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Sculpture Park
At Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre, nature is their gallery. Their sculpture park celebrates the relationship between sculpture and nature. Visitors experience large, medium and small-scale outdoor sculptures and site-specific commissions under the open sky. Book a guided tour or drop by to explore at your own pace!
mitaaqtuaqtunga
mitaaqtuaqtunga (no translation provided) welcomes viewers into an intimate, vulnerable offering of Inuit knowledge sharing. Through an interview with their mother, Inuvialuk artist Kablusiak imparts an ancient story passed down through their family over generations. Make sure to check it out!
Christmas In The Country Art Sale
Enjoy a whole lot of Christmas cheer in Alberta’s beautiful Foothills region! Explore fine crafts and artworks by local artists featured in the galleries of the historic Leighton home and online. It’s the perfect time to start purchasing seasonal gifts and getting into the Christmas spirit.
Human Capital
Human Capital presents work that offers insight into the impact of Canada’s immigration policies and history: how it treats humans as capital, and the role it plays in shaping the complex and contested formation of a Canadian identity. Make sure to check it out!
Astral Dance
Contemporary Calgary presents Astral Dance, the first solo exhibition of works by Chitra Ganesh in Canada, and a significant survey of her practice spanning more than twenty years. Ganesh delivers fantastic, dreamlike worlds where the past, present and future are merged into new, speculative propositions.
Story Time at Heritage Park
On Wednesdays, treat your little ones to a storytelling session at Calgary’s Heritage Park! Nestle in at various sites throughout the Historical Village as their engaging volunteers share familiar classics and modern favourites. Following storytime, jump into action with movement activities and leave with take-home crafts!
Stories from the Yethka
As part of a rotating exhibition of artworks that feature connections to the land, Gordon Wesley, a proud Nakoda Stoney from the Bighorn Reserve, brings the life of the wild into the still picture serving as memories of his wildlife experiences. Be sure to check out this exhibition!
Before It’s Gone
Composed of an acrylic paintings by Deborah Lougheed Sinclair depicting the wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies; this exhibition is a celebration of the beauty and diversity of our fragile ecosystems and a warning about the dramatic impacts of human activity and significant climate change.
The Picture Method
The Picture Method is what Jung later called Active Imagination. These works are images that have materialized by using this technique of fishing the unconscious mind. They grow and endlessly evolve over many years, often, if not always, into unexpected results. Check them out!
Nesting
This exhibition is part of Miriam Fabijan’s research into motherhood, womanhood, and matriarchy via a Slavic and personal lens. Many of the images in this exhibition come from Slovenian lacemaking patterns and lace she has collected, been gifted, or inherited.
Murder on the Orient Express
A snowdrift stops the legendary Orient Express in its tracks. By morning, a passenger is dead. It’s up to detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer before they can strike again. Adapted from Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, this non-stop thrill ride keeps you guessing until the very end.
Elf The Musical
Presented by StoryBook Theatre and based on the cherished 2003 New Line Cinema hit, Elf The Musical is a modern-day holiday classic that is sure to make everyone embrace their inner elf. This is a family-friendly performance that makes for the perfect holiday treat!
Once Upon A Christmas
Once Upon A Christmas is one of Calgary’s most iconic holiday events, with hands-on activities and entertainment sure to delight guests of all ages, including choir performances, holiday storytime, crafts, Christmas theatre and much more. Head over to get your fix of wholesome holiday cheer!
The Little Comrade
The third film in the European Union Film Series 2022 series is set in 1950 in Soviet Estonia. Six-year-old Leelo’s school principal mother is arrested before her very eyes. Leelo tries her best to be good but is instead embroiled in one scrape after another.
John Irving
Wordfest is honoured to present the legendary John Irving in celebration of his much-anticipated new novel, The Last Chairlift, for a conversation hosted by Calgary Herald feature writer Eric Volmers and an audience Q&A. Make sure to grab your tickets!
Pop Up Show & Sale
Mark your calendar to join the Winter Garden Pop-up Show & Sale, hosted by the Riverview Artists. The variety of styles and techniques is diverse, so each show provides a new look at the unique artistic directions being pursued by each of their artists. Check it out!
W.O. Mitchell: Honouring the Legacy
This year marks the 75th anniversary of W.O. Mitchell’s outstanding Canadian prairie classic, Who Has Seen the Wind. Join Freehand Books and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta as they launch a new edition of the novel and celebrate W.O. Mitchell’s influence forward to a new generation.
Home for the Holidays
When a flight from Orlando to Calgary gets grounded on Christmas Eve, it leaves four strangers stranded together in the airport. Ella is a Christmas enthusiast who insists on making friends with everyone and hosting an airport Christmas. Check out this Lunchbox Theatre original production!
Nature n’ Nurture
Framed on Fifth presents Jeweliyana Reece’s first solo show Nature ‘n Nurture, inspired by all the beautiful nature right outside our doors in YYC area. Featuring paintings and glass art, it’s a show not to be missed!
The Jungle Book
This holiday season, escape into the jungles of India with this vibrant reimagining of the legend of the boy raised by wild animals. Experience a cast of familiar characters come to life through puppetry, stylized props, masks and movement. Get your tickets now!
Questions?
Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.