Friday August 17, 2012
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August 17, 2012 Our popular beading activity is back! Learn traditional Blackfoot beadwork designs by using tabletop looms to create your own beaded artwork.
Visit the Blackfoot Gallery: Niitsitapiisinni: Our way of Life to see how symbols are used by the First Nations Peoples of Alberta. Website: www.glenbow.org |
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| | Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 17, 2012 Discover the pioneers of Alberta in Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta by following the clues of our exploration guide. Pick up your activity sheet in the ARC Discovery Room and trade it in once it's completed for a cool decal. Perfect for family visits! Website: www.glenbow.org |
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| | Time: - / Location: Glenbow Museum, 130 9 Ave SE
August 17, 2012 Be inspired by Shayne Dark's captivating works and create a branchy, twisted and brightly coloured sculpture. Let nature inspire the movements and shapes of your scuplture. Website: www.glenbow.org |
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|   | Time: 05:00 pm - 05:00 pm / Location: Murrieta's Bar & Grill- 808 1st Street SW
August 17, 2012 Calgary's freshest culinary celebration! A festival that encompasses eveything tomato! Join us for our annual Tomato Festival at Murrieta's. Our Chef's have prepared a unique menu, showcasing one of the industry's most under appriciated ingredient. Call 403.269.7707 or visit our website for reservations today. Website: www.murrietas.ca |
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| | Time: 05:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Location: EPCOR CENTRE
August 17, 2012 Runs August 8th - 17th
Opening reception August 9th
what is Papergirl?
Papergirl is an art project from Berlin.
It has now grown into an international worldwide art distribution phenomenon.
Art should be accessible to everyone.
That is the spirit behind Papergirl: a pedal-powered, volunteer based,
community oriented art project
Papergirl redefines “street-art”. It also questions where the value and meaning
lies in art: within the object itself, within its symbolic narrative, its
economic prowess, its historical context and so on, and so forth.
What happens in a Papergirl project?
A call for 2D artworks is made to the local community where the project is based
The artworks are collected and subsequently, every single work that was
submitted is exhibited
The works are then rolled up, and delivered by Papergirls to the unsuspecting
public a.k.a. the local community.
The Results of Papergirl?
Artists gain the opportunity to exhibit their work in a local gallery, as well
as have their work eventually given to a new collector. Papergirls get some
great exercise and smiles due to their hard delivery work. Volunteers get the
chance to work with fellow artists, and get involved in their local community.
Hundreds of people make and receive art.
It’s the art of giving away art. Website: papergirlcalgary.tumblr.com/whatispapergirl |
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| | Time: 09:00 am - 05:30 pm / Location: 130 9 Avenue Southeast
August 17, 2012 July 14th - September 3
Critical Mass is an exhibition of recent sculpture by Ontario-based artist Shayne Dark, whose works exploit the tensions between the natural and the manmade with intriguing results.
The exhibit includes seven sculptures, including four freestanding works collectively known as Critical Mass. Website: www.glenbow.org |
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| | Time: 11:00 am - 09:00 pm / Location: Eau Claire Festival Plaza
August 17, 2012 Taste of Calgary, the city's outdoor festival of food and drinks is back for it's 15th year at Eau Claire's Festival Plaza. Enjoy a mix of exotic global cuisine like Cajun, Caribbean, East Indian, and Persian.
Buy Taste sampling tickets for $1 right at the festival and use them to sample any of the food or beverage menu items. Everything is sample-sized, including the prices. Website: www.tasteofcalgary.com |
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|  | Time: 12:00 pm - 01:00 pm / Location: Stephen Avenue Walk near the corner of 2nd Street SW
August 17, 2012 Each Thursday in August
In partnership with the Calgary Downtown Association, NMC sets Stephen Avenue to music with this summer busker performance program. Performing on a restored, one-of-a-kind, NMC branded piano, musicians rock 8th Avenue, providing a soundtrack for the vibrant noon-hour scene on one of Calgary's favourite promenades.
Website: www.nmc.ca |
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|  | Time: All Day Event / Location: Various Locations
August 17, 2012 Calgary ReggaeFest isn’t just for Reggae fans! It’s a family event that transcends racial, cultural and musical boundaries. With great live performances from Canadian and international Reggae artistes, ReggaeFest’s Main Event features a beer garden, great food and atmosphere, a youth area, and plenty of arts & crafts. ReggaeFest preview events deliver incredible live entertainment in small intimate venues where audience members and performers can share musical experiences together. Calgary ReggaeFest is sure to satisfy the Rastagarian in everyone. Website: www.ReggaeFest.ca |
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|  | Time: All Day Event / Location: Millenium Park
August 17, 2012 August 15th - 18th
Calgary ReggaeFest's Main Stage event isn’t just for Reggae fans. It’s a full day family event that transcends racial, cultural and musical boundaries. With live performances from Canadian and international Reggae artistes, ReggaeFest features a beer garden, separate youth area, and plenty of arts & crafts. Or get a taste of Reggae culture from the many food vendors.
ReggaeFest is proud of its connections to the local community and has supported Boy Scouts, Brothers United Soccer Team, Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, CJSW Radio 90.9 fm, CUSO, Elektra Dance Group, Kids Up Front Foundation, St John Ambulance and various groups with ticket and merchandise donations. Website: www.reggaefest.ca/ |
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|  | Time: All Day Event / Location: HG2 in the CORE
August 17, 2012 When you spend more than $200 or purchase any pair of regularly priced jeans at HG2 you will be entered to win a $2500 shopping spree! Website: www.hg2clothing.com/ |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: THE UAS +15 GALLERY - 205 8 Avenue SE, Calgary
August 17, 2012 Exhibition Runs: August 8th to September 30th, 2012
Closing Reception: September 20th, 7 - 8pm
Artist Talk: August 30th at 7pm (at UAS Satellite Gallery)
Stack Mimetics enacts it’s presence through applied surfaces and expressed materiality. Exploring the cultural logic of mimesis within the sphere of sub-cultural identification, the work is manifested as selected woodland camouflage patterns, applied with specific technical processes onto composite materials and aggregated into stacks. Alluding to the notion of “fitting in”, whether it be into the terrific/terrifying natural Alberta wilderness or into the subsequent aesthetics of one’s own branded identity, Stack Mimetics presents the opportunity for reflection into how we chose to mimic the objects and entities that surround us, and the cultural logic of mimesis and camouflage as it is derived from the basis of an archaic survival process.
Artist Bio:
Stephen Nachtigall is a Calgary based artist whose work focuses on the contemporary paradox of the actual and the virtual from his point of view as a “Net Native” and also a native to the foothills of the Alberta Rockies. After studying sculpture and completing his BFA at the Alberta College of Art & Design in 2011, Stephen has been establishing his practice within the Calgary arts community, participating in group exhibitions such as BYOB Calgary, Return to The Dollhouse for the Truck Gallery, and The Works at Untitled Arts Society. His work has also seen online exposure on blogs and websites such as vvork.com. Some of his most recognized achievements include an installation entitled Electric Lettuce at Sled Island in June 2011 as well as receiving the Board of Governors award during his time at ACAD.
Website: www.facebook.com/events/341666355909490/ |
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