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Attend The WGA 2025 Conference: Genre and Form Through Time

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Join the Writers' Guild of Alberta June 7 - 8 in Calgary for the 2025 Conference: Genre and Form Through Time!

DEADLINE: June 7, 2025 - 5:59 am

Angela Hewitt in Concert

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Live At the Winspear and Edmonton Chamber Music Society present

DEADLINE: April 8, 2025 - 1:30 am

Carmella & Mika Haykowsky: Portrait Over Portrait Following the Matrilineal Line

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Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts Signature Artist Series

Unleash Creativity: A 2-Day Online Conference

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Gain new skills, refine your craft, rekindle your creative spirit, and connect with a vibrant community of writers while celebrating the power of human stories.

DEADLINE: October 24, 2025 - 5:59 am

Work in Progress 2025 Award: Submissions Open!

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The Unleash WIP Award offers writers support in the amount of $500 to supplement costs to support the completion of a book-length work.

DEADLINE: July 16, 2025 - 5:59 am

Call for Artists: Boynes Photography Prize – Cycle 1

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With the theme Urban Life, this prize invites photographers to capture the essence of cityscapes and street life.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 - 5:59 am

Call for Artists: Boynes Painting Prize – Cycle 1

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Focused on the theme Light & Shadow, this quarterly prize celebrates painters worldwide.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 - 5:59 am

Call for Artists: Boynes Monthly Art Award – March 2025 Edition

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This month’s theme is Landscape, inviting artists to explore natural and urban environments in their work. Open to all visual mediums.

DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 - 5:59 am

Grindstone Theatre School's Improv for Kids Now offered in The Orange Hub!

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Live far from the Grindstone? Not to worry! Grindstone Theatre School is now also in The Orange Hub!

DEADLINE: April 5, 2025 - 5:59 am

Tsuut’ina Curatorial Mentorship in public art – The City of Calgary

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The City of Calgary Public Art Program invites members of the Tsuut’ina First Nation to apply for this paid curatorial mentorship opportunity. 

DEADLINE: April 19, 2025 - 5:59 am