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RBC Emerging Artist Project at the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

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The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts is accepting applications for our 2025 RBC Emerging Artists Program. This exciting opportunity is open to visual artists in the early stages of their artistic careers.

DEADLINE: March 15, 2025 - 5:59 am

Drop-in Sketching at RAM: Birds

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Ever wished you could use RAM’s collections for sketching inspiration?

DEADLINE: April 17, 2025 - 11:30 pm

Museum Skills Workshops: Ice Age Palaeo Anatomy

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The RAM Quaternary Palaeontology Team will teach you how to examine a skeleton to identify an animal group or species.

DEADLINE: April 24, 2025 - 11:30 pm

Work of the Week celebrates Bold Women and International Women's Day

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Two of Kainai artist Faye HeavyShield’s installation artworks, blood and homecoming, from the AFA’s Art Collection have been selected for Bold Women.

ArtBUs

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ArtBus is a free, all-ages one-day event that takes riders across downtown Edmonton to participating galleries and artist-run centres via ETS buses.

DEADLINE: March 22, 2025 - 5:30 pm

Portraits of Place

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You are invited to the opening reception of Portraits of Place — a solo exhibition by Wendy Gervais. The exhibit explores the loss of original houses in Garneau, reflecting on their role as landmarks of memory when shaping a community’s identity.

DEADLINE: March 22, 2025 - 8:00 pm

Emerging Artists Unleashed

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The Alberta Society of Artists is pleased to present our annual exhibition “Emerging Artists Unleashed: 2025” featuring the work of seven Alberta Fine arts undergraduate students:

Curator of Art, Nickle Galleries

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Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary invites applications for Curator of Art, Nickle Galleries, at the rank of Assistant Curator.

DEADLINE: March 29, 2025 - 5:59 am

Spectre of Comparison

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The Alberta Society of Artists is pleased to present the solo exhibition “Spectre of Comparison” featuring the work of Alberta artist Kuhlien Migue.

DEADLINE: April 26, 2025 - 10:00 pm

Sustaining & Growing, Artist-Parents in Conversation

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Sustaining & Growing, Artist-Parents in Conversation explores sustainable strategies for artists balancing creativity with caregiving responsibilities

DEADLINE: March 14, 2025 - 5:59 am