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HSCA Flea Market
The HSCA Flea Market has been a community program since 1985, running year-round. Bring the family and browse the flea market with over 100 vendors, featuring crafts, furniture, antiques, books, household items, and more! Plus an art sale taking place once a month.
Neon Paint Night
This biweekly event by Y Not Today promises to be a fun time in an environment where you can unleash your creativity and share laughs with new connections. The theme is different each week. Be sure to sign up!
Quilling Art
Join Y Not Today for a fun and creative day exploring the beautiful world of quilling. Learn how to create intricate designs using colourful strips of paper. Their talented instructors will guide you through this unique art form, perfect for beginners or seasoned crafters looking for a new challenge.
Harvey Nichol — Studio 315 Residency
Brookfield Properties and Bankers Hall welcome Harvey Nichol as their 2nd artist in the 315 Artist Residency program. Harvey will spend the coming months creating and exploring his creative discipline in an underutilized retail space. Throughout his time there, he will host workshops, invite passersby to view his previous and current work and create and
From Me To You
Shake it up. Twist and shout. It’s time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Beatles’ arrival in Canada. National Music Centre’s (NMC) new exhibition From Me to You: The Beatles in Canada 1964-1966 offers a nostalgic tribute to the band’s transformative years upon arriving in Canada for the first time.
East Coast Kitchen Party
Immerse yourself in the cozy vibes of Y Not Today as they host an East Coast Kitchen Party like no other. This weekly acoustic jam session is all about bringing people together through music, featuring an organic blend of each jammer’s unique taste and talent.
Crochet for Beginners
Join Y Not Today for a fun and interactive crochet workshop where you’ll learn the basics of crocheting and be guided through the process of creating your very own amigurumi character! This workshop is perfect for anyone looking to unleash their creativity and learn a new skill.
Digital Voices
Check out a showcase of digital artwork by eight local Indigenous artists presented by the City of Calgary’s Indigenous Public Art Program. This exhibit invites you to witness the diversity of artists expressing their relationship to this place — Mohkinstsis — while maintaining their own cultural identity.
Witness: Histories of Conflict in the War Art of Bill MacDonnell
This solo exhibition features an array of paintings by one of Canada’s most senior war artists, Bill MacDonnell. MacDonnell draws attention to histories that are in danger of being forgotten, serving as a counterpoint to cultural amnesia.
Paola Pivi: Come check it out
“Come check it out” is Italian artist Paola Pivi’s first major institutional solo show in Canada. Pivi subverts the familiar and ordinary in ways that expands on our relationship with the built environment. This exhibition includes sculptural installations that question the authenticity of iconic landmarks and symbols
Teresa Posyniak: Resilience
Resilience explores Teresa Posyniak’s long and varied career as an artist, activist and educator in Calgary. This exhibition explores the intimate connections between her sculptural and painted works and features a monumental installation as well as a number of works never exhibited before.
Limitless: The Disabled World
This photo exhibition features printed and framed photos of persons with disabilities along with their stories. One of Lionel’s goals as a photographer is to show people that anything is possible. His life motto, “limitless,” reflects his determination to navigate the world despite often being told he cannot do things due to his disability.
All Those Rolling Stones
Jubilations Dinner Theatre presents: All Those Rolling Stones! Step into the tumultuous world of All Those Rolling Stones, where the rhythms of an iconic rock band, the ink-stained pages of a revolutionary magazine, and the pulse of a generation converge. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster ride through the 60s and 70s, where music, media, and
Taiessa: variegata
variegata, Taiessa’s ongoing body of work, offers a tangle of plant cuttings that appear to stretch their leaves toward the light in a sun-soaked greenhouse. These plants are crafted from ivory felt, an inert material intended to foil its organic counterpart. Check it out!
careworn & coil
In careworn & coil, Christina Oyawale confronts notions of ableism, practicing radical vulnerability through showcasing intimate details and documentation of their lived experience as a Black, mad, and disabled artist. Oyawale creates a space within the gallery for discourse, revelations and moving through uncomfortability into understanding.
Festive Foothills Annual Art Sale
Enjoy a whole lot of holiday cheer in Alberta’s beautiful Foothills region! Leighton Art Centre’s annual Festive Foothills Art Sale returns in perfect time for your holiday gift giving. You’ll find beautiful decorations, gorgeous art, combined with the home’s historic ambiance.
Artist’s Choice
The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition Artist’s Choice featuring current work by ASA juried and life members. This exhibition features a variety of media and formats and provides a window into contemporary art practice in Alberta.
Beauty and the Grinch
The town of Glooville is set for Christmas festivities The mayor is attending and is joined by her dazzling daughter named Beauty. But not everyone’s excited … his name is the Grinch and he’s up to no good! Join Jubilations Junior for a fun-filled morning of laughter, music and food!
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
Step aside, boy bands! The era of the girl groups has arrived! From the stylish swingin’ sounds of the Andrews Sisters in the 1940s to the pop perfection of the Spice Girls in the 1990s, female vocal groups have brought harmony, hip-shaking and hit after hit. Don’t miss this Stage West production!
Murder on the Links
Agatha Christie’s world-renowned detective returns! Hercule Poirot and associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to the news that their newest client has been found dead. A cast of six actors play over 30 roles in the Canadian Premiere of this spirited adaptation of Christie’s classic!
Free This Week
Get into the holiday spirit! From the Calgary Library’s Winter Wonderland featuring seasonal family fun, to a Poetry Parlour in... Read More
Free This Week
This week in Calgary, dive into history, celebrate culture and enjoy the festive season! Highlights include a talk on the... Read More
December Exhibitions
Check out new visual art exhibitions around the city this December! Each month, we spotlight a new or outgoing visual... Read More
Free This Week
Fill up your calendar with unique arts experiences! This week’s highlights include an insightful artist talk focused on disability justice... Read More
Questions?
Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 118 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.
