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SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Opening Reception with Anna Gaby-Trotz
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Opening Reception to celebrate Baseline by Anna Gaby-Trotz\nAnna Gaby-Trotz will be in attendance\, and will be providing an in-person artist talk during this opening reception to celebrate her exhibition: Baseline. \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nThe Artist Talk will begin at 7pm\, followed by the reception until 9pm. \nThis event is FREE and all are welcome. \n\nAbout the Exhibition:\nShifting baseline syndrome is an acclimatization to one’s surroundings. In 1995\, Daniel Pauly used this term to reference fisheries and the environment. In regards to climate change\, it means that each generation adapts to its current environment and defines a new baseline. As extreme weather\, fires\, floods and droughts become commonplace\, forthcoming generations will know this as the reality and may have little understanding that the world was and could be different. \nThis installation features a collection of images gathered while examining the changing climate through the North West Passage. These waters – situated between Kugluktuk\, Nunavut and Greenland – have a deep history of colonial conquest and now\, once impassable due to ice\, are open to commercial passage\, mining of resources\, and military access.  \nOver a decade has passed since this journey\, and the situation has only worsened. The Arctic is melting twice as fast as anywhere else on the planet\, which has an immense impact on the communities and ecosystems that rely on this land and water. As I travelled through this landscape\, I was struck by the lack of ice.  Days passed\, and the water was still open. Then the first iceberg floated onto the horizon. It was almost the size of our ship. How long did it last before being absorbed into the ocean? Will future generations know a diverse environment with sea and glacial ice? How is the opening up of this once closed passage going to change our world?  \nBaseline is an attempt to shift this narrative: to challenge us to change\, to listen\, to act. \nI would like to acknowledge that the lands depicted in these images are not my home. This land and water belong to the Inuit people of Canada and Greenland. I am grateful to have been welcomed into their homelands and acknowledge the problematic nature of being a settler within this space. Climate change impacts us all\, but not all equally. \nAnna Gaby-Trotz (she/her) is a printmaker and photographer whose work critically explores social issues\, identity\, and the natural environment. With an MFA in Printmaking from The University of Alberta\, her practice centers on the transformative power of art\, particularly in creating inclusive spaces for marginalized communities. Anna has worked on significant community projects\, such as Be Our Ally with Sheatre\, addressing homophobia among rural youth. She also founded The Queer Print Project at The University of Guelph\, where she teaches screen printing and fosters a supportive\, creative environment for queer artists.  \nFrom 2015 to 2021\, Anna served as Technical Director at Open Studio in Toronto\, where she initiated a North/South Printmaking Residency with The West Baffin Cooperative and has overseen numerous creative projects with national and international artists. Anna’s work Baseline was shown at Open Studio in Toronto. Her recent collaboration with Richelle Forsey\, The Landscape is Dead was featured at the CAFKA25 Biennale. Anna co-curated the show Queer Print Project: Body Language at the Art Gallery of Guelph. Her work is in collections including The University of Alberta\, The Edmonton Arts Council and Open Studio. Anna has taught at The University of Alberta\, The Ontario College of Art and Design University and is currently an Assistant Professor in Studio Art at The University of Guelph. \n\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! \nHere’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \n  \nHours and Location: \nA/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) \n  \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front of the building\, as well as street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building (near the Hitch Shop)\, and A/P is equipped with an accessible gender neutral washroom. \nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. \nWe welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here! \n\n  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/opening-reception-for-baseline/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260620T000000
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SUMMARY:The Latest Edition: Senior Print Student Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Latest Edition presents print-based artworks created by a selection of senior students and recent graduates from Calgary’s two post-secondary arts universities: Alberta University of the Arts and the University of Calgary. \nThis exhibition showcases 9 emerging artists who use printmaking as a means of questioning and discovery. For each artist\, meaning emerges through process. Initial ideas\, images\, and concepts concerning nuanced themes of self\, interconnection\, and change have transformed slowly through the materiality\, repetition\, and layering that is characteristic of print media–allowing depth of understanding to surface. \nFrom the University of Calgary: Gabrielle Arrizza\, Aidan Dupuis\, Joshua Seguin\, and Míša Štorková. \nFrom Alberta University of the Arts: Leafa Christieson\, Dana Nell Doshewnek\, Kat King\, Naia Lisch\, and Dimitri Smith-Kac. \n\n\n 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/latestedition2026/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Past,Past
