Event Season

February 24
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Emma Brack
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome

primordial goo: abject poetics on the brink of the abyss. In this artist talk, Brack will discuss their oeuvre in relation to their current project primordial goo, which reflects on bitumen mastic as a material in its art historical context as a binder for objects in arts, crafts, and architecture, it’s current connotations with atrophy, decay, and environmental destruction, while silmultaneously leaning into the cross-cultural mythologies of clay as a material associated with the origin of life. Thank you to Casa for their collaboration in making this talk possible.

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February 25
12:15 p.m.

Music at Noon | Concert

Featuring Ralph Maier, theorbo & baroque guitar
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome

This concert features music performed on two period instruments; music by Kapsperger performed on a 14-string theorbo, and music by Murcia and Cocq performed on a 5-course guitar. 

Ralph Maier holds a PhD in musicology and is currently on faculty at the University of Calgary where he teaches classical guitar, chamber music, music history, and music in popular culture. 

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February 26
9:30 AM - 1 PM

Fine Arts Career Fair

University Centre for the Arts Atrium
Admission is free, everyone welcome

Join the Fine Arts as they host the first annual Fine Arts Career Fair! This event, open and free to all, brings arts and culture professionals from the community and students together to learn, talk, and discuss the myriad career opportunities Fine Arts professionals can look forward to upon graduation!

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February 26
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome

Dr. Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn serves as the Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography at the Kule Folklore Centre. She received her BFA in Art & Design at the University of Alberta in 1981 and has become a well-known Ukrainian Canadian artist and illustrator. Thank you to the Galt Museum & Archives for their collaboration on this talk. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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February 27
7 p.m.

After Hours | in the gallery

Bill Reid and Northwest Coast Art
Dr. Margaret (Marmie) Perkins Hess Gallery
Admission is free

Explore the remarkable works of Bill Reid and other influential Northwest Coast artists. Enjoy complimentary art viewing and explore the distinctive features of this art style. We’ll have drawing materials on hand for you to create your own art, and there will be exciting door prizes up for grabs. Join us for a night of artistic inspiration and fun! 

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February 28
Noon

Art NOW | Lecture

Featuring Mary-Anne McTrowe
University Recital Hall
Admission is free, everyone welcome

The Undeliverable, Nameless Perils of the Whale; or, How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Glob. Mary-Anne McTrowe's exhibition, A Study in Sea Flesh; or, The Undeliverable, Nameless Perils of the Whale, is on view in the Gallery at Casa until March 21, 2025. Thank you to Casa for their collaboration in making this artist talk possible. 

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