Exhibitions February 2017
Festivals and new openings bring plethora of amazing art to see
February is a great time to be a visual arts lover in Calgary. With festivals like Exposure and PARTICLE + WAVE there’s so much to see and do. It’s going to be a great month!
Art Show
February 1 – 28, 2017
Central Library, Calgary Public Library (5th Floor, 616 Macleod Tr. SE)
Free
This February swing by the Central Library to see work from Calgary artist John Abbott. An active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, Abbott sells his work at galleries and gift shops in Calgary, Banff, and Lake Louise.
abbottfineart.com
Mini Masters
February 2, 2017, 11:00 – 11:45am
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration essential
Calling Calgary’s newest contemporaries! Join the Esker Foundation on the first Thursday of every month for a hands-on art class. Parents and guardians are invited to bring their little ones, ages two to five, to explore art making in this fun and social program. All are welcome to participate, just dress for mess!
eskerfoundation.com
GenA
February 2, 2017, 5:00 – 7:00pm
Studio C (502, 237 8th Ave. SE)
Free
An exciting new employment program aimed at youth, GenA uses creative to help foster essential skills. Over a period of 12 weeks participants were inspired through art marking and collaboration. See the results at this opening reception celebration.
studiocprospect.ca
Free First Thursday Night
February 2, 2017, 5:00 – 9:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
Free
Always a good time to checkout Glenbow, the museum stays open late with free access the first Thursday of each month. And this is your last chance to see Rough Country and The Last Longest Day for free.
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Art Opening & Sale
February 2, 2017, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Loft 112 (112, 535 8th Ave. SE)
Free
Featuring the work of Tammy Winterfield, swing by Loft 112 and check out A Winter Collection at this reception.
loft112.org
Hypnos
February 2 – March 4, 2017
Herringer Kiss Gallery (709A 11th Ave. SW)
Free
Laurel Johannesson’s recent work depicts the expansive sea in relationship to land or horizon, and human or bird. A state of precarious limbo, it is this in-between space she is interested in revealing. Head to the opening reception on February 2 from 5:00 to 8:00pm.
herringerkissgallery.com
Bring The Baby Art Tour
February 3, 2017, 12:00 – 12:30pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
Bring your baby to Esker Foundation for a tot-friendly discussion on this relaxed, social tour.
eskerfoundation.com
The Sacred and the Profane
February 3, 2017, 1:00 – 3:00pm
ICT 516, University of Calgary (5th Floor, 856 Campus Place NW)
Free
Part of the PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival, check out this artist panel moderated by Lindsay Macdonald. Artists Peter Redecopp, Tasman Richardson, and Trevor Van den Eijnden examine how their work presented challenges the sacred and the profane dichotomy.
emmedia.ca
Artist Talk with Jude Griebel
February 3, 2017, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
Jude Griebel creates sculptures of hybrid bodies whose anatomy is merged with their surroundings. Then, join the Esker Foundation in its Project Space to celebrate the opening of Estranged Setting.
eskerfoundation.com
What’s Next
February 3 – 25, 2017
Jarvis Hall Gallery (333B 36th Ave. SE)
Free
This group exhibition features new works by Jarvis Hall Gallery artists. Swing by the opening reception from 5:00 to 8:00pm on February 10.
jarvishallgallery.com
Janus: An Installation by Tasman Richardson
February 3 – 25, 2017
EMMEDIA (2nd Floor, 351 11th Ave. SW)
Free
Two projections intersect each other loosely referencing the different halves of the brain—colour and melody versus monochrome textures and rhythmic noise. Part of the PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival, see the installation at its opening reception at 7:00pm on February 2.
emmedia.ca
Me and YOUnity and Everything I Know: A Workshop
February 4, 2017, 12:00 – 2:00pm
EMMEDIA (2nd Floor, 351 11th Ave. SW)
Free, registration required
Part of the PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival, Mat Lindenburg and Jadda Tsui host this free workshop that introduces participants to Unity, a free, cross-platform, 3D and 2D engine used for creative coding. Email particlewave@emmedia.ca to register.