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SUMMARY:Lasting Impressions 2026
DESCRIPTION:A/P presents Lasting Impressions 2026! \nOur annual member exhibition\, Lasting Impressions is an opportunity for A/P to: \n\n\nCelebrate members while welcoming new and returning members\nFoster community through an inclusive group exhibition\nConnect with local and global printmakers and showcase the breadth and depth of their print-based work\nPromote sales that will support individual artists and raise funds for sustaining A/P’s community programs*\n\n*artworks are not required to be available for sale to participate \n\n  \nThis year’s exhibition features works by over 60 artists including:  \nBailey Arnholz\, Gabrielle Arrizza\, David B.\, Erik B.\, Zoe B.\, Sherry Bachmann\, Kate Baillies\, Zara Basseri\, Christine C.\, Christine Caissie\, Melisa Centofanti\, Anthony Daniel Cleghorn\, Cooney\, Jonathan Creese\, Lyndon D.\, Jules de Guzman\, Kendra Delichte\, Eric Dyck\, Deirdre Earl\, Nicole Estabrooks\, Cathy Evans\, Chad Fournier\, Iren Gibson\, Jamie-Lee Girodat\, Nishma Gopaul\, Erin Haid\, Andrea Hoflin\, Heather Huston\, Wayne Immonen\, Eirian Jewitt\, Julie Johnson\, Nicholas Kirk\, Irena Kongsuwan\, Christina Krentz\, Amanda Kriaski\, Brittany L.\, Hanna Lopez\, Rachel MacKinnon\, Carol Mannas\, Cece Marin\, Renata Martin\, Sarah McPhail\, Shinobu Mitsuhashi\, Craig Moser\, Phoenix Ning\, Kent Pointon\, Eckhard R.\, Anne Range\, Liz Robertson\, Kaitlin Roth\, Janine Samuelson\, Hannah Sanford\, Krys Sikora\, Margo Smith\, Sheryl Spencer\, Angela Torres\, Kris Twyman\, Michelle Wiebe\, Sarah Wilkins\, Tracy Wormsbecker\, Cy Yang-Smith\, and Roxann Yuen \n 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/lasting-impressions-2026/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Past,Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260314T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260314T160000
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SUMMARY:Painterly Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Monotypes are one of a kind prints that combine printing\, painting\, and drawing techniques with surprising and painterly results. In the course we will create monotypes with and without the press\, using both additive and reductive techniques.  \nThis is a great workshop for beginners\, intermediate\, and experienced printmakers who want to loosen up and embrace painterly mark making. Students will leave with multiple unique prints\, a full understanding of how to create their own monotype prints at home and in the studio\, and the renewed energy to create.  \n\nWhat you’ll learn: ​​​​\n\nTechniques and required tools for press based monotype printing\nMixing\, applying and storing ink\nUsing the press\nHow to pull accurate prints\nTroubleshooting and how to use accidents to your advantage\nCleanup and finishing your prints\n\n\nAbout the instructor:\nChristina Krentz is an multidisciplinary artist\, living and working in Calgary\, AB. She is an experienced adult facilitator\, known for her enthusiasm\, and infectious passion for art. She has a background in painting\, and approaches print making with a commitment to experimentation and chance. Christina is an active member with Alberta Printmakers\, and the founding member of FEM ASSEMBLY\, a feminist critique group in YYC.  \nInstagram: @christinakrentz \nWebsite: https://christinakrentz.com/ \n\nWorkshop Fee\n$265.00* prices not subject to GST \n*Access to using the A/P studio equipment\, including as a workshop participant\, requires an A/P membership. Annual memberships are $30 and $10 for current students and current recipients of AISH. Membership fees can be applied directly to your workshop registration. \n\nAdditional Notes: \n\nClass limited to 6 Participants\nAdults 18+ Years Old\n\n—————————————————————————\n\nCode of Conduct:\nTo support an environment which promotes dignity and respect to all\, no form of intimidation\, bullying or harassment will be tolerated. Should this type of behaviour occur\, the A/P host and/or instructor reserves the right to remove any individuals from the workshop. \nAccommodation & Diversity:\nPlease inform A/P of any accessibility barrier(s) that may prevent you from getting the full benefit of participating in this program. A/P will respond to any requests in a timely manner and will work to support you within our capacity. \nA/P is committed to diversity and equality to all in employment\, volunteerism and contractors irrespective of their gender\, race\, ethnic origin\, disability\, age\, nationality\, national origin\, sexuality\, religion or belief\, marital status and social class. \nCancellation Policy:\nIf you have registered for an in-studio class or workshop at A/P but are unable to attend\, we require that you notify us as soon as possible\, and no later than 7 days before the class or workshop to receive a full refund. Registrants who cancel with 6 days or less notice will receive 50% of their registration fee. Once the class or workshop has begun\, A/P is unable to issue a refund as we are subject to a minimum enrolment in order to run. \nIf A/P cancels a course due to low enrolment\, notice will be given at least 72 hours in advance with a full refund issued. For classes cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances\, registrants will receive a full refund.
