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Friday September 7, 2012
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September 7, 2012 Opening reception with artists in attendance, Sept 6th from 6 to 8 pm.
Recent work by ACAD graduate Jean Day addressing the issues of environment and wildlife conservation as well as the human impact that is unique to Canada.
Rather than creating imitations or impressions of nature scenes, Jean utilizes natural materials found in her environments to provide the authenticity of what she is portraying, allowing the viewer to experience the natural textures, smells and values of the materials. She also uses man-made materials such as silk plant leaves and mosses to juxtapose a level of artificiality with the natural components and lend a false and ironic sense of "life".
In the series "Aviora Natura" Jean also plays on the expression "to preserve" through the use of taxidermy as well as focus on wildlife and ecological conservation. Website: www.artcentral.ca/tenants/88-studio-intent |
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| | Time: 06:00 pm - 11:30 pm / Location: WINE-OHs Bistro & Cellar 811 1st Street SW, Calgary, AB
September 7, 2012 Join us for our weekend of festivities celebrating the reopening of our cellar! We will be serving some complimentary appetizers and drinks from 6-8 p.m. Come help us celebrate and break-in our new music venue!
A Little Vodoo will open followed by the Joe Nolan Band.
http://www.joenolansongs.com/home.html
$15 Cover Website: www.wine-ohs.com/index.php/calendar/eventdetail/116/-/wine-ohs-grand-reopening-featuring-joe-nolan-a... |
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| | Time: 06:30 pm - 10:00 pm / Location: The Art Gallery of Calgary 117 - 8 Avenue S.W.
September 7, 2012 Fall Banner 2012 exhibition opening
An exploration of drawing by Gregory Hardy
Inspired by Jogakbo by Diana Un-Jin Cho
Institute of Morphoid by Jennifer Akkermans
I am Calgary by Jeremy Fokkens
Thinking Big, Unveiling Public Art Projects: an exhibition by multiple artists in partnership with the Alberta Crafts Council and the City of Calgary. Website: artgallerycalgary.org/ |
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| | Time: 08:00 pm - 10:00 pm / Location: Jack Singer Concert Hall
September 7, 2012 From the Classical giants to the rockin’ POPS, check out this musical celebration showcasing the CPO’s exciting new Season! Come early and join a cast of characters in the lobby for a sneak peek at our upcoming concerts, events and special programs. Meet musicians, win prizes, get terrific ticket offers and so much more! Website: www.cpo-live.com/main/event_detail.php?event_id=607 |
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| | Time: 08:00 pm - 11:45 pm / Location: TRUCK Contemporary Art Gallery - 815 - 1st Street SW
September 7, 2012 The Options That Are Offered To Us: The Least Likely / The Most Tolerable is an immersive installation in two parts, using the architectural elements delimiting the space of the gallery to articulate multiple streams of thought through simple formal play. Using the screen printed poster as matter and for its topographical marker qualities, this work, and much of Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum's installation work as Seripop, ignores traditional hanging conventions and tries to articulate the work and the space containing it as one sentence, regardless of its semantics.
SERIPOP (Yannick Desranleau & Chloe Lum)
Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum have worked together since 2000 and started the Seripop project in 2002. They have exhibited and given talks in Canada and abroad, notably at The Blackwood Gallery at University of Toronto, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England, Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen, Scotland, Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna, Austria and University of North Texas in Denton. They were recently part of the Quebec Triennial 2011 at Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal. Their work is represented in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Until 2012, Lum and Desranleau also belonged to Avant-Rock trio AIDS Wolf.
Website: www.truck.ca/events/559?cms_page=upcoming-exhibitions-events |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: HG2 in the CORE
September 7, 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
September 7, 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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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: La Chic, Level 2, Bankers Hall
September 7, 2012 Order all your designer golf wear for Spring/Summer 2013 for three days only! Website: www.lachiccalgary.com |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: Holt Renfrew, 3rd floor
September 7, 2012 To help celebrate Holt Renfrew's 175 birthday, when you purchase $3000 or more in the men's wear department, you will receive a $175.00 Blink Restaurant Gift Certificate. Website: www.holtrenfrew.com/shop/en/holt/storedetail/store-calgary |
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| | Time: All Day Event / Location: Holt Renfrew
September 7, 2012 With any purchase of $175.00 or more, guests receive an on the spot hair styling session with BLO - North America's original Blow Dry Bar. Reservations can also be made at concierge. Website: www.holtrenfrew.com/shop/en/holt/storedetail/store-calgary |
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