Browse our funding opportunities to discover how AFA funding can support your personal artistic practice or your organization's arts programming or projects.
Public Art Galleries Operating Funding
Deadline: Apr 1/21
Three-year funding for professional organizations to program and display exhibitions of visual arts.
Cultural Relations Organization Project Funding
Deadline: Mar 31/19
Funding to support art presentations that have been formally invited to present outside of Alberta.
Community Support Organizations Operating Funding
Deadline: Mar 1/19
Annual funding for not-for-profit community organizations that provide arts programs and services.
Emerging Curator Fellowship
Deadline: Sep 16/19
This fellowship provides up to $10,000 to develop an online exhibition of Albertan visual art.
Art Acquisitions by Application
Deadline: Apr 1/19
Apply to have your artwork become part of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) art collection
Queen's Golden Jubilee Scholarship for Visual Arts
Deadline: Mar 1/19
This scholarship of $5,000 is awarded annually to a young Albertan visual artist.
Cultural Relations Individual Project Funding
Deadline: Mar 31/19
Funding to support artists who are formally invited to represent Alberta or Canada.
Travel Grant for Individuals and Ensembles
Deadline(s): Dec 3/18, Mar 1/19, Jun 3/19, Sep 3/19
This funding provides up to $2,500 to perform or present original work outside of Alberta.
Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Funding
Deadline(s): Mar 1/19, Sep 3/19
This funding provides up to $15,000 to support a specific visual arts or new media project.
ISCP Residency in New York Funding
Deadline: Sep 3/19
This funding supports one three-month residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program.
Arts Presenting Project Funding
Deadline: Nov 22/18
Funding supporting the public presentation of professional artists by reimbursing a portion of fees.
Summer School Project Funding
Deadline: Jul 15/19
This funding supports organizations in delivering residence-based art summer schools.
Organizations: Arts Project Funding
Deadline(s): Dec 3/18, Jun 3/19
This funding assists not-for-profit organizations by providing funding for a specific arts project.