Application Deadline June 25, 2025
Program Dates Nov 17, 2025 - Dec 05, 2025
The three-week Indigenous Fashion Runway Residency offers four Indigenous fashion designers the opportunity to build their portfolios and showcase their runway work in a professional setting.
The Thousand Faces Festival Association welcomes artists and groups from all disciplines to submit proposals for inclusion of their mythically-inspired performances, films, and visual works at the 2025 Thousand Faces Festival.
Festival Dates: June 21 & 22, 2025
Festival Overview
ART/Work: That's a (Vinyl) Wrap – From Idea to Install
Curious about how public art vinyl wraps come to life? Join us for the next session in our ART/Work professional development series, "That’s a (Vinyl) Wrap: From Idea to Install," on Wednesday, April 2, at 6:30 PM.
Get your art fix, shop for Mother’s Day or treat yourself to something special! Meet over 45 local emerging to established artists showcasing: Painting, Jewelry, Glass, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture and Textiles. Join us April 26 & 27 from 10am - 4pm with free parking and admission, draws and no GST. With different artists each day and hundreds of unique handmade artworks, you are sure to find art as unique as you! For more Info: Upcoming Show
Faye HeavyShield
blood, 2004
cotton, cotton string, acrylic
In celebration of International Women's Day we are proud to share, blood—the work of Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield.
Two of HeavyShield’s installation artworks, blood and homecoming, from the AFA’s Art Collection have been selected for Bold Women, a landmark exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas.
The show features over forty primarily Indigenous, Black, Newcomers and LGBT women artists as well as those of gender non-conforming identities whose visionary ideas and experimentation demonstrate the concept of boldness through challenging dominant institutional, cultural and social boundaries and reshaping historical narratives.
Set to open February 18 and running through to July 6, 2025, the exhibition includes 75 artworks from various disciplines including photography, sculpture, textiles, paintings, video, installations and is organized across four galleries each exploring one element of boldness:
The exhibition was curated by Susan Earle, the Spencer Museum’s curator of European and American Art, along with a team of diverse curatorial collaborators from across North America including the Brooklyn Museum’s Curator Dr. Kimberli Grant and Wanda Nanibush, an Anishinaabe curator from the Beausoleil First Nation in Ontario among others.
Faye HeavyShield is a member of the Blood Nation. She graduated from the Alberta College of Art in 1985, and continued her studies at the University of Calgary. Gaining prominence and recognition in the past few years, her work has been the subject of many solo shows including major exhibitions of First Nations contemporary art. HeavyShield's work is a fusion of highly evolved personal and powerful imagery influenced by her Christian and Blood upbringing. Her minimalist installations are metaphors of the human body and a reflection of her personal experiences.
Meet the bold women of the AFA's Board of Directors that are passionate about the arts and work steadfastly to support a vibrant Alberta arts community that sparks innovation, bursts with creativity, fosters understanding, and promotes belonging.
Click the names of the board members and watch as they share their personal takes on the importance of the arts in Alberta.
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International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8 around the globe. IWD has been celebrated globally since 1911 and is an important day that highlights the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
This year’s IWD theme focuses on accelerating action for gender equality. We encourage you to take part in an IWD event within your community and continue supporting women in the arts throughout the year.
Two of Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield’s installation artworks, blood and homecoming, from the AFA’s Art Collection have been selected for Bold Women.
Two of Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield’s installation artworks, blood and homecoming, from the AFA’s Art Collection have been selected for Bold Women.
Two of Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield’s installation artworks, blood and homecoming, from the AFA’s Art Collection have been selected for Bold Women.
We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta.
The City of Calgary is also home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6.
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Celebrate The Carrot’s 18th Birthday on July 19, 2025, with an unforgettable day of Chalk-It-Up fun! Watch chalk artists create stunning masterpieces, enjoy live music, indulge in delicious food, and explore the all-ages Artisan Market. Starting at 9 AM, dive into a day filled with creativity, performances, and good vibes. Bring your loved ones, make memories, and experience a day full of joy, laughter, and artistry. Don’t miss out—this is a celebration you won’t want to miss!
Celebrate The Carrot’s 18th Birthday on July 19th with live music, delicious food, chalk art, and an Artisan Market! Fun for all ages, don’t miss out!
Celebrate The Carrot’s 18th Birthday on July 19th with live music, delicious food, chalk art, and an Artisan Market! Fun for all ages, don’t miss out!
Celebrate The Carrot’s 18th Birthday on July 19th with live music, delicious food, chalk art, and an Artisan Market! Fun for all ages, don’t miss out!
Celebrate The Carrot’s 18th Birthday on July 19, 2025, with an unforgettable day of Chalk-It-Up fun! Watch chalk artists create stunning masterpieces, enjoy live music, indulge in delicious food, and explore the all-ages Artisan Market. Starting at 9 AM, dive into a day filled with creativity, performances, and good vibes. Bring your loved ones, make memories, and experience a day full of joy, laughter, and artistry. Don’t miss out—this is a celebration you won’t want to miss!
Online September 02 - 06, 2025 In Person September 08 - October 03, 2025
Application Deadline May 07, 2025
The five-week hybrid residency will engage 12 visual artists whose artistic practice includes land-based themes, environmental sustainability, Indigenous narratives of the land, and/or use of natural materials.