emmedia.ca
PARTICLE + WAVE: Feature Night
February 4, 2017, 7:30 – 10:00pm
Festival Hall (1215 10th Ave. SE)
$15 – $20
Bringing together the best of the PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival into one party, Feature Night is an event you won’t want to miss. With performances and films by Raylene Campbell, Grayson Cooke, Shlomi Greenspan, Mat Lindenburg and Jadda Tsui, John Osbourne, Untrained Animals, and Matthew Waddell, the evening offers audiences a chance to explore the genre’s many facets.
emmedia.ca
Juxtaposition – Taking It Down Under
February 4 – 26, 2017
Urban Concept Gallery (2104 23rd Ave. SW)
Free
Image Seekers’ Urban Concept Gallery celebrates five years of participation in the Exposure Photography Festival see David Leech’s abstract collection in this modern, home-based gallery. See it at the opening reception, 12:00 to 4:00pm on February 12, or by appointment. The gallery is also hosting work from special guest artist Wade Walker.
exposurephotofestival.com
Digital Artifacts
February 4 – March 4, 2017
U-Hall, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary (2009 10th Ave. SW)
Free
A group exhibition featuring Greg Marshall, Peter Redecopp, Anna Semenoff, and Trevor Van den Eijnden, the show explores artifact in the digital realm through the repetition of patterns with themes of memory, relics, religion, and warfare. Part of the PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival, check out the opening reception at 8:00pm on February 3.
emmedia.ca
Camouflage (Hulinhjálmsteinn)
February 4 – March 18, 2017
Christine Klassen Gallery (200, 321 50th Ave. SE)
Free
Sarah Fuller’s current work explores layers of history and narrative through the use of the photographic object—a conceptual exploration of what it means to be from one place but have ties to another. Part of Exposure, stop by the opening reception on February 18 from 1:00 to 4:00pm and hear her artist talk at 2:00pm.
christineklassengallery.com
7 Cameras
February 4 – March 18, 2017
Christine Klassen Gallery (200, 321 50th Ave. SE)
Free
Join Christine Klassen Gallery for its fourth group exhibition featuring new and recent photography by Kevin Boyle, Gary Campbell, Ben Cope, Michael Levin, Colin Smith, Leesa Streifler, and Diana Thorneycroft. This mix of traditional and contemporary approaches highlights methods that range from camera obscura to digital photography. Stop by the opening reception on February 18 from 1:00 to 4:00pm.
christineklassengallery.com
Don’t Blink – Robert Frank
February 9, 2017, 7:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
$8 – $10
Join Glenbow as it kicks off its photography film series with this portrait of the reclusive photographer Robert Frank, who famously documented the Beats, Welsh coal miners, London bankers, and The Rolling Stones.
glenbow.com
Kinngait: Riding Light into the World
February 9, 2017, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
Cape Dorset is world-renowned for the art produced at the Inuit owned and operated Kinngait Studios. This film brings together artworks of successive generations that illustrate the immense changes experienced by Inuit. The film is in English and Inuktitut with English subtitles.
eskerfoundation.ca
Ghost Noise
February 9, 2017, 8:15 – 8:40pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
Esker Foundation presents its second film of the night, Ghost Noise—a look at the world of third generation Inuit artist Shuvinai Ashoona.
eskerfoundation.ca
Getting on the Map: The Emergence of Calgary, Post-Confederation
February 10 – May 28, 2017
Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)
With admission
Using a combination of reproductions and originals of early maps, photographs, and artwork about Southern Alberta, Lougheed House shares the fascinating story of the Calgary frontier as it was in the 1870s and 1880s, more than 30 years before Alberta joined Canada.
lougheedhouse.com
Cooked Earth and Ghost Noise with Shauna Thompson
February 12, 2017, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
Go on a conversational walking tour of Earthlings that explores some of the individual myths, narratives, and creative cosmologies in the ceramics and works on paper.
