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Fostering Arts and Culture in Alberta

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is the primary arts resource and grant funding body in Alberta.

Access, Belonging and Community Connection

Learn how the AFA is working towards its goal of full and equal participation in the arts in Alberta.
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AFA funding opportunities provide support for Alberta arts organizations and individual artists through a variety of granting programs.
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Section of sculpture: Transect by Firebrand Glass (Julia Reimer and Tyler Rock), 2017, stainless steel, laminated glass, cast glass, archival photos, Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts

Collection

The AFA collects, manages and shares the largest collection of visual artwork by Albertan artists anywhere in the world.
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Classes & Workshops Funding
Register today for the AFA's Free Virtual Grant Workshop Series - Visual Arts & New Media

Registration is open for a series of free webinar workshops for the Visual Arts and New Media Individual Grant and the Indigenous Arts Individual Grant.

Indigenous arts | Visual arts & new media
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We support and celebrate Alberta art.

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts exists to encourage and support the arts as a significant contributor to quality of life in Alberta.

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Deadline: September 20, 2025 - 2:35 pm

Provincial Archives of Alberta 37th Annual Film Night Event

Events Film & video arts Edmonton
Portrait of artist Rita McKeough. She has short white hair, glasses, and is wearing a blue scarf and dark jean jacket.

Calgary's Rita McKeough selected for Lieutenant Governor award

AFA NewsArtist ProfileCommunity News Visual arts & new media

AFA Artist Spotlight - Jessica Plattner

AFA NewsArtist Profile Visual arts & new media
Deadline: September 30, 2025 - 2:15 pm

Book Release: A Summer of Dragonflies

Community News Literary arts
Deadline: September 28, 2025 - 11:25 pm

Alberta Culture Days at the Citadel Theatre

Events Film & video artsTheatre Edmonton
Deadline: November 1, 2025 - 2:25 pm

15th Annual Chrysalis Art Exhibit and Reception

Events Visual arts & new media Calgary
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Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5H 0A1
780-427-9968
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The AFA respectfully acknowledges that it supports artistic activity on 
Treaty 6, 7 and 8 territories: traditional lands of First Nations and Métis peoples.

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