cSPACE Marda Loop

Pattern Making 101 (April/May)
2025-05-08 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-01 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-24 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Come learn how to create a proper pattern that will fit you perfectly!
Like making your own clothes but have a hard time finding patterns with that perfect fit? Come learn the foundational concepts of pattern making through flat pattern drafting, 3D form alteration, and tailoring. Learn how to take proper measurements, adjust patterns, cut, and sew a muslin to create a proper pattern. This class teaches you the foundational rules and language to begin creating your own custom patterns, and the skills to adjust and fit patterns to fit you!
This course is five 3-hour sessions. The next sessions are:
Thursday, April 3, 10, 24 & May 1, 8 from 6 pm to 9 pm
*Equivalent experience or Pattern Making 101 is the recommended prerequisite for all other pattern making courses offered by Riyoko.
*Students are encouraged to bring their own supplies (pencil, eraser, pins, measuring tape, fabric scissors, paper scissors) except rulers (which are available for purchase in the Riyoko Work/Shop, and during the class) and paper and fabric, which is supplied by Riyoko Work/Shop.
$254

Website link:
https://riyoko.ca/products/patternmaking-101

CALL Member Weekly Guitar Jam
2025-05-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-05-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-24 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-17 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Invitation to Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners (CALL) members.
Bring your guitar and a favourite song and join other CALL members for Guitar Jam. Weekly events are held in the CALL room, Suite #310, at cSPACE Marda Loop.
Thursdays 10am-12pm.
To learn more please email: info@calgarylifelonglearners.ca
Not yet a CALL member? Now is a great time to join and enjoy a full year of “making music” or joining other Interest Groups at cSPACE Marda Loop. Annual fee $50 — learn more: https://calgarylifelonglearners.ca/Membership

Finding Peace and Joy Within
2025-05-07 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-30 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-23 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-04-16 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Finding Peace & Joy Within
This weekly meditation group for CALL members has returned by popular request. Each session includes periods of meditation (sitting comfortably in chairs) to allow participants the opportunity to experience the benefits for themselves, and the opportunity to share experiences and insights with others. About half of the session will be talk/discussion and about half will be meditation.
If you are not a CALL member, you can join for the annual fee of $50 and attend this and many other interest groups.

Intermediate Bridge Club
2025-05-05 15:15 - 18:00, 2025-04-28 15:15 - 18:00, 2025-04-21 15:15 - 18:00, 2025-04-14 15:15 - 18:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
This friendly CALL bridge group has players at intermediate and advanced skill levels.
Some meet in person at cSPACE Marda Loop, while some prefer to meet online using BBO and Zoom.
CALL Members please register on the website.
Not a CALL Member? Now is a great time to join. Your annual fee provides access to many Interest Groups and monthly Speaker Events.

Exhibition: "Connected : Artistry of Mind, Body, Heart & Spirit" - CBE
2025-05-05 - 2025-05-26 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Exhibition: “Connected : Artistry of Mind, Body, Heart & Spirit” – CBE
cSPACE Marda Loop
Gallery Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4
May 5th to 26th
This exhibition is a collaborative art show featuring the works of Calgary high school Visual Art Students from Central Memorial, Henry Wise Wood, and William Aberhart.
Opening Night: Tuesday May 6th from 6pm – 8pm
Come support our Arts community and celebrate the work of these talented students!

Fireside Chat with Mayor Gondek: Voices of Grassroots Leaders
2025-05-04 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Edmonton) | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Fireside Chat with Mayor Gondek: Voices of Grassroots Leaders
This chat will focus on exploring the challenges and opportunities facing Calgary’s diverse communities, and how grassroots leadership can help inform policies.

