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
Event Date and Time: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7-9pm
Event Description: Still Move: Studio Arts 2025 BFA Grad Show at MacEwan University features the work of artists Keni Ayuno, Lydia Buhay, Isabella Camerino, Michelle Goulet, Kathleen MacKay, Maya Pereira, Sutharot Plia, Lindsey Powlik and Alethea Recla. In a wide range of creative practices, the artworks in this exhibition offer nine different meditations on the idea that stillness and movement are not exclusive of one another.
The American Orchid Society judged show is the largest of its kind in Canada, with over 15,000 square feet of all things orchid. The weekend also features an art exhibition and awards ceremony.
Orchid enthusiasts will find hundreds of orchids of every shape, size, and color, from the rare to the truly unusual from local vendors and those as far as Taiwan and Ecuador. Hands-on potting demonstrations and cultural information will be available for the beginner and expert grower alike.
The Town of Sylvan Lake is hosting its third Art Show & Sale, and is open for artist submissions! The Art Show & Sale features Albertan artists who specialize in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, photography, sculpture and more. Taking place during Sylvan's 1913 Days festival (which draws in tens of thousands of visitors to the town), it's an opportunity for artists to show their work to new audiences, make connections and sell their art.
About the Artist in Residency Program
KOAC was established as a passion project for artists Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe and officially received charitable status in 2007.
We’re elated to share our next call-for-submissions for Spring 2025, Flower Power: Flora of Alberta! The exhibition will take place on May 3, 2025, at Burnt Toast Studio.
10 posters will be selected and curated by members of Burnt Toast Studio, in partnership with The Artist Lounge. All selected designs will have a limited print edition of 30, and the artist will be provided an honorarium, a printed poster and class discounts.
Submissions are NOW OPEN and will close March 29, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Don’t let your art hit a wall — paint it! This course, taught at Red Deer Polytechnic, is designed to deconstruct the mystery and trepidation around mural-making for new-to-it artists. Learn practical mural-making skills, and how plan & propose your own murals to granting organizations. We’ll look to visual projects from around the globe for inspiration and learn from talks by local mural artists. Throughout the week, class-mates will create their own collaborative group murals.
This exciting opportunity is open to visual artists who are in the early stages of their arts careers. Four to six apprenticeship opportunities will be awarded to emerging artists.
Have you ever wished you could use the Royal Alberta Museum’s collections for sketching inspiration? Now’s your chance! We'll be showcasing rarely seen museum objects to create a still-life setup for you to practice your drawing skills.
This month there will be a huge migration of birds from our collection rooms! Everything from owls, penguins, sparrows, and turkeys, you’ll have a chance to draw birds from Alberta and around the world.
Learn more: https://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/node/648
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.
