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ART GALLERIES + MUSEUMS
Artist
Spotlight
LISA MURPHY-LAMB
As the founder and director
of Loft 112, writer Lisa Murphy-
Lamb volunteers her time to ensure
Calgarians have access to an affordable creative hub.
“Loft 112 is a small, intimate, welcoming space that supports writers and artists
in the celebration, creation, and sharing of their craft,” Murphy-Lamb says. Loft
112 is open to creatives wanting to host art exhibitions, readings, workshops, and
much more. The organization is celebrating its third anniversary in May 2017, and
Murphy-Lamb says the space welcomes all Calgarians interested in flexing their
creative muscles.
“We’ve had teens use the space and hold art shows and music evenings,
we've had artists hold their very first show, and small businesses try their first
workshop," says Murphy-Lamb. "But we've also had award-winning writers,
artists, and musicians use the space. What I've noticed over the years is the sense
of liberation people have with taking risks with their own craft when they realize
that Loft 112 is inexpensive, accessible, and welcoming.”
Last year Loft 112 introduced micro-press Loft On Eight, which publishes
chapbooks by local authors. “To have that space as part of the cultural diversity of
the city is really important,” says local poet Weyman Chan, who has a chapbook
published with Loft On Eight.
Murphy-Lamb says she is grateful for the Calgarians who share her vision for the
space and pitch in to keep Loft 112 running. “It does take a village,” Murphy-Lamb
says. “If I didn’t have a team of volunteers, I wouldn’t be able to do it.”
Check out the space for yourself during Barbara Sutherland’s art exhibition
Aqueous Acquiesce (page 25), the Long Table Creative collaborative drawing series
(page 26), and Stacey Walyuchow’s art exhibition Pieces (page 26). — Silvia Pikal
The following listings include museums, antiques
dealers, and art galleries that the editors judge worthy
of your attention, including advertisers in Where
Calgary. The map coordinates at the end of each listing
(E4, E8 etc.) refer to the city maps on pages 59 to 60.
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ANTIQUES
CIRCA VINTAGE ART GLASS A one-of-a-kind shop
specializing in glasswork, including vintage, mid-century
modern, and contemporary art glass. A must visit for
collectors or those seeking a unique piece of hand-blown
glass art. 1226A - 9 Ave SE, 1-877-290-0145. Map 1, H7
www.circa5060.ca
ART SHOWS & EXHIBITS
ANTON VIDOKLE: THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION
WAS CAUSED BY THE SUN May 28 - Aug 27 The second
film of Anton Vidokle’s trilogy on Russian cosmism looks
at the poetic dimension of solar cosmology of Soviet
biophysicist, Alexander Chizhevsky. Esker Foundation,
444, 1011 - 9 Ave SE, 403-930-2490. Map 1, G6
www.eskerfoundation.com
BARBARA SUTHERLAND May 4 - 20 Calgary artist
Barbara Sutherland presents Aqueous Acquiesce, a
mixed-media exhibition on water. Opening reception
May 4, 6 - 10 pm. Free. Loft 112, 535 - 8 Ave SE.
www.loft112.org
CANADIAN STORIES: THE VIEW FROM HERE Through
May 22 In response to Canada’s 150th anniversary, this
exhibition uses historical, modern, and contemporary
art from Glenbow’s collection to explore iconic Canadian
themes from a western perspective. Glenbow, 130 - 9 Ave
SE, 403-268-4100. Map 2, F6 www.glenbow.org
DAVID ALTMEJD: THE VESSEL Through May 22
An enormous crystalline sculpture seems to depict
an elaborate act of creation caught in a suspended
animation of simultaneous formation and disintegration.
Glenbow, 130 - 9 Ave SE, 403-268-4100. Map 2, F6
www.glenbow.org
EARTHLINGS Through May 7 A group exhibition of
otherworldly, surreal, magically-figurative ceramic
sculpture and works on paper, produced both individually
and collaboratively, by seven contemporary artists.
Esker Foundation, 444, 1011 - 9 Ave SE, 403-930-2490.
Map 1, G6 www.eskerfoundation.com
GETTING ON THE MAP: THE EMERGENCE OF
CALGARY, POST-CONFEDERATION Through May 29
This exhibit uses a combination of reproductions and
TIP
originals of early maps, photographs and artwork about
Southern Alberta to tell the fascinating story of the
Calgary frontier as it was in the 1870s and 1880s, more
than 30 years before Alberta joined Canada. Lougheed
House, 707 - 13 Ave SW, 403-244-6333. Map 2, F5
www.lougheedhouse.com
JASON DE HAAN: OH FOR EYES! AT NIGHT WE DREAM
OF EYES! May 28 - Aug 27 The multidisciplinary works
most clearly deal with fleetingness, vulnerability, and
the fragility of the natural world in a way that considers
the limits of human perception and influence. Esker
Foundation, 444, 1011 - 9 Ave SE, 403-930-2490.
Map 1, G6 www.eskerfoundation.com
JILL THOMSON Through May 13 The paintings have
become deconstructed views of a house in a setting, its
content and its inhabitants simultaneously revealed
through multiple planes on a single surface. Gibson
Fine Art, 628 - 11 Ave SW, 403-244-2000. Map 2, G3
www.gibsonfineart.ca
KENTREE SPEIRS May 27 - Jun 10 Interested in the
event of painting, Kentree Speirs’ abstract landscapes
are informed by the process and evolve into something
reflective of the aliveness of nature. Gibson Fine
Art, 628 - 11 Ave SW, 403-244-2000. Map 2, G3
www.gibsonfineart.ca
On the first Thursday of every month from 5 pm - 9 pm, Glenbow offers free
admission. Visit for free the evenings of May 4 and June 1.
MAY/JUNE 2017
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