cSPACE Projects

Sustainability Matters: Calgary in Transition
2024-06-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-12 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners (CALL) presents a new Study Program with Dr. Noel Keough based on his book, “Sustainability Matters.”
Dr. Noel Keough is Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary, a co-founder of Civic Camp Calgary and the Sustainable Calgary Society, and a founding member of the Advisory Board to the Canadian Index of Wellbeing.
For six weeks, you can examine how we (re)build our city with justice, inclusion, human flourishing and harmony with the natural world front and centre.
More information on the website.

Finding Peace and Joy Within (CALL)
2024-06-05 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-12 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-06-19 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Join the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners (CALL) for the return of this popular program on meditation. Program runs for 8 weeks on Wednesdays at cSPACE Marda Loop, in the CALL suite # 310.
Dates
May 1 – June 19, 2024.
10am-12pm
Suite #310 at cSPACE Marda Loop
The facilitator, Barry Ronellenfitch has 45 years of experience with Yogic practices and over 1,000 hours of formal training.
Register on the CALL website.
Note – if you are not a CALL member, now is a great time to join. Your annual membership fee of $50 will extend to August 31 of 2025. You can join safely online or mail the membership form.
https://calgarylifelonglearners.ca/

CAAF Alumni Art Exhibition
2024-06-06 - 2024-06-29 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
cSPACE Marda Loop | Hallway Gallery Level 3
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 6 from 6:30 to 8:30pm
AGM: 6:30pm
The first CAAF Studio Residency took place in 2007. Since then CAAF has provided 134 paid studio residencies to emerging artists. In this exhibition, we are pleased to showcase artwork by a selection of previous studio residents.
Exhibiting artists are:
Caitlin Thompson, Chris Savage, Adrianne Williams, Colleen Rauscher, Eveline Kolijn, Samantha Charette, Helen Young, Josh Brien, Dana Buzzee, Mabel Tan, Sarah van Sloten, Naomi B Cook, Elise Lavallee Findlay, Laura Admussen, Daniel Audet, Wei Li, Kate Ritchie, and Cassie Suche.

Patternmaking 101
2024-06-06 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-20 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, Canada, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Like making your own clothes but have a hard time finding patterns with that perfect fit? Come learn the foundational concepts of pattern making through flat pattern drafting & 3D form alteration, and tailoring. Learn how to take proper measurements, adjust patterns, cut, and sew a muslin to create a custom pattern.
This course is five 3-hour sessions. The next sessions are:
Thursday April 11, 25 & May 2, 9, 16 – 6 pm to 9 pm
*Equivalent experience or Pattern Making 101 is the recommended prerequisite for all other pattern making courses offered by Riyoko.
*Students are encouraged to bring their own supplies (pencil, eraser, pins, measuring tape, fabric scissors, paper scissors) except rulers (which are available for purchase in the Riyoko Work/Shop, and during the class) and paper and fabric, which is supplied by Riyoko Work/Shop.
Riyoko Studio, 1721 29 Ave SW, Suite 445

CAAF Open Studio with Kenzie Housego
2024-06-06 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Open Studio with Kenzie Housego
CAAF Studio, suite #435 on Level 4 at cSPACE Marda Loop
Thursday, June 6 from 6:30 to 8:30pm
Come to the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation’s studio to meet our current resident, Kenzie Housego, and get a first hand look at her process.
Kenzie is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes textiles, embroidery, new media, and assemblage mediums. The use of technology such as LEDs, Arduino micro-controllers, texting, and screens within her research is symbolic of the virtual realms in which we participate as a society. Her recent series “IU” combines textile craft and technology to explore contemporary courtship, technology, and historical signs and signifiers connected to dating and romance. Housego’s artwork often offers an invitation for interactivity, encouraging viewers to shift from passive observers to active co-producers as they engage with the digital media, experiencing other points of view, and ultimately forming their own individual meanings.
Follow Kenzie on Instagram @kenziehousego or check out her website www.kenziehousego.com.

Open Studio with Kenzie Housego
2024-06-06 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada

Songs of Manyselves
2024-06-07 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
A personal mythography of land, family, and belonging, for six singers, narrator, and ensemble.

Songs of Manyselves
Join us for the unveiling of a work-in-progress drama for six singers, narrator, and ensemble! The evening will feature new music and graphic poetry, written and composed by Sebastian Harmon Hutchings, exploring a non-linear narrative of their relationship to landscape and family heritage. Attempting a reckoning through shimmering beauty, the telling stitches together the ways that we frame ourselves, many selves living in a body, many selves living in a landscape.

Featuring:
Misha Maseka – Flowering Self
Allison Lynch – Protector Self
Dallas Hayes-Sparks – Grieving Self
Tayte Mitchell – Red Self
Branden Olsen – Reckoner
Kristian Lo – Silver Shifting Self
Genevieve Micheletti – Violin
Kathleen De Caen – Cello
Jiajia Li – Flute & Bass Flute
Natalia Peric – Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Mark Dejong – Alto & Tenor Saxophones
Chris Sies – Percussion
Janna Sailor – Music Director

We acknowledge the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and Calgary Arts Development.