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/painterly-printmakingmarch14/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260307T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260307T160000
DTSTAMP:20260306T222252Z
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SUMMARY:Painterly Printmaking
DESCRIPTION:Monotypes are one of a kind prints that combine printing\, painting\, and drawing techniques with surprising and painterly results. In the course we will create monotypes with and without the press\, using both additive and reductive techniques.  \nThis is a great workshop for beginners\, intermediate\, and experienced printmakers who want to loosen up and embrace painterly mark making. Students will leave with multiple unique prints\, a full understanding of how to create their own monotype prints at home and in the studio\, and the renewed energy to create.  \n\nWhat you’ll learn: ​​​​\n\nTechniques and required tools for press based monotype printing\nMixing\, applying and storing ink\nUsing the press\nHow to pull accurate prints\nTroubleshooting and how to use accidents to your advantage\nCleanup and finishing your prints\n\n\nAbout the instructor:\nChristina Krentz is an multidisciplinary artist\, living and working in Calgary\, AB. She is an experienced adult facilitator\, known for her enthusiasm\, and infectious passion for art. She has a background in painting\, and approaches print making with a commitment to experimentation and chance. Christina is an active member with Alberta Printmakers\, and the founding member of FEM ASSEMBLY\, a feminist critique group in YYC.  \nInstagram: @christinakrentz \nWebsite: https://christinakrentz.com/ \n\nWorkshop Fee\n$135.00* prices not subject to GST \n*Access to using the A/P studio equipment\, including as a workshop participant\, requires an A/P membership. Annual memberships are $30 and $10 for current students and current recipients of AISH. Membership fees can be applied directly to your workshop registration. \n\nAdditional Notes: \n\nClass limited to 6 Participants\nAdults 18+ Years Old\n\n—————————————————————————\n\nCode of Conduct:\nTo support an environment which promotes dignity and respect to all\, no form of intimidation\, bullying or harassment will be tolerated. Should this type of behaviour occur\, the A/P host and/or instructor reserves the right to remove any individuals from the workshop. \nAccommodation & Diversity:\nPlease inform A/P of any accessibility barrier(s) that may prevent you from getting the full benefit of participating in this program. A/P will respond to any requests in a timely manner and will work to support you within our capacity. \nA/P is committed to diversity and equality to all in employment\, volunteerism and contractors irrespective of their gender\, race\, ethnic origin\, disability\, age\, nationality\, national origin\, sexuality\, religion or belief\, marital status and social class. \nCancellation Policy:\nIf you have registered for an in-studio class or workshop at A/P but are unable to attend\, we require that you notify us as soon as possible\, and no later than 7 days before the class or workshop to receive a full refund. Registrants who cancel with 6 days or less notice will receive 50% of their registration fee. Once the class or workshop has begun\, A/P is unable to issue a refund as we are subject to a minimum enrolment in order to run. \nIf A/P cancels a course due to low enrolment\, notice will be given at least 72 hours in advance with a full refund issued. For classes cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances\, registrants will receive a full refund.
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/painterly-printmakingmarch7/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260221T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260221T140000
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SUMMARY:Mokulito Print Demonstration with Margaret Joba-Woodruff
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a printmaking demonstration and artist ‘meet & greet’ with Margaret Joba-Woodruff\n  \nAbout the Event:\nExhibiting artist\, Margaret Joba-Woodruff will be demonstrating Mokulito* printing\, which she uses in her current exhibition\, Ashes! Ashes!.  \n*Mokulito is a lithography printmaking technique that uses wood as a matrix instead of limestone.  \nThere will be an opportunity to meet and mingle with the artist and other community members at this event. \nThis event is FREE and ALL ARE WELCOME.  \nRegistration is kindly requested through the signup below. \n  \nAshes! Ashes! will be on display in the A/P Main Gallery until April 10\, 2025. \n  \nAbout the Exhibition:\n“Most prints are contact relics in this sense\, inasmuch as they are essentially stains on one surface that attest to damage done to another surface.”   \n– Jennifer L. Roberts\, Contact: Art and the Pull of Print \nSoot on the inside of a fireplace. Drops of candle wax on a dining table. A felt blanket draped over the armrest of a chair. Ashes! Ashes! is an exhibition grounded in the materials of charcoal\, beeswax\, paper and wool combined with printed gestures of cutting\, redrawing\, and wiping away. As I reflect on the 14 houses that I have moved in and out of over the last decade\, I turn to drawing as both an archival and speculative practice. The works exhibited here trace both real memories and imagined scenarios of these homes and the 25 people I shared them with\, manipulating the images through techniques of monotype\, collagraph\, and mokulito to reveal themes of comfort\, deterioration\, and repair. For myself and many of those closest to me\, our paths through the smog of urban housing precarity have been lined with neglectful landlords\, deteriorating architecture\, personal conflicts\, unpaid debts\, and threatening property managers. By sinking its teeth into moments in these spaces and the relationships made and lost in them\, Ashes! Ashes! wonders — with uncertainty\, grief\, and sometimes hope— what is left behind\, what do we take with us\, and where do we go from here? \n_______________________ \nMargaret Joba-Woodruff is a visual artist whose practice employs an interdisciplinary approach to printmaking to consider the intersections of land\, body\, family\, memory\, and labour. After completing a BFA in Visual Art at the University of British Columbia in 2020\, she became a worker-owner of the Vancouver Artist Labour Union Cooperative before relocating to St John’s\, Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) to spend a year in residence as the ‘22-’23 Don Wright Scholar at St Michael’s Printshop. Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts NL\, and has been exhibited across Canada\, in the UK\, and Taiwan.  \nBorn in Montréal and raised on the island of Martha’s Vineyard\, Joba-Woodruff is once again living in Vancouver\, BC as a guest on the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations after two meaningful years of living and working in Ktaqmkuk.
