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Human Sprawl
With this installation, Michelle Atkinson explores humanity’s tendency to live in excess with personal consumption impacting biodiversity. Born from industrial waste, animal sculptures were created from thick kiln-cast slabs of once broken office window glass destined for the landfill. Check it out!
Lippan art
Join Y Not Today for an exciting showcase of Lippan art! Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing world of this traditional art form from Gujarat, India. Explore the intricate and geometric patterns — get hands-on experience and create your own Lippan art masterpiece to take home with you.
Da Vinci The Exhibition
Da Vinci The Exhibition is a hands-on exploration of Leonardo da Vinci’s life, research, and art, developed by Aurea Exhibitions and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Inc. Guests can go beyond the canvas, exploring over 65 life-size inventions, more than 20 fine art studies, and captivating displays.
BUMP Mural Tours
Planning a trip to Calgary or looking to rediscover the city? Explore Calgary’s open air street art gallery with an official guided mural tour led by the BUMP Festival. Learn insights from the artists and stories behind their works! Every Saturday and Sunday.
Cathy Daley: Gestures
Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art presents Gestures, a solo exhibition of work created by acclaimed Canadian figurative artist, Cathy Daley, marking the two-year anniversary of her passing. The exhibition showcases iconic images of billowing black dresses, tutus, and high-heels. Check it out!
22nd Annual Members Exhibition
Leighton Art Centre celebrates the incredible talent and creativity of their member artists. This year’s exhibition is a virtual ‘square foot show’, featuring over 100 works that are small in size and big on artistry! Most works featured in this exhibition are available for online purchase.
Urban Nature
Urban Nature can be understood as areas in urban environments that are home to plants and non-human animals. The Alberta Society of Artists presents the group exhibition Urban Nature featuring the work of Contextural, a community of textile artists. . Reception and artist talks on March 9, 2-4 pm.
SpEATchless
The Alberta Society of Artists presents the exhibition SpEATchless featuring the work of Alberta artist Kimberly Jones. SpEATchlessis combines diorama and miniature artistry with food themes to create surreal scenes and vignettes to provoke introspection about scale and size as well as our relationship with food and waste.
Pysanky for Peace
Join us at Southcentre Mall for a remarkable celebration of art, culture, and solidarity at our third annual Pysanky for Peac‘ event. This initiative pays tribute to the Ukrainian Easter tradition of making or “writing” pysanky, carefully decorated Easter eggs featuring intricate designs in various styles and colours.
Nate McLeod: Slow Burn
Nate McLeod’s works draw upon tropes of classical painting by combining collected images of objects (found in personal photographs; screenshots of social media posts; his own past works and the works of other artists; AI-generated imagery, etc.) into a unified whole through the use of various framing devices.
Anton Ginzburg: Surface
Anton Ginzburg: Surface is a reflection on the use of technology as it relates to cultural labour, data aesthetics and machine learning. The three bodies of work deliberate on surfaces that range from the architectural to the digital screen and beyond, and are relevant to conversations around AI.
Dance Lessons
Ranchmans offers free country dance lessons on the largest dance floor in Calgary. No reservations are needed, just join them on the dance floor! With decades of experience, their instructors can tailor dances to any age (18+) and ability.
Pop Mechanics
Explore the dichotomy of expression and communication through Bruce Watson’s sculptures, each emerging from playful experimentation, touching on themes of malice and alienation. Meanwhile Kenzie Housego’s interactive textile art delves into the evolution of flirting and courtship, weaving together embroidery, digital technology, and societal symbols of romantic communication.
Patrick Dunford: Branch Lines
Norberg Hall is delighted to present Branch Lines, a new exhibition of paintings by Canadian artist Patrick Dunford. Through landscape painting the Winnipeg-born artist investigates human influences on the land and the industries that greatly alter it. Opening reception on March 16, 2 – 5pm.
Joice M Hall: Nocturnal Light
This exhibition focuses on the subtleties and dramatic light in the evening and night skies of Kelowna, BC encountered by Joice M. Hall while playing with a digital camera’s night scene exposure from her deck. Opening reception March 16, 2024 from 2 – 5pm.
The Girl on the Train
Rachel Watson escapes her dull life by watching the perfect couple through the train window every day until she witnesses something shocking unfold. Caught up in a world of infidelity and murder, she begins her own investigation, crossing a dangerous line and turning into a suspect herself.
FRC’s Sondheim Tribute Revue
Join Front Row Centre Players in celebrating the work of the incomparable Stephen Sondheim, widely acknowledged as the most innovative, most influential and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. Don’t miss their community theatre production of Sondheim Tribute Revue.
