February Exhibitions
Photographic processes and new shows take centre stage this month
February might be a short month, but Calgary’s visual arts community is already buzzing with excitement. From the Exposure Photography Festival to fantastic new shows at Glenbow and the Leighton Art Centre, there’s tons to see and do this month!
THEME: LANDSCAPE Publication Launch
February 1, 2020, 2:00 – 7:00pm
Loft 112 (112, 535 8th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Taking place during the opening weekend of the Exposure Photography Festival, this launch from SEITIES features select handmade darkroom prints and wet plates from the published artists, as well as onsite tintypes portraits by Rainika Photographik. Don’t miss it!
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Open Studios
February 1, 2020, 3:00 – 6:00pm
Centennial Planetarium, Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)
Free admission, registration required
Indefinite Arts Centre and Contemporary Calgary present Composition Collider, an evening of art, karaoke, and dancing! Watch as 85 artists from Canada’s oldest and largest disability arts program share their artistic responses to the Collider Residency.
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Bee Kingdom Studio Closure Final Sale
February 1 & 2, 2020, 12:00 – 4:00pm
Bee Kingdom Glass (427 22nd Ave. NW)
Free admission
The end of an era, Bee Kingdom Glass is closing down its glassblowing shop to give themselves the freedom to further their education and explore other artistic and professional pursuits. So be sure to swing by their final weekend sale to pick up some one-of-a-kind pieces.
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Black & White & In Between
February 1 – 20, 2020
Knox Gallery of Art (200 Barclay Parade SW)
Free admission
For this dynamic show, Knox Contemporary Gallery of Art showcases contemporary works of art created in black, white, and shades in between by artists Chlan Grant, Jane Lochrie, Laura Erdman, Nuit, Janie Lockwood, and more.
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Rope & Knot Making Workshop
February 1 & 22, 2020, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Stride Gallery (1006 Macleod Tr. SE)
Free admission
Participate in a free workshop with Jolie Bird in concert with her exhibition, The discipline of constructing. Bird facilitates these rope and knot making sessions, creating a space for participants to experience the tactile act of making both practical and decorative objects with their own hands.
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Rurban Landscapes
February 1 – 29, 2020
Edge Gallery (1416 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Chris Malloy is a photographer who documents vignettes of the past found within the context of today’s landscape. His anachronistic scenes present human elements which are chronologically out of place in their environment. Explore the opening reception from 1:00 to 4:00pm on February 1.
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Brad McMurray
February 1 – 29, 2020
Edge Gallery (1416 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Brad McMurray is a Vancouver-based photographer whose work focuses on the idiosyncratic structures and designs of the urban and peri-urban environment. Exploring the complexities of the built environment and our navigation within it, check out the show during Exposure.
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Perception
February 1 – 29, 2020
Newzones Gallery (730 11th Ave. SW)
Free admission
Perception is an exciting presentation of Newzones’ process-driven and photo-based artists, curated to showcase their creative process and explore artwork that is manipulated in many fashions. It’s up to the viewer to determine how the photos are created.
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Conundrums
February 1 – 29, 2020
Herringer Kiss Gallery (101, 1615 10th Ave. SW)
Free admission
Set in an absurd, fictionized environment based upon life in Southern Alberta, this body of work poses questions about land and property ownership in the 21st century. Join artist Mitch Kern from 2:00 to 5:00pm on February 1 for an opening reception. In a world where man and beast are conflated with nature and culture, there are no easy answers, only conundrums.
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Toni Onley
February 1 – March 4, 2020
Wallace Galleries (500 5th Ave. SW)
Free admission
This exhibition spans and exhibits works over the extensive and prolific career of Toni Onley. Almost a retrospective, this collection of works shown range from the early 1960s to the early 2000s. An opening reception takes place on February 1 from 2:00 to 5:00pm.
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BLANC
February 1 – March 14, 2020
Christine Klassen Gallery (200, 321 50th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Ben Cope takes a sculptural, hands on approach, transforming the traditionally slick photographic surface into rough, raw, and distressed one-of-a-kind artworks that express universal aspects of the human condition. An opening reception takes place on February 8 from 1:00 to 4:00pm.
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at the last judgement we will all be trees
February 1 – March 14, 2020
Christine Klassen Gallery (200, 321 50th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Julya Hajnoczky’s mesmerizing imagery of meticulously arranged plants, feathers, animal bones, fungi, and lichen seem to float off their rich black backgrounds as if by magic. Explore it at the opening reception on February 8.
