Visual arts & new media

Date: November 12, 2025 from 6 to 9 pm 
November 15, 2025 from 1 to 4 pm OR 
November 29, 2025 from 1 to 4 pm

Location: A/P Studio, #460 42 Ave SE, Calgary

Cost: $45.00 - 75.00

More information: https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/carve-it-nice-share-it-twice-2/

Come carve your own greeting card design and have it printed on the letterpress! AP staff will help direct the basics of linocut carving to help you achieve the best results. Then you will be able to pull the prints off the letterpress with the assistance of staff. All cards will be printed in GOLD.

No Experience Needed!

What’s included with your registration:

• A directed carving session on lino
• Pulling your own prints off the letterpress with the assistance of staff
• All cards will be printed with a metallic gold
• Participants will leave with a total of 15 cards

All supplies are included!

Event Registration Fee

$45.00 for a single participant

OR

$75.00 for two participants

prices not subject to GST

This event includes all project supplies, participants are recommended to prepare:

• Image ideas for carving their greeting card at the size of 3.5 x 5″
• Park in the stalls located in front of A/P or use free street parking.
• Bring reading glasses if you need them for fine work.
• Wear suitable clothing for working with ink and/or a work apron.
• Wear close toed shoes and avoid overly loose long sleeves.
• Tie back long hair when operating machinery.
• Personal PPE (if uncomfortable with Shared Studio PPE)

Additional Notes:

• Event limited to 12 Participants
• This event is open to children ages 12 and up. All participants under 18 years of age must be accompanied by either a parent or guardian who is also registered.

Instructor: Christina Krentz

Dates and Times: Saturday, November 22 and Sunday, November 23, 2025 
10 am to 4pm

Location: #460 42 Ave SE
Alberta Printmakers Studio
Calgary, AB

Cost: $265

Monotypes are one of a kind prints that combine printing, painting, and drawing techniques with surprising and painterly results. In the course we will create monotypes with and without the press, using both additive and reductive techniques. 

This is a great workshop for beginners, intermediate, and experienced printmakers who want to loosen up and embrace painterly mark making. Students will leave with multiple unique prints, a full understanding of how to create their own monotype prints at home and in the studio, and the renewed energy to create.

What you’ll learn: ​​​​

• Techniques and required tools for press based monotype printing
• Mixing, applying and storing ink
• Using the press
• How to pull accurate prints
• Troubleshooting and how to use accidents to your advantage
• Cleanup and finishing your prints

About the instructor:

Christina Krentz is an multidisciplinary artist, living and working in Calgary, AB. She is an experienced adult facilitator, known for her enthusiasm, and infectious passion for art. She has a background in painting, and approaches print making with a commitment to experimentation and chance. Christina is an active member with Alberta Printmakers, and the founding member of FEM ASSEMBLY, a feminist critique group in YYC.

Website: christinakrentz.com

Workshop Fee

$265.00* prices not subject to GST

*Access to using the A/P studio equipment, including as a workshop participant, requires an A/P membership. Annual memberships are $30 and $10 for current students and current recipients of AISH. Membership fees can be applied directly to your workshop registration.

Additional Notes:

• Class limited to 6 Participants
• Adults 18+ Years Old

Instructor: Alison Frank

Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, November 18, 20, 25, 27, and December 2, 2025

Location: A/P Studio, #460 42 Ave SE

Cost: $365.00

Ever wonder how those beautifully illustrated old books were made? With all those fancy lines and cross hatching? Picasso, Degas, Rembrandt and Francisco de Goya have all made famous works just with basic copper etching techniques!

This course will cover the fundamentals of etching, including drypoint, hardground and aquatint ground techniques. Participants will learn how to use a traditional 15th century style printing press, to create their works.

No experience required!

What you’ll learn: ​​​​

• Brief history and relevance
• Copper plate preparation, cutting, bevelling, sanding, removing scratches
• Drypoint Technique
• Copper plate inking, registration, printing and press use
• Hardground Etching Technique
• Intro to Aquatint

About the instructor:

Alison has over a decade of experience in archival custom picture framing. She holds a BFA from the University of Regina and an MFA in Printmaking from Louisiana State University. Originally from the South Saskatchewan prairies, she currently lives in Calgary.  She is involved in the art community, exhibiting her work, coordinating community exhibitions and events, teaching and volunteering. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

Website: https://www.alisonfrank.ca

Instagram: @snowbunnymermaid

Workshop Fee

$365.00* prices not subject to GST

*Access to using the A/P studio equipment, including as a workshop participant, requires an A/P membership. Annual memberships are $30 and $10 for current students and current recipients of AISH. Membership fees can be applied directly to your workshop registration.

