Free This Week
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Celebrate spring with free arts events
This week, look forward to new spring exhibitions at TRUCK Contemporary Art, a book launch at Shelf Life Books, a screening of an Estonian dark comedy presented by the Calgary European Film Series, and more!
Pysanky for Peace
Until March 30, 2024
Southcentre Mall (100 Anderson Rd. SE)
Free to explore
Head over to Southcentre Mall for a celebration of art, culture and solidarity at its third annual Pysanky for Peace event. This initiative pays tribute to the Ukrainian Easter tradition of “writing” pysanky, carefully decorated Easter eggs featuring intricate designs in various styles and colours.
southcentremall.com
The Politics of Breathing
March 27, 2024, 12 noon
Stream online
Free to watch, registration required
Tune into a virtual panel discussion with Resistance & Respiration artists Darrin Martin, Liz Nurenberg, Dominic Quagliozzi and Aislinn Thomas. Exhibition curator Amanda Cachia hosts the conversation exploring the four artists’ practices, and their relationship to breathing as artists with disabilities.
contemporarycalgary.com
Calgary Launch for Big Mall by Kate Black
March 27, 2024, 7 – 9pm
Shelf Life Books (1302 4 St. SW)
Free to attend
Join Shelf Life Books for the Calgary launch of Big Mall by Kate Black. Kate is joined in conversation by local author of the 2017 title Malled, Kit Dobson. Don’t miss it!
shelflifebooks.ca
Nickle at Noon: ‘The Sinews of War’
March 28, 2024, 12 – 1pm
Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary (435 Campus Lane NW)
Free to attend
Through a series of historical examples, Military Historian Dr. Glenn R. Wilkinson highlights some important historical aspects of the connection between war and money and discusses the nature of Total War in this Nickle @ Noon talk.
events.ucalgary.ca
Exhibitions Tour
March 28, 2024, 6 – 7pm
Esker Foundation (4th floor, 1011 9 Ave SE)
Free to attend, registration required
Join Esker Foundation curators Naomi Potter and Doug Haslam for behind-the-scenes tours of the exhibitions Tropicana, Corotos y Ajuares, Parting Gift for Quarantine Blues, and Edelweiss.
eventbrite.ca
Spring Exhibitions Opening Night
March 29, 2024, 7 – 10pm
TRUCK Contemporary Art (2009 10 Ave. SW)
Free to attend
Check out the opening reception of TRUCK Contemporary Art’s Spring Exhibition Programs — through this window is a home by Harvey Nichol and Michaela Bridgemohan and Pilot Astronauts by Raeann Kit-Yee Cheung. All are welcome!
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Contemporary Kids: Landscape, City and Collage
March 31, 2024, 1 – 2:30pm or 3 – 4:30pm
Contemporary Calgary (701 11 St. SW)
Free to attend, registration required
Inspired by the exhibition Surface by Anton Ginzburg at Contemporary Calgary, this hands-on collage workshop invites kids to explore the fun of collaborative collage, while considering ideas related to composition, landscape in city planning and how we relate to the city in which we reside.
contemporarycalgary.com
Trans Day of Visibility
March 31, 2024, 6pm
Contemporary Calgary (701 11 St. SW)
Free to attend, registration required
Join Contemporary Calgary in celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility. A day to celebrate our trans community and raise awareness of discrimination faced by the transgender community. The evening features a screening of Second Stories: Deb-we-win Ge-ken-am-aan — Our Place in The Circle and a panel discussion.
contemporarycalgary.com
Kratt
April 1, 2024, 7 – 10pm
Calgary Central Library (800 3 St. SE)
Free to attend, registration required
Country life with Grandma seems tedious and boring without smartphones, but this changes when the kids find instructions for kratt — a magical creature who will do whatever its master says. Join Calgary European Film Festival for a screening of this dark comedy from Estonia
calgarylibrary.ca
Antyx Youth Programming
Ongoing
Various venues
Free to participate
Antyx Community Arts invites youth ages 12 – 18 to participate in a number of their programs focused on providing safe spaces for creative expression including their mural projects, Youth Arts Action, The Film Lab and more!
antyx.ca
Have a free event that’s not listed? Email us at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com or fill out this form.
