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International Women's Day 2024
Date: Mar 8, 2024
Inspire inclusiveness and celebrate women in the arts.
Final Tuning 2025 - Dance Residency
Date: Mar 4, 2024
The Final Tuning residency offers two dance companies the time, space, and resources to take their previously developed work to the next stage.
Deadline: Apr 17, 2024 - 11:45 pm
Dance Artists in Residence 2024
Date: Mar 4, 2024
Focused studio time in an unparalleled mountain environment, for the creation and development of new dance works.
Deadline: Apr 17, 2024 - 11:45 pm
The Citadel Theatre presents The Mountaintop
Date: Mar 1, 2024
The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagination of events the night before the assassination of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King.
Deadline: Apr 21, 2024 - 5:00 pm
Budget 2024
Date: Mar 1, 2024
In Budget 2024, funding for the AFA is increasing to $30.1 million. Read our full statement on the AFA budget.
Work of the Week selection inspired by Pink Shirt Day
Date: Feb 28, 2024
Pink Shirt Day is a significant day that raises awareness about bullying.
Literary Journalism Residency: Environmental Writing
Date: Feb 20, 2024
This residency, at Banff Centre, is for writers who are exploring, testing, witnessing and reporting back on universal environmental concerns.
Deadline: Oct 2, 2024 - 11:45 pm
Winter Writers Residency 2025 - Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
Date: Feb 20, 2024
A self-directed program for writers from all creative genres to retreat, reconnect and re-energize their practice.
Deadline: Sep 11, 2024 - 11:45 pm
Literary Journalism Residency - Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity
Date: Feb 20, 2024
This residency gives creative non-fiction writers the time to work on their manuscripts, have consultations with faculty and participate in workshops.
Deadline: Jul 17, 2024 - 11:45 pm
Work of the Week: Resting in Awareness by Gordon Harper
Date: Feb 16, 2024
The AFA will be closed for Family Day.