Arts opportunity

Write On! The Songwriting Experience is an 8-month mentorship program based in Calgary, Alberta, designed to support and develop emerging songwriters. Launching its fifth season in September 2025, the program offers a comprehensive journey from songwriting to music release. Applications for the 2025–2026 season are now open, with a deadline of July 31, 2025. The program is open to songwriters of all levels and genres with a passion for community and collaboration. Head over to writeon-songs.com for more details and to apply by July 31. 

FUND DEVELOPMENT OFFICER (contractor position)

The Leighton Art Centre (LAC) is looking for a dynamic individual with exceptional development and grant skills to join our team! The LAC is at an exciting time in its evolution and the FDO will play a key role in facilitating the future of revenue generation for the LAC.

Call to Artists: 2026 Discovery Gallery Exhibition Proposals
Applications accepted until: Monday, September 1, 2025 at 11:59 pm MT

Alberta Craft is calling for exhibition proposals for the 2026 line-up at the Alberta Craft Discovery Gallery in Edmonton.  

Phase-one Digital Application Deadline: Tuesday, July 8, 11:59 PM, MST

The Gallery Shop retail spaces in both Edmonton and Calgary generate sales for artists, provide valuable career mentorship, product feedback, learning opportunities for the public, and revenue for the Alberta Craft Council to deliver additional programming.  

Who is this call for? We encourage all levels from emerging to established artists working in craft specific media to apply if they are looking for a retail venue to develop their career. Applicants must be Alberta-based artists.  

Open to artists working in all visual arts mediums, this program is faculty-led while providing space, time, and support towards the development of an agreed-upon studio project. 

As well as having the opportunity to research, experiment, and create, participants are part of a community of emerging artists committed to developing and expanding their practice. They will participate in faculty-led conversations around the contexts that artists establish for the production and presentation of their work.

Overview  

This two-week immersive residency offers individual dancers the opportunity to explore and embody the unique choreographic languages of three internationally acclaimed dance artists - Kirsten Wicklund, Marie Gyselbrecht, and Cyril Baldy.

Participants will rotate through choreographic labs with each faculty artist, taking part in daily technique and improvisation classes that support embodied exploration.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Marketing, the Digital Marketing Coordinator at Theatre Calgary will play a key role in developing and implementing Theatre Calgary’s marketing and communications strategies. You will work closely with a highly creative team to assist in the production of powerful marketing initiatives that drive greater brand awareness, audience development, sales and global recognition among audiences that positions Theatre Calgary as an industry leader.

ARCHIVE ASSISTANT

Alberta Printmakers (A/P) is seeking an enthusiastic individual who is community-minded, has a keen interest in public gallery practices, and possesses a passion for printmaking as a contemporary artform.

This is a temporary full-time opportunity that is contingent on funding approval through the Canada Summer Jobs program.

Term of employment:     July 7, 2025 – August 29, 2025; Full-Time Temporary Contract