International Society of Experimental Artists (ISEA) is hosting our 31st annual international, open, juried exhibition INNOVATIONS 2022 and Pushing Boundaries [REBOOT] 2022 Symposium in St. Albert, Alberta. Both events are wonderful opportunities for Canadian artists. 

INNOVATIONS 2022 will be held in-person Aug 18-Oct 1 at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, Alberta. Significant international exposure, and over US$14,000 in prizes, will be awarded. The Call for Submissions is open from Mar 1-31. 

Pushing Boundaries [REBOOT] 2022 is our 31st Annual Symposium, also in St. Albert, from Sep 1-6. An exciting line-up of 20 artists and art professionals will present over 30 workshops, demos, keynote speeches and discussions. Check out the full line-up of events, presenters, schedules, and registration information

The City of St. Albert and innovative art supply retailer The Paint Spot have also partnered with ISEA to present PBR 2022. The City will provide studio facilities for workshops at St. Albert Place and at AGSA, in the heart of downtown. The Paint Spot will provide registrants with discounted workshop kits, a significant discount on online orders to September 30th, and an onsite demo of new and unusual products.

Would you like to be part of the team, making these events a huge success? We welcome volunteers! Click the Subscribe button on our Volunteer web page.

Treasures of Taber
and
Southern Alberta Artists

Free Art Exhibition

June 3rd, 2022
Meet and Greet
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Taber Legion Hall
5205 – 48th Avenue, Taber

June 4th, 2022
Open Mic / Visual Art
Taber Legion Hall
11:00 am – 4:00 pm

Like to Listen to Music
Poetry, Short Stories
Love to look at great Photos and Artwork
Just want something to do

Art is imagination, Imagination takes life beyond limits
For more information contact:
Open Mic - Richard Betts
Visual - Kevin O’Grady 403-223-8766
Email: kevin.ogrady.kog@gmail.com

No Cost Art Exhibition / Donations are Welcomed
Artist don’t wait to book
We have only a limited number of spots

The Government of Alberta is now accepting grant applications for Alberta Culture Days 2022, which will take place September 1 – 30, 2022. The month-long celebration will showcase talent from across the province to acknowledge Alberta’s heritage, arts, community spirit, and cultural diversity.

Communities and organizations can apply for the Alberta Culture Days grant to help build partnerships, encourage local talent, and boost existing cultural programs. There are grants of up to $10,000 available to support community and nonprofit organizations hosting events that celebrate culture. The deadline for submissions is May 12, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Learn more on how you can apply.

• news release in English and French

For inquiries, contact:

• Phone: 780-415-0281
  Email: albertaculturedays@gov.ab.ca

Since its inception in 1981, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) Travelling Exhibition (TREX) program strives to ensure every Albertan is provided with the opportunity to enjoy art exhibitions in their own communities in one of four TREX regions across the province.

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)  is seeking proposals from proponents such as non-commercial public art galleries and/or arts organizations with experience with public programming, art exhibition development/circulation of Alberta visual arts to manage the Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX) for the next five year contract term of April 1, 2025-March 31, 2030.  

Detailed information on the Request for Proposal (RFP), the Service Requirements and the Contract can be found on the Alberta Purchasing Connection website.

You will need to create a “Supplier” Profile on the Alberta Purchasing Connection website to view the opportunity and to ask questions. The Alberta Purchasing Connection Suppliers Registration portal can be found here:

APC Suppliers - Purchasing Connection

General Information on the Management of the Travelling Exhibition (TREX) Program Request for Proposal opportunity can be found here:

AB-2024-09293 - Posting - Purchasing Connection

Please note: All questions must be submitted through the Alberta Purchasing Connection Portal and will be posted publicly.

Please access and read the full Request for Proposals (“RFP”) Number RFP-AFA2024TR001, Management of the Travelling Exhibition (TREX) Program document before submitting questions.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. 

Job Oppertunity: Engagement & Outreach Coordinator

Application Deadline : Nov 15th, 2024
Location: Edmonton, AB (Remote)
Part time: 10 hrs / week

Join the Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation (ICAI) as our Engagement & Outreach Coordinator and help connect newcomer and immigrant arts professionals with Alberta’s vibrant arts community! If you're passionate about diversity, building community, and supporting immigrant and newcomer arts professionals, this role is for you!

