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Museum Tours With or without a guide, touring the National Historic Site highlights true stories about real people who worked day in and day out to produce pottery being distributed nation-wide. Historic pottery and machinery remain on display, including The Collectors’ Gallery ft. Tony Schlachter Collection. In 2008 Schlach ter donated 2,500 pieces that represent nearly every factory that operated in Medicine Hat. It all began with a nonde script chicken waterer that Tony found on his farm in 1954. There are stories to tell, to be heard, and to remember in a place that continues to have a prominent role in Medicine Hat’s creative community. Artists in Residence Grow as an artist, polish skills, and live alongside ceramic artists from around the world for one month or one year. The artists live on-site at IXL Indus tries, which is said to be Alberta’s oldest industrial site. And then they learn, create, and teach inside Medalta,

Special Events Throughout the year, Medalta hosts public events from seasonal markets featuring local vendors, to food and drink tastings, dance workshops, and yoga in the historic kiln. Stay tuned with upcoming events at medalta.org/community/events. Private Bookings Conferences, concerts, ceremonies, and weddings have all been hosted inside the National Historic Site. Host your event inside Medalta in the Historic District at medalta.org/contact.

while having access to their own studio space, kilns, and materials. Solange is a ceramic artist living and creating alongside other national and international artists.

The pottery found at the gift shop today is still made by artists using historic techniques, moulds, glazes, and machinery originally used back in 1912 at Medalta Potteries.

“It’s really nice to have the space, time, and resources to let my creativity be free, alongside the art community in the residence,” says Solange Roy, who is a francophone and Indigenous ceramic artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. “What the Artists in Residence program does well is taking inspiration from the past while also being a strong foundation for emerging and upcoming contemporary artists.”

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