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Currents and Visions: 50 Years of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin

The Gallery is currently open to submissions from early-career artists for a four-part exhibition titled Currents and Visions (working title) occurring across 2026 that commemorates 50 years of the Gallery. 

Four early-career artists will be selected to engage in one of four two-person exhibitions across 2026, paired alongside one of four established artists who have previously exhibited at the Gallery. Each pairing will engage in a peer mentorship model of exhibition creation. 

This call is open to southern Alberta artists located in Treaty 7 Territory or those with a strong connection to Sikóóhkotok/Lethbridge and Treaty 7 Territory. 

For more information, including how to submit, please read the call for submissions at saag.ca/mission-opportunities. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 9, 2025.

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CURRENTS AND VISIONS: 50 YEARS OF THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA ART GALLERY MAANSIKSIKAITSITAPIITSINIKSSIN

The Gallery is currently open to submissions from early-career artists for a four-part exhibition titled Currents and Visions (working title) occurring across 2026 that commemorates 50 years of the Gallery. Four early-career artists will be selected to engage in one of four two-person exhibitions across 2026, paired alongside one of four established artists who have previously exhibited at the Gallery. Each pairing will engage in a peer mentorship model of exhibition creation.

Watch: Iinisikimm - an AFA Commemorative Arts Project

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See the video of Iinisikimm, a nighttime lantern performance and homecoming for the buffalo of Banff National Park.

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Iinisikimm is an immersive puppet-lantern performance that celebrates the reintegration of buffalo into the natural ecosystem of Banff National Park. Learn more about Iinisikimm here.

This past August, audiences in Banff and Calgary experienced outdoor performances featuring hand-made lantern puppets, drumming from Eya-Hey Nakoda, and performances by the Czapno Theatre Ensemble. The puppets shared the story of the buffalo, told by Blackfoot trickster God Napi.

The Iinisikimm group will also be producing a comic book, estimated to be released later in 2018.

If you missed the performances, fear not; you can experience a taste of Iinisikimm through the video below. 

Iinisikimm was created with support from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Commemorative Art Projects funding. Stay tuned to our news feed for more videos from the other Commemorative Art Projects.

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