Part-time (10 hrs/week) 

$20/hr 

Remote & flexible hours

Summary

The Engagement & Outreach Coordinator supports ICAI’s presence in the community. The individual will be a great communicator who can boldly talk about ICAI and its purpose, programs, and interests to community members and potential partners building relationships in an organic and community centric way.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Please note that support will be provided for all these tasks, especially if you are new to the arts community)

Engagement

• Create and implement an engagement strategy for ICAI Alberta expansion into other Alberta cities 
• Identify and establish relationship with diverse cultural, newcomer and immigrant groups with the goal of making them allies that would share information on ICAI programs 
• Identify and establish relationships with diverse arts organizations across the province with the purpose of expanding our programs
• Plan and deliver engagement events 'info sessions' to introduce us to the community and educate them on our purpose, plan, and programs. 
• Provide report of engagement and prepare on going work plan for the role
• May be asked to attend public events as required to provide education on who we are
• Connect with stakeholders and partners for engagement purposes
• Support engagement
• Other duties as assigned

Administration:

• Liaise with other team members to gather information and resources as needed
• Assist with grant and sponsorship applications
• Prepare reports on role as needed

Required Skills

• Research skills
• Good presentation skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Knowledge of the arts is an advantage but not compulsory
• Excellent working knowledge of Google drive

 Qualifications

• Related work experience in the nonprofit sector
• Team player, with ability to work independently

Additional details

• This is a part-time 10 hours/week contract position
• $20/hourly rate
• Must have regular access to a computer and the internet
• This is currently a work-from-home position with flexible hours

How To Apply:

Interested applications should be sent via email to admin@icaionline.org by Nov 15, 2024

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity; however, only those persons selected for an interview will be contacted. In all aspects of the selection process, accommodations are available upon request.

Interviews will be conducted by Zoom.

We hire on the basis of merit, and are committed to the principle of equity, diversity and inclusion.

We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified individuals. 

KIAC Artist Residency

Founded in 2001, in a partnership with Parks Canada, the KIAC Artist in Residence Program has welcomed over 300 talented artists, musicians and filmmakers to Dawson City from all regions of Canada and around the world. Our alumni include Sobey Art Award nominees, Western Canada Music Award winners, and prize-winning filmmakers from film festivals across the globe.

The residence accommodates two artists concurrently for research, development and production of ongoing or new bodies of work.

KIAC accepts applications from visual artists, media artists and interdisciplinary artists, as well as curators.

Consideration will be given to professional, established and emerging Canadian and international artists. All disciplines will be considered.

General call

Applicants may apply for residencies 4–12 weeks in duration.

Artists are expected to host one public artist talk or open studio event during their residency and may also have the opportunity to facilitate outreach programs such as workshops and exhibitions, intended to promote interaction and professional development, and provide access to a diverse range of contemporary arts practices and theories within the community.

Housing and studio space are provided. Participants are responsible for all travel and personal expenses including food and materials related to their work. No honorariums are provided.

Deadline November 15, 2024

Applicant Eligibility

KIAC accepts residence applications from visual artists, media artists and interdisciplinary artists, as well as curators. Consideration will be given to professional, established and emerging Canadian and international artists. KIAC encourages applications from artists of diverse cultural and regional communities including BIPOC or LGTBQIA2S+ artists.
All disciplines will be considered including but not limited to: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Ceramics, Design, Architecture, Photography, Installation, Performance, Video and Film, Filmmaking, New Media, and Audio.

Project eligibility

Residencies are available for research, development and production of ongoing or new bodies of work. Artists’ proposed projects should take into account KIAC’s limited resources.Projects that do not require access to specialized equipment are most suitable to the residency program. Artists are responsible for ensuring any additional specialized equipment.

Learn more www.kiac.ca

Dates

Application Deadline: January 15, 2025
Program Dates: May 12 - May 23, 2025

Overview  

This two-week residency encourages the exploration of new ideas in literary journalism (creative non-fiction) and experimentation in writing. Designed to challenge and stimulate, the program aims to inspire creative pieces of non-fiction and to assist the writers in their completion. 
A preeminent space for long-form journalism, this residency emphasizes the strengths of thorough and articulate reporting, distinctive storytelling, and literary devices. 
Work created in this program has been published in many outlets including The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and The Atlantic, and pieces have gone on to win National Magazine and National Newspaper Awards.

Description

Writers will have time to:

• work on their manuscripts in their individual studios.
• consult with faculty members Kyo Maclear, Taras Grescoe, Sarah Berman, and Amanda Crocker (Between the Lines Press).
• participate in group discussions. 

Faculty will provide mentorship and one-on-one workshops to discuss:

• story ideas. 
• craft concepts such as voice and structure. 
• challenges writers may be encountering with their literary journalism.

Requirements

Literary Journalism is designed for writers seeking a professional development opportunity in a community of peers with the guidance of an experienced writer/editor, as each participant prepares a long form piece.

Applicants should be experienced professionals, active in the diversified fields of writing, including print or electronic media. This program is open to fiction and non-fiction writers, journalists, freelance critics or curators, artists, and academics, with an emphasis on those who can write for a lay audience with logic, vigour, and charm—and those who have a portfolio to prove it.

This program is not open to:

• applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year.
• current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming.

This program is run in English and only accepts projects that are being written in English. English is the language of Banff Centre correspondence.

For more information and to apply.

