Peeking Behind the Curtains of the AGA
Fellow bloggers were invited for a private tour of the Art Gallery of Alberta on the eve of its grand opening BY EMIL TIEDEMANN N EW York City has the Empire State Building. Toronto's got the CN Tower. San Francisco boasts the Golden Gate Bridge. And now, Edmonton has her own signature structure that, perhaps with one look, will instinctively correlate it with our prideful city. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but I think I've got it bad for the AGA, the Art Gallery of Alberta , though it wouldn't be the first time I've fallen for an inanimate object. Let's see, there's my hard cover copy of The Catcher in the Rye , my grey Neon, and of course, my beloved cameras. But, more than ever before, the AGA feels alive! The city's abuzz with the upcoming grand opening celebrations ( January 31-February 1 ) of the $88 million project, and yesterday (January 25) I Heart Edmonton and some two dozen other members of the "social media community...