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Alberta’s 1st Artist in Residence revealed
Date: Jan 31, 2019
Edmonton’s Lauren Crazybull has been named the Government of Alberta's first Artist in Residence.
Friends of University Hospitals' New Executive Director
Date: Jan 31, 2019
The Board of Directors of the Friends of University Hospitals is pleased to announce the appointment of Tyler Sherard as Executive Director.
Contemporary Calgary appoints Interim Chief Curator, Ryan Doherty
Date: Jan 17, 2019
Contemporary Calgary today announced the appointment of Ryan Doherty as Interim Chief Curator.
Alberta announces Month of the Artist and new Artist in Residence program
Date: Nov 15, 2018
Alberta is making history by becoming the first province in Canada to dedicate an entire month to the celebration of artists.
Alexis Marie Chute receives 2018 Alumni Horizon Award
Date: Sep 14, 2018
Community invited to celebrate as artist and author receives UAlberta Alumni Award on September 24.
First Canadian Culture Track Report released
Date: Aug 20, 2018
Culture Track is a national survey of cultural consumers’ attitudes, motivators, and barriers to participation. See an overview of 2018 study.
Pumphouse Theatre: Announcing The Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery
Date: Jun 22, 2018
The Pumphouse Theatre is happy to announce the renaming of our Lobby Art Gallery to be the Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery.
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize
Date: Jun 7, 2018
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for his anthology, This Wound is a World.
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins a 2018 Indigenous Voices Award
Date: Jun 6, 2018
Billy Ray was recognized for most significant work of poetry in English by an emerging Indigenous writer. Joshua Whitehead was also nominated.
Resilience - 50 Indigenous Women Artists on Billboards Coast to Coast
Date: May 4, 2018
On June 1, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) launched Resilience, a national exhibition of artworks by fifty (50) Indigenous women artists.