Visual arts & new media

Don’t let your art hit a wall — paint it! This course, taught at Red Deer Polytechnic, is designed to deconstruct the mystery and trepidation around mural-making for new-to-it artists. Learn practical mural-making skills, and how plan & propose your own murals to granting organizations. We’ll look to visual projects from around the globe for inspiration and learn from talks by local mural artists. Throughout the week, class-mates will create their own collaborative group murals.

Taught by Amber Solberg, a muralist and project facilitator for not-for-profit kindness society, Altruistic Current. To date, Amber’s worked on a handful of murals, bringing together the work of 200 Community Members and 15 Professional Artists in making community murals for the Halifax Regional Municipality, the Downtown Halifax Business Association, and Parks Canada.

Registration deadline: July 7, 2025
Dates/times: July 14 – 18, 2025, 9am – 4pm
Location: Red Deer Polytechnic, AB
Cost: $695

Learn more and register online at RDP Continuing Education.

This exciting opportunity is open to visual artists who are in the early stages of their arts careers. Four to six apprenticeship opportunities will be awarded to emerging artists.

The successful candidates will take part in a 14 week program (4 hours a week) from May to August at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, where they will gain valuable experience and skills to bridge them towards their professional artistic careers. Activities will include facilitating workshops to share your artistic process with the artists we support and working on collaborative art projects with artists in the Nina Collective.

The accepted apprentices will receive certificates, an honorarium, and exhibitions of their work in Edmonton City Centre and the Stollery Gallery. They will also participate in professional development panels led by experienced career artists on topics such as documenting and installing work, grant applications, and more. This is made possible through the RBC Emerging Artist Program.

The Nina Haggerty Center for the Arts is committed to fair practices that support equal opportunity. We welcome applications from persons with disabilities as well as other individuals or groups who have been traditionally marginalized. We further aim to eliminate barriers which prevent equity and diversity within our selection process. We are pleased to provide accommodation during all stages of the application process, upon request. Applicants requiring accommodation are encouraged to contact hilary@thenina.ca.

1. Visit www.thenina.ca/rbc-emerging-artists-project and fill out the form.

2. Email the following to hilary@thenina.ca:

• Current resume or CV in a PDF or Word format
• 8 – 12 images of current work in jpeg format. Please title your uploads in the following format:
  01Lastname_Firstname, 02Lastname_Firstname, etc.
• Please submit a short video in MP4 format (less than 5 minutes), describing why you are interested in this program at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts. Video submission is encouraged, however, you may also submit your answer in text in the email (less than 250 words).

Applications received after April 14 will not be considered. 

Successful candidates will be contacted on April 21st.

April 17 at 5:30 pm

Have you ever wished you could use the Royal Alberta Museum’s collections for sketching inspiration? Now’s your chance! We'll be showcasing rarely seen museum objects to create a still-life setup for you to practice your drawing skills.  

This month there will be a huge migration of birds from our collection rooms! Everything from owls, penguins, sparrows, and turkeys, you’ll have a chance to draw birds from Alberta and around the world.  

Learn more: www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/node/648