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

Collection

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
Register today for the AFA's Free Virtual Grant Workshop Series - Visual Arts & New Media

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: September 6, 2025 - 6:30 pm

Talk City Music Conference - Grants & Funding Panel

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Deadline: September 13, 2025 - 2:30 pm

Job Opportunity: Event Services Coordinator

Arts opportunity All disciplines Calgary Jobs
Deadline: October 1, 2025 - 2:30 pm

Call for Submissions for the Lacombe Art Guild's Search of a New Logo Design

Arts opportunity Visual arts & new media Central Alberta Call for Submissions
Deadline: September 30, 2025 - 2:30 pm

Call For Submissions: Wild Skies Press

Arts opportunity Literary arts Call for Submissions
Deadline: September 6, 2025 - 2:15 pm

Call for Submissions: Playwrights Lab 2025/26 | Citadel Theatre

Arts opportunity Theatre Edmonton Call for Submissions
Deadline: September 10, 2025 - 2:30 pm

Workshop: Intro to Screenprinting on Fabric

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The AFA respectfully acknowledges that it supports artistic activity on 
Treaty 6, 7 and 8 territories: traditional lands of First Nations and Métis peoples.

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