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Link to Call for Visual Art Submissions: Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery

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

Link to Online grants for writers

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

Link to Theatre Directing Scholarship Competition 2024

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

Link to Truth and Reconciliation Day 2023

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.
Link to Watch now: Diversifying the Collection - Celebrating 50 years of the AFA Art Collection

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
Link to 70% of Albertans attend arts events

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.
Link to Call for Submissions - 2024 Calgary Region One-Act Play Festival

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

Link to Benjamin Oswald: The Shape of Absence

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

Link to Sharon Rose Kootenay: Manitohkewin // Sacred Power Made Visible

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

Link to Aeris Osborne: Alberta Old Buildings with AR Experience

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.

Deadline: Dec 7, 2023 - 5:00 pm

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