January 6th First Thursday

January 6th First Thursday at Art Central 

Thursday January 6, 5-9pm

Admission is free. All ages welcome. www.artcentral.ca

Light up your new year with lantern making, exhibition openings, and live music by Welcome Sound. 

UPPER LEVEL 

Lantern Making: Light up your January with some fantastic lantern-making at Art Central during First Thursday.  Once completed, you can use your lantern to light up the +15 Chinatown Art Parade (Jan 21, 4-5pm) to celebrate 100 years of Chinatown in Calgary (hprodeo.ca) 

artsASTRAY: A Showcase of Original Art by Calgary's Own Exceptional Artists 

The New Gallery (TNG): Public Reception for Then + Then Again - Practices within an artist-run culture, 1969-2006  by Clive Robertson (Kingston, ON) 

MAIN LEVEL 

Shisomiso: Opening Reception of Photography by Amy Victoria Wakefield 

Swirl Fine Art & Design: Opening Reception of Poetic Landscape: Group show featuring new works by resident artists including Anne Watson, Lindsey Love and Tracy Proctor, artists in attendance 

LOWER LEVEL 

My Escape Art Studio: T&T (Limited Edition Tee's & Totes) by Design Artist Melody Germain 

Studio C: Opening Reception of Veils and Mandalas: Valerie Scott and Ricky Au