{"id":848507,"date":"2026-08-06T19:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T19:06:11","slug":"southern-alberta-art-gallery-to-undergo-close-to-8m-in-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/848507\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Alberta Art Gallery to undergo close to $8M in renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cf2cc91b-dcb4-474c-a33f-ec040056c786.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image Credit: LNN File Photo)<\/p>\n<p>By Dave Lueneberg<\/p>\n<p>New visitor-friendly additions<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAug 6, 2026 | 9:32 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The City of Lethbridge, Province of Alberta, and Government of Canada are behind an almost $8 million renovation of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Management at the gallery say the improvements will provide more entrances and a barrier-free lower level in the former\u00a0Library building.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Upgrades will also include a\u00a0park-side entrance and patio that opens onto Galt Gardens, a food services area,\u00a0and\u00a0something it\u2019s calling a \u2018Listening Garden\u2019 \u2013 an outdoor space for relaxation and reflection.<\/p>\n<p>During the renos, SAAG will operate in three different locations around town: on 3rd Avenue South, Mayor Magrath Drive, and\u00a0the Trade &amp; Convention Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: LNN File Photo) By Dave Lueneberg New visitor-friendly additions Aug 6, 2026 | 9:32 AM The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-848507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}