Programs & Engagement

Esker Foundation’s free programs create connections: with exhibitions, contemporary art, and each other. Through collaboration with artists, diverse communities, and partnerships we encourage engagement, creativity and belonging.

Check out our new Family Programs and Youth Programs pages. Explore all of our programs below.

To register click on the program descriptions below, or call: 403-930-2490.

Programs are noted whether they are online or being held in-person. Please note that online programs are in Mountain Standard Time (MST) time zone.

Registration is required to participate. Space in the programs is limited. We request that you please provide 72 hours notice for cancellations so we can offer your ticket to the waitlist. Tickets are non-transferrable.

Upcoming Programs

RELATIONS Engagement Series
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Community Event
In response to the exhibition RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting, Esker Programs and Engagement presents a monthly series of engagement opportunities in collaboration with local artists. During the initial presentation of RELATIONS in Montréal at the PHI Foundation in 2020, Curator
Video | Artist Talk with Veronika Pausova
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Learning Resource
Watch an artist talk and conversation with artist Veronika Pausova, facilitated by Curator Elizabeth Diggon, which focused on Pausova’s artistic practice and her Esker Foundation solo exhibition, Fast Moving Sun:
Video | Artist Talk with Michelle Bui
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Talk
Watch an artist talk and conversation with artist Michelle Bui, facilitated by Curator Elizabeth Diggon as they discuss Bui’s artistic practice and her Esker Foundation exhibition, Naked Excess. Michelle Bui is a Montreal-based artist working in photography and sculpture. Her work
Opening of Summer/Fall Exhibitions: Robin Arseneault, Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau, Gailan Ngan & Teresa Tam
July 22, 2022
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Family Program
Join us for the launch of our Summer/Fall 2022 exhibitions. All welcome! Friday 22 July, 7-9pm. Robin Arseneault: Falling Off The Log July 23 – December 18, 2022 Robin Arseneault’s work fights with itself. It is performative, provocative, and luxurious
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In-Person Event: Artist-Led Exhibition Tour
July 23, 2022
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Family Program
Join us for a tour with Esker Foundation’s current exhibiting artists. Exhibiting artists Robin Arseneault, Chloë Lum and Yannick Desranleau, and Gailan Ngan, will lead us on a tour through the gallery as they discuss work in their respective exhibitions:
Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am
In-Person Exhibition Tour with Robin Arseneault & Naomi Potter
August 18, 2022
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Family Program
Artist Robin Arseneault and Curator Naomi Potter will give a tour of Arseneault’s exhibition, Falling Off The Log. Robin Arseneault’s work is performative, provocative, and luxurious one minute, and silly, self-deprecating, and raw the next. Central to her exhibition are
Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am
Embracing our Imperfect Bodies: Adaptive Chair Yoga with Sharon Cavanagh
September 24, 2022
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Family Program
Yoga and movement specialist Sharon Cavanagh will lead participants in a chair yoga experience inspired by, and surrounded by, sculptures and drawings featured in Robin Arseneault’s exhibition, Falling Off The Log. Participants of all ages and abilities are welcome to
Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:30 am
In-Person Exhibition Tour with Robin Arseneault & Naomi Potter
October 13, 2022
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Family Program
Artist Robin Arseneault and Curator Naomi Potter will give a tour of Arseneault’s exhibition, Falling Off The Log. Robin Arseneault’s work is performative, provocative, and luxurious one minute, and silly, self-deprecating, and raw the next. Central to her exhibition are
Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am
Video | Art as Resistance & Revelation in Academia: with Suzanne Chew & Romani Makkik
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Residency
A conversation organized by d.talks + Esker writer-in-residence Suzanne Chew. Art as Resistance and Revelation in Academia: with Suzanne Chew and Romani Makkik How might art uplift the voices of communities with whom student researchers work, within the framework
Video | Marigold Santos & Marissa Largo | New Relationalities: Sensorial Memories, Mothering & Creative Work
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Talk
This talk took place on October 7, 2021. Watch and listen to artist Marigold Santos present an artist talk about her creative practice, and her work featured in the exhibition RELATIONS: Diaspora and Painting, followed by a conversation with

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Opening of Summer/Fall Exhibitions: Robin Arseneault, Chloë Lum & Yannick Desranleau, Gailan Ngan & Teresa Tam

July 22, 2022

Family Program

Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am

In-Person Event: Artist-Led Exhibition Tour

July 23, 2022

Family Program

Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am

In-Person Exhibition Tour with Robin Arseneault & Naomi Potter

August 18, 2022

Family Program

Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:30 am

Embracing our Imperfect Bodies: Adaptive Chair Yoga with Sharon Cavanagh

September 24, 2022

Family Program

Registration will open on July 6, 2022 at 11:00 am

In-Person Exhibition Tour with Robin Arseneault & Naomi Potter

October 13, 2022

Residency

Video | Art as Resistance & Revelation in Academia: with Suzanne Chew & Romani Makkik

Talk

Video | Marigold Santos & Marissa Largo | New Relationalities: Sensorial Memories, Mothering & Creative Work

Residency

Video | We Were Once People: A Conversation about Displacement & Belonging

Community Event

Molly JF Caldwell | Collaborative Weaving – on display in the 4th floor galleries

Talk

Programs & Engagement

Esker Foundation’s free programs create connections: with exhibitions, contemporary art, and each other. Through collaboration with artists, diverse communities, and partnerships we encourage engagement, creativity and belonging.

Check out our new Family Programs and Youth Programs pages. Explore all of our programs below.

All Programs Calendar

Upcoming Programs

RELATIONS Engagement Series

Video | Artist Talk with Veronika Pausova

Video | Artist Talk with Michelle Bui