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Red Earth: Africa
February 3 – March 2, 2020
cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW)
Free admission
This project began out of Anne Tapler White’s desire to document the everyday life of the African people and to show that we are all bound by common threads and how our lives intersect. The exhibition shows resilience, struggles, and pride in being African. An opening reception takes place on February 6 from 5:00 to 9:00pm.
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Object Lessons
February 3 – April 19, 2020
Project Space, Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Anna Gustafson enshrouds discarded appliances in old, white linen—a manner historically used by many cultures to prepare the dead for burial. Presented in partnership with The New Gallery, see this fantastic piece this season in the Esker Foundation’s Project Space.
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Fabricating Fictions & Cranky and Resistant
February 4, 2020, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Arts Learning Centre, Arts Commons (225 8th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration required
Arts Commons and the Exposure Photography Festival present this conversation with Dr. Philip Harris and Gemma Marmalade. Space is limited and registration is required before February 2.
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Finding Presence
February 4 – 29, 2020
Framed on Fifth (1207 5th Ave. NW)
Free admission
Kathleen Davies’ photographs captured from mountain heights speak to the incredible grandeur of the mountains, but each image also represents a journey of gratitude and the freedom to be fully present in the moment. Part of Exposure Photography Festival, don’t miss it.
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Mini Masters
February 6, 2020, 11:00 – 11:45am
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration required
This workshop series is for children aged three to five to explore themes in the Esker Foundation’s current exhibitions through art making, movement, and play. From yoga to dance, painting to print-making, each month you can discover new mediums and techniques in all art forms. All materials are provided and dress for mess!
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Free First Thursday Nights
February 6, 2020, 5:00 – 9:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Glenbow is a place for everyone. Thanks to a partnership with Servus Credit Union, this popular free evening at the museum returns for 2020. Committed to expanding the reach and impact of art and culture in our community, be sure to swing by. And although a bunch of new exhibitions aren’t quite open yet, there’s still plenty to explore.
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Below the Peak
February 6, 2020, 5:00 – 9:00pm
cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW)
Free admission
Join Lee Nordbye at the opening of his exhibit as he walks you through visual stories exploring the smooth, soft water, the playful contrast of shadows and light, the tantalizing textures and the mind warping abstract shapes, and the forms of the Canadian Rockies.
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Mandy Stobo Painted These
February 6, 2020, 6:00 – 9:00pm
Village Brewery Taproom (5000 12A St. SE)
Free admission
This two-month long exhibition featuring the works of local artist, Mandy Stobo, is presented by Village Brewery. Swing by this opening reception to help welcome her back to the space, and to enjoy some art, beer, and friends!
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Bring the Baby Art Tour & Tummy Time
February 7, 2020, 12:00 – 1:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration recommended
Tummy time centres around an interactive artwork created especially for babies by artist Yvonne Mullock. This extraordinary sensory blanket will be out in the gallery for the babies to explore and enjoy following a tot-friendly exhibition tour of Katie Ohe’s incredible work.
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Our Inner Potential
February 7, 2020, 4:00pm
Venue 308 (110, 308 11th Ave. SE)
No cover
Potential Place Society showcases a variety of member artists who struggle with mental illness at its upcoming clubhouse art show. Many pieces are available for purchase via silent auction so support this non-profit mental health agency dedicated to improving the lives of people with chronic mental illness.
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Artist Talk with Anna Gustafson
February 7, 2020, 6:30 – 7:30pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration recommended
Shining a light on habitat loss and environmental destruction, join Anna Gustafson for an artist talk as she shares insights into her ongoing project Object Lessons and her creative practice as a whole.
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Photo Inspiration Night
February 7, 2020, 7:00pm
Central Library (800 3rd St. SE)
$10 – $35
Hear 10 brave and amazing speakers show-and-tell their photography stories in only 20 slides with 20 seconds per slide to talk. This quick-fire presentation from PhotoEd Magazine allows for a fun evening of impactful storytelling, guaranteed to leave you inspired.
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Transforming Objects with Anna Gustafson
February 8, 2020, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration required
Artist Anna Gustafson uses linen and thread to enshroud discarded manufactured objects. In this workshop, she demonstrates how common everyday objects are transformed by this process.
