have seen and learned a lot about the life and the mind of the big cities, however, the bonds the humans share with nature is what I consider to be the core of my works. Having grown in the countryside, I greatly value the concepts of freedom, sincere caring, purity, and the unbending will.”  The elegance displayed in her detailed and precise drawings reflects years of life experience, natural born talent and training.

Her captivating work mirrors the intricacy, beauty and complexity of the natural world that she uses as a tool to express life lessons she has experienced. “To me a sunflower is not just a pretty flower – it’s a force – despite circumstances it still finds the way to the sun. Wolves in the flower garden are life events when something is too good to be true.”

“My artwork is mixture of critical view of social, political, and cultural issues as well as simple joys and light in everyday light (…) While I portray actual plants and animals, they all stand for events, public and/or social figures. I use my art as a medium of storytelling through traditional materials as graphite and pastel pencils on cotton paper.”

Podnek’s style is exact and realistic in nature with surrealistic elements that reveal themselves upon the closer linger. Using simple yet elegant tools as the pencil and white cotton paper, Helis masterfully crafts images that mirror her theme “From Nothing to All”. A theme laden with multifaceted meaning, linked to the good, the bad and the ugly of life lessons and her journey as an artists finding her niche. Sophisticated, exact, emotive, Helis’ captivates her viewer with unique style, full of meaning. As an artist, friend, daughter and member of society, Helis plays a role to inspire us, cause us to think deeper and help us reflect on our own journey through life. Join us to view and experience her exhibition June 28 – July 5th.