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Exhibitions

17 Apr 2026 - 15 May 2026

The Apothecary

A curated group exhibition by BUMP Festival Arts Society

9 Apr 2026 - 16 May 2026

House of Secrets

Inspired by the zodiac, jouissance, and the hidden self, the works explore themes of female empowerment, performance, and escapism.

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Average faculty to student ratio

$400k+

Student financial awards distributed annually

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Governor General Award winning faculty and alumni

Illingworth Kerr Gallery

AUArts Grad Show 2026 banner featuring colourful graphic blocks, “GRAD SHOW,” “100” and “’26” typography, and artwork details by graduating students Miruna Bufu, Etopima Umanah, KC Kaypo and Faith Maningas.

AUArts Grad Show Exhibition 2026

Celebrate the talent and creativity of AUArts’ Graduating Class of 2026.

May 27 - 30, 2026

About AUArts

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For almost 100 years, AUArts has played an important role in our country’s visual culture. We are a university dedicated to art, craft and design – the only one in Alberta and in the Prairies, and one of four in Canada.

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Being creative often means taking a different path than most. That’s why AUArts offers more subject areas than most design schools, small classes, and the flexibility to create a curriculum as unique as you are.

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Land acknowledgement

Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) is situated on the ancestral land of the Siksikaitsitapi – Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani Nations and the shared territories of the Tsuut’ina Nation as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda-Stoney which includes Bearspaw, Chiniki, Good Stoney Nations and also the home of the Métis Nation of District 5 and 6. The City of Calgary has long been called Moh’kins’tsis by the Siksikaitsitapi, Guts’ists’i by the Tsuut’ina, and Wîchîspa by the Nakoda.

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