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Launch Party
February 8, 2020, 7:30pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
By donation
Be among the first to see Glenbow’s new art exhibitions including the incredible street photographs of Vivian Maier, the wild party paintings of Maxwell Bates, and an epic wrap-around, room-filling art installation by Calgary artist Ron Moppett. The party includes live music and a DJ set by Myke Atkinson. Don’t miss it!
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Vivian Maier: In Her Own Hands
February 8 – May 24, 2020
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
Vivian Maier, a Chicago-based nanny who pursued photography in her spare time, eventually amassed more than 2,000 rolls of film, 3,000 prints, and 20,000 negatives, which she shared with virtually no one. This exhibition features over 100 revealing photographs of American city life.
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Maxwell Bates: The In Crowd
February 8 – May 24, 2020
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
Maxwell Bates suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed on the left side of his body. Known for his striking portraits and poignant character studies, his paintings depict art events, restaurant outings, domestic parties and the spectacle of exaggerated social situations.
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In Light of Things
February 10 – 15, 2020
Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society (1038 17th Ave. SE)
Free admission
This exhibition presents a vibrant collection of cyanotype prints created by participants in the Aging Well with Art project. Each work explores the individual and communal nature of memory, mapping various moments in time. An opening reception takes place from 4:00 to 6:00pm on February 13.
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Crash Course: Discussions in Contemporary Art
February 13, 2020, 7:00 – 8:30pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration required
Join Sans façon on a journey from a silent fairground in Germany to the icefields of Greenland, from our own sewers in Calgary to the scents of people’s memories. The evening looks at contemporary art practice in the public realm through all the senses.
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Valentine’s Day at Glenbow
February 14, 2020
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
Bring a loved one and demonstrate your creative skills by making one-of-a-kind, over-the-top, Pinterest-worthy Valentine’s Day cards in Glenbow’s Discovery Room. It’s your chance to try your hand at romantic, creative, and potentially goofy art-making.
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Bright Nights YYC
February 18, 2020, 7:00 – 10:00pm
Alberta Craft Gallery – Calgary, cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW)
Pay-what-you-can
Join the Alberta Craft Council and enjoy a conversation with artists and educators Bill Morton and Trudie Allen. This evening includes an artist talk from 7:00 to 9:00pm followed by a gallery tour with the artists from 9:00 to 10:00pm.
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A Closer Look Tour
February 20, 2020, 1:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
Get in-depth insight on a guided tour of Vivian Maier’s stunning street photography and learn more about the enigmatic woman behind the lens. Pre-registration not required.
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Unabashed Magazine Launch
February 21, 2020, 5:00 – 8:00pm
Christine Klassen Gallery (200, 321 50th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Unabashed is a Calgary-based art and style magazine with a focus on local artists, challenging societal standards of beauty, and promoting being true to one’s self. This launch celebrates the release of Volume 2 and the first public release of the magazine!
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Be Who You Are
February 22, 2020, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration recommended
Katherine Ylitalo shares her experience of knowing Katie Ohe for over 30 years as participants enjoy the magic of setting Ohe’s kinetic sculptures in motion and investigate her exploration of abstract form and movement. Don’t miss this insightful exhibition tour!
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They Will All Be Ghosts Soon
February 22 – April 18, 2020
Leighton Art Centre (282027 144th St. West, Millarville)
By donation
This timely solo exhibition by Julya Hajnoczky examines human relationships with the natural world and how ecosystems are changing as we journey through the ‘Anthropocene’ era. Be sure to check out the opening reception from 2:00 to 4:00pm on February 22.
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Within Winter’s Eye
February 22 – April 18, 2020
Leighton Art Centre (282027 144th St. West, Millarville)
By donation
This group installation by Stacey McRae, Marney Delver, and Jan Daley transforms the main gallery at the Leighton Art Centre into a winter dreamscape of monochromatic artwork. See porcelain sculpture, mixed media painting, and silver jewelry at the opening reception, 2:00 to 4:00pm on February 22.
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Cinematic Sundays: Finding Vivian Maier
February 23, 2020, 1:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
$8 – $25
See the Oscar-nominated film that kick-started Maier-mania and then take in her photography in person at Vivian Maier: In Her Own Hands.
