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Call for Visual Art Submissions: Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery
Date: Oct 20, 2023
Submissions are now open for The Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery Exhibit: Surreal Worlds happening January 25 – March 23, 2024.
Deadline: Dec 30, 2023 - 4:00 pm
Online grants for writers
Date: Oct 19, 2023
Join Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) literary consultant Brenda Hennig for this online grant writing presentation.
Deadline: Feb 2, 2024 - 12:00 pm
Theatre Directing Scholarship Competition 2024
Date: Oct 11, 2023
Scholarship Details: amount up to €3,000, only 5 scholarships available.
Deadline: Dec 20, 2023 - 11:45 pm
Truth and Reconciliation Day 2023
Date: Sep 29, 2023
A message of acknowledgement of Truth and Reconciliation Day from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts board of directors.
Watch now: Diversifying the Collection - Celebrating 50 years of the AFA Art Collection
Date: Sep 22, 2023
Watch how the AFA shares its collection of artworks with Albertans, in the 2nd video in its documentary series
70% of Albertans attend arts events
Date: Sep 21, 2023
The 2023 Survey of Albertans reveals that 70% of Albertans attended arts and culture events in 2022-23, while 54% participated in arts.
Call for Submissions - 2024 Calgary Region One-Act Play Festival
Date: Sep 18, 2023
2024 Calgary Region One-Act Play Festival call for registrations
Deadline: Jan 31, 2024 - 11:45 pm
Benjamin Oswald: The Shape of Absence
Date: Sep 8, 2023
This solo exhibition of new works by local ceramic artist Benjamin Oswald explores ideas of form and formlessness, presence and absence.
Deadline: Dec 9, 2023 - 5:00 pm
Sharon Rose Kootenay: Manitohkewin // Sacred Power Made Visible
Date: Aug 31, 2023
Explore the work of the 2022/23 artist in residence Sharon Rose Kootenay.
Deadline: Dec 7, 2023 - 5:00 pm
Aeris Osborne: Alberta Old Buildings with AR Experience
Date: Aug 31, 2023
Discover Alberta Old Buildings painting series with AR created by 2021/22 Artist in Residence & Arts Ambassador Aeris Osborne.