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025

Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: cSPACE Marda Loop – #125, 1721 29 Ave SW, Calgary
Registration is mandatory

Join us for a timely and engaging evening as we welcome Mayor Jyoti Gondek for an intimate conversation with Calgary’s grassroots leaders and community changemakers.
This dialogue will spotlight the voices and lived experiences of local leaders who are shaping the city through community action, advocacy, and innovation.
Together, we’ll explore the challenges and opportunities facing Calgary’s diverse communities, and how grassroots leadership can help inform inclusive policy, civic growth, and lasting change.
Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, be heard, and help shape the future of our city

For more details: info@calgaryafrican.ca | 📞 587-328-7040
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fireside-chat-with-mayor-gondek-voices-of-grassroots-leaders-tickets-1323274302059?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1

Copy Your Clothes with Riyoko Workshop
2025-05-03 10:00 - 13:30 UTC
Do you have that favourite vintage or fast fashion garment that you wish you could have forever, and make in a million colours? Want to recreate it?
Come join us in the spacious Riyoko Studio to learn how to copy a pattern from the garment, sew a test fit, and get the skills to remake all your favourite clothes again and again!
This class is four 3.5-hour sessions. The next session is:
Saturday May 3, 10, 24 & 31

Nightingale Arts Collective Presents: Sing & Shine!
2025-05-02 19:30 - 21:30 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Nightingale Arts Collective Presents: Sing & Shine!

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Studio Theatre In cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Ave SW, Calgary
Doors open at 7 PM

Nightingale Arts Collective presents an unforgettable evening of music, featuring favourite selections from our past productions, memorable performances discovered through our Wine and Shine events, and songs from works we aspire to bring to the stage in upcoming seasons.
Enjoy a night of captivating storytelling through music, as we share pieces from The Bridges of Madison County Musical, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables, and more beloved musicals. The evening will showcase the talents of Stuart Howe, Kal Macdonald, Oliver Munar, Melissa Jackson, Meaghan Schulz, Boden Broadhead, and other special guests, under the music direction of Matthew Kallio.
Your ticket includes one alcoholic or nonalcoholic beverage, and there will be bar service available before the show and at intermission. Join us in supporting our vision of bringing full theatre productions to life!
Tix: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6639211

Intermediate Sewing with Riyoko Work/Shop
2025-04-28 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-14 18:00 - 21:00 UTC
Come continue your sewing journey!
Take your skills to the next level by sewing a fun summer skirt with us and build on skills from Sewing 101. In this class students will learn how to sew button holes, enclosed seam allowance, waistbands, different kinds of hem treatments and more pockets! The skills of sewing can seem daunting, but with the right instruction, it can be fun and sew much easier than you think.
This course is four 3-hour sessions. The next sessions are:
Monday March 31 & April 7, 14, 28 – 6 pm to 9 pm
or
Monday June 9, 16, 23 & 30 – 6 pm to 9 pm

Opening Reception Makers Dozen: Earring Edition
2025-04-26 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Edmonton)
Opening Reception Makers Dozen: Earring Edition
Everyone is invited to this free reception for Makers Dozen: Earring Edition

Join the Alberta Craft Gallery in Calgary and the artists in attendance for the reception for Makers Dozen: Earring Edition.
The Makers’ Dozen collective connects 13 jewellery artists from Southern Alberta, each contributing their unique vision, techniques, and craftsmanship to a shared creative space. Makers’ Dozen – Earring Edition highlights not only the stunning final pieces but also the artists themselves and their creative processes. Featuring 65 pairs of earrings, it invites visitors to explore a diversity of approaches, ranging from traditional goldsmithing and intricate beading to experimental metalwork.
This is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend. No ticket is needed.

Reception: Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 2 -4pm
Alberta Craft Calgary Gallery
cSPACE – Marda Loop, 2nd floor, 1729 – 29 Avenue SW
Parking lot and accessible entrance is off 29 Avenue. Street parking is free around the building.