Riyoko: ReMake It! Pattern and Sewing Workshop
2024-06-08 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, Canada, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Do you have that favourite vintage or fast fashion garment that you wish you could have forever, and make in a million colours? Want to recreate it? Come join us in the bright & spacious riyoko studio to learn how to make a pattern, sew a test fit, and learn skills to remake the piece you want to wear time after time.
This class is five 3-hour sessions. The next sessions are:
Saturday May 11, 18, 25 & June 1, 8 – 10 am to 1 pm
*Beginner sewing experience necessary.
*Students will be asked to bring up to three simple pieces that they’d like to remake, such as button up shirts, blouses, sweaters, slip dresses, pants or shorts (No zippers!).
*Students are encouraged to bring their own supplies (pencil, eraser, pins, measuring tape, fabric scissors, paper scissors) except rulers (which are available for class use, or purchase in the Riyoko Work/Shop during the class) and paper which is supplied by Riyoko Work/Shop.
*We believe in supporting small, and local. In that spirit, we will not accept local or small designer brands garments as samples to remake. We hope you understand!
Riyoko Studio, 1721 29 Ave SW, Suite 445

Storyland with the Instrumental Society of Calgary
2024-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop- Studio Theatre, 1721 29th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
cSPACE Marda Loop
Studio Theatre
Sunday, June 10th
3:00 pm
Storyland will take you on a musical journey, narrated throughout with works written for flute, viola and piano. Each piece is programmatic in nature, containing some extramusical meaning, story, legend or scenic description, bringing to life a whole range of feelings and emotions, from despair to ecstasy. Join us as we bring life to the stories of local living composers, Jessica MacMann and Arthur Bachmann alongside exquisite works of Grieg, Schumann, Debussy and more!
https://www.instrumentalsociety.ca/storyland

Kathy Lewis, New Paintings
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-29 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
cSPACE Marda Loop
Level 1 Gallery
June 10-29
Public Artist Reception June 26th, 1pm-5pm
Kathy Lewis, a resident of Chartwell Fountains of Mission, is set to have her lifelong wish granted with an exhibition of her paintings. Lewis, who took up painting in retirement to stay mentally active and manage arthritis, discovered the Chartwell wish program through a newsletter. Her work will be showcased from June 10 to June 29, with an opening reception where attendees can meet the artist. Despite her modesty, Lewis hopes to sell her 29 pieces to fund her passion for art.
Don’t miss this chance to support a local artist and enjoy her unique collection!
Read the story here: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-fundraiser-will-help-charity-grant-wishes-for-seniors-1.6898446

All About Sleeves: Sleeve Pattern Making Workshop
2024-06-11 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-18 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, Canada, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Riyoko Work/Shop hosts All About Sleeves.
This is a great follow-up to Pattern Making 101 offering skills to continue learning about fitting a beautifully tailored garment. Topics of discussion will include:
1) proper measuring of the arm and how to alter the pattern accordingly
2) how to calculate the perfect amount of sleeve cap ease
3) what to do with those elbow darts!
4) common and popular sleeve designs
Working hands-on, students will develop their own reference pattern making notes. This course will be jam packed with serious skills.
Next sessions is:
Tuesday April 16, 23 & 30 – 6 pm to 9 pm
*Prerequisite for this class is intermediate experience, or Patternmaking 101 (https://riyoko.ca/products/patternmaking-103)
*Class fees include all supplies except rulers, tape, and fabric scissors. Rulers are available for purchase from the instructor during the class.

DSW’s Quick+Dirty 2024
2024-06-13 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Come experience some of Calgary’s most exciting independent dance artists! Three days only, Jun 13-15 at cSPACE Marda Loop

DSW’s Quick+Dirty 2024 is finally here! This festival for independent dance artists will be held June 13-15, 2024 at cSPACE Marda Loop.
The festival will feature the works of Sierra Oszust, Jocelyn Mah and James Watson, Tracy Cumberbatch, and Logan Schaffer and J.R. McNeil.
This year will also feature a brand new segment called IIWII (It Is What It Is) where the dance artists who perform will be chosen out of a hat. We provide space, they provide all the action!

Dancers’ Studio West’s Quick+Dirty 2024
2024-06-13 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-06-14 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-06-15 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop- Studio Theatre, 1721 29th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Come experience some of Calgary’s most exciting independent dance artists!
Three days only, Jun 13-15 at cSPACE Marda Loop, in the Studio Theatre.
Dancers’ Studio West’s (DSW) Quick+Dirty 2024 is finally here! This festival for independent dance artists will be held June 13-15, 2024 at cSPACE Marda Loop. The festival will feature the works of Sierra Oszust, Jocelyn Mah and James Watson, Tracy Cumberbatch, and Logan Schaffer and J.R. McNeil.
This year will also feature a brand new segment called IIWII (It Is What It Is) where the dance artists who perform will be chosen out of a hat. We provide space, they provide all the action!

