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Invitation to attend Re-Imaging Normal Panel on May 23rd in Edmonton
Date: Apr 20, 2018
Reserve your seat for the Re-Imaging Normal Panel on May 23rd at 6pm – 7:30pm at the Harcourt House Annex in Edmonton.
Art Commission Request for Proposals - Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA)
Date: Apr 9, 2018
A limited, two-stage competition for a public art commission in the atrium of the Art Gallery of Alberta. Deadline: 5 pm, Friday, June 1, 2018.
DataLog : Art Encoded - An Emerging Curator Exhibition
Date: Feb 8, 2018
DataLog : Art Encoded fully embraces and uses the resources of the digital realm to exhibit selected artworks from the AFA Collection
Double Take: An Emerging Curator Exhibition
Date: Feb 8, 2018
Double Take, curated by Shannon Bingeman, challenges perceptions of logical order.
Work of the Week: WINTER
Date: Dec 19, 2017
The Work of the Week is WINTER by Illingworth (Buck) Kerr.
Watch: The Art of Hide Tanning - an AFA Commemorative Art Project
Date: Dec 15, 2017
See the video of The Art of Hide Tanning: commissioned Indigenous artworks featuring the traditional hide tanning process taught at Portage College.
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: Ill Equipped & Unprepared
Date: Nov 7, 2017
The Work of the Week is Ill Equipped & Unprepared by April Dean
Public art walking tours of Capital Boulevard on Culture Days
Date: Oct 2, 2017
AFA partnered with The Works International Visual Arts Society to offer free guided walking tours of public art during Alberta Culture Days 2017.
Imperial donated four artworks to AFA Collection
Date: Mar 24, 2017
To celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial, an estimated $6 million in artworks will be donated to Canadian museums and galleries, including the AFA.