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
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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).
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Resistant Fibres
Âjagemô art space at the Canada Council for the Arts
Ottawa, Ontario
Opening: June 17, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Curated by Julie Graff
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Herbaria
Thames Art Gallery in Chatham, Ontario
Opening reception: July 18, from 7:30 p.m.
Pollinators artist talk: Aug. 23, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Herbaria is a group exhibition that reflects on humanity’s fragile and evolving relationship with plant life and the systems that shape our understanding of it.
Events
LOOP&PARALLEL
5:30 to 9 p.m.
Get tickets for an evening of vibrant contemporary art and community at KOAC’s annual fall fundraiser & exhibition.
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Paint and Meditate workshops at Moraine Lake
SUNSET: Sept. 13, from 4:15 to 9:30 p.m.
SUNRISE: Sept. 29, from 5:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Moraine Lake, Meet at Listen Studios
Paint and Mediate with Dawn Saunders Dahl and Alyssa Caron from Fruit to Bloom Alchemy.
Sentient Plant Allies in Alien Landscapes Artist Reception
5 to 8 p.m.
Step Within Her View and explore Sentient Plant Allies in Alien Landscapes, the newest body of work by Calgary-based Canadian/Colombian artist Maria Munar.