Events Calendar Search for upcoming events around the city Picks and Previews Plan ahead to check out these not-to-be-missed events Search × Search Events Event Type All Types Dance Family Festival Film & Media Free Literary Music Promotion Talk Theatre Visual Art Workshop Where All Venues (Centre St N. & 16th Ave. NE) ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre ATCO Park Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward Alberta Printmakers Artpoint Gallery & Studios Asylum for Art Beddington Theatre Arts Centre Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University Big Four Roadhouse, Stampede Park Burnswest Theatre, Fort Calgary Calgary Italian Cultural Centre Cardel Theatre Cathedral Church of the Redeemer Central Memorial Park Christ Church Anglican Calgary Commonwealth Bar and Stage Congress Coffee ContainR Contemporary Calgary Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Palliser Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Engineered Air Theatre, Arts Commons Esker Foundation Festival Hall Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park Genesis Centre Globe Cinema Heritage Park Historical Village In-person & online Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons King Eddy, National Music Centre Knox United Church La Cité des Rocheuses Leacock Theatre, Mount Royal University Leighton Art Centre Les Jardins Townhomes, Condos & Central Garden Lougheed House MacEwan Hall MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary Martha Cohen Theatre, Arts Commons Mesken Room, Foothills Centennial Centre Mikey's on 12th Newzones Gallery Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary Okotoks Art Gallery Opera Room, Teatro Our Lady of the Assumption School Owl's Nest Books Palace Theatre Pearce Estate Park Prince's Island Park Pumphouse Theatre Scotiabank Saddledome Shaw Millennium Park Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Sparrow Artspace Sparrow Artspace Stream online Studio Bell Studio Theatre, cSPACE Marda Loop Sunalta Community Association TRUCK Contemporary Art Tawaw West The GRAND The New Gallery The Palace Theatre Under the Big Top, Stampede Park (Lot #6) University District Discovery Centre Various venues Venue TBA Vern's Vertigo Theatre Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo Winston Heights Mountview Community Association cSPACE Marda Loop When All Upcoming Today Tomorrow This Week This Month Next Month Add Custom Date Range Search Events Reset Fields Date Range Today Tomorrow This Week This Month Next Month All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Workshop Talk Family Promotion Free Family Sep. 24, 2022 - June 10, 2023 Community Family Drumming Circle Every other Saturday morning, check out a Community Family Drumming Circle, an opportunity for families with children up to 12 years old to immerse themselves in the rhythms and energies of drumming, storytelling and sharing that reflects traditional ways of connecting spiritually, emotionally, physically and socially. Registration required. Showtime: 10:00am – 12:00pmLocation: Tawaw West (2340 1 Ave. NW)Free Visual Art Feb. 13, 2023 - June 11, 2023 A Provisional Vista Morgan Melenka is a visual artist based in Mohkinstsis who engages with sculpture and printmaking as she misuses architectural forms and materials to engage with history and place. Be sure to check out her latest exhibition in Esker Foundation’s Bridge Space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9 Ave SE)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 17, 2023 FreshFaces Newzones’s 3rd edition of FreshFaces, a curated exhibition which brings together select artists from North America for a one-time group showing. FreshFaces analyzes the ways in which the artists challenges the traditional use of materials and formal aesthetics through painting, photography, mixed media and sculpture. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Newzones Gallery (730 11th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Form(ed) Carissa Baktay’s Form(ed) presents a series of O.O.U.U.’s (Objects Of Unidentified Uses) exploring memory, body, and femininity. Blown glass, hair and textile reference the artist’s bodily experience and serve as symbols for storytelling. These mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (280, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - July 21, 2023 Treelines – Here and There Gwen MacGregor explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Family Sep. 24, 2022 - June 10, 2023 Community Family Drumming Circle Every other Saturday morning, check out a Community Family Drumming Circle, an opportunity for families with children up to 12 years old to immerse themselves in the rhythms and energies of drumming, storytelling and sharing that reflects traditional ways of connecting spiritually, emotionally, physically and socially. Registration required. Showtime: 10:00am – 12:00pmLocation: Tawaw West (2340 1 Ave. NW)Free Visual Art Feb. 13, 2023 - June 11, 2023 A Provisional Vista Morgan Melenka is a visual artist based in Mohkinstsis who engages with sculpture and printmaking as she misuses architectural forms and materials to engage with history and place. Be sure to check out her latest exhibition in Esker Foundation’s Bridge Space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9 Ave SE)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 17, 2023 FreshFaces Newzones’s 3rd edition of FreshFaces, a curated exhibition which brings together select artists from North America for a one-time group showing. FreshFaces analyzes the ways in which the artists challenges the traditional use of materials and formal aesthetics through painting, photography, mixed media and sculpture. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Newzones Gallery (730 11th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Form(ed) Carissa Baktay’s Form(ed) presents a series of O.O.U.U.’s (Objects Of Unidentified Uses) exploring memory, body, and femininity. Blown glass, hair and textile reference the artist’s bodily experience and serve as symbols for storytelling. These mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (280, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - July 21, 2023 Treelines – Here and There Gwen MacGregor explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art Feb. 13, 2023 - June 11, 2023 A Provisional Vista Morgan Melenka is a visual artist based in Mohkinstsis who engages with sculpture and printmaking as she misuses architectural forms and materials to engage with history and place. Be sure to check out her latest exhibition in Esker Foundation’s Bridge Space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9 Ave SE)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 17, 2023 FreshFaces Newzones’s 3rd edition of FreshFaces, a curated exhibition which brings together select artists from North America for a one-time group showing. FreshFaces analyzes the ways in which the artists challenges the traditional use of materials and formal aesthetics through painting, photography, mixed media and sculpture. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Newzones Gallery (730 11th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Form(ed) Carissa Baktay’s Form(ed) presents a series of O.O.U.U.’s (Objects Of Unidentified Uses) exploring memory, body, and femininity. Blown glass, hair and textile reference the artist’s bodily experience and serve as symbols for storytelling. These mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (280, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - July 21, 2023 Treelines – Here and There Gwen MacGregor explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 17, 2023 FreshFaces Newzones’s 3rd edition of FreshFaces, a curated exhibition which brings together select artists from North America for a one-time group showing. FreshFaces analyzes the ways in which the artists challenges the traditional use of materials and formal aesthetics through painting, photography, mixed media and sculpture. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Newzones Gallery (730 11th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Form(ed) Carissa Baktay’s Form(ed) presents a series of O.O.U.U.’s (Objects Of Unidentified Uses) exploring memory, body, and femininity. Blown glass, hair and textile reference the artist’s bodily experience and serve as symbols for storytelling. These mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (280, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - July 21, 2023 Treelines – Here and There Gwen MacGregor explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 6, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Form(ed) Carissa Baktay’s Form(ed) presents a series of O.O.U.U.’s (Objects Of Unidentified Uses) exploring memory, body, and femininity. Blown glass, hair and textile reference the artist’s bodily experience and serve as symbols for storytelling. These mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (280, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - July 21, 2023 Treelines – Here and There Gwen MacGregor explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 11, 2023 - July 21, 2023 Treelines – Here and There Gwen MacGregor explores the multilayered and contradictory relationships that settlers on Turtle Island have to land. Her installation, Treelines – Here and There brings together photographs and videos with a forest of crocheted trees—altering perspectives, toying with memory, loss, and environmental degradation. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 5, 2023 - June 17, 2023 Little México The project Little México Carlos Colín critically engages with the community of Mexican labourers, their socio-political-cultural diasporic contribution to British Columbia, where the project was created, and Canada. Check it out at The New Gallery main space! see website for gallery hoursLocation: The New Gallery (208 Centre St. S)Free Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 4, 2023 - June 24, 2023 It’s About Time, Space & Place The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the group exhibition It’s About Time, Space & Place featuring the work of Alberta artists Bonnie Scott, Debra Ward, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanda Rottenfusser. Presented is a contemporary sense of place developed through years of art making. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Film & Media May 4, 2023 - June 15, 2023 Canadian Cinema in the New Milennium Join Calgary Cinematheque for a series of films that celebrates dynamic and critically acclaimed Canadian filmmaking since the year 2000. The program is curated by UCalgary professors Charles Tepperman and Lee Carruthers, coinciding with the release of their new book, Canadian Cinema in the New Millennium. Showtime: 7:00pm – 9:00pmLocation: Globe Cinema (617 8th Ave. SW)$10 - $12 Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Music May 10, 2023 - June 24, 2023 Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine… The Alberta Society of Artists is proud to present the solo exhibition Rock Stars: Time-Space Capsules as I Imagine featuring the work of Alberta artist Sylvie Pinard. This exhibition addresses the theme of time, a fluid notion, inseparable from space and divided into past, present, and future. see website for gallery hoursLocation: ASA Gallery, Crossroads Art Centre (Suite #222, 1235 26th Ave. SE)Free Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 11, 2023 - Sep. 17, 2023 Diane Arbus: Photographs, 1956-1971 In 1956, photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) marked a roll of film with the number 1 and her career as an artist began. Over the next 15 years, she produced a body of work that would revolutionize not only the portrait genre, but the medium of photography. Don’t miss this exhibition! Showtime: 7:00pm – 10:00pmLocation: Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)With Admission Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 13, 2023 - Aug. 27, 2023 Prairie Persuasion Join Heritage Park for the newest temporary exhibit Prairie Persuasion: Communication and Propaganda in Southern Alberta. Beginning in the 1860s, propaganda was everywhere. It brought settlers and tourists to the province, helped form community groups, enlisted troops for war efforts and opened doors for fake remedies and advertisements. See website for hoursLocation: Gasoline Alley Museum, Heritage Park (1900 Heritage Dr. SW)With Admission Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Festival May 24, 2023 - Oct. 4, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Beltline Located in Calgary’s oldest public park, The Farmers & Makers Market takes place every Wednesday among the beautiful gardens and water features of Central Memorial Park. Each week, you’ll find 45+ local farms and producers, ready-to-eat food, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 3:00pm – 7:00pmLocation: Central Memorial Park (1221 2nd St. SW)Free Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 