eskerfoundation.ca
Muse
February 15, 2017, 8:00pm
Studio 122 (122, 4029 8th St. SE)
Free
Part of Exposure Photo Festival, the seventh instalment of Muse features work from Jason Eng, Greg Gerla, Colin Way, Bryce Meyer, Julya Hajnoczky, Jeremy Fokkens, and Nathan Elson. Check it out at the opening reception that includes music, food, and a unique showcase of work.
exposurephotofestival.com
NEXT2016 Artist Talk & Performance
February 16, 2017, 6:00 – 8:00pm
Contemporary Calgary (117 8th Ave. SW)
Free, registration required
Head to Contemporary Calgary for two free programs presented in conjunction with NEXT2016, an ongoing series in support of emerging practices. At 6:00pm check out an artist talk from Jayda Karsten followed by a special collaboration between an upright bass player and a dancer in Lindsay Sorell’s exhibition Studies in Healing.
canadahelps.org
Suzy Lake: Playing with Time
February 16, 2017, 7:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
$8 – $10
The Glenbow continues its photography film series with this in-depth look into the work of Canadian photographer and foundational feminist artist, Suzy Lake.
glenbow.com
Winter’s Day Group Show
February 16 – March 7, 2017
Wallace Galleries (500 5th Ave. SW)
Free
Cozy up to the fire on a crisp, cold winter day with fabulous art by Andrew Lui, Shi Le, William Duma, Andre Petterson, Laurie Steen, and W.H. Webb.
wallacegalleries.com
Collaborative Drawing with Kelsey Fraser
February 18, 2017, 1:00 – 5:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration essential
In this workshop participants will produce a collaborative drawing from series of sequential collaborations including a ‘telephone-game’ drawing exercise. Participants must be over the age of 16 to participate and all materials will be provided.
eskerfoundation.ca
North of Ordinary: The Arctic Photographs of Geraldine and Douglas Moodie
February 18 – September 10, 2017
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
Presented in conjunction with the Exposure Photography Festival, this exhibition celebrates the remarkable creative partnership of Geraldine Moodie, western Canada’s first professional female photographer, and her husband Douglas, a senior officer of the North-West Mounted Police.
glenbow.org
In Conversation: Doug Cass and Susan Kooyman
February 18, 2017, 1:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
$10 – $12
With the opening weekend of North of Ordinary: The Arctic Photographs of Geraldine and Douglas Moodie, head to Glenbow to learn more about the life and works of these pioneering photographers. Exhibition curator Susan Kooyman and Glenbow Library and Archives Director Doug Cass will speak about the Moodies and how this collection came to Calgary.
glenbow.org
Master Class for Families
February 19, 2017, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration essential
Join the Esker Foundation for an afternoon of family fun at the gallery that delves into new mediums with art projects that relate to its current exhibitions. An educational, energetic, hands-on program for kids ages five to 10, an adult is required to stay for the duration of the workshop. All materials will be provided.
eskerfoundation.com
Weather is Beautiful, wish you were here!
February 21 – 28, 2017
Loft 112 (112, 535 8th Ave. SE)
Free
Bryce Meyer and Julya Hajnoczky’s photographic dispatches share their travels around the globe in postcard form. Let them take you across the Americas and as far as Europe and Asia. Part of Exposure, check out the show at its opening reception at 7:00pm on February 23.
exposurephotofestival.com
Behind the Scenes Tours: Travis Lutley, Art Collection Technician
February 22 & 23, 2017
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
$18 – $20
Discover some unexpected items deep in Glenbow’s storage areas with its knowledgeable technicians and celebrate Glenbow’s 50th anniversary. Get your tickets early as these tours often sell out.
glenbow.org
Riverview Artists Show & Sale
February 22 – 24, 2017, 9:00am – 4:00pm
TransCanada Place (+15 Level, 450 1st St. SW)
Free
See original work by 12 local artists, each with their own style and technique, reflecting the unique creativity and inspiration of each artist. An artist will be in attendance each day from 9:00am until 4:00pm.
