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Hide Tanning Residency 2026 | Apply Now
Application Deadline May 06, 2026
Program Dates Sep 14, 2026 - Oct 02, 2026
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This three-week introductory hide tanning residency immerses participants in the tools, techniques, and hands-on processes of hide scraping and tanning. Working alongside faculty and peers, participants will learn and practice each stage of the hide-tanning process, from removing flesh to scraping and tanning the hides.
Before the Plan: Strategic Foresight for Cultural Leadership
This program is designed for arts, heritage, and creative industries professionals working in organizations of any size and across all art forms, including visual arts, galleries, museums, theatre, dance, opera, film, music, and literature.
Participants will explore how the cultural ecosystem could evolve and respond to the disruptive forces on the horizon, equipping them to better face the future(s).
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Application Deadline April 15, 2026
Program Dates Sep 14, 2026 - Sep 26, 2026
Properties Technician Program 2026
Professional Training Program for Properties Technicians
Application Deadline February 11, 2026
Program Dates Jun 26, 2026 - Jul 25, 2026
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The properties technician Professional Training Program is designed for emerging properties craftspeople who wish to develop new skills under the mentorship of industry professionals.
Participants will practice props construction, evaluate building methods and repurposing props with sustainability a strong consideration as a theatrical practice.
Work of the Week: Remembering Joan Stebbins
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In remembrance of Joan Stebbins, former Director and Curator of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery who passed away on December 13, 2025, we share her artwork “Heart Attacks.”
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Joan Stebbins, former Director and Curator of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Maansiksikaitsitapiitsinikssin (SAAG), passed away on December 13, 2025 at the age of 84.
Joan had been involved with SAAG beginning in 1979 shortly after the Gallery opened to the public. She worked her way through the organization and became Director / Curator in 1985 and served in that position until her retirement in 2007. Her leadership has been credited with the gallery being viewed as one of the country’s leading contemporary arts institutions.
Throughout Joan’s career, she has received a number of honours, which include The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artists award, a Member of the Order of Canada, an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Lethbridge, and an RCA Medal from the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
To honour the memory of Joan Stebbins and her invaluable contributions to the visual arts, we present her artwork, Heart Attacks (1979), which is part of the Collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
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In remembrance of Joan Stebbins, former Director and Curator of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery who passed away on December 13, 2025, we share her artwork “Heart Attacks.”
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In remembrance of Joan Stebbins, former Director and Curator of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery who passed away on December 13, 2025, we share her artwork “Heart Attacks.”
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Adventure Filmmakers Workshop 2026
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Mountain Writers Intensive 2026
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