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Riverview Artists February Show & Sale
February 24 – 28, 2020
+15, Trans Canada Tower (450 1st St. SW)
Free admission
Check out this exhibit of the 12 artists of the Riverview Artists Group as they feature their latest original paintings. Finding inspiration in a wide range of subjects, they express their ideas in a variety of styles and techniques.
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Art Baby Tours
February 26, 2020, 10:00am
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
Free – $5
Designed to allow parents and caregivers of small children, aged two and under, an opportunity to engage with Glenbow’s content in a baby friendly environment, take a guided exhibition tour of Vivian Maier’s stunning street photography and learn more about the enigmatic woman behind the lens.
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Sculpting with Light
February 28, 2020, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett invite participants aged 13 to 17 to construct miniature light sculptures from everyday objects then bring the light sculptures out into the night streets for a guerilla exhibition in the public realm.
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Printmaking with Carole Bondaroff
February 29, 2020, 1:00 – 3:30pm
Alberta Society of Artists (302, 1235 26th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration required
Artist Carole Bondaroff presents an explanation and demonstration of various printmaking techniques. Working on a plexi-glass surface with watercolours, explore the realm of self-expression through the process of mono-printing. Email education@albertasocietyofartists.com to register.
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Our Bodies as Sculpture in Motion
February 29, 2020, 1:00 – 4:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission, registration required
Take a breath and explore of Katie Ohe’s work in motion. This workshop, led by choreographer and movement educator Pam Tzeng, leads the group through a series of small dances and games, offering experiential insight into ways touch can provoke movement and movement can alter space.
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Let’s Stay in Touch
February 29, 2020, 7:30pm
TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)
Free admission
TRUCK Contemporary Art’s third annual postcard fundraiser features a silent-auction fundraiser including postcard-sized artwork donated by local, national, and international artists. This project develops crucial funds for TRUCK’s programming budget for exhibitions and public programs.
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Ongoing Exhibitions
Refractionsim
Until February 1, 2020
Framed on Fifth (1207 5th Ave. NW)
Free admission
Taking a stroll through a forest is like looking through a prism with a million facets. Cecile Albi brings attention to nature’s rhythm of patterning using an impressionist style with elements of cubism and abstract expressionism.
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Honouring the Passage
Until February 1, 2020
Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society (1038 17th Ave. SE)
Free admission
An exhibition of collaborative etchings and paintings by Calgary artist, Carole Bondaroff, and her late mother, Francis Gurevitch Bondaroff, swing by on Saturdays for printmaking demonstrations and talks on this multi-generational exhibit.
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Chantal Snodgrass: Recent Work
Until February 1, 2020
Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society (1038 17th Ave. SE)
Free admission
As the temperature drops, Calgarians long for warmer days. A dream-like depiction of Reader Rock Garden in full bloom is the focal point of Snodgrass’s new untitled experimental super 8 film.
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Recognition… Validation… Reassurance…
Until February 3, 2020
cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW)
Free admission
This unique show is a social practice art project led by artist Dick Averns features collage, drawings, and text-based art that depict personalized visions of mental wellness. Each piece has been created by community participants for community benefit.
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Youth Works 2020
Until February 15, 2020
Leighton Art Centre (282027 144th St. West, Millarville)
Pay-What-You-Can
Youth Works features artwork by local high school students who make use of photography. This might mean photography as the finished product, incorporated into the finished product, or as inspiration.
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Between the Salt of the Sun and the Light of the Sea
Until February 22, 2020
TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)
Free admission
This solo exhibition from Samuel de Lange asks what could be revealed by taking the histories of salt and photography into mutual consideration.
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Hopping for Hope
Until February 22, 2020
The New Gallery (208 Centre St. SE)
Free admission
Addressing her research on Google’s mapping methodology, Ahreum Lee explores both the freedoms and limitations presented by globalization and digital technologies. Explore how she’d done so through playful game elements and Korean pseudoscience.
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Telling Stories Otherwise
Until February 28, 2020
Alberta Printmakers Gallery and Studio (4025 4th St. SE)
Free admission
Brad Necyk is a multimedia artist and writer in Canada whose practice engages with issues of medicine, mental health, and precarious populations and subjects. His works include drawings and paintings, still and motion film, sculpture, 3D imaging and printing, virtual reality, and performance.
