Events

Emergent Materialisms – Nicole Riedmueller

Emergent Materialisms – Nicole Riedmueller The work in this project is the result of ongoing research into the material realities of clay and ceramics. As these layers are organized into levels of complexity, new, emergent material properties reveal themselves. Clay forms become vitrified, refractory surface slips change and flash in the atmospheric soda firing, glazes […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:September 7th, 2024  -  October 26th, 2024

Imaginary Racetracks – Emily Metherel

Imaginary Racetracks – Emily Metherel At the heart of my practice lies an appreciation for process-based creation and learning new mediums. This body of work aims to combine applications of mindfulness and intuition while exploring unpredictable interactions between paint, colours, and medium. While making each piece I am able to engage in the physical process […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:September 7th, 2024  -  October 26th, 2024

Hotel Room Art / New General Catalogue – Melissa Fry

Hotel Room Art / New General Catalogue – Melissa Fry Hotel Room Art I started the Hotel Room Art series with the intention of playing with colour, shapes, and paint flow to make paintings that are lively, yet peaceful and calming. Initially, I struggled with the idea that in order to have value, all of […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:September 7th, 2024  -  October 26th, 2024

Jazz, Exposed – Donna Kroeger

Jazz, Exposed – Donna Kroeger Welcome to Jazz, Exposed Since 2009 (Except for “those few years”), I have had the priviledge of photographing and, therefore, being able to listen to, the great musicians that have played in Lethbridge.  We are fortunate that many of them make Lethbridge their home, and thankful to those that accept […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:September 7th, 2024  -  October 26th, 2024

Location:Casa - Focus Gallery

Niitoyis (Home) – Naatsikapamatoosin Two Smudge (Matthew Provost)

Niitoyis (Home) – Naatsikapamatoosin Two Smudge (Matthew Provost) Finding ways to integrate the feeling of home into Matthew’s work is a key component. Growing up in Piikani, Southern Alberta Matthew took notice of Niitoyis (Lodges) from cultural events and ceremonies. Now later in life these memories have come full circle, cultural teachings and Blackfoot ways […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:September 7th, 2024  -  October 26th, 2024

Location:Casa - Saokitapi Gallery

Work by Serene Weasel Traveller

Work by Serene Weasel Traveller My work incorporates my Blackfoot culture with my western worldview. I look for the balance between the world of a Blackfoot woman from the Piikani Nation, and a resident of Canada. I am integrating representations of colonialism with my traditional cultural practices, by combining the two different elements, overplaying the […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:September 7th, 2024  -  October 26th, 2024

Location:Casa - Platform

Dust to Dust – Mary Kavanagh           

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9, 7pm – 9pm Dust to Dust brings together works spanning different periods – from Distillation: in her element (1998) to Seven Skies of Maralinga (2024). The entwined histories of art and science are seeded throughout. Emerging from my decades-long research on nuclear culture, radiological inheritance, and scarred landscapes – during […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:November 9th, 2024  -  January 11th, 2025

Location:Casa - Main Gallery

Absent Hand – Shelby Charlesworth

Absent Hand – Shelby Charlesworth Tracing spaces once touched, seeking comfort in an absent hand, I ground my work in personal experiences and a larger social context. Responding in an interdisciplinary manner, I investigate themes of loss, longing, grief, and collective trauma. My interests lie in the slippage between absence and presence; the ephemeral and […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:November 9th, 2024  -  January 11th, 2025

Location:Casa - Project Space