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Link to Watch: The Art of Hide Tanning - an AFA Commemorative Art Project

Watch: The Art of Hide Tanning - an AFA Commemorative Art Project

Date: Dec 15, 2017

See the video of The Art of Hide Tanning: commissioned Indigenous artworks featuring the traditional hide tanning process taught at Portage College.
Link to Public art walking tours of Capital Boulevard on Culture Days

Public art walking tours of Capital Boulevard on Culture Days

Date: Oct 2, 2017

AFA partnered with The Works International Visual Arts Society to offer free guided walking tours of public art during Alberta Culture Days 2017.
Link to Meet me at the public art

Meet me at the public art

Date: Sep 13, 2016

Learn about how artwork from the AFA Public Art Commission program enhances public space often evolving into a community landmark.
Link to Alberta's ever-evolving visual arts community

Alberta's ever-evolving visual arts community

Date: Aug 30, 2016

We’ve collected some highlights of the ever-changing organism that is visual arts in Alberta over the last 25 years.
Link to Alberta art shines at the National Gallery of Canada

Alberta art shines at the National Gallery of Canada

Date: Aug 9, 2016

Calgary-based Chris Cran and Cold Lake’s Alex Janvier each had noteworthy, full-career retrospective shows at the National Gallery of Canada in 2016

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