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Job Opportunity: Ticketing Services Representative

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Ticketing Services Representative (part-time, hourly) – supporting our front-line customer service and ticketing operations.

DEADLINE: May 29, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Summer Job Opportunity: Indigenous Relations & Programming Assistant

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Indigenous Relations & Programming Assistant (7-week Canada Summer Jobs position) – supporting the planning, coordination, and delivery of culturally grounded events and community initiatives that celebrate Indigenous voices, storytelling, and meaningful connection through the arts.

DEADLINE: May 25, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Gallery@501 Members Exhibition

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Gallery@501 is proud to present Common Ground, a new exhibition featuring artwork by 65 members of Gallery@501. Opening May 7, 2026, the exhibition runs through to June 24, 2026. In Common Ground, artists reflect on what it means to find common ground across Treaty 6 Territory, within communities and through the members' lived experiences.

DEADLINE: June 24, 2026 - 5:00 pm

Call for Workshop Proposals: ENVIRON

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Alberta Craft Council seeks artists to lead hands-on ENVIRON workshops focused on repair and material reuse initiatives.

DEADLINE: May 29, 2026 - 11:59 pm

Artist Profile: Maureen Callihoo and Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet

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On May 14 at 7 pm, discover how Indigenous mother-daughter artists Maureen Callihoo and Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet weave together family history and culture in their art at AFA art house in Calgary.

DEADLINE: May 14, 2026 - 7:00 pm

EIFF's Road to 40: Bye Bye Blues!

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Join us at Metro Cinema on Thursday, May 28 at 6:30pm for a screening of Bye Bye Blues, to be followed by an in-person Q&A with celebrated Canadian filmmaker Anne Wheeler.

DEADLINE: May 28, 2026 - 6:30 pm

Call for Submissions: 2027 Gallery Season Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek @ The Lebel

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The Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek is currently accepting submissions for our 2027 season. We invite solo and group artists to apply for the 2027 exhibition season.

DEADLINE: August 14, 2026 - 11:59 pm

AFA art house After Hours: Care, Creativity, and Generations: A Fireside Conversation

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Join us for an AFA art house After Hours fireside-style conversation with mother and daughter artists Maureen Callihoo and Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet on Thursday, May 14, 2026 from 7 to 8 pm.

DEADLINE: May 14, 2026 - 7:00 pm

Applications open for Alberta's Artist in Residence and Arts Ambassador

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Apply by June 15 for up to $50,000 to serve a one-year term as Alberta's next Artist in Residence.

DEADLINE: June 15, 2026 - 11:59 pm

Job Opportunity: Interim Artistic Coordinator, Pops

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The Calgary Philharmonic seeks a detail oriented and energetic Interim Artistic Coordinator, Pops to join its administrative team.

DEADLINE: May 29, 2026 - 5:00 pm