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/mokulito-print-demonstration-with-margaret-joba-woodruff/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20260220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260128T191924Z
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception with Margaret Joba Woodruff
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Opening Reception to celebrate Ashes! Ashes! by Margaret Joba-Woodruff\n  \nMargaret Joba-Woodruff will be in attendance\, and light refreshments will be provided. \nThis event is FREE\, all are welcome.  \n  \nAbout the Exhibition:\n“Most prints are contact relics in this sense\, inasmuch as they are essentially stains on one surface that attest to damage done to another surface.”   \n– Jennifer L. Roberts\, Contact: Art and the Pull of Print \nSoot on the inside of a fireplace. Drops of candle wax on a dining table. A felt blanket draped over the armrest of a chair. Ashes! Ashes! is an exhibition grounded in the materials of charcoal\, beeswax\, paper and wool combined with printed gestures of cutting\, redrawing\, and wiping away. As I reflect on the 14 houses that I have moved in and out of over the last decade\, I turn to drawing as both an archival and speculative practice. The works exhibited here trace both real memories and imagined scenarios of these homes and the 25 people I shared them with\, manipulating the images through techniques of monotype\, collagraph\, and mokulito to reveal themes of comfort\, deterioration\, and repair. For myself and many of those closest to me\, our paths through the smog of urban housing precarity have been lined with neglectful landlords\, deteriorating architecture\, personal conflicts\, unpaid debts\, and threatening property managers. By sinking its teeth into moments in these spaces and the relationships made and lost in them\, Ashes! Ashes! wonders — with uncertainty\, grief\, and sometimes hope— what is left behind\, what do we take with us\, and where do we go from here? \n_______________________ \nMargaret Joba-Woodruff is a visual artist whose practice employs an interdisciplinary approach to printmaking to consider the intersections of land\, body\, family\, memory\, and labour. After completing a BFA in Visual Art at the University of British Columbia in 2020\, she became a worker-owner of the Vancouver Artist Labour Union Cooperative before relocating to St John’s\, Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) to spend a year in residence as the ‘22-’23 Don Wright Scholar at St Michael’s Printshop. Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts NL\, and has been exhibited across Canada\, in the UK\, and Taiwan.  \nBorn in Montréal and raised on the island of Martha’s Vineyard\, Joba-Woodruff is once again living in Vancouver\, BC as a guest on the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations after two meaningful years of living and working in Ktaqmkuk. \n\n_______________________\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! \nHere’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \n  \nHours and Location: \nA/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) \n  \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front of the building\, as well as street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building (near the Hitch Shop)\, and A/P is equipped with an accessible gender neutral washroom. \nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. \nWe welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here! \n\n  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/opening-reception-jobawoodruff/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260411
DTSTAMP:20260429T005630Z
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SUMMARY:Ashes! Ashes!
DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\nAshes!Ashes! \n“Most prints are contact relics in this sense\, inasmuch as they are essentially stains on one surface that attest to damage done to another surface.”   \n– Jennifer L. Roberts\, Contact: Art and the Pull of Print \nSoot on the inside of a fireplace. Drops of candle wax on a dining table. A felt blanket draped over the armrest of a chair. Ashes! Ashes! is an exhibition grounded in the materials of charcoal\, beeswax\, paper and wool combined with printed gestures of cutting\, redrawing\, and wiping away. As I reflect on the 14 houses that I have moved in and out of over the last decade\, I turn to drawing as both an archival and speculative practice. The works exhibited here trace both real memories and imagined scenarios of these homes and the 25 people I shared them with\, manipulating the images through techniques of monotype\, collagraph\, and mokulito to reveal themes of comfort\, deterioration\, and repair. For myself and many of those closest to me\, our paths through the smog of urban housing precarity have been lined with neglectful landlords\, deteriorating architecture\, personal conflicts\, unpaid debts\, and threatening property managers. By sinking its teeth into moments in these spaces and the relationships made and lost in them\, Ashes! Ashes! wonders — with uncertainty\, grief\, and sometimes hope— what is left behind\, what do we take with us\, and where do we go from here? \nMargaret Joba-Woodruff is a visual artist whose practice employs an interdisciplinary approach to printmaking to consider the intersections of land\, body\, family\, memory\, and labour. After completing a BFA in Visual Art at the University of British Columbia in 2020\, she became a worker-owner of the Vancouver Artist Labour Union Cooperative before relocating to St John’s\, Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) to spend a year in residence as the ‘22-’23 Don Wright Scholar at St Michael’s Printshop. Her work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and Arts NL\, and has been exhibited across Canada\, in the UK\, and Taiwan.  \nBorn in Montréal and raised on the island of Martha’s Vineyard\, Joba-Woodruff is once again living in Vancouver\, BC as a guest on the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations after two meaningful years of living and working in Ktaqmkuk. \n\nRelated Events:\nOpening Reception:  \nJoin us for the opening reception on Friday\, February 20 from 7-9pm.  The artist will be in attendance and light refreshments will be served. \nAttendance is FREE and ALL ARE WELCOME. \nPrintmaking Demonstration and Artist Meet & Greet:  \nJoin us on Saturday\, February 21 from 1-2pm. \nMargaret Joba-Woodruff will be providing a live demonstration of Mokulito (wood lithography)\, and there will be an informal meet and greet with the artist and local community members. \nAttendance is FREE and ALL ARE WELCOME.  Registration is kindly requested. \n\n_________________________________\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! Here’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \nHours and Location: A/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) Accessibility: \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front with additional street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building\, and A/P is equipped with a wheelchair accessible\, gender neutral washroom.  \n\nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. We welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here!  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/ashesashes-jobawoodruff/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Past,Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250926T210000