riverview-artists.com
Artist Talk: M.N. Hutchinson and Sarah Fuller
February 23, 2017, 7:00pm
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
$10 – $12
Moderated by Nancy Tousley, One New Work artist M.N. Hutchinson speaks with artist and photographer Sarah Fuller about conceptual approaches to photography across both their bodies of work.
glenbow.org
North Goes South: Shuvinai Ashoona and the Repositioning of Inuit Art with Sara Angel and Nancy Campbell
February 23, 2017, 7:00 – 8:00pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration recommended
An unfortunate truth, Inuit art is seldom part of the contemporary art canon. This talk investigates the remarkable trajectory of Shuvinai Ashoona and how her work is changing that view.
eskerfoundation.ca
PLACEHOLDER: It’s your turn to talk! with d.talks
February 24, 2017, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free, registration essential
Join d.talks and Esker Foundation for an evening discussion that responds to the exhibition, Earthlings. Structured as an unconventional book club, check out this intimate discussion.
eskerfoundation.ca
Ongoing Exhibitions
Rough Country: The Strangely Familiar in mid-20th Century Alberta Art
Until February 5, 2017
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
With the postwar social climate, the perspectives of Maxwell Bates, Laura Evans Reid, John Snow, W.L. Stevenson and Dorothy Henzell Willis are at times uncanny and disturbing. The myth of Alberta being a land of prosperity and simple beauty is challenged by the works featured in this show.
glenbow.org
Connections: Calgary Arts Community Builders
Until February 5, 2017
Gallery 505 (505 8th Ave. SW)
Free
This year has been a retrospective year for Calgary Allied Arts Foundation and to celebrate they have highlighted a small selection of their artists that have become internationally recognized artists and influential community builders.
calgaryalliedartsfoundation.ca
Shannon Bool: The Eastern Carpet in the Western World Revisited
Until February 11, 2017
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design (1407 14th Ave. NW)
Free
This incredible exhibition of Shannon Bool’s recent work revisits textile art from a contemporary art perspective. Her first solo exhibition in Calgary, this show takes its title from one originally staged at London’s Hayward Gallery in 1983.
acad.ca
Valentines Group Show 2017
Until February 15, 2017
Wallace Galleries (500 5th Ave. SW)
Free
In celebration of the heart, Wallace Galleries has put together some smaller works for that special someone including pieces from Simon Andrew, Gregory Hardy, Jennifer Hornyak, Robert Marchessault, Leslie Poole, and Walter Bachinski.
wallacegalleries.com
God Love Brigus II
Until February 18, 2017
Alberta Printmakers Gallery (4025 4th St. SE)
Free
Tara Cooper presents this representation of personal, historical and weather research collected during a three-week residency with Landfall Trust at a 200-year-old cliff side cottage in Brigus, Newfoundland.
albertaprintmakers.com
Correctional Service Canada Accommodation Guidelines: Mental Healthcare Facility 10m2 x 2
Until February 18, 2017
The New Gallery (208 Centre St. SE)
Free
Sheena Hoszko’s new sculptural installation examines Correctional Service Canada’s (CSC) Federal Correctional Facilities Accommodation Guidelines, focusing on the section Mental Healthcare Facility. The installation also includes gallery-based text by Nasrin Himada.
thenewgallery.org
VSVSVS: at the same time
Until February 19, 2017
Contemporary Calgary (117 8th Ave. SW)
Free
VSVSVS is a six-person collective and artist-run centre based out of a warehouse in the Portlands of Toronto. Not concerned with solid architecture, for VSVSVS fluctuations are meant to be ridden and not resisted. This site-responsive work has been created for Contemporary Calgary, as is made up of propositions for three floors including walls that expand, floors that refuse immobility and a giant vibrator. Please do touch!
