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Resilience - 50 Indigenous Women Artists on Billboards Coast to Coast
Date: May 4, 2018
On June 1, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) will launch Resilience, a national exhibition of artworks by fifty (50) Indigenous women artists.
AFA Public Art Commission Awarded to Portage College
Date: Apr 24, 2018
This funding will be used to commission three pieces of work from Indigenous artists for MOAPPA's Celebrating New Dawn project.
Alberta represented in 2018 Sobey Art Award longlist nominations
Date: Apr 24, 2018
Alberta born artists Hannah Doerksen and Elif Saydam, and current Alberta resident Jordan Bennett, were nominated. Shortlist coming May 29.
Société des arts visuels de l’Alberta (SAVA) announces new General Manager
Date: Apr 3, 2018
Patrick Dunn is the new General Manager of SAVA and Edmonton’s francophone art gallery, the Centre d’arts visuels de l’Alberta (CAVA).
Puppets Get Their Day and Announce Conference (with video!)
Date: Mar 15, 2018
City Proclaims March 21st World Puppetry Day in Calgary
Work of the Week: 3 artworks in memoriam
Date: Feb 22, 2018
We lost three artists represented in the AFA collection in February 2018. This week we feature artworks by all three artists in their memory.
Adrian Stimson awarded 2018 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts
Date: Feb 21, 2018
Adrian Stimson, a multidisciplinary artist based in Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation, Alberta, is a recipient of the 2018 GGArts Awards.
"Canadian musicians" in Denmark
Date: Dec 10, 2017
Sculptor from Calgary creates a public art piece for a beautiful town of Skovby in Denmark.
Redpoll Centre Public Art Commission
Date: Nov 23, 2017
Arts Council Wood Buffalo in partnership with the Alberta Foundations for the Arts has unveiled a new commission by local artist Lucie Bause.
Work of the Week: Legacy of a Liberated Culture
Date: Jul 17, 2017
The Work of the Week is Legacy of a Liberated Culture by Jane Ash Poitras.