DTSTAMP:20250827T040344Z
CREATED:20250827T040344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T040344Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Opening Reception with Jenie Gao
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Opening Reception to celebrate The Integrity of a Story by Jenie Gao\n  \nJenie Gao will be in attendance\, and will be providing a hybrid in-person and online artist talk during this opening reception to celebrate their exhibition: The Integrity of a Story.  \nLight refreshments will be provided. \nIn person attendance is encouraged\, and folks may also join the artist talk online if they are unable to attend. \nThe Artist Talk will begin at 7pm\, followed by the reception until 9pm. \n  \nAttending online? Register your attendance HERE. \n  \nThis event is FREE and all are welcome. \n\nAbout the Exhibition:\n“My mother lives in a rural area of Kansas\, threatened in recent years by encroaching suburbanization. Since 2024\, my spouse and I have taken turns visiting my mother to help her with house repairs and to assert our presence to overly inquisitive realtors and developers eager to displace older residents. \nThe centrepiece of this exhibition is a TV tray table in my mother’s home\, where we share our meals. In this modest and intimate setting\, my mother steps into one of her most profound roles as our family’s knowledge keeper. Her stories—simultaneously historical\, allegorical\, almost mythic\, and sometimes prophetic—come alive. \nIn one story\, my mother explains how she sees herself\, brave and capable of doing things alone. When she was a child in Taiwan\, her family rented her a third-story bedroom separate from their first floor flat. Every night\, she had to ascend the staircase outside into the mountains under the watchful eyes of mountain lions. \nThe works in this exhibition capture moments when my mother’s stories are suspended between a child’s imagination and an elder’s recollection\, one in which there might truly have been lions in Taiwan’s mountains\, or perhaps an elusive Clouded Leopard before habitat loss caused them to die out and disappear. The tension of disappearance in these stories alludes to the repeated displacement my own family members\, who have lost their homes to multiple occupying governments across generations. \nThe mountain lions of my mother’s childhood ended up being feral cats. Yet for a moment\, as she passes her stories to my stewardship and safekeeping\, the common becomes mythic. \nVia this work\, I interweave the personal and political\, to strengthen local-global perspectives of colonization. I share my family’s stories as a frame through which we can better understand one another as different peoples connected through shared struggles—and shared imaginings for something beyond what our stories seem to be.” \nJenie Gao (they/she) has run an anti-gentrification arts business since 2014\, specializing in printmaking\, public art\, social practice\, and community storytelling. They consult for cultural organizations and the public sector on equity and ethics. \nJenie pulls from experiences as a second generation Taiwanese-Chinese American and a descendant of working class immigrants. Prior to founding their business\, Jenie worked in the museum industry\, public education\, and lean manufacturing. Through their cross section of experiences\, Jenie has become attuned to issues of artists’ labour\, cultural power\, and institutional accountability. They run a paid apprenticeship program and have thus far mentored 25 emerging artists. \nJenie has a BFA in Printmaking/Drawing from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Their work is in 40 institutional collections including Bainbridge Island Museum of Art\, Bowdoin College\, Cornell University\, Stanford University\, and the Library of Congress. Their recent exhibits include Museum of Wisconsin Art\, Trout Museum of Art\, Burnaby Village Museum\, Cedarburg Museum\, and South Bend Museum of Art. Their work has been included in publications such as PBS\, Shoutout LA\, and Fête Chinoise. Their art residencies include Women’s Studio Workshop in Kingston\, New York; Art in the Park with Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation: Decolonization\, Art\, & Culture; Ma’s House in the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton\, New York; Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in Okoboji\, Iowa; the Bubbler at Madison Public Library in Madison\, Wisconsin; Artist Campaign School in Chicago\, Illinois; Proyecto’ace in Buenos Aires\, Argentina; and Museo de Arte Moderno in Chile. They are a TEDx Madison speaker and gave a talk entitled The Power and Purpose of Creativity. \nJenie Gao is the recently appointed Executive Director of Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. They live on the unceded lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. \n\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! \nHere’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \n  \nHours and Location: \nA/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) \n  \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front of the building\, as well as street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building (near the Hitch Shop)\, and A/P is equipped with an accessible gender neutral washroom. \nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. \nWe welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here! \n\n  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/artist-talk-opening-reception-with-jenie-gao/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251115
DTSTAMP:20251022T190754Z
CREATED:20250827T035513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T190754Z
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SUMMARY:The Integrity of a Story by Jenie Gao
