cSPACE Projects

Exhibition: Linnea Martina Hannigan – Shifting Pigments | Reframing Watercolour
2025-07-21 - 2025-08-04 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Exhibition: Linnea Martina Hannigan – Shifting Pigments | Reframing Watercolour
cSPACE Marda Loop
Gallery Level 2
July 21- Aug 4, 2025
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM (Closed Sundays)
Reframe watercolour within the context of contemporary art, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve. I don’t chase the perfect mark. Instead, I let the painting breathe, revealing its own history through translucent layers….. I like to refer to artwork painted in contemporary Watercolour and Inks as “living works of art.” Translating places into pigments, into works of art that hold a place within them a connection that resonates with the viewer! Controlled pigments only to a glimpse of premeditation, ending in energy transformation! To achieve this, my work is about the movement, manipulation and responding to colour transformations and the pigment itself. “Watercolour isn’t just a medium—it’s alive. The pigments shift, transform, and respond, shaping themselves into something unexpected. Noting that my works are painted on raw canvas and birch panels make you ponder if these are in fact Watercolours themselves!
Ultimately, my work seeks to reframe watercolour, challenging preconceived notions of what this medium can achieve.” Rediscover watercolour, see all that this wonderful medium can be transformed into!
Learn More: www.riverviewartists.com

Exhibition: Growing With The Flow
2025-07-21 - 2025-08-10
Exhibition: Growing With The Flow
cSPACE Marda Loop
Gallery Level 4
July 21 – August 10
8:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Closed on Sundays)
Opening Reception: July 31, 2025 | 6:00– 7:00 pm

This exhibition, held as part of Historic Calgary Week 2025, features photographs by two of the HCW 2025 Committee members, Jay Maudsley and Walt DeBoni. The exhibition comprises 34 archival quality, modern photographs of iconic sights of historic interest in Calgary and southern Alberta.
View the Photo Exhibit Catalogue

Exhibition: Art in the Park
2025-07-23 - 2025-08-09
Exhibition: Art in the Park
cSPACE Marda Loop
Gallery Level 1
July 23 – August 9
8:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Closed on Sundays)

See Canada’s wild beauty through the eyes of the twelve talented artists. Artists spent several days and nights exploring the lakes, trails, wildlife and spectacular views in Glacier National Park as part of the Art in the Park residency.
Presented in partnership with Parks Canada and the Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre, this unique artist residency program has brought creators into Glacier National Park’s breathtaking Rogers Pass since 2008. The result is a powerful collection of work that captures the majesty, solitude, and spirit of the Selkirk Mountains.
These artists were granted rare access to explore the park’s lakes, trails, and wildlife—living, hiking, and creating in one of Canada’s most rugged and spectacular environments. The pieces they produced span a wide range of styles and mediums, from oils and infrared photography to ceramics and installation, all rooted in firsthand encounters with the land.
This touring exhibition is a celebration of both artistic exploration and environmental connection—an invitation to experience the park through the eyes of those who walked its paths and translated its grandeur into deeply personal and evocative works of art.
Participating Artists:

Abby Wilson | Nelson
Amanda Reber | Calgary
Daniel Stewart | Revelstoke
Kimberley McNeil | Calgary
Lisa Figueroa | Sicamous
Marie Moose | Revelstoke
Michelle Austen | Calgary
Orion Alexis | Burnaby
Paulo Majano | Surrey
Sab Curtis | New Denver
Shirley Liu | Golden
Susie Kathol | Revelstoke

Exhibition: Into the Void and Out of the Void
2025-07-29 - 2025-08-25
Exhibition: Into the Void and Out of the Void | Carmine Aspen
cSPACE Marda Loop
Cupola Gallery Level 4
July 29- Aug 25, 2025
8:00 AM – 8:00 PM (Closed Sundays)
Opening Reception: August 1, 2025, 6-8pm
RSVP for Free: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/into-the-void-and-out-of-the-void-opening-reception-tickets-1533524806979
Into the Void and Out of the Void is the first solo exhibition of work by Carmine Aspen as a mixed-media artist. This exhibition is designed to be a journey into the many forms joy takes though an artist’s creations. Most of Carmine’s work is informed by their journey navigating a very chaotic and melancholic mind: bright and hopeful but equally existential and depressive. This collection highlights that dichotomy by bringing together works that were created with a desire to discover what things bring joy regardless of their state of mind.
Paint flowing in whatever way made sense and made the canvas more inviting; the flow of ink as an understanding of its nature grew; the soothing rhythm of bringing needle to fabric in a orderly way; favorite bits and pieces of paper coming together to create new things; the smooth glide of mud under a spatula; or bringing to light places that would better suit being in a story.
Come enjoy this diverse collection of eclectic palettes and surreal expressions that lean into the fantastical & abstract, created in a wide range of mediums: collage, paint, embroidery, and more.
About the Artist
Carmine Aspen is a Calgary born mixed-media artist. They specialize in finding new and fun ways to mix up all kinds of mediums together to create colourful, surreal, and abstract pieces. If they can use their hands to make something pretty and chaotic, they’re in. They’ve been creating since they were a child as a way to keep their active ADHD brain happy and as a much-needed source of relief from an ongoing series of mental health issues. They choose to see art in everything and truly believe anything can be used for art. When they’re not creating physical art, you can find them immersed in Calgary’s vibrant writing and live performance scenes.

Finding Peace and Joy Within
2025-07-30 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Finding Peace & Joy Within
This weekly meditation group for CALL members has returned by popular request. Each session includes periods of meditation (sitting comfortably in chairs) to allow participants the opportunity to experience the benefits for themselves, and the opportunity to share experiences and insights with others. About half of the session will be talk/discussion and about half will be meditation.
If you are not a CALL member, you can join for the annual fee of $50 and attend this and many other interest groups.
