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Call for Visual Art Submissions: Emerging Artist Exhibit
Date: Feb 16, 2021
Submissions are now open for The Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery Exhibit: Emerging Artists! in association with the IGNITE! Festival.
Deadline: Mar 19, 2021 - 4:00 pm
The Chelsea International Photography Competition 2020-2021
Date: Feb 14, 2021
The Chelsea International Photography Competition celebrates gifted, notable, and fresh talents in the world of photography.
Deadline: Apr 27, 2021 - 10:00 pm
The Works to Work Summer Internship | The Works Art & Design Festival
Date: Feb 10, 2021
The Works Art & Design Festival is hiring part-time assistants in their Production and Marketing streams!
Deadline: Mar 19, 2021 - 11:45 pm
Art Aquisition by Application | Deadline is April 1
Date: Feb 10, 2021
The annual Art Acquisition by Application deadline is coming up on April 1, 2021.
Deadline: Apr 1, 2021 - 11:45 pm
Open Call | Leighton Art Centre 2022 Exhibition Season
Date: Feb 8, 2021
Leighton Art Centre seeks submissions for solo or group exhibitions for its 2022 exhibition season.
Deadline: Jul 5, 2021 - 12:00 pm
The Works Art & Design Festival Call to Enter: Major Projects
Date: Feb 5, 2021
The Works seeks proposals for temporary works or installations to animate Sir Winston Churchill Square and other outdoor public spaces in 2021.
Deadline: Mar 12, 2021 - 4:30 pm
Call for Nominations | 2021 Sobey Art Award
Date: Jan 27, 2021
Nominations are open for the 2021 Sobey Art Award, the most generous honour for contemporary Canadian visual artists aged 40 and under.
Deadline: Mar 5, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Call for Submissions | Short Docs via Hulu and IF/Then Shorts' First Short Documentary Lab
Date: Jan 26, 2021
Four filmmaking teams will be chosen to participate in a one-year lab focused on short-documentary production and career training.
Call for Submissions | The Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize
Date: Jan 21, 2021
It is not too soon to think about nominating a Greater Edmonton visual artist or artists for the 2021 Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize!
Deadline: Mar 12, 2021 - 4:00 pm
Leighton Art Centre Launches Search For Next Executive Director
Date: Jan 18, 2021
Albertan arts, education, and historical organization searching for its next Executive Director.