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The month of November is the perfect time to check out some of the visual art on display around town while also getting a head start on holiday shopping. Read this month’s exhibition roundup and get planning!

Nesting

November 2 – 29, 2022
Calgary Central Library (800 3rd St. SE)
Free to explore

A part of Miriam Fabijan’s research into motherhood, womanhood and matriarchy, many of the images in this exhibition come from Slovenian lacemaking patterns and lace the artist has collected, been gifted or inherited.
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Art Market Arts & Craft Sale

November 17 – 20, 2022
TELUS Convention Centre (36 8th Ave. SE)
$10 – 15

Four days of amazing shopping with a large selection of art and craft on offer. Take your time, connect with the artists and find something for everyone on your list — enjoy a glass of wine or beer while you’re at it.
artmarketcraftsale.com

BUMP Cinematheque

November 18, 2022, 7pm
Contemporary Calgary (701 11th St. SW)
Free to attend

The Beltline Urban Murals Project is excited to announce the launch of BUMP Cinematheque where they’ll be premiering BUMP’s first documentary film and showcasing the work of nine local artists in an exhibition.
yycbump.ca

Handmade Here Curious Christmas Market

November 19 & 20, 2022, 10am – 5pm
Triwood Community Hall (2244 Chicoutimi Dr. NW)
Free to explore

Everyone is welcome at Handmade Here’s 17th annual Curious Christmas Market. Their Artist Collective of 25 established and emerging artists from Calgary and surrounding areas are passionate about all things handmade.
handmadehere.ca

Ongoing Exhibitions

Relational

Until November 26, 2022
Christine Klassen Gallery (321 50th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

Heavy and light, the balance within geometric form, and the beauty of careful attention to negative space; these elements became the foundation for this new series of sculptures by Joanne MacDonald.
christineklassengallery.com

transportation of salts

Until November 26, 2022
Christine Klassen Gallery (321 50th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

Visually stunning yet curious at the same time, this exhibition by Calgary-based Bryce Krynski features sculptural elements alongside varying presentations of photographic images.
christineklassengallery.com

Robin Arseneault + Mark Dicey

Until November 26, 2022
Norberg Hall (333b – 36th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

This two-person exhibition by Calgary-based artists Robin Arseneault and Mark Dicey utilizes contrasting processes, palettes and materiality to create their own unique visual language.
norberghall.com

Free Art Fridays

Until November 26, 2022
YYC/LRT (Corner of 8th Ave. and 10th St. SW)
Free to participate

Free Art Fridays is a movement where you can get involved in making original artwork and then gifting it to the public. Join Bryan Faubert on Fridays to create art and learn about local art scenes!
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Erik Olson

Until November 6, 2022
VivianeArt (1018 9th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

VIVIANEART presents an exhibition of all new portraits by artist Erik Olson. Using his bold and expressive application of colour and form, he furthers his exploration into portraiture with both paintings on canvas and painted wood sculptures.
vivianeart.com

Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob

Until November 20, 2022
Glenbow Satellite Exhibition Space, The Edison (150 9th Ave. SW)
Free to explore, tickets required

In this first-ever retrospective of Tahltan-Tlingit master carver Dempsey Bob’s career from the 1970s to the present, visitors discover a selection of masks, sculptures and regalia, complemented by the artist’s work in bronze casting and vestment production.
glenbow.org

Northern Oracle

Until November 26, 2022
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts (1407 14th Ave. NW)
Free to explore

Northern Oracle is an ambitious rooftop installation emerging from the floor of the gallery, accompanied by a series of mixed-media drawings. Heather Hart considers Black histories, access to ownership, physical space and the significance of having a place to call home
auarts.ca

Found in oblivion

Until November 25, 2022
A/P Main Gallery (4025 4th St. SE)
Free to explore

The printmaking installation Found in oblivion by Melika Forouzan Pour is an attempt to revive memories forgotten; it’s a contemporary interpretation of historical images that brings attention to old Iranian family photographs.
albertaprintmakers.com

The Garden of a Former House Turned Museum

Until December 18, 2022
Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau’s work requires collaboration with not only choreographers, musicians and dancers, but also with the objects they produce. Theirs is a performance and practice informed by their experiences.
eskerfoundation.com

Falling Off The Log

Until December 18, 2022
Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

Robin Arseneault’s work is performative, provocative and luxurious one minute, and silly, self-deprecating and raw the next. Layers of meaning are constructed and then intentionally wiped away, removed, torn apart or erased.
eskerfoundation.com

From The Studio Floor

Until December 18, 2022
Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9th Ave. SE)
Free to explore

Gailan Ngan’s exhibition features hand-built and cast ceramic sculptures that broadly explore shape, surface treatment and colour. It also presents a collection of industry byproducts, organic and processed objects, and studio experiments contributing to a narrative of material influenced by the historically resource-rich West Coast.
eskerfoundation.com

Music & Wellness

Ongoing
Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre (850 4th St. SE)
With admission

National Music Centre’s new permanent Music & Wellness exhibition taps into the power of music on mental and physical health through a series of powerful video interviews that create an immersive sense of personal conversation.
studiobell.ca

Canadian Music Hall of Fame 2022 Inductee: Deborah Cox

Ongoing
Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre (850 4th St. SE)
With admission

This exhibition celebrates the life and career of 2022 Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Deborah Cox, the first Black woman to receive this national honour, through a larger-than-life Hall of Fame magazine-style spread.
studiobell.ca

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