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AFA Artists and Education Funding Opportunity workshops
Date: Jan 24, 2022
Teacher's Convention workshop to learn more about the AFA Artists and Education Funding Opportunity and how to enhance your proposal.
Deadline: Mar 3, 2022 - 10:00 am
ART/WORK: Grant Writing with the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Date: Jan 20, 2022
Applying for an artist grant? Nervous about the process? Don’t know where to start? Join the AAC ART/WORK virtual professional development webinar.
Deadline: Feb 3, 2022 - 6:00 pm
Survey Results | The New Experience Economy - Wave 6
Date: Jan 19, 2022
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.
Call for Artwork by Sidney Kelsie
Date: Oct 13, 2021
The Art Gallery of Alberta is looking for artwork by Sidney Kelsie.
September is Month of the Artist in Alberta
Date: Sep 1, 2021
During the Month of the Artist, Albertans recognize and raise awareness of the value artists bring to our communities.
Alberta Artist's Melancholic Photographs Included in the German Exhibition: Oil. Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age
Date: Aug 22, 2021
The groundbreaking exhibition is being considered to be "the world's first retrospective of the global modern age of petroleum."
Alberta enters Stage 3 of its Open For Summer Plan
Date: Jul 1, 2021
Alberta is now in Stage 3 of the Open for Summer Plan. All public health measures have been lifted except in specific settings.
Alberta's 2021 Distinguished Artists
Date: Jun 14, 2021
Faye HeavyShield, Cheryl Foggo, and Vicki Adams Willis receive 2021 Distinguished Artist Awards.
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.
In Memory | Harold Feist (1945-2021)
Date: Jun 8, 2021
It's with great sadness that the AFA has learned of the passing of painter Harold Feist.