hyper(in)visibility: stephanie mei huang In Conversation with Pearl C Hsiung, Maia Ruth Lee, Astria Suparak, Stephanie Syjuco, Hồng-Ân Trương, and Christine Tien Wang

Convemed by stepahanie mei huang in conversation with Pearl C Hsiung, Maia Ruth Lee, Astria Suparak, Stephanie Syjuco, Hồng-Ân Trương, and Christine Tien Wang, host stephanie mei huang invites all to hear from six Asian women artists on reckoning with a racialized and gendered spectrum of visibility, moving through their practices with and of yellow embodiment, and the possibility of racial (or transgressively, non-racial) alternatives.

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LIVE May 26 | 10AM MDT | 6PM CEST—Experimental Movement Lecture-Workshop with Yotam Peled (DE/ IL)

Yotam Peled is a Berlin-based freelance performer and choreographer, and current resident in Contemporary Calgary’s 2020 Collider In-Residence Artist Residency. The two-hour hybrid movement lecture and workshop, conducted via Zoom, and held at LAKE studios Berlin is part of Yotam’s residency research into how his interests and creativity are evolving in response to a now necessitated digital space and the ways in which this shapes his physical practice.

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Rocio Graham: #FourWordsChallenge4 GIVEAWAY

GIVEAWAY (comet emoji)—Enter to win a 3x5” cyanotype from Rocio Graham’s “Future Memories” series! Curious to know more about Rocio’s practice or interested in discussing you own artistic methods? The winning recipient will also receive a one-on-one zoom Q&A with the artist. Planetary artist Rocio Graham, invites you to participate in this week’s #FourWordsChallenge. Create an artwork of your own using Rocio’s four words—Universe, Dandelions, Germination, Night—inspired by her artwork FUTURE MEMORIES, on display in our Flanagan Family Gallery.

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Leah Petrucci and Mirelle Perron: #FourWordsChallenge3

Planetary artist’s Leah Petrucci and Mirelle Perron challenge you to produce an artwork using four words—clock, shadow, encounter and dream—inspired from their artworks Studies in Artistic Relations (#1 and #2) on display in our Ring Gallery. Use these words to help unleash your creativity and inspire an artwork of your own. Share your creations by tagging @ContemporaryCalgary on instagram using #FourWordsChallenge3.

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Cîpayak ᒌᐸᕀ: #FourWordsChallenge2

Planetary artist duo Cîpayak ᒌᐸᕀ challenge you to produce an artwork using four words—Portal, Ceremony, Mêmêkwêsiw (one of the sacred little people) and Dream—inspired from their artworks Mêmêkwêsiw | Kahkakiw Nâpesis | Roogaroo (One of the sacred little people | Raven Boy, Trickster | Shapeshifter) on display in our Ring Gallery. Use these words to help unleash your creativity and inspire an artwork of your own. Share your creations by tagging @ContemporaryCalgary on instagram using #FourWordsChallenge2.

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Instruction Challenge No. 1: #CCInstruction1

Contemporary Calgary invites you to participate in our first Instruction Challenge. We challenge you to write a physical-distancing Haiku. Share your creation by tagging us on instagram @ContemporaryCalgary using #CCInstructionChallenge1. We hope this helps inspire creativity during your time at home and can’t wait to see your work!

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Cody + Ali: #FourWordsChallenge1

Planetary artists Cody Cox +Ali Ceaser challenge you to produce an artwork using their four words—Hotdog, Hands, Hold and History—inspired from their artwork Reach on display in our Ring Gallery. Each artist will offer four words to help unleash your creativity and inspire an artwork of your own. Share your creations by tagging @ContemporaryCalgary on instagram #FourWordsChallenge1.

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