Vessna Perunovich
Shifting Shelter, (installation detail)
2017. Mixed Media
Photo credit: Jeremy Pavka
Galleries on campus
Art is everywhere at AUArts.
Our world-class gallery spaces infuse the campus with the work of professional artists and designers – provoking thought, inspiring discussion and welcoming the greater community.
Illingworth Kerr Gallery
A world-class exhibition space and flexible platform for critical enquiry and theoretical debate with a focus on visual culture. As an interface between AUArts and the broader community, IKG is the longest-running international art program in Calgary, and a vital component of the city’s cultural ecology.
Image: Mark Igloliorte, Diptychs Series. 2017. Installation view. Photo credit: Elyse Bouvier
Marion Nicoll Gallery
The MNG hosts student-run installations, group shows and exhibitions.
Exhibitions
-
Living Curtain
Opening reception: Feb. 8, from 1 to 4 p.m.
Living Curtain is a site-specific installation in the botanical garden at Leighton Art Centre by Calgary-based artist Svea Ferguson (BFA '15, Drawing).
-
what we leave, what we take
Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta)
3rd Floor Gallery
Final exhibition marking the Art Gallery of Alberta’s 100th anniversary
-
CKG x Atelier Munro
Join and celebrate creativity, craftsmanship and community at Atelier Munro’s stunning Beltline studio.
Events
-
Paint and Meditate workshops
Monday, July 21 + Sunday, July 27, from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Saturday, July 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
With Alyssa Caron from Fruit to Bloom Alchemy
Art and Literature in Nature
12 noon - 1 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.
A guided art-and-writing walk with KOAC artist-in-residence Bogdan Cheța
-
Bump Festival
BUMP Festival returns August 1–18, 2025, transforming Calgary into a city-wide portal of public art, memory, and radical imagination.