Shibboleth
In Shibboleth, Pedro Barbáchano reframes the collections of institutional museums in order to question the absence of nonconformist bodies and histories within them. Through his use of sculpture and photographic mediation, Barbáchano imagines how communities that have been historically persecuted can emerge and maintain their voices.
Spotlight: Linda Duthie
Join the Alberta Craft Calgary Gallery for their newest Spotlight exhibition by Linda Duthie. Through form and function Linda Duthie creates a pottery driven by the tactile experience. Feel the weight of the cup, the grip of the unglazed clay. Her earthy designs reveal her deep love of the natural world.
Private Carriage Rides
Get ready to hitch a ride through history! Grab your family and enjoy a private, horse-drawn carriage ride through the Historical Village before the Park opens. Let the horses lead you down winding pathways and streets, all lined with picturesque historical buildings.
Free This Week
An immersive soundwalk with New Works Calgary. A stop-motion animation workshop at Sparrow Artspace. A conversation between award-winning authors Francine Cunningham and Wayne Arthurson. All part of this week’s free arts offerings!
Free This Week
From the opening of a new exhibition space at Contemporary Calgary, to a special screening of John Ware Reclaimed, to a plant-astic book launch at Shelf Life Books, don’t miss the what Calgary’s arts community has to offer for free this week!
March Exhibitions
Make the most of March by exploring an array of visual art exhibitions in Calgary. This month’s roundup will get you up to speed on new exhibitions and what to check out before it’s gone!
Free This Week
Dive into one of the many free arts events this week including a unique look into Alberta’s history at The GRAND, puppet-making at Sparrow Artspace, the opening of Particle + Wave Media Arts Festival and more!
Free This Week
Here’s a week’s worth of free events to check out as we celebrate the leap year and roll into the month of March. There’s a Scotland- inspired concert, a screening of the Hungarian film Gentle, workshops for all ages and more in store!
Free This Week
If you’re looking for free arts experiences around town, this week’s offerings include artist talks, workshops, exhibition tours, live music and more. Your calendar will be packed — make sure to get out there!
Free This Week
Show a little love to the arts community this week by checking out some free and fabulous programming taking place across Calgary, including more festival offerings from Chinook Blast and Exposure Photography Festival!
Free This Week
There is tons to see and do this week without spending a dime as Chinook Blast festivities continue to liven up the city. Check out a variety of programming as part of Black History Month, Exposure Photography Festival and more!
February Exhibitions
Fill up your February with any number of art exhibitions taking place in Calgary this month. Our February visual arts roundup will guide you through what’s opening and what you may have missed!
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There’s plenty to see and do this week for free! Chinook Blast rolls out with events including an Indigenous Market, live music and lighting displays, while elsewhere you can take in Lunar New Year celebrations, film, art workshops and more. Get planning!
Free this Week
There is so much to see and do this week — for free! Take in art exhibitions, join a Saturday Jazz Jam (drums provided!), enjoy free programming for Big Winter Classic, check out an art sale and much more!
Chinook Blast 2024
Calgary’s signature winter festival returns for its fourth year this February! Embrace the spirit of winter with live music, light and art installations, theatrical performances, sport, cultural experiences, night markets and more!
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Kick your January into gear with this week’s free offerings. Check out an exhibition opening, jam out at a local cafe, attend a family-friendly opera storytime, or something else that suits your fancy!
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Participate in an art event or explore an exhibition, attend a free concert or sing along to guilty pleasures — you have lots of options for free and pay-what-you-can events.
January Exhibitions
Stave off the cold and take in some art this January by exploring an exhibition at a new or favourite local gallery. Any one of these visual arts finds will kick your new year into creative gear!
Free This Week: Holiday Edition
Enjoy the holiday season and take in some free art while you’re at it! From music to visual art to New Year’s Eve festivities, there’s plenty to check out including fun for the whole family!
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Let art fuel your week — check out free live music, exhibitions, poetry and more as we foray into mid-December. Read our roundup and start planning your next outing!
December Exhibitions
There’s no better way to celebrate the holiday season than by taking in some creativity courtesy of Calgary’s visual arts community, so make sure to check out an exhibition or art sale this December!
Free This Week
December is here and you can enjoy a whole of range of free arts activities taking place this week including a number of holiday markets and concerts that will get you in the festive spirit!
Free This Week
Transition into December with film screenings, literary talks, art markets and a whole lot more as we inch ever closer to the holidays. Read this week’s roundup for free arts events you won’t want to miss!
Questions?
Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.