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Link to Collections Snakeskin Prep Workshop

Collections Snakeskin Prep Workshop

Date: Mar 21, 2024

Hang out behind the scenes with Royal Alberta Museum experts in their conservation labs and learn how to spread and pin a snake skin.

Deadline: May 30, 2024 - 5:30 pm

Link to Collections Bird Wing Prep Workshop

Collections Bird Wing Prep Workshop

Date: Mar 21, 2024

Hang out behind the scenes with Royal Alberta Museum experts in their conservation labs and learn how to spread and pin a bird wing.

Deadline: Apr 25, 2024 - 5:30 pm

Link to YEG Old Houses & Colorful Travel Journey

YEG Old Houses & Colorful Travel Journey

Date: Mar 18, 2024

Aeris Osborne, the '22 Alberta AIR's latest solo art exhibition - YEG Old Houses & Colorful Travel Journey exhibits at Leduc Arts Foundry

Deadline: Mar 29, 2024 - 5:00 pm

Link to Call for Artists: Community and Belonging Fibre Arts Exhibition

Call for Artists: Community and Belonging Fibre Arts Exhibition

Date: Jan 30, 2024

Fibre artists are invited to submit up to three aspirational works that fits the theme of the Community and Belonging.

Deadline: Apr 3, 2024 - 11:45 pm

Link to A Q&A with artist Peter Hide

A Q&A with artist Peter Hide

Date: Nov 20, 2023

The AFA sits down with artist Peter Hide for a Q&A.
Link to New public artwork documenting Indigenous relation to the land installed in downtown Edmonton

New public artwork documenting Indigenous relation to the land installed in downtown Edmonton

Date: Mar 3, 2023

Indigenous relation to the land in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) is the subject of a new artwork.
Link to "Alberta and the Group of Seven" at Government House

"Alberta and the Group of Seven" at Government House

Date: Jul 23, 2019

Did you know there was a strong connection between Alberta and members of the Group of Seven?
Link to Public art walking tours of Capital Boulevard on Culture Days

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.