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Alberta Spotlight: September 24 Concert
Date: Sep 23, 2020
The AFA is profiling Alberta artists featured in the Alberta Spotlight Online Concert Series. See the artists who performed on September 24!
Feminism at the Intersection of Conflict: Contemporary Art in Ukraine Lecture Series
Date: Sep 19, 2020
This four-part lecture series will explore how artists are engaging this context with a feminist critique. Begins October 30th.
Deadline: Mar 26, 2021 - 6:00 pm
Work of the Week: "Furthur" by Jeff Nachtigall
Date: Sep 18, 2020
This week’s Work of the Week is "Furthur" by Jeff Nachtigall.
Call for Submissions| Learn Together, Recover Together, Resilient Together: South Calgary
Date: Sep 16, 2020
The SHARP Foundation & Habitus Consulting invite professional public artists in Calgary to submit a proposal to create an original public art piece.
Deadline: Oct 5, 2020 - 11:45 pm
Call for Artists | Castlegar Sculpturewalk
Date: Sep 16, 2020
Castlegar Sculpturewalk is now accepting applications for our 2021 event, which opens next May.
Deadline: Oct 31, 2020 - 11:45 pm
Alberta Spotlight: September 17 Concert
Date: Sep 16, 2020
The AFA is profiling Alberta artists featured in the Alberta Spotlight Online Concert Series. See the artists who performed on September 17!
Work of the Week: "Gallery" by John Snow
Date: Sep 11, 2020
This week's Work of the Week is "Gallery" by John Snow.
Call for Submissions | Call for Indigenous Artist / Artist Team for Indigenous Placemaking
Date: Sep 11, 2020
New Calgary Public Library Indigenous Placemaking art call!
Deadline: Oct 5, 2020 - 11:45 pm
New Exhibition | "It's About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900-1970 and Now", curated by Seika Boye
Date: Sep 10, 2020
"It’s About Time: Dancing Black in Canada 1900–1970 and Now" illuminates the largely undocumented dance history of Canada’s Black population
Deadline: Dec 5, 2020 - 5:00 pm
Alberta Spotlight: September 10 Concert
Date: Sep 9, 2020
The AFA is profiling Alberta artists featured in the Alberta Spotlight Online Concert Series. See the artists who performed on September 10!