NEWS

KOAC is excited to announce the new Artist in Residence Kristine Zingeler starting fall 2024.

We hope you can join us at KOAC on Saturday afternoon June 15, 2024, from 2:00pm to 3:30pm

3.5-HR & 2-Day Workshops at KOAC.

It can be a challenge to know a landscape – if that’s all that’s left.

Feb. 1 to Apr. 28 —Mark your calendar for this Nickle Galleries exhibit of works by our reknowned co-founder.

A graduate studies research project by MFA candidate Gail Hinchliffe

As 2023 draws to a close, we reflect on the incredible journey we’ve embarked on together at KOAC.

As the holiday season arrives, we extend our heartfelt thanks to each of you.

Feathers are a sacred symbol for many Indigenous peoples. Each feather carries a story of wisdom, strength, flexibility, healing and resilience.

There’s a sense of pride and contentment in the air at KOAC as we celebrate the achievements of our former artist-in-residence!

Under a new moon luminos.space brought Traces of Consciousness to the KOAC on October 14, 2023, projecting dancing reflections of light and shadows on the studio walls and surrounding grounds to the delight of our night visitors.

We are thrilled to announce that sculptor Kathryn Dobbin will join KOAC this November as our next Artist in Residence for 2023.

As a provincial arts service organization and CARFAC affiliate, CARFAC Alberta advances best practices for all visual artists through education, advocacy and engagement.

Franco-Albertan artists Patricia Lortie and Sabine Lecorre-Moore, of the Collective Conversation, developed Territories of Dreams, a project that was selected as part of Dialogues: Encounters with Riopelle’s Oeuvre from Sea to Sea.

Come join us here at KOAC on Saturday, October 14 from 2–3:30pm for the opening reception of I Belong, the exhibition and culmination of Tara’s residency.

The Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal

ART CANADA INSTITUTE REMEMBERS HARRY KIYOOKA Thank you to the Art Canada Institute for their recent publication that pays homage to all the amazing souls the Arts Community lost in 2022, including...

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...