Clouds & Water Gallery and Visual Production Society : A brief history of TNG 1975-2010

In 2010 The New Gallery (TNG) celebrates 35 years of presenting contemporary art in Calgary. Commemorating an important cultural achievement, throughout the month of January TNG's +15 Window Space in the Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts will trace The Clouds & Water Gallery and Visual Production Society's history through three and a half decades, drawing on the Gallery's significant collection of archival material. Like the few other artist-run centre's in Canada which have endured as long, TNG's history is characterized by multiple locations; more uniquely though, every building that the Gallery has ever occupied was demolished behind it, making way for new development. Characterizing the life of Calgary's original artist-run centre in light of its four different physical locations around the downtown core acknowledges one of the persistent challenges TNG has faced and frames some of the many achievements of the non-profit organization since 1975.