Event Directory Search for upcoming events Picks and Previews Plan ahead to check out these not-to-be-missed events All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free Check out the Forest for the Trees at cSPACE | Photo: Courtesy of Lynn Christine Kelly April 6, 2022 - April 12, 2022 Free This Week Dive into April with these free offerings Haider Ali Location Various Venues Price Free As we dive headfirst into April, don’t forget about all of the free arts offerings around town, including a ProArts@Noon concert, the opening of Glenbow’s satellite location, and the launch of a community art project at Sparrow Artspace. Make sure to get out there! Viviane (Cardinal) Martin April 6, 2022, 12:10 – 1:00pm Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1st St. SE) Free to attend ProArts@Noon Concert Series presents Viviane (Cardinal) Martin, a Calgary-based vocalist, songwriter, performing artist, recording artist, and clinician. She is one of Canada’s finest vocalists, and her first record Out of a Dream was nominated for an ARIA Award in 1994. proartssociety.ca Sunshine & the Attention Grabbers with Ashley Bedet April 7, 2022, 7:00 – 8:00pm Esker Foundation (1011 1st St. SW) Free to attend, registration required You are invited to join Esker’s current project space exhibiting artist, Ashley Bedet, to gather, talk and listen about the process of developing her exhibition, a rolled chord of sunlight unfurled, and how the theme of attention informs her work. eventbrite.ca Uninvited Opens April 7, 2022 The Edison (150 9th Ave. SW) Free to explore, tickets required Glenbow’s first exhibition at their new satellite location consists of more than 200 works of art by a generation of extraordinary women painters, photographers, sculptors, architects, and filmmakers from the early 20th century who opened new frontiers for women artists. glenbow.org The Forest for the Trees Opens April 7, 2022 Second Floor Gallery, cSPACE King Edward (1721 29th Ave. SW) Free to explore The Forest for the Trees offers an immersive experience that brings something of the forest to the city. Lynn Christine Kelly’s installation comprises fabric trees, all suspended from above, with diffuse light filtering through and the occasional haunting sound of nature. facebook.com Excavation Part 2 Launch April 7, 2022, 12:00 – 7:00pm Sparrow Artspace (36 4th St. NE) Free to attend Artists Lucy Altrows, Ramsey Kunkel, Colleen Rauscher, and Jenny Tzanakos invite you to Excavation, a community art project that unearths collective history and explores Sparrow Artspace, the De Waal building, and the surrounding neighbourhoods and land on which it is built. Check out their launch event! sparrowartspace.com Have a free event that’s not listed? Email us at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com or fill out this form.