Admission: Free with advance registration; walk-ins welcome, space permitting
Exhibition Tour: Ghazaleh Avarzamani: Churn, Earn, Burn and then Return
Duration: 30-minute guided tour, followed by a post-tour conversation and optional mini mixer
Guide: Sophie Garcia is a Filipino educator and curator living and working in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory. Originally from Manila, she immigrated to Canada in 2019 and draws on her lived experience as a newcomer in both her art and teaching practice. She is passionate about sharing diverse voices within the Canadian art landscape through community-rooted work in educational and artistic spaces. She has facilitated art workshops for children, newcomers, and older adults alongside non-profit organizations and has organized exhibitions across Calgary. Her curatorial work explores how belonging, memory, and identity are shaped by and rooted in the land. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Education with a minor in Museum & Heritage Studies from the University of Calgary, and currently teaches with the Calgary Board of Education.
Contemporary Connections is supported by program partner Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation (ICAI)