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Window Galleries
Until February 28, 2020
Window Galleries, Arts Commons (225 8th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Arts Commons’ Window Galleries features four varied artists this season, each working in the mediums of photography, paint, illustration, and wire sculpture. The work explores the themes of divergent viewpoints, fantasy, female empowerment, and community. See Abi Buchberge’s Land of Plenty, Kaitlyn Copithorne’s La Vie en Rose, Nada Khatib’s Veil Or Frail: Modest Women, and Ryan Puchalski’s Faction.
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Dialogue with a Bone Teacup
Until February 29, 2020
Ledge Gallery, Arts Commons (205 8th Ave. SE)
Free admission
The result of Elijah Wells’ research into Blackfoot story archives such as winter counts and story robes, this investigation is also an exploration discovery of Blackfoot visual language. An artist reception takes place from 5:30 to 8:30pm on February 28 so mark your calendars.
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The Sowers
Until February 29, 2020
VIVIANEART (1114 11th St. SW)
Free admission
Laura St. Pierre’s new series of photographs depicts interventions in the urban landscape that comprise of small gardens that thrive in unlikely places, such as parkades or pool decks, devoid of life other than what the sowers have introduced. These ignored derelict spaces become richly transformed through enlivened interaction.
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Made-Up Orchard
Until February 29, 2020
Lightbox Studio, Arts Commons (225 8th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Lightbox Studio in Arts Commons features Avril Lopez whose work is inspired by whimsical creations designed to evoke a child-like state of imaginative worldview. Be sure to swing by as she works on creating an experimental environment that explores the use of creativity as a healing process.
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akunnirun kuupak
Until February 29, 2020
Jarvis Hall Gallery (333B 36th Ave. SE)
Free admission
This exhibition of photographs quintessentially shows Kablusiak’s use of humour as a coping mechanism to address cultural displacement. Kablusiak reconnects to an important part of their being while simultaneously creating a presence for Inuit wherever they may be.
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Exposure Photography Festival
Unitl February 29, 2020
Various venues
Ticket prices vary
Celebrate the art of photography this February with Exposure. Alberta’s one and only photography festival, it hosts over 25,000 attendees annually with most events being free and open to the public. You can even check out publication launches, special tours, artist talks, and receptions.
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PARTICLE + WAVE: Group Exhibition
Until February 29, 2020
EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society (2005 10th Ave. SW)
Free admission
Showcasing Albertan artists that utilize television screens and monitors to question relationships with social media, this show looks at the feelings of solastalgia as we enter an unpredictable future. Part of EMMEDIA’s PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival, the show features works by Laura Anzola, Brad Necyk, and Aran Wilkinson-Blanc.
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Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out
Until March 1, 2020
TELUS Spark (220 St. Georges Dr. NE)
With admission
See the world’s most spectacular animals like never before! This rarely seen perspective guides visitors through skeletons, muscles, organs, and circulatory systems of a variety of animals.
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Images of Rapture
Until March 6, 2020
Centre Street CTrain Station (7th Ave. & 1st St. SE)
Free admission
Molly Caldwell explores the ecstatic in vapid and ostentatious yet somehow joyful for it. It channels the sticky sweetness of hair stuck in lip gloss as you flip through a glossy magazine and rub the perfume ads on your wrist.
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The discipline of constructing
Until March 6, 2020
Stride Gallery (1006 Macleod Tr. SE)
Free admission
A stunning fibre artist, Jolie Bird’s exhibition collates weavings, textile installation, in-gallery performances, and idea and skill sharing with the community. Throughout the duration of the show, Bird will be working in a representational artist’s studio, complete with a four-harness floor loom, assorted weaving tools, materials and snippets from her recent trip to Japan that informs the new body of work.
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I’m Only Going to Show You Once, Now You Try
Until March 6, 2020
Stride Gallery (1006 Macleod Tr. SE)
Free admission
Alyssa Duck Chief explores deep traumas of a ruptured family circle in the hopes of healing themselves through the medium of photography, text, and storytelling.
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Ready Player 2
Until March 7, 2020
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts (1407 14th Ave. NW)
Free admission
Brendan Lee Satish Tang and Sonny Assu combine elements from science fiction, comic book, and gaming cultures to consider how these forms both reinforce and transcend racial boundaries in youth culture.
