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The painter with the pen: UCalgary alum claims Métis space in the art world, UToday
January 31, 2023
New Nickle Galleries exhibition highlights David Garneau’s remarkable expression of ideas and history
Nicola Johnson
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Art to See in 2023 A sneak peek at upcoming shows across the country, Galleries West
December 26, 2022
In a survey exhibition at Calgary’s Nickle Galleries, David Garneau documents his Métis heritage and his struggle to shape a contemporary Métis identity. His paintings, video and works in other media focus on the Métis resistances of 1870 and 1885, which impacted the lives of his great-great-grandparents, Laurent and Eleanor, whose name is reflected in Edmonton’s Garneau district. The exhibition by the Regina-based artist runs from Feb. 2 to April 22.
Paul Gessell
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Nickle Galleries’ fall exhibition features Prairie Interlace and Adrian Stimson, Gauntlet
November 18, 2022
The university library is home to many resources, including the campus culture essential, the Nickle Galleries.
Eula Mengullo
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How a Swiss Startup in the 1960s Led to Some of the Canadian Prairies’ Most Innovative Art, Arch Magazine
November 8, 2022
It’s a tale of immigration, experimental textiles and a love affair with the landscape. Image: Kaija Sanelma Harris. Sun Ascending, c. 1985 (selection). Collection of the Mackenzie Art Gallery, gift of Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd., 2014-12
Nicola Johnson
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Calgary’s cultural leaders honoured with awards, Calgary Herald
November 4, 2022
'Age of Uncertainty' artist, Sandra Sawatzky, awarded 2022 Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award. Age of Uncertainty ( https://nickle.ucalgary.ca/exhibition/sandra-sawatzky-age-of-uncertainty/) launched at Nickle Galleries January 2022. Image: Sandra Sawatzky at her exhibition, The Age of Uncertainty, at Nickle Galleries in January 2022. Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia
Michele Jarvie
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Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, Preview Magazine
November 4, 2022
Image: Aganetha Dyck, Close Knit, 1976. SK Arts Permanent Collection, 2022-074. Photo: Lipman Still Pictures
Michael Turner
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From the Editor – October 4, 2022 Issue, Galleries West
October 4, 2022
Our attention was captured by a landmark exhibition, Prairie Interlace, at the University of Calgary’s Nickle Galleries. It explores the history of fabric art, mainly weaving, on the Prairies between 1960 and 2000. As reviewer Lissa Robinson says, the work is “simultaneously beautiful, clever and purposeful.”
Portia Priegert
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Prairie Interlace Modernism provoked an explosion of innovative weaving in Western Canada, Galleries West
September 29, 2022
Radical acts of weaving, stitching and unravelling are the focus of an ambitious new exhibition, Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, on view until Dec. 17 at Nickle Galleries in Calgary.
Lissa Robinson
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Adrian Stimson creates art rooted in cultural traditions as a way of reckoning with residential school past, UToday
September 28, 2022
Anthro-Obscene art exhibition explores human impact on people, climate and ecosystems
Nicola Johnson
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Nickle Galleries exhibit highlights ‘explosion’ of innovative textile arts in the Prairies, Calgary Herald
September 27, 2022
The more we talked about it, the more we realized that some fantastic art had been created across the Prairies during this time period but has not been written about or examined in any great depth.
Eric Volmers
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