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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Presence
Presence is an exhibition about the ways we occupy and organize space, and the role it plays in shaping our sense of community.
Events
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Paint and Meditate workshops at Listen Studios
Oct. 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 10, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Nov. 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 6, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Paint and Mediate with Dawn Saunders Dahl and Alyssa Caron from Fruit to Bloom Alchemy.
Autumnal Artist Reception
2 to 5 p.m.
Prather merges painting and embroidery to create tactile, multidimensional works—blending realistic acrylic layers with delicate hand-stitched details.
Threads of Nature Artist Reception
2 to 5 p.m.
Prather merges painting and embroidery to create tactile, multidimensional works—blending realistic acrylic layers with delicate hand-stitched details.