Visual arts & new media

The Thousand Faces Festival Association welcomes  artists and groups from all disciplines to submit proposals for inclusion of their mythically-inspired performances, films, and visual works at the 2025 Thousand Faces Festival.

Festival Dates: June 21 & 22, 2025

Festival Overview

In 4-weeks, you’ll learn how to creatively express your burning thoughts, dreams, and passions with conviction! Throughout this series, you'll explore your favorite moving works of art and take part in group discussions. You’ll also have the chance to create your own work and say what’s on your mind in a safe, collaborative, and supportive environment. 

This class is great if you love music, poetry, movies, theatre, and more. Come ready to discover your power through words and images! 

Register here: https://accessarts.ca/whats-on/say-it-like-you-mean-it/

Saturday, April 26, 2025 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

New this year…extended hours!

The Parkland Painting Collective (PPC) is a group of Calgary artists who meet weekly to paint together: painters who continue to produce quality artwork in a variety of painting styles and preferred media. Our group’s appetite to grow our art practices continues with new approaches, techniques and media to share with you.

ART/Work: That's a (Vinyl) Wrap – From Idea to Install

Curious about how public art vinyl wraps come to life? Join us for the next session in our ART/Work professional development series, "That’s a (Vinyl) Wrap: From Idea to Install," on Wednesday, April 2, at 6:30 PM. 

We Need Your Support!
To provide our students with an enriching learning experience, we are urgently seeking
donations of sewing machines. Your contributions will not only enhance our sewing classes but
also profoundly impact the lives of the families we serve by giving them hands-on experience
that leads to empowerment and independence.

Live & Silent Auction | Lunch | Entertainment 
and of course, incredible ART!
Proceeds support BWDC programs and initiatives 

April 13 
Chateau Lacombe (10111 Bellamy Hill Rd NW)

$80 per person
$600 for a table of 8

Tickets and information: https://bwdc.ca/art-auction

Get your art fix, shop for Mother’s Day or treat yourself to something special! Meet over 45 local emerging to established artists showcasing: Painting, Jewelry, Glass, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture and Textiles. Join us April 26 & 27 from 10am - 4pm with free parking and admission, draws and no GST. With different artists each day and hundreds of unique handmade artworks, you are sure to find art as unique as you! For more Info: Upcoming Show

Event Date and Time: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7-9pm

Event Description: Still Move: Studio Arts 2025 BFA Grad Show at MacEwan University features the work of artists Keni Ayuno, Lydia Buhay, Isabella Camerino, Michelle Goulet, Kathleen MacKay, Maya Pereira, Sutharot Plia, Lindsey Powlik and Alethea Recla. In a wide range of creative practices, the artworks in this exhibition offer nine different meditations on the idea that stillness and movement are not exclusive of one another.

The American Orchid Society judged show is the largest of its kind in Canada, with over 15,000 square feet of all things orchid. The weekend also features an art exhibition and awards ceremony.

Orchid enthusiasts will find hundreds of orchids of every shape, size, and color, from the rare to the truly unusual from local vendors and those as far as Taiwan and Ecuador. Hands-on potting demonstrations and cultural information will be available for the beginner and expert grower alike.