The McDonald Building

02/02/2024

We are excited to welcome Family Futures Inc Outreach Program & Child Care Centres to our 2nd floor office space as well as the downtown community! If you want to learn more about them, give them a follow!

01/12/2023

12/03/2022

Looking for the perfect office space to rent? Look no further than 1103 Central Ave in downtown Prince Albert.

Enjoy a spacious office setting with an abundance of natural light located directly across the street from the University of Saskatchewan campus.

A total of six second floor office spaces are available starting at $350 per month, ranging in size from 12’ x 12’ to 17’ x 12’.

Other perks include a large entry way and main area, two bathrooms, free wifi and permitted parking is located nearby.

If this sounds like a fit for you, reach out to Brad at 306.270.8235.

06/07/2022

Yes, thank you City of Prince Albert and all other city departments!

PADBID and the City of Prince Albert - Community partners for business & family.

05/30/2022

Classic Car Show during Street Fair! Join us on Saturday, June 18th and stroll over to the City Hall parking lot to admire vehicles of yesteryear! Shout Out to the City of Prince Albert for the use of this space.

05/21/2022

05/21/2022

05/08/2022

Spring Sidewalk Sale - May 21st! The Downtown Business District is excited to invite you for live entertainment in Memorial Square, Food & Historical Tour (sign-up required) and Sales from our Business retailers. Come down and join in the fun and savings!

04/28/2022

If you buy your book at the Gallery on a Tuesday, Pat will be working and would be happy to sign it 😃

"BEHIND THE RAZOR RIBBON
A Correctional Officer’s Perspective"
I would like to tell you about my book of Correctional Officer art and narratives.
I was raised on a farm just outside the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Penitentiary, a Federal facility, is situated on the road to the city. Every time I passed by, I wondered what went on in there—this big, red castle, embellished with chain-link fences and razor ribbon. My only references were movies, novels, and the press. It wasn’t until I walked behind those walls and fences myself that I realized how far from the truth those references were.
Always a complex subject, what goes on “behind the walls” is of great curiosity to many people, and frequently misunderstood. This body of work is a small reflection of what I, as a Correctional Officer for almost three decades, experienced and saw.
This project began as a means to open the gates of thought to a better truth and understanding of prison. In the process, I found myself reliving a multitude of incidents and experiences and all the feelings, good and bad, that came with them. The end of the project came naturally as I found myself finally at peace with that part of my life.
A federal penitentiary cannot be defined simply by its brick walls, fences, and iron bars. There are more than one thousand human beings living and working on the other side of the razor ribbon—a community—governed by rule and law. As in all communities, there are problems and successes. Every person involved adds something to the aggregate. Some bring hate and anger, fear and frustration. Others bring hope and understanding, courage and faith in humanity. Each day spent behind the walls of a penitentiary is a day searching for balance between extremes. The very worst and the very best one human being can do to another is blatantly evident.
Some of these pieces are very serious and some are definitely tongue-in-cheek. It is my hope that these images help you understand that where there is bad, there can be good; where there is threat, there can be comradery; where there is anger, there can be simple humor.
As a retiree, I’m back to wondering what is going on behind those walls. I will never forget my time in the “village that never sleeps.”
It is my hope that this project brings acknowledgment to those who truly know, and understanding to those who had no idea.
The book is available in hard cover, at "On The Avenue Art Gallery", 1101, Central Avenue, Prince Albert, SK. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 - 4:00.

www.graftonnorthart.com

https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000118367495

04/24/2022

04/22/2022

Great Work!!

Earth Day! Kudos to our First Nations University students! About 50 students along with Ward 2 City Councillor Terra Lennox-Zepp went out in our downtown and other areas of the city today picking up litter for Earth Day. 😁👍👍