This workshop includes all project supplies, students are recommended to:

• Bring sketches/ideas designed to 4×6 size, try to bring 3 include both a line drawing/image and shaded value drawing/image if possible.
• Arrive no more than 10 minutes before class.
• Park in the stalls located in front of A/P or use free street parking.
• Bring a snack and water bottle.
• Bring a notebook/sketchbook and pen.
• Bring reading glasses if you need them for fine work.
• Wear suitable clothing for working with ink and/or a work apron.
• Wear close toed shoes and avoid overly loose long sleeves.
• Tie back long hair when operating machinery.
• Personal PPE (goggles if uncomfortable sharing Studio PPE)

Additional Notes:

• Class limited to 5 Participants
• Adults 18+ Years Old

For more information and to register, visit our website HERE

Join us in celebrating the incredible artwork created by the talented members of Visual Arts Studio Association (VASA)! From art cards to original paintings, clay creations, wood carving, and one-of-a-kind small works, we have something special for everyone on your wish list! Our Corridor Gallery will feature art cards, ornaments, and artworks for sale (all priced $50 or less) with 100% of proceeds being donated to the food bank!

https://vasa-art.com/event/yule-be-amazed/

When: Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm
Where: VASA St. Albert
25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave, 
St. Albert, AB T8N 2S7
 

Application Deadline: November 19, 2025
Program Dates: May 25 to June 26, 2026

Nomadism is conceived as a mode of existence and territorialization grounded in practices of regulated mobility. This residency invites participants to engage with the theme of nomadism as both a critical and aesthetic framework. Exploring experiences and relations such as itineraries of humans and non-humans, trajectories of circulation, spatial resistances, and alternative cartographies, nomadism will be approached as a site of inquiry and a form of sensitive and formal attentiveness to the earth. This approach will guide the intentions, conditions, and gestures of art making and artistic collaboration.

Visual Arts residencies at Banff Centre are structured programs of faculty-led activity and mentorship, supporting project-based studio practice.

This program encourages: 

• the development of conceptual thought through faculty talks and studio visits
• the development of technical skills through studio-based experimentation and learning
• discussion-based programs and workshops to support professional development
• cross-cultural engagement with international faculty and participants
• peer-to-peer engagement to foster a professional community.

Studio-based work is further supported by faculty studio visits, lectures, and workshops, fostering a valuable community of learning. Artists are assigned individual studios with access to shared production facilities. Knowledgeable staff are available to provide technical assistance.

Please take note of the program itinerary when planning your project proposal. 

Facility access is based on availability of facilitators and priority goes to those requesting access in their initial applications. 

This residency is for individual artists or duos (no more than two collaborators) who have: 

• completed formal training in visual arts at the post-secondary level, or
• equivalent experience and recognition from their peers acquired through traditional knowledge and practices.

Artists working in, but not limited to, practices in:

• ceramics
• digital media
• painting and drawing
• printmaking
• papermaking
• performance art
• photography and video
• sculpture and installation 

are invited to apply. 

Priority will be given to artists who have not attended a Visual Arts residency at Banff Centre in the past three years. 

Please note that children are not permitted in visual arts studios or production areas.

This program is designed for participation over the entire program period. Variable dates will not be considered.

Financial aid is available.

For more information and to apply.

Peruse the work of talented local artists with a passion for mucking about in clay. Find that perfect holiday gift and enjoy a beautiful showcase of unique handmade ceramics! Delicate fine brutal whimsical and everything in between describes the range of wares you’ll find at this awesome pottery sale.

When: Sunday, November 2, 2025 from 10 am to 4 pm
Where: Triwood Community Association
2244 Chicoutimi Dr NW
Calgary, AB

More information: www.calgarypottery.com

"Her Palette, Her Portrait, Her Power," a Solo Exhibition by Alexis Marie Chute. 

Please join us to celebrate the opening of Alexis Marie Chute's art exhibit at the Edmonton YWCA, presented through the Miller Art Gallery's PECK program. Chute's work explores the beauty and complexity of womanhood through colour, texture, and emotion. Her pieces invite viewers to pause, feel, and consider the ways women see themselves and the world around them. 

Exhibit Dates: 
October 29 to December 16, 2025

Opening Party: 
Wednesday, October 29th 
7 pm
FREE, all are welcome

YWCA Edmonton
10402 124th Street

More information: www.ywcaofedmonton.org/events

Join us to celebrate the opening of Sterling Komant's solo exhibition which explores the dynamics and detail of aviation. Through painting and pencil drawings, Komant captures the beauty of commercial jets to the brute force of military aircraft, admiring the great workmanship of these machines through precision and artistry.

Exhibit Run: 
October 27th, 2025 - January 30th, 2026

Opening Party: 
Thursday, October 30th, 2025
7:00-9:00pm
Free
All are welcome

2nd Floor of the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel
4236 36th Street East
Edmonton

More information: www.wildskiesgallery.com