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2021 Legacy Arts Award winners announced at the Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions
Date: Jun 9, 2021
Eight outstanding Calgary artists have been honoured with a $5,000 cash prize.
Exhibition | From the Land: Indigenous Ecological Art for a New Era
Date: Jun 8, 2021
“From the Land: Indigenous Ecological Art for a New Era” focuses on the historical and changing relationships between Indigenous peoples and the land.
Deadline: Jul 2, 2021 - 5:00 pm
Leighton Art Centre Announces Reopening on June 1st
Date: May 27, 2021
Leighton Art Centre will reopen for in person visits on Tuesday June 1, following a closure of nearly 5 months.
Leighton Art Centre Launches Clothesline Online Art Sale June 1st
Date: May 25, 2021
What’s more fun than shopping for locally created original art to brighten up your home? Doing it in your PJs!
Deadline: Jun 30, 2021 - 11:45 pm
Call for Submissions | Annual Fall Art Exhibition & Sale, Beacon Original Art
Date: May 24, 2021
The call for artist submissions to participate in Beacon Original Art's juried Annual Fall Art Exhibition & Sale in Calgary is now open.
Deadline: Sep 18, 2021 - 11:45 pm
Juno-nominated Luminous Voices Releases 4th Recording
Date: May 22, 2021
Calgary’s Juno-nominated chamber choir Luminous Voices' newest CD Twelve Sacred Choral Concerti by Ukranian composer Artem Vedel (1767- 1808).
Job Opportunity | Marketing & Communications Coordinator at Arts Commons
Date: May 21, 2021
Arts Commons is seeking a Marketing & Communications Coordinator for a summer contract!
SHOWBIZ KIDS Musical Theatre Summer Camps
Date: May 19, 2021
Sing, dance, act! SHOWBIZ KIDS musical theatre summer camps are back!
Call for Submissions | Leighton Art Centre, Foothills
Date: May 14, 2021
Leighton Art Centre is calling for submissions for our 2022 Exhibition Season.
Deadline: Jul 5, 2021 - 12:00 pm
The Creative Incubator Initiative
Date: May 3, 2021
cSPACE Projects & the Calgary Foundation respond to the challenges facing artists in the face of the pandemic with the Creative Incubator Initiative.