For several years, Kathryn (Fodchuk) Dobbin had no idea where the sculpture she built in the 1980s was. Until the City called. She spent a full month in KOAC’s sculpture studio refurbishing one of the best kinetic public art pieces Calgary has.
A long-time supporter of the arts in Calgary, and our dear friend, Harry passed away this month. He was a photographer of note, whose work illustrates the revelatory power of images that blur the line between documentation and art.
Over the summer, about 12 urban Indigenous young women from the Stardale Women’s Group, a grassroots charity, visited the Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre and worked with KOAC artists who inspired them through Art-in-Nature workshops to bridge their relationship with the land.
While 2020 threw a curveball to the entire world, at KOAC we adapted, calibrated and moved forward with our long-term vision of a world-class art-in-nature centre and sculpture park for Calgary and beyond.
Have a Great Neighbor Day! No project prospers without community support, and we know it takes a real team to contribute their time, guiding the tours, packing and cataloguing work, running the...
The KO Arts Centre has the support of our artist community! Over a hundred Canadian artists have donated work to our Semi-Annual Art Auctions and Galas, in fact, they have been the primary source of...
Ohe’s floor-based series of works such as Typhoon (1984), Monsoon (2006, 2011), and Chuckles (2015) utilize powder coating and colour to induce intuitive touch. The collective movement of these groupings emphasizes the importance of the space around the sculptures, their relationship to each other, and to the viewer.
Linda Craddock understands that none of us live exclusively in the present. To Craddock, the concept of now coalesces our personal and collective experiences within a shared, current framework of...
The KO Arts Centre is changing! We are opening our Sculpture Park to the public June 21st 2020. Our Schools Outreach Program is expanding to reach over 300 students. Our emerging artist...
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