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Experience Resilience at Nickle Galleries, The Gauntlet

Resilience is an art exhibition, on display at Nickle Galleries until Dec. 14, composed of works by Calgary-based artist Teresa Posyniak. Posyniak’s art is largely informed by her activism on behalf of women, children and the environment, and consistently explores themes of vulnerability and resilience.

Forgotten Masterpieces, Canada’s History

Two recent books delve into the fascinating but overlooked his­tory of the textile-arts scene in Canada.

Teresa Posyniak: Resilience, Preview Art Magazine

In Resilience, curators Michele Hardy and Christine Sowiak navigate Teresa Posyniak’s illustrious career by exploring intimate connections between her sculptural and painted works. Posyniak works with diverse materials including steel, wood, concrete, handmade paper, felt, oil and encaustic.

Teresa Posyniak explores resilience, vulnerability with new exhibit, Calgary Herald

In the introduction to Resilience, a career-spanning exhibit currently on display at the University of Calgary’s Nickle Galleries, Posyniak is described as an artist, activist and teacher.

Fall into Canadian Art: Twelve Must-See Exhibitions, Art Canada Institute

At the Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary, the exhibition Resilience surveys the remarkable career of Regina-born, Calgary-based artist, activist, and educator Teresa Posyniak (b.1951)

High Plains Book Award Winner – Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame

Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, Eds. Michele Hardy, Timothy Long, and Julie Krueger was awarded the High Plains Book Award for Art and Photography in Billings, Montana, October 5, 2024.

‘I don’t make art in a bubble’, UToday

Arts professor Judy Anderson is part of mâmawohkamâtowak, an exhibition opening at the Nickle Galleries Sept. 19 featuring Anderson and Métis artist and scholar, Katherine Boyer.

Nickle Galleries to Receive 2024 Leadership Award for Education from the Alberta Museums Association

The Alberta Museums Association (AMA) is pleased to announce Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary as the recipient of the AMA’s 2024 Leadership Award for Education, in recognition of their work in developing the Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame exhibit, a large-scale retrospective survey of fibre-based artwork made on the Canadian Prairies done in collaboration with the Mackenzie Art Gallery.

Remembering Alex Janvier, 1935-2024

Our hearts go out to Alex Janvier’s family and greater community with the news of his passing on July 10.

Interlaced Practices: Creativity and Craft in the Canadian Prairies, Studio Magazine (Vol. 19, No. 1)

The curators of Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, write about their approach and experiences.