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Reliant Objects
Until March 7, 2020
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts (1407 14th Ave. NW)
Free admission
This group exhibition of interdisciplinary craft work challenges notions of form, function, and the future of domestic objects. The works rely upon a viewer’s recognition of their sameness and difference.
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SPOTLIGHT: Gillian Mitchell & Sally Dobbin
Until March 8, 2020
Alberta Craft Gallery, cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW)
Free admission
Gillian Mitchell and Sally Dobbin, both ceramic instructors at the Wildflower Arts Centre, use varying techniques to balance design and function in their unique approaches to ceramics. Check out the reception on February 13.
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Museum of the Moon
Until March 15, 2020
Centennial Planetarium, Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)
With admission
The moon continues to captivate humanity and inspires us to reach for the stars. UK artist Luke Jerram’s Museum of the Moon is a scale model of the moon measuring six metres in diameter and featuring detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. See it this season at Contemporary Calgary.
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Cultivate | Instigate
Until March 21, 2020
Alberta Craft Gallery, cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW)
Free admission
Cultivate | Instigate is about the influential creatives at the forefront of post-secondary craft education in Alberta. Acting as torchbearers, instructors hailing from Alberta University of the Arts, Red Deer College, and Portage College, bridge Alberta’s rich craft legacy with contemporary craft culture through the exceptional work they create. Check out the reception from 2:00 to 4:00pm on February 15 to meet the artists.
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Frozen in Time
Until April 3, 2020
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (1415 14th Ave. NW)
Free admission
With an emphasis on stillness, these works may be time-lapse or still frame inspired and include photography and pieces separated from time as in the fragment of a dream or a fleeting memory of the past. Join the Alberta Society of Artists from 1:00 to 3:00pm on February 16 for the show’s reception.
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Black Forest (dark waters)
Until April 11, 2020
Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (410 University Ct. NW)
Free admission
An exhibition that brings together three interconnected bodies of work by Diana Thorneycroft, thematically, the work addresses issues of difference, alteration, and abjection all tied together as in a fairy tale.
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Storied City: Early Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers
Until April 26, 2020
Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)
With admission
This exhibit imagines a fictitious 1923 dinner party in which 12 real writers gather at Lougheed House, a home where Calgary culture was often celebrated and fostered via parties, performances and salons.
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Planetary
Until April 26, 2020
Centennial Planetarium, Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)
With admission
Grounded in contextual investigations around shaping vision through site and placemaking, 36 artists living in Calgary respond to the Centennial Planetarium, creating works that draw upon the building’s architecture, its cosmological connections, and its relationships to personal memory and nostalgia.
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Exposure Photography Festival HQ
Until April 26, 2020
Centennial Planetarium, Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)
With admission
An annual festival that celebrates photography, Exposure Photography Festival settles into the Contemporary Calgary space this January. Hosting three festival feature exhibitions—International Open Call, Emerging Photographers Showcase, and, 2019 Emerging Photographer of the Year, Boon Ong’s Our Closets. The festival wraps on February 29, but don’t worry if you can’t make it this winter—all the exhibitions continue until April 26, 2020.
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Katie Ohe
Until May 3, 2020
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
Presenting an in-depth look at Katie Ohe’s sculptural practice, this exhibition brings together work spanning six decades of Ohe’s remarkable career. It’s the largest and most comprehensive solo show of her work to date.
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Everywhere We Are
Until May 29, 2020
Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (410 University Ct. NW)
Free admission
Everywhere We Are explores boundaries in art. If a boundary can be thought of as a line that separates, who then sets the boundary? Are there rules? How are they negotiated? And what are the implications for art? Don’t miss part one of this ambitious exhibition and public program series addressing many of the challenges, merits, impacts and advantages associated with art collecting.
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This House is On Fire
Until June 24, 2020
Vertigo Theatre (161, 115 9th Ave. SE)
Free admission
The feeling of something not quite right, the sensation of missing a step or noticing something in a new light. These are some of the perceptions and interpretations being explored by Indefinite Arts Centre artists in This House is On Fire. See it this season at Vertigo Theatre.
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Collider: Land
Until December 31, 2020
Centennial Planetarium, Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)
With admission
The second year of the Collider open studio artist residency at Contemporary Calgary adopts a new thematic lens to better understand and engage. Exploring the theme of land, incoming artists are asked to reflect on the complex relationships our communities have with the environment and the diverse ecosystems that shape our lives.
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