Your Art Has Power

Call for Submissions

Artwork from 60 local artists will be curated and featured in exterior projections on Glenbow’s building. Each selected artist will receive an honorarium of $1000. Entries are open now.

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We know art and culture can provide inspiration, solace, and, most importantly, a sense of connection to the people and world around us. Our mission is to activate art, objects, and ideas so everyone who experiences Glenbow leaves with something to share.

Virtual Tour: Porchraits Highlights with Neil Zeller

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The final few weeks of our exhibition Porchraits: Calgary Families in Isolation During COVID-19 ended with all of us enduring another lockdown, so we wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to experience the show with this virtual… Tours
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Shuvinai Ashoona

Mapping Worlds

Shuvinai Ashoona lives in Kinngait on the southern tip of Baffin Island, and her drawings imagine the past and present fused into a prophetic future, populated by human-animal hybrid creatures, women birthing worlds, and mystical or other-worldly landscapes clearly inspired… Exhibition

Virtual Tour: Jin-me Yoon, Regard

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Join us for a virtual tour of a photographic sculpture titled Regard that was made in 1999 by Vancouver-based artist and professor Jin-me Yoon.  Artist Talk, Tours

Dynamic Connections Video Tour

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Watch the video tour of highlights from the Dynamic Connections: Threads of Living Memory exhibition. Tours
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Glenbow Blog

Stories & Conversations

Venture beyond the physical museum with artists, curators and interesting people from around the world. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Glenbow news.

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Legacies of Bravery

Remembrance Day 2020
We’re highlighting two Canadian veterans of World War I (WWI) who are represented in Glenbow’s collection. Both John George Pattison and Mike Mountain Horse served with honour and exceptional courage, and their legacies continue to resonate in 2020.
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Energy Steeple by Joe Fafard

New Artwork Acquisition
This summer, Glenbow received a generous donation of an artwork from the corporate collection of CNOOC International. This large-scale bronze sculpture by beloved Canadian artist Joe Fafard (1942 –2019) is just over six feet or almost two metres high, and weighs 1,100 lbs, or ...
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Glenbow Reimagined

An Interview with DIALOG Principal Architect, Robert Claiborne
We are embarking on an exciting new chapter for Glenbow. After years of planning, we have an unprecedented opportunity to renovate and upgrade our building to better serve our community and further enrich art and culture in our city.
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Recognizing Nunavut Day

A Note from Becky Tootoo
Today, July 9, is Nunavut Day which celebrates the passage of the Nunavut Land Claims Act in Canadian Parliament on July 9, 1993. To recognize this important date, we reached out to Becky Tootoo to ask her if she could provide some commentary about her culture and home.
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Is it time to spice up your virtual background?

Glenbow from Home
There have been a lot of zoom meetings. We feel you. If you want to shake up the background in your next virtual meeting, why not add a little artistic flair to the mix with this selection of art and objects from the Glenbow collection.
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Curator Q+A: Paul Seesequasis

Enclosing Some Snapshots: The Photography of Métis Activist James Brady
James Brady led the kind of life that could easily be made into an epic film. He was both a fearless political organizer and intrepid outdoorsman; a card carrying Marxist and veteran of the Canadian Forces in World War II.  This exhibition features photos from Glenbow’s colle ...
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Glenbow Reimagined

We’re embarking on a renovation that will transform our building into a cultural landmark offering unparalleled access to Glenbow’s diverse collection of art and objects and exhibitions from around the world.

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