DESCRIPTION:About the Exhibition\n“My mother lives in a rural area of Kansas\, threatened in recent years by encroaching suburbanization. Since 2024\, my spouse and I have taken turns visiting my mother to help her with house repairs and to assert our presence to overly inquisitive realtors and developers eager to displace older residents. \nThe centrepiece of this exhibition is a TV tray table in my mother’s home\, where we share our meals. In this modest and intimate setting\, my mother steps into one of her most profound roles as our family’s knowledge keeper. Her stories—simultaneously historical\, allegorical\, almost mythic\, and sometimes prophetic—come alive. \nIn one story\, my mother explains how she sees herself\, brave and capable of doing things alone. When she was a child in Taiwan\, her family rented her a third-story bedroom separate from their first floor flat. Every night\, she had to ascend the staircase outside into the mountains under the watchful eyes of mountain lions. \nIn another story\, my mother shares that the character for Yuàn 苑 in her name means “garden of the immortals\,” or “the deer garden where the emperor’s sons practice their hunting.” As I admire the poetry of her name\, my mother laughs at the irony of her family naming her after imperials and celestial beings who would have never troubled themselves over the problems of working class mortals. Her family by then had suffered repeated losses of language and home under multiple occupying governments\, including the Japanese and the Chinese Nationalists. Years later after our family immigrated\, my grandparents would lose their house again when the US government eminent domained their neighbourhood for a freeway project. \nThe Deer Garden woodblock features a Formosan Sika Deer and Clouded Leopard in a continuous\, cyclical chase. The woodcut is designed to resemble a piece of hand-carved jade\, with the final block inlaid into the surface of a TV tray table. \nThe works in this exhibition capture moments when my mother’s stories are suspended between a child’s imagination and an elder’s recollection\, one in which there might truly have been lions in Taiwan’s mountains\, or perhaps an elusive Clouded Leopard before habitat loss caused them to die out and disappear.  \nThe mountain lions of my mother’s childhood ended up being feral cats. The white-tailed deer my mother watches from her window are in the heart of the rural Americana Midwest. Yet for a moment\, as she passes her stories to my stewardship and safekeeping\, the common becomes mythic. \nThe works in this exhibition are part of my ongoing series called The Negotiation Table\, in which I take hand-carved woodblocks and transform them into sites of negotiation. This transformation responds to the history of how print became indoctrinated in the fine arts\, in contrast to its use in community activation and protest. To compete with high art forms\, it became best practice to destroy printing plates to make prints artificially rare. I have always been uncomfortable with destroying evidence of labour in favour of rarifying the asset. I reflect on the tension of assimilation and resistance within printmaking\, as a person of Taiwanese and Chinese descent who has been made artificially rare via ongoing exclusionary policies in white dominant spaces. I reclaim printmaking as a tool of abundance and presence. \nVia this work\, I interweave the personal and political\, to strengthen local-global perspectives of colonization’s impact. I share my family’s stories as a frame through which we can better understand one another as different peoples connected through shared struggles—and shared imaginings for something beyond what our stories seem to be.” \nArtist Bio:  \nJenie Gao (they/she) has run an anti-gentrification arts business since 2014\, specializing in printmaking\, public art\, social practice\, and community storytelling. They consult for cultural organizations and the public sector on equity and ethics. \nJenie pulls from experiences as a second generation Taiwanese-Chinese American and a descendant of working class immigrants. Prior to founding their business\, Jenie worked in the museum industry\, public education\, and lean manufacturing. Through their cross section of experiences\, Jenie has become attuned to issues of artists’ labour\, cultural power\, and institutional accountability. They run a paid apprenticeship program and have thus far mentored 25 emerging artists. \nJenie has a BFA in Printmaking/Drawing from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Their work is in 40 institutional collections including Bainbridge Island Museum of Art\, Bowdoin College\, Cornell University\, Stanford University\, and the Library of Congress. Their recent exhibits include Museum of Wisconsin Art\, Trout Museum of Art\, Burnaby Village Museum\, Cedarburg Museum\, and South Bend Museum of Art. Their work has been included in publications such as PBS\, Shoutout LA\, and Fête Chinoise. Their art residencies include Women’s Studio Workshop in Kingston\, New York; Art in the Park with Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation: Decolonization\, Art\, & Culture; Ma’s House in the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton\, New York; Iowa Lakeside Laboratory in Okoboji\, Iowa; the Bubbler at Madison Public Library in Madison\, Wisconsin; Artist Campaign School in Chicago\, Illinois; Proyecto’ace in Buenos Aires\, Argentina; and Museo de Arte Moderno in Chile. They are a TEDx Madison speaker and gave a talk entitled The Power and Purpose of Creativity. \nJenie Gao is the recently appointed Executive Director of Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. They live on the unceded lands of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. \n\n_________________________________\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! Here’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \nHours and Location: A/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) Accessibility: \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front with additional street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building\, and A/P is equipped with a wheelchair accessible\, gender neutral washroom.  \n\nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. We welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here!  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/the-integrity-of-a-story-by-jenie-gao/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibition Past,Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250920T150000
DTSTAMP:20251206T144841Z
CREATED:20250827T014532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T144841Z
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2025
