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Timeless: 100 years of Oscar Peterson
Timeless: 100 years of Oscar Peterson commemorates the centenary of one of Canada’s greatest musical legends. The exhibition celebrates the extraordinary life, music, and legacy of the virtuosic jazz pianist, composer, and humanitarian who captivated audiences around the world.
Unfamiliar Perspectives
Built around archival photographs, sketches, newspaper pages, personal journals and government records, this exhibit at The Confluence highlights lesser-known stories about the North-West Mounted Police.
Next Generation Artists of Alberta Exhibit
Created in partnership with ArtLaunch, check out artwork from young artists, plus two info panels on why community support for young artists matters across 160 feet of wall space outside of the former Hudson’s Bay storefront at Chinook Centre.
Stacking Crates to Reach a Banana
Through sculpture and video, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens examine how bodies (human and nonhuman) are measured, valued and shaped by systems of data and performance, drawing on the visual language of modern science to trace the ethical stakes of systems that quantify lived experience into units of labour.
Erdem Taşdelen: Wounded in Three Acts
Marking Erdem Taşdelen’s return to Calgary, this multi-part exhibition spans audio, film, print and live performance to consider power, resistance and difference, inviting us to confront our own roles within today’s sociopolitical landscape.
ASA presents Overlooked” by Doris Charest
The Alberta Society of Artists presents “Overlooked,” featuring the work of Alberta artist Doris Charest. “Overlooked invites viewers to rediscover the hidden details of nature. Through this series, Charest highlight the delicate, often-invisible aspects of the environment, encouraging a deeper appreciation for these fleeting wonders.
Eco Arts Book Club
You’re invited to the Eco Arts Book Club! Read, reflect & create with natural materials. Slow, inspiring evenings at Canopy Studios Join artist and facilitator Andrea Merredew at Canopy Studios for a slow, spacious, and inspiring monthly practice that blends reading, reflection, and art‑making. Each workshop begins with a conversation about the book we’re exploring
Seep, Sew, Sprawl
SEEP SEW SPRAWL is an immersive installation using kinetic sculpture, projection and repurposed industrial materials to explore how nature persists within urban environments. It highlights the tension and overlap between ecological growth and industrial space.
Ripple
Christine Klassen Gallery is pleased to present Ripple, a pairing of two concurrent solo exhibitions. Working in painting and sculpture, respectively, Godenir and MacDonald explore the idea of ripple through pattern, repetition, and material process.
Joanne MacDonald: Ripple
Christine Klassen Gallery is pleased to present Ripple, a new solo exhibition by Calgary sculptor Joanne MacDonald. Through welded steel, reclaimed materials, and kinetic form, MacDonald explores the unseen currents created through human interaction: the way words, actions, memories, and relationships continue to echo outward long after the initial moment has passed. At the heart
Joann Godenir: Ripple
Christine Klassen Gallery is pleased to present Ripple, a new solo exhibition by Calgary artist JoAnn Godenir. Created in a new medium of oil and cold wax, the exhibition marks a shift toward a slower, more tactile process rooted in layering, carving, and excavation. Built gradually over many days, the paintings reveal accumulated marks, hidden
It Doesn’t Matter Doesn’t Matter
Experience an immersive exhibition exploring trauma, censorship and cultural erasure through installation, text, sound and moving image. Grounded in Guo’s lived experience, the work reflects on silence, memory and shared social conditions.
ᐃᔨ – Eyes – Shirley Moorhouse
Showcasing over 30 years of Moorhouse’s work, featuring distinctive wall hangings that incorporate materials like embroidery, beading and caribou hide. This exhibition draws from lived experience and cultural connections, exploring themes of environment, spirituality and community.
Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes
This features immersive installations that blend textiles, sculpture, light, and sound. Drawing on mythology, ecology and diasporic identity, this exhibition by Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo invites reflection on intergenerational stories and connections to the natural world.
Farmers’ & Makers Market
Get ready to soak up the sun and support local at the grand opening of the Farmers’ & Makers Market! Join us for the 2026 outdoor season. This isn’t just a market; it’s a weekly celebration of community, creativity, and the best of Alberta.
U/D Night Market
University District invites guests to join in the kickoff of the U/D Night Market Series at University District. Spend the evening exploring curated local vendors, enjoying live music, and taking in vibrant entertainment in the heart of Central Commons Park.
Adelita Husni Bey: Agency
Agency by Adelita Husni Bey documents a role-playing workshop where high school students navigate the shifting dynamics of politics, media, labour and power. The work offers a timely reflection on how authority is built, challenged and performed.
Ghazaleh Avarzamani: Churn, Earn, Burn and then Return
Ghazaleh Avarzamani explores how power, hierarchy and social systems quietly shape everyday life, transforming familiar references into a thought-provoking reflection on labour, ownership and the hidden rules that govern society.
Jonathan Forrest: Open Window
Canadian colour-field painter Jonathan Forrest presents a new body of work inspired by the light and colour of stained-glass windows. The exhibition invites viewers to slow down, trust their instincts and encounter painting through feeling, colour and atmosphere.
Untold Stories Theatre presents Hello Dolly
This musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play The Matchmaker bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain audiences again and again.
Featured Picks & Previews
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Questions?
Contact Calgary Arts Development’s communications team at 403.264.5330 ext. 118 or by email at events@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.