ChatGPT-4 omg
2024-06-14 13:00 - 15:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop – RGO Treehouse, Suite #475
AI workshop series for business and life—level up your AI and ChatGPT game!
ChatGPT-4o . Prompt better . Multi-modal . Customize GPT

A two and half hour, hands-on workshop, for people who want to level up their AI knowledge, learn essential prompt engineering skills for more predictable outcomes, and use ChatGPT better.
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION

A (insanely short) history of AI: from the early days to now. Right now. The day of.

PART ONE

Prompting basics
Prompt like a pro

PART TWO

What’s new in ChatGPT-4o
Personalizing ChatGPT
Connecting ChatGPT to Zapier

AFTERPARTY

All participants invited to a free,15-minute, one-on-one session with each presenter

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5 Designer Tips for Art Display
2024-06-14 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly cSPACE King Edward), 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, #4th Flr, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Learn how to select, hang and use art in your home like a designer.

interior designer, Jessica Velazquez will be demonstrating 5 Designer Tips For Art Display At The Home and photographer Yenny from Valeca Studios will exhibit her photograph collections from Calgary, Vancouver, New York, and Miami.

The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop
2024-06-15 08:00 - 14:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop – Art Park
The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop!
Saturdays just got even better with the launch of The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop. Enjoy a vibrant fusion of arts, culture, and culinary delights on the Art Park off of 30th Avenue SW! Join us for an unforgettable experience celebrating local talent and flavours.
🌟 What to Expect:
– Arts and Craft Vendors 🎨✂️
– Local Fresh Food Vendors 🥦🍅
– Arts and Culture Activities for the Kids 🧒🎨
– Live Music from an array of established and up-and-coming artists 🎶🎤
Whether you’re seeking unique handmade treasures, farm-fresh produce, family-friendly activities, or simply soaking in the atmosphere and tunes, The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop promises something for everyone.

The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop
2024-06-15 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop – Art Park
Join us for a brand new outdoor inner-city market on Art Park at cSPACE Marda Loop!
Join us at The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop for a vibrant fusion of art, culture, and foodie goodies! Enjoy a lively atmosphere celebrating local talents and flavours.
🌟 Highlights:
– Discover unique arts and crafts from talented vendors 🎨✂️
– Enjoy engaging free programming for kids from the amazing artists at Jube School 🧒🎨
– Explore a variety of fresh local produce and culinary delights from food vendors 🥦🍅
– Delight in live performances by both established and emerging artists 🎶🎤
Whether you’re in search of farm-fresh produce, one-of-a-kind handmade treasures, family-friendly activities, or simply want to groove to some tunes, The Market at cSPACE Marda Loop offers something special for everyone.

PUSH 2024: Emerging Artists Exhibition
2024-06-18 - 2024-06-29 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
cSPACE Marda Loop
Level 4 and Cupola Galleries
June 18-29th
Artist Reception June 20th, 5-8pm
Explore the vibrant artworks from the University of Calgary at the PUSH 2024: Emerging Artists’ Exhibition! Join us for our opening reception on June 20th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, where you’ll be treated to an evening of creativity, community, and connection. The reception will take place on the 4th level of cSPACE Marda Loop.
Don’t miss your chance to indulge in delicious food and drinks and win exciting raffle prizes throughout the evening! Your $3 entrance fee directly supports our collective and our mission of supporting emerging artists at the University of Calgary.
Can’t make it to the opening reception? No worries! The exhibition runs from June 18th to July 1st, giving you plenty of opportunities to experience the cutting-edge artistry on display.
Mark your calendar and join us for an unforgettable celebration of creativity and innovation!

Report to Community 2024
2024-06-25 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop- Studio Theatre, 1721 29th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Studio Theatre at cSPACE Marda Loop
1721 – 29 Ave. SW
Presentation 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Reception 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Calgary Arts Development’s Annual Report to Community
Join us for a report of our various activities in 2023 presented by Patti Pon, President & CEO. At this event we will also officially thank poet laureate Wakefield Brewster for his term as poet laureate (2022-2024) and welcome new poet laureate Shone Thistle (2024-2026). Stay for the reception to mingle with Calgary Arts Development staff members and others from the arts community.

Report to Community 2024
2024-06-25 16:00 - 18:30 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop- Studio Theatre, 1721 29th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Calgary Arts Development’s Annual Report to Community

Report to Community
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Studio Theatre at cSPACE Marda Loop (formerly known as cSPACE King Edward)
1721 – 29 Ave. SW
Presentation 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Reception 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Join us for a report of our various activities in 2023 presented by Patti Pon, President & CEO. At this event we will also officially thank poet laureate Wakefield Brewster for his term as poet laureate (2022-2024) and welcome new poet laureate Shone Thistle (2024-2026). Stay for the reception to mingle with Calgary Arts Development staff members and others from the arts community.
