COVID-19 alert
The AFA recognizes this is an extremely difficult time for Alberta's arts sector. Learn more about our COVID-19 response here.
The AFA recognizes this is an extremely difficult time for Alberta's arts sector. Learn more about our COVID-19 response here.
Alberta has declared a state of public emergency under the Public Health Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit Alberta.ca for updates and information on actions the government is taking to protect Albertans and prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
To our arts community,
As of March 17, 2020, the Government of Alberta is implementing measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, including new restrictions on mass gatherings, which is significantly impacting arts and culture events, programming, and activities.
The AFA recognizes this is an extremely difficult time for artists and arts organizations in our province, and we remain committed to supporting members of Alberta’s arts community who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are actively and as quickly as possible assessing options to best support artists and arts organizations during this time:
We will continue to post information and updates there as they become available.
During this difficult time, we encourage fair compensation and reasonable accommodations be provided for individual artists and cultural workers whose contracts and gigs are being postponed or cancelled at this time. It is so important to recognize that an artist’s income can be irregular at the best of times, and it is anticipated that the response to COVID-19 will likely be a prolonged undertaking.
The health and well-being of Alberta artists and arts organizations and the public as a whole is of primary importance to the AFA. As an agency of the Government of Alberta, we are working directly with the Ministry to provide updates, share information, and discuss ways government and the AFA as its conduit, can continue to address this situation.
Your friends at the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
View our earlier message from March 13, 2020.
10708-105 Ave,
Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5H 0A1
780-427-9968
(toll-free within Alberta by first dialing 310-0000)