Exhibition dates April 19 – June 21, 2025

Sewing 101 with Ryoko Work/Shop
2025-04-25 10:00 - 13:00 UTC
Come learn how to sew, and start making your own projects.
Join us in the spacious and inspiring new Riyoko Work/Shop and learn the fundamental beginner skills to get on your way to exploring and creating! In this class, students will learn their way around the machine through various projects and gain the foundational sewing skills to translate into future projects for themselves. Students will learn how to read patterns, and how to choose fabrics and patterns right for the projects they are making. They will make a reversible, lined gift bag, pyjama pants, and learn how to hem pants, and sew zippers. The skills of sewing can seem daunting, but with the right instruction, it can be fun and sew much easier than you think!
This course is three 3-hour sessions. The next sessions are:
Monday March 3, 10 & 17 – 6 pm to 9 pm
or
Friday April 4, 11 & 25 – 10 am to 1 pm
or
May 12, 26 & June 2 – 6 pm to 9 pm

Exhibition: "Prairie Histories" - Corinne Cowell
2025-04-23 - 2025-05-05 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Exhibition: “Prairie Histories” by Corinne Cowell
cSPACE Marda Loop
Gallery Level 3
until May 5, 2025
From the artist:
This ongoing series deals with narratives and memory as well as the environment and our place within it. A series of “prairie ghosts” speaks to the history and perseverance of family and struggle as well as the abandonment of those precious homesteads of the early 1900’s. These disturbed landscapes are fraught with memories, long faded but still lingering.
The buildings, straining to remain, alone and resilient against the elements, will ultimately disintegrate back into the landscape. This reclaiming by the land forms a series of mysteries, offering a great depth for potential narratives. These are the stories I want to tell.
These pieces are made using my own photography, which I transfer to the under painted surface. Using many layers and glazes of acrylic paint, I develop the mood and transparency of the image to support the imagined narrative of the work.
If you are interested in purchasing any of Corinne’s pieces, please visit her website corinnecowell.com , where you can also find her small paintings and mixed media fibre work. You can also follow her on Instagram @corinnecowell .

Exhibition: "Blooming Diversity - Echoes of Nature" Art Show + Opening Gala
2025-04-22 - 2025-05-05 | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
cSPACE Marda Loop
Level 4 Hallway Gallery
April 22 – 28, 2025 – HELD OVER!
Gala Reception: RGO Treehouse
Saturday, April 26, 5-8pm
Gala Cost: $25
This show reflects the deep connections between women, creativity, and the natural world.
Four artists—Maya Corona, Ariadna Sly, Carolina Durán, and Mile Vásquez—come together to share work rooted in Alberta’s landscapes, shaped by meaningful conversations in the wild, and inspired by the strength of community. We celebrate diversity, resilience, and our bond with the land through visual arts, mixed media, and creative expression.
Each piece captures a moment of connection between the artists, ourselves, and the landscapes that shape us. This exhibition invites you to explore, connect, and rediscover the joy of the outdoors just beyond our doorsteps. It serves as a reminder that we grow—through adventure, art, and each other.
Art Auction for Bolivia Kids
As part of this show, we’re hosting an exclusive art auction. 100% of the proceeds will go to Bolivia Kids, which supports education and opportunities for children in need.
Sponsors: Casa Mexico, Bolivia Kids, The Bear and Unicorn, Must do Canada
Link: https://www.instagram.com/bloomingdiversity/reel/DH6W41SPTNZ/

Riyoko Work/Shop: Teen Sew (April)
2025-04-21 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-14 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Come learn how to sew and start making your own projects!
In this class, students will learn their way around the machine through various projects and gain the foundational sewing skills to translate into future projects for themselves. Students will learn how to read patterns, and how to choose fabrics and patterns right for the projects they are making. They will make simple and functional projects like pyjama pants, and gift pouches ( to hold all the things)! The skills of sewing can seem daunting, but with the right instruction, it can be fun and sew much easier than you think!

