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Please note that all gallery particulars are set out as submitted by clients prior to the date of publication. Cover: Krista Gowland, Can’t See The Forest For The Trees (2013), porcelain, stoneware [Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton AB – Mar 30-May 4, 2013] Printed on FSA approved and recycled paper tective mechanism to signal safe wed-mon 11am-5pm. A destination routes of passage; Oscar Cahén: for handmade, one-of-a-kind fine art ONLINE GALLERY Canada’s Groundbreaking Illustra - and craft, we represent regional Desert Eagle Fine Art tor , original illustrations from 1931 artists, most of whom live and work ¥604-308-3995 to 1956 helped define Canada’s visu - within 100 miles of the gallery. www.deserteaglefineart.com al identity of multiculturalism and Online gallery specializing in con - modernized Canadian graphic art; temporary and traditional master - RUMMEL ROOM Thru Apr 21 Off the works from the Americas. Presently Beaten Track: Caroline Hinman’s CALGARY featuring Shirley Thomas , whimsi - Pack Trips and Trail Tours , photo - Alberta Printmakers’ Society cal street scenes, a recollection of graphs and travel diaries – from and Artist Proof Gallery (A/P) her childhood neighbourhood in 1915 to 1960 Hinman organized and 2010F 11th St SE ¥403-287-1056 Edmonton and Wendy Wells-Bai - led annual summer pack trips www.albertaprintmakers.ca ley , paintings and sculptures. through the Canadian Rocky Moun - wed-sat 11am-4pm. Thru Apr 6 Paul tains; Apr 27-Jun 2 John Hartman: Mitchell , “Is This Darkness In You The Columbia in Canada , water - Too?”, examines subconscious, col - ALBERTA colour paintings describe the course lective memory and surrealism and enormity of the Columbia River through intaglio prints, text pieces as it flows north from its headwaters and translucent works; Apr 10-13 BANFF eventually flowing into the U.S. HER - cities in s’INK: 1st Annual Postcard Whyte Museum of the ITAGE GALLERY Ongoing Gateway to Print Exchange with SNAP (The Canadian Rockies the Rockies , artifacts, artworks, Society of Northern Alberta Print- 111 Bear St ¥403-762-2291 ext. 316 archival photographs, recordings Artists, Edmonton), simultaneous www.whyte.org and documents of the history of the postcard exhibition, exchange and daily 10am-5pm. Admission by Canadian Rockies . public sale; Apr 17-Jun 1 Pal Csaba , donation. MAIN GALLERY Apr 6-Jun 2 “Modus”, expressive drypoint prints Landbuoys: Tony Bloom , new work by Hungarian artist. – interlocked structurally galvanized, geometrically balanced, 3-D stain - BLACK DIAMOND # The Art Gallery of Calgary less steel vessels explore the con - Bluerock Gallery 117 8th Ave SW ¥403-770-1350 cept of stranded sentinels warning 110 Centre Ave W ¥403-933-5047 www.artgallerycalgary.org of environmental threats or as a pro - www.bluerockgallery.ca tues-sat 10am-5pm first thurs 4- Trans-Canada Hwy W ILLINGWORTH KERR, N 4th Ave NE E N r d ACAD D Prince's Island m W al 3rd Ave NE o i n N r Park o t t o W 2nd Ave NE m n S e N M T t h r t M S e 4 mo 1 h B ri t o al 1st Ave w D NW 0 R r 1 i ver McDougall Rd 4th Ave SW WALLACE 6th Ave SW GALLERIESN DIANA PAUL S t. Pa GALLERIES trick 7th Ave SW 's Is N NEW GALLERY land 8th Ave SW ART GALLERY N N MUSEUM OF OF CALGARY St N Nephen CONTEMPORARY TREPANIER PAUL KUHN 9th Ave SW NART-CALGARY 9 BAER GLENBOW th Ave SE ESKER CKG/CHRISTINE CPR tracks FOUNDATION NEWZONES r NN NKLASSEN GALLERY e N N N 11th Ave SW NSTRIDE iv E HERRINGER R S JARVIS HALL t KISS 12th Ave SW w S 13th Ave r SW o h FINE ART T t t b W l 2 N E d S S E W 1 S o W t S 1 14th A e 5 t th W ve Ave SW SW e COLLECTORS' W r S S t l t S S S t c t 16th S Ave SW n GALLERY t t a t s S e s h S 1 S OF ART 17th Ave SW t C 1 M h 17th Ave SE t 0 h h t W 6 t 1 9 W W S 8 t ALBERTA PRINTMAKERS S S t t S Calgary SOCIETY/ARTIST N Royal Ave SW S S h Lindsay t PROOF GALLERY h h Exhibition & 1 t t Park Stampede 5 4 22nd Ave d Park R r le il p S CALGARY r D w bo El 8 PREVIEW I APRIL/MAY 20 13 # OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS 9pm. Admission by donation. Thru May 4 Craig Le Blanc , “Vanity Fare”, a decade of work – large-scale sculpture and relief work delve into the world of masculine culture and identifies its contemporary symbols; “Made in Alberta: Part IV”, 11 emerging and senior artists who push boundaries in both their formal practice and chosen media, featur - ing Ashleigh Bartlett, Blair Bren - nan, Mark Dicey, Dan Hudson, Mona Kamal, Kristopher Karklin, Kris Lindskoog, Walter May, Bren - dan McGillicuddy, Robyn Moody and Wil Murray . CKG / Christine Klassen Gallery 1021 6th St SW ¥403-262-1880 www.christineklassengallery.com tues-sat 10am-5pm or by appt. Apr 11-May 11 Debra Van Tuinen , “Landscape/Light From Within”, encaustic and oil paintings – new works focus on the energy and force of waterfalls; Dale Dunning , “New Work”, objects of reflection and con - templation, the series further explore motifs of the non-specific, genderless head form that has been a part of Dun - ning’s visual language for many years; May 18-Jun 22 Madeleine Lamont , new series of energetic botanical illus - trations in which the Toronto-based artist incorporates portraiture ele - ments; Michael Schreiner , new geometric abstractions feature com - plex network of organic-based ele - ments by Calgary-based artist . The Collectors’ Gallery of Art 1332 9th Ave SE ¥403-245-8300 www.collectorsgalleryofart.com tues-fri 10am-5:30pm sat 10am- 5pm. Apr 18-May 18 Spring Thaw , group show of works by gallery artists. Fournier, Jean Pederson and Charles Dragan, Orest Semchishen , George Spratt ; Apr 27-May 23 Superlative Webber , photographs tell evocative Diana Paul Galleries Talent: A Legacy – Graham Forsyth stories shaded by displacement, iso - 737 2nd St SW ¥403-262-9947 1952-2012 ; Thru May 11 Katerina lation and beauty; May 4-Aug 4 www.dianapaul.com Mertikas , "Let’s Play", naive impres - ESKER PROJECT SPACE David Hoffos , tues-sat 11am-5pm. Apr 13-25 sionistic acrylics on canvas; May “Follower”. "Fresh: Group Floral Show", featuring 25-Jun 14 Reminiscence: Gilles new artists Jae Dougall and Lynda Archambault 1947-2011 . Glenbow Museum Schneider Granatstein , also show - 130 9th Ave SE ¥403-268-4100 ing works by Wilson Chu, Liliane # Esker Foundation www.glenbow.org 444-1011 9th Ave SE ¥403-930-2490 mon-sat 9am-5pm sun 12-5pm.