As of December 1st, The New Gallery, one of Calgary’s (and Canada’s) longest operating artist-run centres, is changing locations!  After three years of offering fantastic art at Eau Claire Market, TNG is taking up residence  in a 1,200 square foot exhibition space on the top floor at Art Central on Centre Street and 7th Avenue SW.

The New Gallery will celebrate its 35th anniversary by-relocating to Art Central

After three challenging years of presenting contemporary art within Eau Claire Market, The New Gallery (TNG) will be relocating to downtown Calgary’s Art Central effective December 1, 2009. Since its origin as the Clouds ‘n’ Water Gallery in 1975, The New Gallery has survived both the vagaries of the local economy and rapidly shifting artistic priorities to establish itself as one of the longest continuously operating artist-run centres in Canada.

While plans to redevelop the Eau Claire Market site remain on hold, the non-profit society’s Board of Directors recently elected to move the venerable cultural institution into a 1200 sq. ft. exhibition space on the top floor of Art Central (Centre St. and 7th Ave. SW), in the very heart of the city’s burgeoning Cultural District. “It’s been increasingly difficult for us to fulfil TNG’s mandate in our current location”, acknowledges Board President Brian Milne. “In just five years Art Central has established itself as a vital addition to Calgary’s cultural landscape, and The New Gallery greatly looks forward to becoming a part of that”.

TNG’s first official event in the new location will be the annual Holiday Tree Show party and fundraiser, to be held Friday December 18, 2009, starting at 8 PM. TNG’s first exhibition in the new location, by Toronto artist Susy Oliveira, will open to the public on Thursday January 7, 2010 (“First Thursday”). Our current exhibition “Witness,” by Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman remains in Eau Claire Market until December 19, 2009.

The above excerpt is from TNG’s monthly e-bulletin (December 2009).

For more information, please visit The New Gallery’s website.