25, 2023 - July 15, 2023 SPOTLIGHT: Margaret Hall This collection of summer hats and headpieces highlights traditional millinery techniques in vintage and modern hat styles with a contemporary aesthetic. Summer is a time to celebrate all that is floral and light with a colour palette of white and pinks and reds. see website for scheduleLocation: Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, cSPACE King Edward (2nd floor, 1721 29th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 26, 2023 - July 1, 2023 Good Job Arcade Good Job Arcade is a Teresa Tam led project that utilizes work and play to explore themes of asynchronicity experienced by diaspora communities that form into nostalgia. Visitors have the chance to engage in all of their senses, with many little treasures and moments to find. see website for gallery hoursLocation: TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10th Ave. SW)Free Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 29, 2023 - Sep. 1, 2023 Devotion: Louis Riel Writes Home In 2022 the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources acquired an important collection of archival materials from the descendants of Louis Riel. A selection of personal artifacts from this collection is featured in this Nickle Galleries’ exhibition. Be sure to check it out! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Nickle Galleries, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary (2500 University Dr. NW)Free Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Festival June 1, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Empathy Week Every year for the past six years, Humainologie has led Empathy Week, a seven-day festival celebrating human connection and promoting empathy. Founded by Humainologie and proclaimed by The City of Calgary, the festival has amplified the voices of hundreds of artists, changemakers and people who experience systemic barriers. see website for scheduleLocation: In-person & online Free Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art June 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Woman’s Work After learning that job losses disproportionately affected women during the pandemic, artist Veronica FunkF created the project Woman’s Work which includes portrait paintings and stories of women from around the world. Check out the exhibition as well as a number of events during its run! see website for gallery hoursLocation: Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE)Prices Vary Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art June 1, 2023 - Oct. 1, 2023 Hearing / Seeing Home The Lougheed House summer exhibition brings together Tyler J. Stewart’s Hearing Home, an audio exhibit with listening stations throughout the house, and Seeing Home, a re-interpretation of objects from the collection by members of the Lougheed House Re-Imagined Community Advisory Committee. Showtime: 10:30am – 4:00pmLocation: Lougheed House (707 13th Ave. SW)With Admission Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art June 3, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Of Vision & Light Artists create and express different perspectives of what they see and experience. In this exhibition, artists Erin Freed, Dianne J Leong, Terra McDonald, George Silas use different media to communicate their visual impressions, which may be improvised, transcribed, transposed or relocated to suit their form of self-expression. see website for gallery hoursLocation: Artpoint Gallery & Studios (1038 17th Ave. SE)Free Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶ All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Festival June 3, 2023 - Oct. 7, 2023 Farmers & Makers Market Sunalta The Farmers & Makers Market is excited to bring their market to inner-city residential neighbourhood of Sunalta, located just west of downtown. Every Saturday, you’ll find 50+ local farms and producers, food trucks, live music and their free, drop-in kids arts & culture program. Showtime: 10:00am – 2:00pmLocation: Sunalta Community Association (1627 10th Ave. SW)Free 1 2 3 … 6 ⟶
Free May 31, 2023 - June 6, 2023 Free This Week As we inch closer to the start of summer, take a look at this week’s free arts roundup featuring various film screenings, a few markets, exhibition openings and other events! Learn More Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Free May 24, 2023 - May 30, 2023 Free This Week Immerse yourself in a whirlwind of free artistic delights this week with the first of many summer markets, unique exhibition openings and a chapbook launch with local authors! Get your planning started! Learn More Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Free May 17, 2023 - May 23, 2023 Free This Week Take in a music festival, enjoy Korean cultural performances and learn about two 1920s Calgary authors — all in our roundup of free offerings for the upcoming week! Learn More Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Free May 10, 2023 - May 16, 2023 Free This Week It’s shaping up to be a great week to experience some local art with two festivals, new exhibitions and a whole lot more to explore in this week’s free arts roundup. Don’t miss out! Learn More Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Visual Art May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2023 May Exhibitions The month ahead has plenty of visual arts in store, from locally curated shows and sales, to unique gallery experiences with artists from around the world. Read our roundup and be sure to check out some art this May! Learn More Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Free May 3, 2023 Free This Week The first week of May not only brings good weather but a chance to check out Calgary’s arts scene with live music and visual arts, plus plenty of art sales to get your Mother’s Day shopping on! Learn More Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 211 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Submit an Event
Free April 26, 2023 - May 2, 2023 Free This Week An International Jazz Days concert. An EU Film Series screening. A book launch with local authors. These free arts events are just a few ways to cap off your April this upcoming week. Learn More Free April 19, 2023 - April 25, 2023 Free This Week Expand your arts horizons with another exciting week of free events. From poetry, to music, to visual art, it’s all in this week’s roundup. Make sure to get out there! Learn More
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