Esker Foundation Homepage Current ExhibitionsAnthony Cudahy: metronome yawnedJanuary 24 - April 26, 2026Justin de Verteuil: sie will / muse. zur marionetteJanuary 24 - April 26, 2026Magalie Guérin: Orange to RattleJanuary 24 - April 26, 2026Alexandre Pépin: LavenderJanuary 24 - April 26, 2026Kristine Zingeler: In the BalanceOctober 27, 2025 - March 15, 2026Bridge Space: We Are The LodgeNovember 12, 2025 - February 28, 2026Esker Elsewhere – Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts: “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever”January 29 - June 27, 2026Events & ProgramsSlow Looking – FebruaryThursday 26 February, 6-7PMWhat happens when we choose to slow down and spend longer engaging with a work of art? Come experience an hour of slow looking at paintings. Register for this Program »TourCalgary Atlas Project Launch – Making Place: A Map of Black CalgaryThursday 5 March, 6-8PMMaking Space: – In Conversation with Cheryl Foggo and Simone Elizabeth Saunders Thursday 5 March, 6–8 PM How do we honour the historic contributions of Black Calgarians as the city grows? Welcome to an evening of dialogue, art, and history >> read… Join the waitlist »Bookshop EventSpring Community NightFriday 13 March, 5-7PMDrop-in for an evening of family-focused exhibition tours, fun gallery activities for kids, youth, and adults, free refreshments, and a special one night only 15% Community Discount at The Bookshop at Esker. Register for this Program »Community EventBring the Baby Art Tour & Tummy Time – March – Additional date now added!Friday 20 March, 12-1pmThis program will launch on Friday 27 February at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family ProgramSlow Looking – MarchThursday 26 March, 6-7pmThis program will launch on Friday 27 February at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! TourBring the Baby Art Tour & Tummy Time – AprilFriday 3 April, 12-1pmThis program will launch on Friday 27 February at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family ProgramCreate Together – AprilSaturday 4 April, 11am-1pmThis program will launch on Wednesday 11 March at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family ProgramKids Studio – AprilSaturday 4 April, 2-4pmThis program will launch on Wednesday 11 March at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family ProgramPOSTPONED – Have We Failed Contemporary Art?Thursday 16 April, 6–8 PM – PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO FALL. This new annual initiative of talks and panels emerges out of an ongoing attempt to grapple with the state of contemporary art and the conditions >> read more TalkEmerging Writers’ CafeThursday 23 April, 5:30-8pmThis program will launch on Wednesday 25 March at 12 noon. Subscribe to our e-newsletter to be informed! Bookshop EventUpcoming Exhibitionsᐃᔨ – Eyes – Shirley MoorhouseMay 23 - August 23, 2026Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo | Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers EverythingMay 23 - August 23, 2026Audio & VideoHangama AmiriPARTING/فراقJana SterbakDimensions of IntimacyBabak GolkarWhen Sound Becomes UnsoundErika DeFreitasand that break is the one that shows (to shift, a curve, to quiver)Esker Film | Katie Ohe The Bookshop at EskerView Bookshop » Erika DeFreitas: what is left resembles light and is restless – as we are seen.Read more Price: Learn More Purple – Limited Edition Tote by Chloë Lum and Yannick DesranleauRead more Price: Learn More Care and Wear: Bodies Crafted for Harm and HealingRead more Price: Learn More Limited Edition: Care and Wear: Bodies Crafted for Harm and HealingRead more Price: Learn More
Esker Elsewhere – Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts: “Like everything alive that we try to hold forever”January 29 - June 27, 2026
Slow Looking – FebruaryThursday 26 February, 6-7PMWhat happens when we choose to slow down and spend longer engaging with a work of art? Come experience an hour of slow looking at paintings. Register for this Program »Tour
Calgary Atlas Project Launch – Making Place: A Map of Black CalgaryThursday 5 March, 6-8PMMaking Space: – In Conversation with Cheryl Foggo and Simone Elizabeth Saunders Thursday 5 March, 6–8 PM How do we honour the historic contributions of Black Calgarians as the city grows? Welcome to an evening of dialogue, art, and history >> read… Join the waitlist »Bookshop Event
Spring Community NightFriday 13 March, 5-7PMDrop-in for an evening of family-focused exhibition tours, fun gallery activities for kids, youth, and adults, free refreshments, and a special one night only 15% Community Discount at The Bookshop at Esker. Register for this Program »Community Event
Bring the Baby Art Tour & Tummy Time – March – Additional date now added!Friday 20 March, 12-1pmThis program will launch on Friday 27 February at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family Program
Slow Looking – MarchThursday 26 March, 6-7pmThis program will launch on Friday 27 February at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Tour
Bring the Baby Art Tour & Tummy Time – AprilFriday 3 April, 12-1pmThis program will launch on Friday 27 February at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family Program
Create Together – AprilSaturday 4 April, 11am-1pmThis program will launch on Wednesday 11 March at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family Program
Kids Studio – AprilSaturday 4 April, 2-4pmThis program will launch on Wednesday 11 March at 12 noon. Subscribe to our enewsletter to be informed! Family Program
POSTPONED – Have We Failed Contemporary Art?Thursday 16 April, 6–8 PM – PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO FALL. This new annual initiative of talks and panels emerges out of an ongoing attempt to grapple with the state of contemporary art and the conditions >> read more Talk
Emerging Writers’ CafeThursday 23 April, 5:30-8pmThis program will launch on Wednesday 25 March at 12 noon. Subscribe to our e-newsletter to be informed! Bookshop Event
Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo | Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers EverythingMay 23 - August 23, 2026