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For over a decade, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca have developed a collaborative practice across cinema, visual arts and performance. Their videos and installations are created in dialogue with diverse artists and collectives, combining documentary strategies with narrative layers of fantasy and allegory.Through processes of listening and shared experience, direction, script, costume, and soundtrack...
Burial of This Order brings together three works by Jane Jin Kaisen that underscore her ongoing interest in ritual, collectivity, capitalist critique, and the possibilities of social and political transgressions.The exhibition centres on Kaisen’s titular video installation (2022), through which the audience is invited to follow a funerary procession gathered to ceremoniously bury a world...
A concert of seven cellos, seven ages, and one enduring legacy.How does a child’s first hesitant pluck of a string transform into a lifetime of artistry, intellect, and community devotion?This unique all-cello performance celebrates the growth of a boy into a man—and the enduring legacy of Calgary’s own Ben Davenport. Seven young cellists take the...
We are honoured to host Pokaiks again this year on Wednesday, September 30, for their Reconciliation Walk & Gathering.The walk begins at 11:00 AM MST, starting from the River Hall ( 311 8 St SW next to the 10th Street Bridge ) to Contemporary Calgary.
POKAIKS 10th annual September 30th Truth and Reconciliation walk and gathering will feature food trucks, an artisan market, speakers, cultural performances, artwork, as well as many other culturally grounded activities.Walk and Event Agenda:11:00 a.m. Reconciliation Walk & Opening Ceremonies11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Artists/Artisans, Community Groups, Family Fun, Dome Theatre12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (after...
Newzones is thrilled to present Off the Beaten Path, an upcoming solo exhibition of new work by Albertan contemporary artist Samantha Walrod.Off the Beaten Path considers how humans view and interact with wildlife in the Canadian wilderness from a “close” distance. Motorists and hikers observe animals from cars and trails while the animals watch in...
Circle Camp at The Confluence is an opportunity for all treaty people to come together in the city as Indigenous Peoples have on this land for thousands of years. On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the parkland at The Confluence will fill with tipi lodges representing each of the Treaty 7 Nations and partner...
Wallace Galleries, one of the region’s most established and respected contemporary art galleries, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Over a forty-year legacy, Wallace Galleries has championed the careers of Canadian artists, cultivated passionate collectors, and shaped how contemporary art is experienced.Featured artists: Harold Town, Kenneth Lochhead, Wilf Perreault, Ted Godwin, Jennifer Hornyak, Simon Andrew,...
In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, explore the National Music Centre's Speak Up! exhibition celebrating Indigenous trailblazers.Visit Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, and explore five floors of music exhibitions and interactive activities, including the evolving Speak Up! exhibition on Level 3.Curated by David McLeod and NMC’s National Indigenous...
Join The Confluence for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to actively engage in reconciliation and decolonization with a variety of free, educational programming.As part of our ongoing mission of reconciliation and decolonization, The Confluence will be offering a variety of free programming all day, including free admission to exhibits in the cultural centre, programming...
Free Event. Join The Confluence for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to actively engage in reconciliation and decolonization with a variety of free, educational programming.September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day, this day honours the survivors of residential schools and the children who never returned home,...
Taking place in the #4 spot for The Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker by Moviemaker Magazine and celebrating its 27th anniversary, the 11-day Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) has grown to be the biggest film festival in Alberta and the fifth-largest in Canada.Offering over $60,000 in cash and prizes, the festival...
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