This course is three 3-hour sessions. The next sessions is:
Monday, April 7, 14 & 21 – 6 pm to 9 pm
* This class is for teens age 12 to 17 years old. Adult classes are 18 years +
* No prior sewing skills are needed for this class.
$224

Website link:

Https://riyoko.ca/products/teen-sew-101

Painting with Wool - Needle Felting Workshop
2025-04-19 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop, 1721 29 Avenue Southwest, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
Painting with Wool – Needle Felting Workshop
Learn to Paint – With Wool!
No previous experience is necessary in this class for absolute beginners.
You’ll learn the technique of 2 dimensional needle felting to create a colourful landscape scene. We’ll provide all the materials and share the basics, tips, and tricks. The rest is up to you as you experience the magic of transforming raw wool into unique works of art.
Our workshops provide a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere where conversation and experimentation are encouraged. Space is limited to 12 students so that we can provide personal instruction to everyone.
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Location: RGO Treehouse at cSPACE in Marda Loop
1721 29th Avenue SW, Calgary AB
Ages: 12+
Links: https://quirkyworks.ca/products/paintin-with-wool-needle-felting-workshop-70-person

Echoes of Romanticism
2025-04-13 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | cSPACE Marda Loop- Studio Theatre, 1721 29th Ave. SW, Calgary, AB, T2T 6T7, Canada
The Instrumental Society of Calgary presents Echoes of Romanticism

Sunday, April 13th, 2025
Doors at 2:30 PM
Show at 3:00 PM
LOCATION
cSPACE Marda Loop
1721 29 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2T 6T7

ARTISTS
CHOI-KIM DUO
Arnold Choi, cello
Katherine Mihyun Kim, piano

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PROGRAM
This concert presents a journey through three distinct musical styles for cello and piano. We begin with Nadia Boulanger’s Trois Pièces, three brief but evocative works that showcase her refined melodic and harmonic sensibility. Franz Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata follows, a lyrical masterpiece known for its singing melodies and graceful interplay between cello and piano, full of charm and emotional depth.
The program concludes with Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, a work of sweeping intensity and rich harmonies, where both instruments share a powerful and expressive dialogue, culminating in a triumphant finale.
These pieces explore the full emotional range of the cello-piano repertoire, from Boulanger’s elegant miniatures to the dramatic heights of Rachmaninoff.

More info/tix: https://www.instrumentalsociety.ca/echoesofromanticism

Fabric Swap! with Riyoko Workshop
2025-04-12 11:00 - 15:00 UTC
Shout out to all Craftivists, Sewists, DIYers, Designers, and Artists!
It’s our 3rd edition of Fabric Swap! Come join us! We all have fabric that we love but may never use, right? Let’s stir up some new inspirational energy and trade with each other! We will have tables set up inside and outside our studio for you to lay down your fabric, and peruse what each other has contributed.
The rules for Fabric Swap are:

Clean, useable fabrics only
1 meter or more – no less!*
Be thoughtful about the items you take, and what you will make. Take what inspires you but also leave some for others to be inspired:)
You are not obligated to take anything with you, but please also be thoughtful about the amount you drop off to us.
No notions or tools
No clothing
Bring a bag to tote home your finds
The tables will be out all day on April 12, from 11am to 3 pm – come chat with fellow fabric enthusiasts! Bring in and take home some fabric! We will donate whatever is still with us at the end of the day to Ujamma Grandmas

*Ujamma Grandmas will only take fabric 1 m or more, so please help us by only donating pieces that are 1 m +. Thank you in advance!
Location:
We are located in cSPACE Marda Loop. Our studio is #445, 1721 29 Ave SW. We are on the 4th floor of the building. There is free parking all around the building. Entrances are on 30th Ave SW and 29 Ave SW.
After you’ve perused the swap, take your time wandering around cSPACE! We have the Alberta Craft Council in the building, Aroma Coffee Shop, and Art Shows on each floor. Looking forward to seeing you all!
https://riyoko.ca/blogs/news/fabric-swap-spring-2025-edition