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to attend our upcoming AGM!\n\nThe Annual General Meeting is a great opportunity to learn about A/P and all the ways to become involved with us! \nThe 2024/2025 fiscal year has been a milestone year that culminated in moving to a new facility.\nThere will be much to celebrate and share about during this meeting\, and we look forward to seeing you there!\n\nNote: Current members in attendance will have voting rights at this meeting\, but all are welcome to attend. (Click here if you\, or someone you know would like to join or renew your membership before the meeting.) \n  \n\nAGM Details: \n\nWhen: Saturday\, September 20\, 2025 \nTime:  All are welcome to join us ahead of the meeting from 12pm to 1pm for an informal ‘meet and greet’.  The AGM will take place from 1:00pm – 3:00pm.  \nLocation: In-person at A/P – 460 42 Avenue SE (or virtual attendance via Zoom) \n  \nRegistration:  \nAdvance registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance. \n\nRegister your in-person attendance through the tickets below. \n\n\nClick here for virtual registration. \n\nRegistered participants will also receive an email with a complete AGM package including A/P’s Annual Report\, Financial Statements\, previous AGM minutes and an agenda for the meeting closer to the AGM date. \n 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/annual-general-meeting-2025/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250912T210000
DTSTAMP:20250828T215907Z
CREATED:20250828T215907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T215907Z
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Closing Reception with Mohammad Tabesh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Closing Reception to celebrate The Book of Fading Memories by Mohammad Tabesh\n  \nMohammad will be joining via a Zoom live-stream\, and light refreshments will be provided. \nIn person attendance is encouraged\, and folks may also join online if they are unable to attend. \nThe Artist Talk will begin shortly after 7pm\, followed by the reception until 9pm. \n  \nAttending online? Register your attendance HERE. \n  \nThis event is FREE and all are welcome. \n\nAbout the Exhibition:\nGrowing up in Iran\, the highly political atmosphere of society and the constant turmoil in the region manifested themselves in Mohammad Tabesh’s memories. He remembers the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88\, including mass arrests of political activists\, widespread imprisonments and executions with no fair trial. The Orwellian censorship imposed on his generation and the continuous religious propaganda experienced throughout his early education have made him a vigilant observer of the intimate moments between horror and humour. As a storyteller\, he strives to find a common language to share the stories of resistance and perseverance. \nIn this work\, The Book of Fading Memories\, Tabesh collects some of his memories of war\, violence and censorship into a hand-printed\, limited-edition artist’s book. Each story is told from two parallel viewpoints. While a poem portrays how he sees the event today\, an image illustrates his perspective as a child on the opposite page. Tabesh’s approach to writing poetry is brief and honest. By abandoning description and providing the essential elements\, he invites readers to envisage these memories through their own eyes. Broken verses encourage them to live the experience instead of merely reading the stories. Tabesh has developed a narrative visual language through tracing\, line drawing\, and a bande dessinée or graphic novel approach. \nMohammad Tabesh (he/him) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into the complexities of the human experience\, resistance\, and social change. Across various media\, including writing\, printmaking\, multimedia\, and sculpture\, Tabesh strives to convey profoundly human and universal stories. As an artist\, Tabesh is committed to using his work as a vehicle for social change\, encouraging viewers to engage with his pieces personally and creatively. With a unique ability to blend the personal and political\, his work offers a powerful commentary on the human condition. \nTabesh’s work has been recognized with several grants from the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Ontario Arts Council\, the Toronto Arts Council\, and the Access Copyright Foundation. An engineer-turned-artist\, he earned his BFA from OCAD University and was honoured as the recipient of the university’s Sculpture and Installation Medal in 2020. He has been an Artist-in-Residence for ceramics at Harbourfront Centre since 2022. \n\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! \nHere’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \n  \nHours and Location: \nA/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) \n  \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front of the building\, as well as street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building (near the Hitch Shop)\, and A/P is equipped with an accessible gender neutral washroom. \nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. \nWe welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here! \n\n  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/artist-talk-closing-reception-with-mohammad-tabesh-2/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250912T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250912T210000
DTSTAMP:20250827T033437Z
CREATED:20250827T033437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T033437Z
UID:10000362-1757701800-1757710800@albertaprintmakers.com
SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Closing Reception with Mohammad Tabesh
