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Workshop: Holiday Printed Stockings

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Get creative this season! Join surface designer Natalie Gerber to learn silkscreen printing and make your own one-of-a-kind holiday stocking!

DEADLINE: December 7, 2025 - 1:20 am

2026 Alberta Summer Games - Call for entries - Giftware

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Strathcona County is seeking handmade or artist designed items that will be used to thank and recognize key contributors of the 2026 Alberta Summer Games.

DEADLINE: January 16, 2026 - 3:30 pm

2026 Alberta Summer Games Mural Jam - Call for Artists

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Strathcona County invites individual artists and artist teams to participate in a live mural jam coinciding with the 2026 Alberta Summer Games.

DEADLINE: December 8, 2025 - 11:30 pm

Her Palette, Her Portrait, Her Power: a Solo Exhibition by Alexis Marie Chute

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Please join us to celebrate the opening of Alexis Marie Chute's art exhibit at the Edmonton YWCA.

DEADLINE: December 17, 2025 - 12:30 am

Flight Paths: Solo Exhibition by Sterling Komant

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Join us to celebrate the opening of Sterling Komants solo exhibition which explores the dynamics and detail of aviation.

DEADLINE: January 31, 2026 - 12:35 am

The Looking Glass exhibition in Medicine Hat

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Travelling exhibition The Looking Glass — curated from the AFA collection and on tour with TREX — is on display at the Esplanade until December 6.

DEADLINE: December 7, 2025 - 3:15 am

Celebrating Black and Indigenous artists at the MacEwan Art Collection

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MacEwan University's Art Collection has acquired new artworks from Black and Indigenous artists that will be on display in the John L. Haar Library. Three of these artists are also part of the AFA Art Collection.

15th Annual Wildflower Art Salon & Sale

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Join us for another great sale on Sunday December 7, 2025 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Wildflower Arts Centre.

DEADLINE: December 8, 2025 - 12:30 am

AFA Artist Spotlight - Jessica Plattner

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Jessica Plattner shares her experience applying and provides insight into the story behind her work and what inspires her artistic practice.

Message from Board Chair Cynthia P. Moore on the opening of AFA art house

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On September 10, I was pleased to be joined by the Honourable Tanya Fir, Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, members of the AFA Board of Directors and the arts community to officially open AFA art house – a new home for Alberta artists.