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Timeless: 100 years of Oscar Peterson
Timeless: 100 years of Oscar Peterson commemorates the centenary of one of Canada’s greatest musical legends. The exhibition celebrates the extraordinary life, music, and legacy of the virtuosic jazz pianist, composer, and humanitarian who captivated audiences around the world.
Unfamiliar Perspectives
Built around archival photographs, sketches, newspaper pages, personal journals and government records, this exhibit at The Confluence highlights lesser-known stories about the North-West Mounted Police.
Shadowlands
Shadowlands, an exhibition by painter Cindy Bouwers at Ambrose University, explores the meeting of light and shadow in nature and inner life. Through layered colours and intuitive gestures, the works invite reflection on moments of transition, uncertainty and emotional nuance.
Next Generation Artists of Alberta Exhibit
Created in partnership with ArtLaunch, check out artwork from young artists, plus two info panels on why community support for young artists matters across 160 feet of wall space outside of the former Hudson’s Bay storefront at Chinook Centre.
Liminal Space
Liminal Space, the debut exhibition by the Uncommon Art Collective, explores themes of transition, possibility and the in-between. Using abstraction, the works evoke mystery and a dream-like quality, inviting viewers to embrace the beauty of the unknown.
Stacking Crates to Reach a Banana
Through sculpture and video, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens examine how bodies (human and nonhuman) are measured, valued and shaped by systems of data and performance, drawing on the visual language of modern science to trace the ethical stakes of systems that quantify lived experience into units of labour.
Erdem Taşdelen: Wounded in Three Acts
Marking Erdem Taşdelen’s return to Calgary, this multi-part exhibition spans audio, film, print and live performance to consider power, resistance and difference, inviting us to confront our own roles within today’s sociopolitical landscape.
Golden Girls Vegas Vacation
Golden Girls Vegas Vacation brings the beloved golden gang to the Las Vegas strip for a long-overdue bachelorette adventure full of laughs and lively entertainment. This fun-filled dinner theatre production features big comedy and hit songs inspired by the legendary Vegas performers.
Where Wings Carry Us
Shared Flight Collective brings together immigrant artists Diana Olarte, Doro Buch and Claudia Chagoya. Through painting, installation, projection mapping and mixed media, the trio explores migration, identity and transformation.
Mapping History: The Calgary Atlas Project
Navigate the past and present of Calgary this spring as this new exhibit brings maps from the local historians, authors and artists behind the Calgary Institute for the Humanities’ Atlas Project to life at Lougheed House. Accompanied by original art pieces, artifacts, tours, workshops, and more,
Karin McGinn: House of Secrets
Explore a new exhibition by Calgary-based artist Karin McGinn. Known for her surreal, layered compositions, McGinn’s work often draws on themes of identity, storytelling and the mysterious spaces between fantasy and reality.
Bomi Yook: K-DIALECTIC
This Esker Project Space photographic installation explores the afterlives of Japanese colonialism in Korea through archival materials and fragmented imagery. The exhibition reflects on memory, loss and how histories of trauma continue across generations.
New Sound In Town
This musical revue traces how pop, rock and country blended over the decades, from 1970s folk-rock and Willie Nelson’s crossover hits to Shania Twain’s ’90s country-pop and Taylor Swift’s genre-defying stardom. Celebrate the artists who blurred the lines and created new sounds!
The Human Moment
This photography exhibition by Dipankar Mukherjee, captures fleeting, unguarded interactions that reveal quiet moments of human connection. The exhibition invites viewers to pause, reflect, and engage in dialogue about how we see one another.
Tales of the Mundane
Explore everyday moments through a new lens in Tales of the Mundane, an exhibition portraying quiet, fleeting scenes that hint at the deeper stories behind ordinary life. On view throughout May, this thoughtful show invites viewers to reflect on the hidden meaning within life’s simplest moments.
Spring Visual Arts Exhibition
Explore a solo exhibition of pastel paintings by Dave Waddington, on display during public library opening hours. Admission is free to attend.
FreshFaces
Discover FreshFaces, a curated group exhibition showcasing contemporary Canadian artists exploring themes of home, land, memory, and care. Through diverse materials and perspectives, this one-time show highlights intimate and thought-provoking artistic practices.
Litcon
LitCon is a literary arts festival hosted by Calgary Public Library for students in Kindergarten through Grade 9 in the Calgary area. Students will learn about the literary arts, interact with peers and artists, and participate in in-person activities.
Love & Rage
Step into LOVE AND RAGE, an immersive performance by Major Matt Mason Collective that guides audiences through a dystopian future shaped by the climate crisis and survival. This roaming sci-fi experience blends storytelling, movement and world-building into a bold, imaginative theatrical journey.
Life Improvised in the Guise of a Wes Anderson Tale
The Kinkonauts presents a show that explores themes, characters and stories inspired by Wes Anderson films, taking the storybook nature of the films and moving them to an improvised stage production.
Free This Week
From intergenerational artist talks to interactive workshops, this week’s roundup is full of free ways to connect through creativity. Hear... Read More
Free This Week
From night markets to exhibition openings and live performances, the city is ripe for spring outings. Wander the Inglewood Night... Read More
May Exhibitions
Check out new visual art exhibitions in Calgary — from an animated cartoon mini-series to a photographic look into everyday... Read More
Free This Week
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Questions?
Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 118 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.
