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The Age of Uncertainty – CBC Homestretch
CBC Allison Dempster interviews Sandra Sawatzky about her new exhibition, The Age of Uncertainty. Image: Sandra Sawatzky, Climate Change (detail), 2021. Photo: John Dean.
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The Age of Uncertainty – Artists and Climate Change
The Age of Uncertainty asks multiple unthinkable questions simultaneously: about money, war, corruption, over-consumption, climate change, exploitation of natural resources, artificial intelligence, and electronic surveillance.
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Money Zoo exhibition explores historical use of animals as money and animals portrayed on money – UCalgary News
The new exhibition at Nickle Galleries, Money Zoo: Fantastic Beasts in the History of Money, highlights the importance of animals in the human world. Our link with natural creatures is timeless and enduring.
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Mary Shannon Will – Bordercrossings
A stunning exhibition, “Mary Shannon Will: People, Places and Things” surveyed the Calgary artist’s luminous work across five decades and several media.
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Truth and consequences: UCalgary’s Nickle Galleries tackles contemporary identity and conflict – UCalgary News
Challenges to global order and fallout from colonial occupation are being addressed on campus this winter in two new visual art exhibitions.
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Historical artifacts meet modern tech – Canadian Coin News
At the University of Calgary’s Nickle Galleries, Coleman worked throughout the pandemic alongside collections specialist Marina Fischer and technology specialist Jed Baker to experiment with photogrammetry, which is used in mapping, archaeology and 3D modelling
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Weavers and War – Galleries West
Do Afghan war rugs counter oppression or serve the souvenir market? Shazia Hafiz Ramji considers 'Tensile Strength: Weavers and War' at the Founders’ Gallery in Calgary.
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Commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks – UCalgary News
Exhibitions in UCalgary’s Founders’ Gallery chronicle Canada’s military involvement in Afghanistan and explore how a longstanding Afghan art form evolved post-9/11
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Hidden Treasures – Nickle Galleries with Marina Fischer – CBC Calgary Eyeopener
We hear all about a hidden treasure at the University of Calgary's Nickle Galleries.
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Coin Craft: A look into the Nickle’s founding collection, featuring UCalgary alumna Marina Fischer, BA’02, MA’08.
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