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Closing Reception to celebrate The Book of Fading Memories by Mohammad Tabesh\n  \nMohammad will be joining via a Zoom live-stream\, and light refreshments will be provided. \nIn person attendance is encouraged\, and folks may also join online if they are unable to attend. \nThe Artist Talk will begin shortly after 7pm\, followed by the reception until 9pm. \n  \nAttending online? Register your attendance HERE. \n  \nThis event is FREE and all are welcome. \n\nAbout the Exhibition:\nGrowing up in Iran\, the highly political atmosphere of society and the constant turmoil in the region manifested themselves in Mohammad Tabesh’s memories. He remembers the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88\, including mass arrests of political activists\, widespread imprisonments and executions with no fair trial. The Orwellian censorship imposed on his generation and the continuous religious propaganda experienced throughout his early education have made him a vigilant observer of the intimate moments between horror and humour. As a storyteller\, he strives to find a common language to share the stories of resistance and perseverance. \nIn this work\, The Book of Fading Memories\, Tabesh collects some of his memories of war\, violence and censorship into a hand-printed\, limited-edition artist’s book. Each story is told from two parallel viewpoints. While a poem portrays how he sees the event today\, an image illustrates his perspective as a child on the opposite page. Tabesh’s approach to writing poetry is brief and honest. By abandoning description and providing the essential elements\, he invites readers to envisage these memories through their own eyes. Broken verses encourage them to live the experience instead of merely reading the stories. Tabesh has developed a narrative visual language through tracing\, line drawing\, and a bande dessinée or graphic novel approach. \nMohammad Tabesh (he/him) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist whose work delves into the complexities of the human experience\, resistance\, and social change. Across various media\, including writing\, printmaking\, multimedia\, and sculpture\, Tabesh strives to convey profoundly human and universal stories. As an artist\, Tabesh is committed to using his work as a vehicle for social change\, encouraging viewers to engage with his pieces personally and creatively. With a unique ability to blend the personal and political\, his work offers a powerful commentary on the human condition. \nTabesh’s work has been recognized with several grants from the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Ontario Arts Council\, the Toronto Arts Council\, and the Access Copyright Foundation. An engineer-turned-artist\, he earned his BFA from OCAD University and was honoured as the recipient of the university’s Sculpture and Installation Medal in 2020. He has been an Artist-in-Residence for ceramics at Harbourfront Centre since 2022. \n\nVisitor Information:\nNew to the A/P space? Welcome! \nHere’s a helpful guide to visiting the A/P Gallery\, Studio\, and Events \n  \nHours and Location: \nA/P Main Gallery Hours: Wednesday from 10am – 5pm; Thursday – Saturday from 10am – 5pm (closed Sunday\, Monday\, and Tuesday) \n  \nAccessibility:  \nA/P is located near the 39th Ave. C-Train Station and has free parking stalls located in front of the building\, as well as street parking nearby.  \nThere is an access ramp at the east end of the building (near the Hitch Shop)\, and A/P is equipped with an accessible gender neutral washroom. \nWe do our best to accommodate the needs of our visitors whenever possible. \nWe welcome your questions and are committed to working with our members and guests to have a great visit when you are here! \n\n  \nInclusivity and code of conduct: \nA/P’s cultivates an inclusive and collaborative environment to learn about printmaking\, to create printed works\, and to pursue exciting artistic opportunities. \nA/P operates by a code of conduct with an expectation of promoting dignity and respect to all\, and we prioritize individual and community safety.  Any form discriminatory behaviour\, intimidation\, bullying\, harassment or victimization is not tolerated. 
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/artist-talk-closing-reception-with-mohammad-tabesh/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250816T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20250816T160000
DTSTAMP:20250827T040448Z
CREATED:20250725T214413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T040448Z
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SUMMARY:CARVE CARVE CARNIVAL - A/P'S GRAND OPENING EVENT!
DESCRIPTION:A full day of spectacular printmaking funfair for ALL AGES!\n\nSTEP RIGHT UP and enjoy our special attractions:\n  \n\nMake your own custom buttons!\nPrint a silkscreen tote bag (3 designs to choose from)!\nStamp your own printed card!\nPrint your own bookmarks using LEGO and our Nolan Proof Press!\nDesign and print your own linocut! (Kid friendly materials too!)\nCreate your own magnets!\nEnjoy cotton candy made fresh by Gummi Boutique!\nWIN BIG at our neigboorhood PLINKO GAME!\nBrowse through our SUMMER PRINT MARKET!\n\n  \nAll hands-on activities and midway treats are each priced from FREE to $14\, with MOST BEING UNDER $5!  There is something for everyone! \nMarket items are priced as marked. \nAll proceeds from the day go toward fundraising for A/P community programming and support the market artists.  \nWeather permitting\, festivities will be set up outside in the front parking lot\, as well as throughout the A/P Gallery and Studio.
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/2025-carve-carve-carnival/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251005
DTSTAMP:20250827T041449Z
CREATED:20250807T054807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T041449Z
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SUMMARY:A/P's 2025 Print Market!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 2nd (end of) SUMMER PRINT MARKET!\nBack for the second year\, this print market will not dissapoint! \nCome see our NEW FACILITY\, check out the current exhibition\, and browse more than 140 hand-printed artwork and goods by 29 artists. \nWhen: The market begins during our GRAND OPENING event on August 16\, and runs until October 4. \nWhere: 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary/Mohkinstsis AB \nAll proceeds directly support participating artists and raise funds toward Alberta Printmakers’ facility development project and community programming. \nParticipating Artists:\nMahwish Ahmed\, Carla Aldea\, Gabrielle Arrizza\, Kate Baillies\, Samantha Charette\, Allen Chinibi\, Anthony Cooney\, Jonathan Creese\, Colleen Doylend\, Nicole Estabrooks\, Melika Forouzan\, Iren Gibson\,  Jamie-Lee Girodat\, Stephanie Hayward\, Claudia Lorenz\, Skye Louis\, Rachel MacKinnon\, Carol Mannas\, Sarah McPhail\, Laurie Odnokon\, Deltra Powney\, Kathryn Pryce\, Janine Samuelson\, Hannah Sanford\, Margo Smith\, Colby Stolson\, Verna Vogel\, Michelle Wiebe\, and Tracy Wormsbecker. \nCover Images (clockwise from top left) are details of artwork by: Hannah Sanford\, Samantha Charette\, Skye Louis\, Laurie Odnokon\, Sarah McPhail\, Colbuy Stolson\, Allen Chinibi\, Carol Mannas\, Michelle Wiebe\, Colleen Doylend\, Kate Baillies\, and Margo Smith.
URL:https://albertaprintmakers.com/event/ap-2025-print-market/
LOCATION:A/P Gallery and Studio\, 460 42 Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 1Y5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past,Event Past
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