Dates

Application Deadline: March 5, 2025
Program Dates: August 18 - August 29, 2025

Overview  

Summer Writers is a self-directed residency that provides writers with the time and space to focus on their work away from the constraints of everyday life. During the residency, writers can take advantage of one-on-one mentorship opportunities with faculty as well as a community of artistic peers. 
Faculty include Dr. Douglas Kearney, Dr. Holly Melgard, Dr. Eric Sneathen and professional guest Hazel Millar (Book*hug Press). 

Description

This two-week self-directed residency offers time and space for writers to focus, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room and a small private studio, writers will be able to engage with other writers on the program.
As a flexible self-guided program with optional elements, the Summer Writers residency allows participants to choose the amount of support they are looking for. 
Optional program elements include:

• talks from faculty members Dr. Holly Melgard, Dr. Eric Sneathen, Dr. Douglas Kearney, and professional guest Hazel Millar (Book*hug Press).
• Q & A sessions. 
• public readings.
• one-on-one mentoring with faculty to discuss ideas, experiences, and writing obstacles.

Requirements

The program is designed for established writers with a proven publication record seeking a period of dedicated time to work on a project in any genre. Participants will benefit most if they are comfortable working autonomously in an unstructured environment. 
This program is not open to:

• applicants who have taken part in a Banff Centre residency in the last year.
• current faculty members of any other Banff Centre programming.

This program is run in English and only accepts projects that are being written in English. English is the language of Banff Centre correspondence.

For more infrormation and to apply.

Dates

Application Deadline: January 29, 2025
Program Dates: June 2 – July 4, 2025

Overview  

Visual Arts Residency – Kapishkum: Métis Gathering is a five-week program designed for Métis visual artists, creative makers, and curators. 
In Michif, kapishkum means “to transcend”, and this residency comes at a pivotal point. As Indigenous creative production from Northern Turtle Island increasingly attracts local, national, and global interest, individual Métis artists remain underrepresented and contemporary Métis culture is little known. More importantly, Métis, while in solidarity with all Indigenous peoples, are looking to bolster Métis-specific art, creative forms, methodologies, and unique ways of being, knowing, and doing.
Participants will join celebrated Métis faculty mentors to produce a nurturing, collaborative, critical, and productive environment. In addition to access to world-class facilities and technical support, participants can build community with their artistic peers within the spectacular natural landscape of Banff National Park, Minihrpa, Treaty 7 territory.

Description

This residency fosters the exchange of ideas and knowledge among artists, encouraging them to produce work that embodies the diverse and complex nature of Métis culture while addressing contemporary Métis-specific issues. 
Participants in this residency will be supported with:

• lectures.
• workshops.
• feedback from celebrated faculty members Jason Baerg, Marjorie Beaucage, Daphne Boyer, Liz Barron, and David Garneau, who will be available for both group and one-on-one consultations.

Artists are provided with a studio, as well as targeted access to our extensive facilities. This includes:

• access to personal studio spaces equipped for creative work, available 24/7, providing a dedicated environment for artistic expression.
• targeted access to shared production facilities and knowledgeable staff who are available to provide technical assistance and support.

Requirements 

The program is designed to cater to Métis artists at all stages of their careers who have completed formal training in fine arts at the post-secondary level or who have equivalent experience and recognition from their peers acquired through traditional knowledge and practices, including:

• multi-generational artists. 
• visual artists.
• curators.
• arts professionals.
• creative makers.
• collaborative groups of no more than two.

Participants will benefit most if they are comfortable working autonomously in an unstructured environment. The program suits those focused on:

• working on a specific project.
• creating new works.
• exploring and researching innovative ideas.

This program is designed for participation over the entire program period. Variable dates will not be considered.

For more information and to apply.

Dates

Application Deadline: April 16, 2025
Program Dates: September 08 - September 19, 2025

Overview  

Science Fiction is a self-directed residency that provides writers with the time and space to focus on their work away from the constraints of everyday life. During the two-week residency science fiction writers can take advantage of one-on-one mentorship opportunities with faculty, group discussions, and a community of artistic peers.
Faculty include Premee Mohamed, Ai Jiang, Amal El-Mohtar, and professional guest Ali Fisher.

Description

This two-week self-directed residency provides participants with individual accommodation and a small private studio for writers to focus, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition, participants will be able to engage with other science fiction writers on the program.
As a flexible self-directed program with optional elements, the Science Fiction residency allows you to choose the amount of support you are looking for. 
Optional program elements include:

• thematic teachings from science fiction specialists Premee Mohamed, Ai Jiang, Amal El-Mohtar, and professional guest Ali Fisher.
• one-on-one mentoring sessions with faculty to discuss ideas, experiences and obstacles.
• Q & A sessions. 
• public readings.
• workshops to discuss useful techniques, devices and aspects.

Requirements

The residency is designed to cater to experienced, professional writers with a publication record looking to explore the future of Science Fiction writing and focus on works in progress.
Participants will benefit most if they are comfortable working autonomously in an unstructured environment. The residency suits those focused on:

• working on a specific project.
• creating new works.

This program is run in English and only accepts projects that are being written in English. English is the language of Banff Centre correspondence.

For more information and to apply.