Events

The Creative Aging Calgary Society would like to invite you to our 4th Annual Winter Wonderland Concert!

When: Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7 pm
Where: Christ Church located in Elbow Park at 3602 8th Street SW, Calgary

Welcome to the 4th Annual Free Christmas Concert hosted by the Creative Aging Calgary Society! 

Join us on Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7 pm at Christ Church Anglican Calgary for a night of festive music and holiday cheer. Our talented performers will delight you with classic Christmas carols and modern holiday hits. Don't miss out on this special event that brings the community together to celebrate the season. See you there! This family friendly event has become an instant tradition for families from all over Calgary.

The Creative Aging Calgary Society is a registered non-profit charity that has for the past 10 + years been offering education, art classes and performances to older adults in Calgary free of charge. We are excited to continue our legacy of community building and promoting vibrant and active aging among older adults in Calgary.

This event is free however donations are welcome and appreciated. Donations help us continue to offer weekly free art classes to seniors every month at different senior organizations around Calgary.
 

Eventbrite: RSVP HERE

More about CACS: https://www.creativeagingcalgary.com/

What does it take to conserve a sculpture that has stood in Calgary for more than fifty years? Join us for a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how Katie Ohe’s beloved sculpture Day and Night was carefully restored and relocated from its original home in Prince’s Island Park to Devonian Gardens.

The evening begins with a short film created by Alexander Boyd, a member of the restoration team, and offers an insider’s view of the conservation process. It's an uncommon glimpse into the craft, care, and collaboration that goes into preserving public art.

Following the screening, take part in a Q&A with Sophia Zweifel, The City’s Public Art Conservator, and Alexander Boyd, who will share insights, stories, and reflections from the restoration.

To close the evening, enjoy a guided tour of the exhibition Fragment to Form | Katie Ohe and the Shape of Persistence, featuring additional works by the artist and a chance to experience Day and Night in its new home.

✨ Date: November 25, 2025
🕓 Time: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
📍 Location: Devonian Gardens, 317 7 Ave SW, Calgary
🎟️ Free admission: RSVP and learn more information on Eventbrite

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see how art conservation brings together science, artistry, and care to preserve Calgary’s public art for generations to come.

Reserve your spot today!

Please join us for the Edmonton launch of Kim Mannix’s debut poetry collection, Confirm Humanity, with special guest Laurie Lynn Muirhead and her collection, Coyote Snow. These prairie writers find their poems unified within themes of nature, womanhood, and connection in an isolating world—both using striking language and lyricism to make you feel every lingering emotion with them. At this event you can purchase copies of their books, have them signed, and hear their poetry read aloud. Stay for a while and speak with the poets about their local roots and what inspired them to put pen to paper. 

When: Sunday, November 16th, 2025 from 2 to 3:30 pm
Where: Audreys Books
10702 Jasper Ave 
Edmonton

Gallery@501 is excited to invite you to see “Ink Horizons: East to West,” a new exhibition by New Brunswick artist Dan Xu. The exhibit opens on November 6, 2025 and shows until December 20, 2025.

Dan Xu will be at Gallery@501 (#120, 501 Festival Avenue in Sherwood Park) for a special artist talk and reception on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm and everyone is welcome to join us.

Ink Horizons: East to West features a unique interpretation of two iconic Canadian regions, the Canadian Rockies and the Bay of Fundy. Painting outdoors, “en plein-air,” Dan Xu captures an atmospheric feeling and perspective in her work. Visitors will feel they are floating through the skies over mountains and water in each landscape. Xu creates ink wash paintings of these landscapes on Xuan paper, silk scrolls, and fold-out books. Using classic Chinese ink and wash techniques, she takes inspiration from art of the Song Dynasty to add a sense of flight, movement, and freedom.

Visitors can engage in a hands-on art station where they’ll use traditional Chinese brushes to paint ephemeral landscapes - fleeting artworks that gracefully fade into the background, echoing the beauty of impermanence. 

Reception and gallery visits are free! We look forward to seeing you!

More information: www.strathcona.ca/artgallery

Join the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassador, Samantha Williams-Chapelsky, 
at the AFA art house on Thursday, November 6 at 5 pm.

Samantha will share insight into the very first solo exhibition at the art house, 
Across Alberta: Paintings from the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence.

This talk is free to attend.

About the exhibition

Across Alberta: Paintings from the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence, is the first solo exhibition at the AFA art house.

The exhibition features the works of Samantha Williams-Chapelsky, the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassador.

Samantha went on a year-long journey across Alberta to capture its diverse landscapes. Visiting more than 40 sites provincewide painting outdoors or en plein air, Samantha captured landscapes from Jasper’s jagged mountain peaks to the golden prairies around Lethbridge. 

Across Alberta features a vibrant selection of plein air and studio paintings. Each work is a postcard from Samantha’s journey 
capturing the province’s remarkable natural diversity. 

art house After Hours

art house After Hours events will feature extended gallery hours, keeping the gallery open until 7 pm.

These events will feature opportunities for patrons to dive deeper in the AFA Art Collection, Alberta artists, and the AFA art house.

Stay tuned for more, you never know what you might find after hours.

Get ready to dazzle and shine! We invited you to embrace the glam and sparkle of the season, so don your most fabulous bling! Let your style radiate with brilliance as we celebrate in a spectacle of shimmering vibes and vibrant energy of Alberta Craft. It's time to stand out and sparkle like never before!

• Raffles for Beautiful Craft Pieces
• Door Prizes
• Cookies Galore
• Music by Erin Ross
• Make a Holiday Ornament

When: Saturday, November 29, 2025
2 to 5 pm

Where: cSPACE Marda Loop
1721 29 Ave
Calgary, AB

Tickets: $15 General Admission | $10 Alberta Craft Members
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bling-it-holiday-funraiser-tickets