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15th Annual Wildflower Art Salon & Sale

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Join us for another great sale on Sunday December 7, 2025 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Wildflower Arts Centre.

DEADLINE: December 8, 2025 - 12:30 am

Calgary Public Library's Residency and Grant Opportunities for Artists

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Learn about the Calgary Public Library's Indigenous and Newcomer residencies and Indigenous Placemaking programs, including participants' experiences.

DEADLINE: October 16, 2025 - 2:25 pm

Call for Exhibition Volunteers: Entwined

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Contemporary Calgary is seeking enthusiastic exhibition volunteers to support our upcoming group exhibition, Entwined.

DEADLINE: November 17, 2025 - 12:55 am

WHISPERS FROM THE BLACK GODS

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They Are… The Black Gods: A spell of memory and magic that awakens roots, identity, and the ancestral power of Afro-Cuban heritage.

DEADLINE: October 26, 2025 - 12:30 am

EMI LAARA: LITTLE STORIES TO DREAM

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Emí Laará: Where Afro-Cuban identity, imagination, and magic come alive.

DEADLINE: October 25, 2025 - 2:25 pm

FOR THE BIG KID IN YOU

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Film, puppetry, and theatre that inspire us to dream and reflect on social justice, diversity, and transformation.

DEADLINE: October 24, 2025 - 2:30 pm

Beacon Original Art's Fall Art Exhibition & Sale

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October 18 & 19 with over 45 emerging to established artists showcasing: painting, jewelry, glass, photography, ceramics, sculpture and textiles

DEADLINE: October 19, 2025 - 10:25 pm

Call to Artists: MNP Community & Sport Centre Public Art

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The Lindsay Park Sports Society (LPSS), overseeing the MNP Community & Sport Centre in Calgary, Alberta, invites professional local, national, and international artists or artist-led teams with public art experience to apply for Stage 1 of this two-stage public art competition as part of the Leisure Expansion Aquatics Project (LEAP).

DEADLINE: October 25, 2025 - 2:14 pm

Heather Edwards Theatre Space Available

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Are you an arts and culture organization, collective, or individual hoping to bring your work to the stage? Do you want to realize your projects with all the equipment of a modern theatre? Contemporary Calgary is seeking community partners to bring engaging cultural experiences to the Heather Edwards Theatre as well as to contribute to the development of Calgary’s performing arts community.

DEADLINE: October 31, 2025 - 3:15 pm

Workshop: Intro to Stone Lithography

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This is the first time we have listed this workshop in almost 2 years and it is back! Learn Stone Lithography! No experience required.

DEADLINE: October 13, 2025 - 2:04 pm