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

Two viewers look at a grid of small paintings in blue and yellow tones

Marion Nicoll Gallery

The MNG hosts student-run installations, group shows and exhibitions.

Marion Nicoll Gallery

CURRENT

Greg Payce, SSSSSSS, 2000. Ceramic. Art Gallery of Alberta Collection, gift of the Artist. Photography by Charles Cousins, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Alberta.

Knowledge Made Concrete

Jan 17 - Mar 8, 2025

Exhibitions

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Maggie Jaszczak

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Joanne Kirkland and Maggie Jaszczak – The Nature of Things

Abel Contemporary Gallery in Stoughton, WI

Opening reception: Jan. 10, from 5 to 8 p.m. 

Serenity Passage

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Serenity Passage

Century Gardens

826 8 Avenue SW Calgary

A CHINOOK BLAST INSTALLATION

Marion Nicoll, Sundogs, 1976. Clay print on paper. Art Gallery of Alberta Collection, purchased with funds from the Soper Endowment. Photography by Charles Cousins, courtesy of the Art Gallery of Alberta.

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Knowledge Made Concrete

Illingworth Kerr Gallery

OPENING RECEPTION

Thursday, January 16, 2025
5 – 8 PM

GALLERY HOURS

Tues, Wed & Fri, 11 – 6 PM
Thurs, 11 – 7 PM
Sat, 12 – 4 PM

Closed on Sundays, Mondays and statutory holidays

Events

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Repetition in Rebuilding

Repetition in Rebuilding Reception

2 to 4 p.m. 

Alberta Craft Discovery Gallery (Edmonton, Alberta) 

Kate Ritchie's exhibition Repetition in Rebuilding explores the concept of home as a dynamic space woven from intimacy and affection.

Cover of the book Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook by Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall, featuring an illustrated portrait of the author surrounded by intricate circular patterns in rich red and brown tones. The design reflects themes of cultural identity, justice, and transformation.

Visiting Speaker: Dr. Dori Tunstall

AUArts Campus - Stanford Perrott Lecture Theatre

6 to 7 p.m.

AUArts hosts distinguished design anthropologist and celebrated author Dr. Dori Tunstall for a public lecture that will address two aspects of decolonizing design.

Rocio Graham, Sacred Mendings 1, 2024

A Conversation With Artist Rocio Graham and Therapist Joanne Reynolds

Our stories of radical love and human connection have the power to transform.