{"url":"https://data.reddeer.ca/api/datasets/events/21614","id":21614,"title":"First Friday at the MAG: Rita Leistner’s The Tree Planters","startTime":"2026-08-07T17:00:00","endTime":"2026-08-07T20:00:00","description":"<p>Montreal-based photographer Rita Leistner spent a decade as a tree planter, 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 <em>The Tree Planters</em>: a series of large-scale, painterly portraits that document the people behind one of Canada&rsquo;s most essential and overlooked forms of environmental labour.</p>\r\n<p>Join us on Friday, August 7 from 5-8pm for a last look at <em>The Tree Planters </em>while it&rsquo;s still up at the MAG! 🌳🪏</p>","allDayEvent":false,"venue":"Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery","streetAddress":"4525 47A Ave","city":"Red Deer","phone":"587-797-4040","email":"museum@reddeermuseum.com","createdDate":"2026-07-18T22:52:14.297","isRecurringEvent":null}