contemporarycalgary.com
NEXT2016: Jayda Karsten & Lindsay Sorell
Until February 19, 2017
Contemporary Calgary (117 8th Ave. SW)
Free
Contemporary Calgary continues its NEXT2016 series in support of emerging practices. This show invites artists to investigate the potential of post-studio practices, exploring digital environments, mobility and ideas as artwork.
contemporarycalgary.com
Aida Muluneh
Until February 25, 2017
VivianeArt (1114 11th St. SW)
Free
Part of the 2017 Exposure Photography Festival, this exhibition is the first solo showing of Aida Muluneh’s work in Canada. Born in Ethiopia, she was first introduced to photography while attending Western Canada High School in Calgary. Her photographic practice focuses on the exploration of her multi-faceted identity through bold colour and striking graphics.
vivianeart.gallery
M.N. Hutchinson: The Last Longest Day
Until February 26, 2017
Glenbow (130 9th Ave. SE)
With admission
Glenbow’s One New Work series completes with this, the third and final instalment. It focuses on Calgary artist M.N. Hutchinson’s project that saw Hutchinson take one photo every minute on the longest day of the millennium. Selecting from more than 900 photos, the exhibition draws on film negatives, contact sheets and new photographic prints made with traditional darkroom methods.
glenbow.org
Bridges
Until February 27, 2017
Bissett Art Gallery, Mount Royal University (4825 Mount Royal Gate SW)
Free
Traveling across Alberta, don’t miss the Calgary stop of this nod to The Alberta Society of Artists, a group that has fostered and promoted the arts in our province for the past 85 years.
albertasocietyofartists.com
Semblance & Shadows Like Anxiety
Until March 3, 2017
Stride Gallery (1006 Macleod Tr. SE)
Free
A joint exhibition, check out these concurrent shows from Liza Eurich and Colin Miner at Stride Gallery. Both works look at visibility in a broad context, switching between prominent and impressive displays to the desire for withdrawal and deferral.
stride.ab.ca
Obsolescence
Until March 4, 2017
TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary (2009 10th Ave. SW)
Free
Bringing together five interdisciplinary artists from different generations, practices, and parts of the country, this show explores varying notions of communication. A curatorial project by Mohammad Rezaei, Obsolescence features the work of Brynn Higgins-Stirrup, Colwyn Paddon, Justin Somjen, Jim Verburg, and Joy Walker.
truck.ca
Strange Loop
Until March 4, 2017
Parkade Space, TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary (2009 10th Ave. SW)
Free
Kyle Whitehead’s Strange Loop is composed of a single length of un-split 8mm film spliced end-to-end with a half-twist to form a Möbius loop—a non-orientable geometric object with one single and continuous surface and boundary—and projected as a 16mm strip.
truck.ca
Interplay: An Arts Exchange with Studio Y Creations
Until March 16, 2017
Optimist Gallery, In-Definite Arts Society (8038 Fairmount Dr. SE)
Free
Bringing together developmentally disabled and non-disabled artists, In-Definite Art Society and Studio Y Creations have teamed up to explore shared ideas.
indefinitearts.com
Estranged Setting
Until April 23, 2017
Project Space, Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free
Two sculptures from Jude Griebel, Bird Factory and Trawl can be found in this immersive painted environment. Each one depicts the complexities of contemporary consumption, industrial fishing, and agriculture and is a modern update of Arcimboldo’s Mannerist painting, The Ocean.
eskerfoundation.ca
Earthlings: Roger Aksadjuak, Shuvinai Ashoona, Pierre Aupilardjuk, Shary Boyle, Jessie Kenalogak, John Kurok, Leo Napayok
Until May 7, 2017
Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free
From distinct cultural and geographical positions—Kangiqliniq/Rankin Inlet, Kinngait/Cape Dorset, Qamani’tuaq/Baker Lake, and Toronto—the artists in Earthlings share an intuitive and labour-intensive approach to materials and narrative imagery. Organized by Shary Boyle at the invitation of the Esker Foundation, explore their detailed figures, transformations and transmogrifications bridging reality and myth.
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