Events

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

Niitsi’powahsinni (The Words That Carry the Breath of Our Ancestors) – Amber Weasel Head

Niitsi’powahsinni (The Words That Carry the Breath of Our Ancestors) – Amber Weasel Head My journey through arts has been a deep connection with our language, even though I am not a fluent speaker, I believe that through arts, we have the ability to speak the words of our ancestors. I feel that our language […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:June 15th, 2024  -  August 24th, 2024

Location:Casa - Saokitapi Gallery

Dream Language – Jennessa Bates

Dream Language – Jennessa Bates I was surrounded by brick-like townhouses, cobblestone roads, and a dark blue night sky. My body was covered in a pink salmon robe. In front of me was a fleshy featherless chicken with a balloon tied to her leg. She was the witch that had transformed into another form. She […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:June 15th, 2024  -  August 24th, 2024

Location:Casa - Platform

Roots/Routes – Be.Trit (Bryan Faubert & Nicole Tritter)

Roots/Routes – Be.Trit (Bryan Faubert & Nicole Tritter) Amidst the current chaos and vast expanse of this world, our souls seek connection, grounding, and each other. As Simone Weil so aptly describes, to be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. This concept is brought to life through […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:June 15th, 2024  -  August 24th, 2024

Location:Casa - Rotary Square

Seam Stress – Alicia Barbieri

Seam Stress – Alicia Barbieri Bodies are an infinite patchwork of failures. They are self-mending systems of imperfection, causing collagen to cluster at their seams. Seam Stress explores identities as patchwork stitching together womanhood and illness/disability. The gowns in the collection combine hospital gowns and weighted blankets, questioning how weight can soothe and create pressure, […]

Series:Gallery Exhibition

Date:June 15th, 2024  -  August 24th, 2024

Location:Casa - Main Gallery