Rocks and fields
by Karen McCallum
Exhibition Dates
February 4-14, 2026
Venue
Opening Reception
February 3, 2026
6:30 to 7:30
Followed by a free preview of “This is War”
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The ASA is pleased to present a solo exhibition featuring the work of Alberta artist Karen McCallum.
“Transformation invites viewers to pause and reconnect with the power of an ever-changing land. This series of paintings celebrates Alberta’s landscape, from its vast prairies to the rugged Rocky Mountains of Canmore and Banff.
Through layered brushstrokes and luminous colour, I seek to capture not only the land’s physical presence but its emotional and spiritual essence, quiet awe, belonging, and the passage of time.”
About the Land
“Rocks and Fields” is on display at the historical Walterdale Theatre building, originally the Strathcona Fire Hall Number 1 built in 1910, in what is currently known as Edmonton, Alberta.
The Walterdale Theatre acknowledges that our theatre is located on Treaty 6, a traditional territory of the Cree and has been an important trading place of the Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Dene, Saulteau, and Métis peoples of western Canada for many thousands of years. We also recognize and honour that we are Treaty people and therefore seek to uphold the spirit and intent of this Treaty of Peace and Friendship.
The Alberta Society of Artists (ASA) acknowledges that what we call Alberta, where our organization has found its’ home, is the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika), the Nehiyawak (Cree), Dene Tha’ (Slavey), Dane-zaa (Beaver), Denesuliné (Chipewyan), Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Iyarhe Nakoda (Stoney) (Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley), and the Tsuu T’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Six Regions of the Métis Nation of Alberta within the historical Northwest Metis Homeland.
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