Events

Gallery@501 is pleased to present Like a Rolling Stone - Habitat, a new exhibition by Saskatchewan artist Heike Fink. The exhibit opens at Gallery@501 on July 4, 2025, and shows until August 23, 2025. 

Like a Rolling Stone - Habitat is an immersive exhibit that explores the important relationship between land, wildlife, and humans. Heike Fink uses traditional and modern felting techniques to create sculptures, wall hangings and installations that reflect stories of endangered species, habitat loss and land stewardship. Visitors will encounter prairie animals, birds, birch trees, landscapes, and an incredible installation of a winding stream with 3,000 rocks, each made of wool. Visitors can interact with the rocks by moving them within the habitat, inspiring them to consider the delicate balance between humans and nature.  

This exhibition also features a resource area with opportunities for further learning and hands-on engagement with exhibit themes. The public is invited to join the exhibiting artist for an artist talk at a special reception on Thursday, August 7 at 6:30 pm at Gallery@501. This event and admission to the gallery are free. 

For more information, visit strathcona.ca/ArtGallery. 

Submission Deadline: July 25, 2025

Opportunity Description:
The Ujima Fellowship is a no-cost leadership development program for Black and BIPOC youth (ages 16–30) in Edmonton and Calgary, designed to increase representation in nonprofit governance and civic decision-making spaces.

Fellows receive:

• 10 weeks of in-person leadership training (NAIT)
• Board governance training (online via ECVO)
• A 3-month placement with a nonprofit board, commission, or civic body
• Access to mentorship, community-building workshops, and networking
• A dual Certificate in Leadership Development (NAIT + Africa Centre)
• A final Capstone Project supporting host organization goals

Eligibility:

• Identify as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Colour (BIPOC)
• Ages 16–30
• Reside in Edmonton or Calgary
• Demonstrated interest in community, volunteering, or civic leadership

How to Apply (Fellows):
To join Cohort 6, submit your application by July 25, 2025 at:
🔗 rufp0eti.paperform.co

Application Requirements:

• Resume (highlighting community or volunteer experience)
• Letter of Intent
• One reference letter (academic preferred)
• Government-issued ID

For Host Organizations:

Nonprofits, charities, boards, commissions, and public institutions in Alberta can host a fellow at no cost.

Apply here: 🔗abkef7zu.paperform.co

For questions visit africacentre.ca/ujima-fellowship-program/ or email ujima.fellowship@africacentre.ca

Join us on Wednesday July 2 for our second Stand Up Alumni Show! Don't miss this Grindstone Comedy Festival Alumni show!

Grindstone Theatre School Presents:

The Stand Up Alumni Show!

Join us in a celebration of Grindstone Theatre School's Stand Up program, hosted by former student and performer Jared Leeder! Featuring a selected program of alumni from 2021 to present, get ready to laugh along with some of Edmonton's brightest rising stars in comedy as we gear up for the 6th Annual Grindstone Comedy Festival!

Host:

 Jared Leeder

Performers:

• Jared Leeder

• Lori Alex

• Susan Anthony

• Ramin Ostad

• Jennifer Windsor

• Steely Cao

• Malerie Nahachick

• Hayley Sinclair

• Alex Jocko

This event is general seating. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the show begins. Doors open at 6:50 pm.

Produced by:

Grindstone Theatre School

 This event is part of the Grindstone Comedy Festival!

www.showpass.com/standupalumnishow

MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS (AGES 9 - 12):

Can’t get your child to stop singing and dancing around your house? Enroll them in Grindstone’s Musical Theatre Camp for kids! Each day, students will learn a new song from a different musical. They will learn the vocals, choreography and characters applicable to that day’s song.

DATES: July 28 - August 1, 2025 | 9 am - 4 pm | Monday -   Friday 

LOCATION:  Studio (9562 82 Ave NW) 

INSTRUCTOR: TBD & Caitlin Grant 

PREREQUISITE:  None 

SHOWCASE:  The showcase is tentatively scheduled for Friday August 1st at 3pm  

COST: $742

Musical Theatre For Kids Camp Registration

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.

Taught by Amber Solberg, a muralist and project facilitator for not-for-profit kindness society, Altruistic Current. To date, Amber’s worked on a handful of murals, bringing together the work of 200 Community Members and 15 Professional Artists in making community murals for the Halifax Regional Municipality, the Downtown Halifax Business Association, and Parks Canada.

Registration deadline: June 30, 2025
Dates/times: July 14 – 18, 2025, 9am – 4pm
Location: Red Deer Polytechnic, AB
Cost: $695

Learn more and register online at RDP Continuing Education.