Events

Gallery@501 is excited to invite you to see “Ink Horizons: East to West,” a new exhibition by New Brunswick artist Dan Xu. The exhibit opens on November 6, 2025 and shows until December 20, 2025.

Dan Xu will be at Gallery@501 (#120, 501 Festival Avenue in Sherwood Park) for a special artist talk and reception on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm and everyone is welcome to join us.

Ink Horizons: East to West features a unique interpretation of two iconic Canadian regions, the Canadian Rockies and the Bay of Fundy. Painting outdoors, “en plein-air,” Dan Xu captures an atmospheric feeling and perspective in her work. Visitors will feel they are floating through the skies over mountains and water in each landscape. Xu creates ink wash paintings of these landscapes on Xuan paper, silk scrolls, and fold-out books. Using classic Chinese ink and wash techniques, she takes inspiration from art of the Song Dynasty to add a sense of flight, movement, and freedom.

Visitors can engage in a hands-on art station where they’ll use traditional Chinese brushes to paint ephemeral landscapes - fleeting artworks that gracefully fade into the background, echoing the beauty of impermanence. 

Reception and gallery visits are free! We look forward to seeing you!

More information: www.strathcona.ca/artgallery

Join the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassador, Samantha Williams-Chapelsky, 
at the AFA art house on Thursday, November 6 at 5 pm.

Samantha will share insight into the very first solo exhibition at the art house, 
Across Alberta: Paintings from the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence.

This talk is free to attend.

About the exhibition

Across Alberta: Paintings from the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence, is the first solo exhibition at the AFA art house.

The exhibition features the works of Samantha Williams-Chapelsky, the 2024-25 Alberta Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassador.

Samantha went on a year-long journey across Alberta to capture its diverse landscapes. Visiting more than 40 sites provincewide painting outdoors or en plein air, Samantha captured landscapes from Jasper’s jagged mountain peaks to the golden prairies around Lethbridge. 

Across Alberta features a vibrant selection of plein air and studio paintings. Each work is a postcard from Samantha’s journey 
capturing the province’s remarkable natural diversity. 

art house After Hours

art house After Hours events will feature extended gallery hours, keeping the gallery open until 7 pm.

These events will feature opportunities for patrons to dive deeper in the AFA Art Collection, Alberta artists, and the AFA art house.

Stay tuned for more, you never know what you might find after hours.

Get ready to dazzle and shine! We invited you to embrace the glam and sparkle of the season, so don your most fabulous bling! Let your style radiate with brilliance as we celebrate in a spectacle of shimmering vibes and vibrant energy of Alberta Craft. It's time to stand out and sparkle like never before!

• Raffles for Beautiful Craft Pieces
• Door Prizes
• Cookies Galore
• Music by Erin Ross
• Make a Holiday Ornament

When: Saturday, November 29, 2025
2 to 5 pm

Where: cSPACE Marda Loop
1721 29 Ave
Calgary, AB

Tickets: $15 General Admission | $10 Alberta Craft Members
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bling-it-holiday-funraiser-tickets