ACAD Awards Prestigious Board of Governors’ Alumni Award to Les Manning
May 16, 2012 (Calgary, Alberta) - The Alberta College of Art + Design (ACAD) is pleased to announce the 2012 Board of Governors’ Alumni Award of Excellence will be awarded to internationally...
March 22, 2012 (Calgary, Alberta). For a fourth year in a row, the Alberta College of Art + Design is proud to co-present the Canadian Art Foundation’s Reel Artist Film Festival — a series...
February 28, 2012 (Calgary, Alberta). The Alberta College of Art + Design is proud to announce that ACAD faculty member and internationally recognized goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain will be one...
Join ACAD's Illingworth Kerr Gallery for a pint at The Candahar
January 31, 2012 (Calgary, Alberta) - The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to announce the opening of The Candahar at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery on Thursday, February 2, 2012. The Candahar...
ACAD’s IKG Presents The Outpourings - a retrospective of work by François Lacasse
January 19, 2012 (Calgary, Alberta) – The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to announce the opening of a special exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Join us for the...
ACAD Students Share the Studio with International Icon Laurie Anderson
January 13, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – Today at the Alberta College of Art + Design, four selected students began a once in a lifetime opportunity to work alongside internationally acclaimed performance artist...
December 5, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) - As more and more people move around the globe, the issue of im/migration is more important than ever at the local, national and geopolitical levels. In spite of people’s...
October 24, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to announce the opening of a new touring exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Join us for...
A "Metals" Sweep at the 7th Annual Alberta Craft Council Awards
October 20, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to congratulate our alumni and faculty winners of the 7th annual Alberta Craft Council Awards, held on October 15, 2011. The annual...
ACAD Congratulates Premier-Designate Alison Redford
October 3, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – On behalf of the Alberta College of Art + Design, I offer our sincere congratulations to Premier-designate Alison Redford for her superb win – this bodes very well for Alberta. Her...
October 1, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to announce that this year it is participating in the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) – a one-of-a-kind survey...
ACAD Welcomes Susan Thomas to the Alberta College of Art + Design Board of Governors
August 31, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – The Alberta College of Art + Design is delighted to welcome Ms. Susan Thomas to the ACAD Board of Governors. Ms. Thomas’s appointment the ACAD Board of Governors...
ACAD VCD students take home top prizes at the 2011 Applied Arts Student Awards!
July 12, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – ACAD Students have continued their tradition of taking home top prizes at the 2011 Applied Arts Student awards with a record 18 Visual Communication Design major students winning...
Don’t miss Iran do Espírito Santo: Wall Drawings at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery this summer
June 28, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – The Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery this Thursday, June 30, 2011. Join the IKG for exciting new...
This year, artists take centre stage at Sled Island 2011
June 21, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – From June 22 to 25, 2011, the Alberta College of Art + Design is pleased to partner with the Sled Island Music and Arts Festival to present Sled Island Art, a series of visual-art...
2011 ACAD Grad Show: an exhibition of Canada’s finest emerging artists
May 18, 2011 (Calgary, Alberta) – Today, a collection of works by Canada’s finest emerging artists and designers opens to the public at the 2011 Alberta College of Art + Design Graduating Student Exhibition. Join us...