Nickle Galleries

Name: Nickle Galleries
Telephone: 403-210-6201
Price range: n/a

410 University Court NW, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Address410 University Court NW, Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Phone403-210-6201

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Hours

(Spring/Summer) Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm. closed Sat, Sun and holidays; (Fall/Winter) Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Thurs till 8 pm, Sat 11 am - 4 pm. closed Sun and holidays.

Location Type - Art Galleries

Public

The Nickle Galleries opened at its new signature location on the main floor of the Taylor Family Digital Library in October 2012. Formerly known as The Nickle Arts Museum, the Nickle Galleries features three impressive galleries highlighting the best of contemporary art in western Canada and intriguing art and artifacts drawn from the Nickle and the Library's wide-ranging collections. FREE admission. (Spring/Summer) Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm. closed Sat, Sun and holidays; (Fall/Winter) Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Thurs till 8 pm, Sat 11 am - 4 pm. closed Sun and holidays.

Judy Anderson and Katherine Boyer — mâmawohkamâtowak

“A conversation between two flatland artists who draw on the rich legacy of beading and other crafts”

Nov 20, 2024
Teresa Posyniak — Resilience

Nickle Galleries exhibition shows evolution of painter's work from early 1990s to present

Nov 11, 2024
Harry Mitsuo Kiyooka: Artist, Educator, Activist

Calgary exhibition is "delightfully non-linear"

Apr 1, 2024
Gwen MacGregor

A timely exhibition explores the legacies of lost forests.

Jun 5, 2023
After Holbein

Turkish carpets woven with fascinating yet ambiguous histories.

Feb 27, 2023
Prairie Interlace

Modernism provoked an explosion of innovative weaving in Western Canada.

Oct 3, 2022
Sandra Sawatzky

Artist hand-stitches a 12-part compendium of contemporary anxieties.

Mar 7, 2022
Mary Shannon Will

Obsessive surface patterning marks veteran Calgary artist’s work.

Jul 12, 2021
Glass Menagerie

Mireille Perron challenges conventional craft histories by exploring the creative possibilities of vintage glass figurines.

Feb 23, 2019
Shona Rae is Telling Tales

A self-described madwoman extraordinaire merges tarot and fairy tale archetypes to explore the human journey.

Nov 19, 2018
Walter May: Look Again

Calgary artist Walter May’s retrospective at the University of Calgary offers a rare glimpse of his quirky and prolific practice.

Feb 11, 2018
Mark Dicey: Making His Mark

Calgary artist Mark Dicey prepares for a major hometown show at the Nickle Galleries that reflects on his many interests – from painting and collage to installation and performance.

Jan 14, 2018
Joane Cardinal-Schubert's Poignant Lesson

"The Writing on the Wall," a retrospective on view at the Nickle Galleries in Calgary until Dec.16 honours Joane Cardinal-Schubert’s many contributions.

Oct 8, 2017
Helen Mackie's Life With Nature

Helen Mackie has always been interested in biology and nature – a fascination that translated into myriad of prints throughout her 40-year career as an artist.

Jul 16, 2017
Hooked on Rugs

A show at the Nickle Galleries in Calgary unbraids the history of hooked rugs in Canada.

Mar 26, 2017
DaveandJenn's Natural History of Islands

DaveandJenn are among the first generation of artists to grow up with the Internet. The qualities of possibility, hierarchal collapse and unendingness inherent in the web are their natural milieu.

Nov 21, 2016
Photo: Dave Brown, LCR Photo Services, University of Calgary

Ron Moppett, "Sculptur(al)," Nickle Galleries, Sept. 24 to Dec. 19, 2015

This survey of Calgary artist Ron Moppett’s work from 1972 to 2015 includes 39 installational works. Moppett is widely known and liked as a maker of vibrant, multi-paneled paintings with strong narrative elements.

Nov 11, 2015
"The Spirit Matters – A Retrospective of Ron (Gyo-Zo) Spickett," September 25 to November 6, 2009, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary

When entering the Nickle Arts Museum’s first gallery, I was immediately confronted with a large-scale triptych with three skeletal humanoid forms on each side panel.

Dec 31, 2009
TED GODWIN, "The Regina Five Years 1958 – 1968," September 26 to November 7, 2008, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary

“I like to think of the early years as thesis,” Ted Godwin says. “The late 1950s and mid 1960s were times of big dreams and breaking temples."

Aug 31, 2008
"ALL ABOUT ALBERTA," May 25 - June 29, 2007, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary

The exhibition features 43 pieces by 30 craft artists working in a range of media, from textiles to clay to jewelry.

Apr 30, 2007
WILLIAM EAKIN

William Eakin lives and works in Winnipeg's historic Exchange District. Eakin takes everyday life as his subject matter, examining the intersections of art and popular culture.

Aug 31, 2003