First Friday at the MAG: Rita Leistner’s The Tree Planters Opening Reception

Montreal-based Photographer Rita Leistner spent a decade as a tree planter herself, putting over half a million trees in the ground before going on to a career as a photojournalist, and eventually returning to the forest with her camera. The result is The Tree Planters: a series of large-scale, painterly portraits that document the people behind one of Canada’s most essential and overlooked forms of environmental labour.

Join us for First Friday on June 5 from 5–8pm at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery with snacks and refreshments as we celebrate the opening of The Tree Planters with Rita Leistner and the MAG!