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Gallery & Boutique Coordinator
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We’re looking for an organized, proactive, and communicative Gallery & Boutique Coordinator who can work independently, juggle multiple priorities, and play a hands-on role in delivering engaging community arts programming, events, and workshops. You must be flexible as weekend and evening work will be required. It is also beneficial but not a requirement to have access to a vehicle to get to and from offsite events and be able to transport equipment and supplies in your vehicle for offsite events.
Virtual Reality Storytelling Fundamentals 2027 | Apply Now (Banff Centre)
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A practical two-week intensive where artists and technologist explore the foundations for creating experiential stories in digital performance spaces.
Afro-Cuban Poetry: From Myths and Memory to Social Transformation
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This 60-minute workshop explores Afro-Cuban poetry and film as living forces of resistance—tools to defend identity, confront stereotypes, and turn silence into action.
Beyond the Postcard: Cuba’s Untold Stories
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Beyond the Postcard: Cuba’s Untold Stories opens a window into a Cuba that exists beyond the postcard image—beyond vintage cars, palm trees, and streets staged in nostalgia.
Call for Submissions: 2027 KDays Artist in Residence
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KDays is seeking early and mid-career artists and collectives working in visual arts and craft mediums to apply for the 2027 Artist in Residence Program.
Write Over Here: Indigenous Futurism Residency 2027 (Banff Centre)
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This program welcomes Indigenous screenwriters at various stages of their careers to apply individually or with a collaborator to work on adapting their work for the screen. Collaborators may include novelists, short story writers, or playwrights.
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.
Artist Profile: Sonja Jarrett
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Sonja Jarrett is a filmmaker from Slave Lake who wrote, directed, and produced her movie “Tough Love” with the support of AFA funding.
AFA's Strategic Plan is available in French and English
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On this last day of the annual Mois de la francophonie albertaine, the AFA is pleased to share its three-year Strategic Plan en français.
Survey Results | The New Experience Economy - Wave 6
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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.