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Spotlight on Arts Audiences - Wave 2 Results
Date: Jun 13, 2024
Second set of results of a long-term study on understanding Alberta arts audiences. Watch a presentation of the report.
21st Conference "Performing Arts Between Tradition and Contemporaneity"
Date: Jun 4, 2024
Meet professionals from around the world, establish creative connections, and engage in workshops and presentations over the course of three days.
Deadline: Jul 17, 2024 - 11:45 pm
New Artist Residency in Rural Central Alberta
Date: May 17, 2024
The Buttermaker House is a new artist residency in the central Alberta hamlet of Markerville. The residency welcomes writers, musicians, performers, a
Mountain Writers Intensive 2024
Date: May 16, 2024
This residency offers writers the opportunity to work on mountain, landscape, or environmentally themed projects.
Deadline: Jul 17, 2024 - 11:45 pm
WordsWorth 2024: DRAGONSONG - Registration Open!!
Date: Apr 8, 2024
WordsWorth is a week-long creative writing residency for youth ages 11-19.
Deadline: Jun 24, 2024 - 11:45 pm
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
Spotlight on Arts Audiences - Wave 1 Results
Date: Jan 29, 2024
First set of results of a long-term study on understanding Alberta arts audiences. Watch a presentation of the report.
Survey Results | The New Experience Economy - Wave 6
Date: Jan 19, 2022
6th and final wave of results of a long-term study to gauge Alberta audiences' attitudes towards returning to live arts and culture venues and events.