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Fostering Arts and Culture in Alberta

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is the primary arts resource and grant funding body in Alberta.

Access, Belonging and Community Connection

Learn how the AFA is working towards its goal of full and equal participation in the arts in Alberta.

Find funding

AFA funding opportunities provide support for Alberta arts organizations and individual artists through a variety of granting programs.

Section of sculpture: Transect by Firebrand Glass (Julia Reimer and Tyler Rock), 2017, stainless steel, laminated glass, cast glass, archival photos, Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts

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The AFA collects, manages and shares the largest collection of visual artwork by Albertan artists anywhere in the world.

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Classes & Workshops Funding

Registration is open for a series of free webinar workshops for the Visual Arts and New Media Individual Grant and the Indigenous Arts Individual Grant.

Indigenous arts | Visual arts & new media

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We support and celebrate Alberta art.

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts exists to encourage and support the arts as a significant contributor to quality of life in Alberta.

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Deadline: October 11, 2025 - 9:25 pm

Fostering Arts and Culture in Alberta

Access, Belonging and Community Connection

Find funding

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We support and celebrate Alberta art.

News

Parfleche Painting workshop with Alaynee Goodwill-Littlechild

Provincial Archives of Alberta 37th Annual Film Night Event

Calgary's Rita McKeough selected for Lieutenant Governor award

AFA Artist Spotlight - Jessica Plattner

Book Release: A Summer of Dragonflies

Alberta Culture Days at the Citadel Theatre

Fostering Arts and Culture in Alberta

Access, Belonging and Community Connection

Find funding

Collection

Spotlight Post

We support and celebrate Alberta art.

News

Parfleche Painting workshop with Alaynee Goodwill-Littlechild

Provincial Archives of Alberta 37th Annual Film Night Event

Calgary's Rita McKeough selected for Lieutenant Governor award

AFA Artist Spotlight - Jessica Plattner

Book Release: A Summer of Dragonflies

Alberta Culture Days at the Citadel Theatre

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