Alberta University of the Arts
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REPOST and Photo Credit: University of Calgary The University of Calgary took the #1 spot in the Top 10 Bernie Sanders Memes from Canadian Universities. FUN FACT: The Zipper Sculpture next to Bernie is by Katie Ohe, AUArts Lecturer Emeritus, Honorary MFA and Alum.... Read more here: https://www.weareglacier.org//the-top-10-bernie-sanders-me #auartsalumni #auarts #themoreyouknow #zippersculpture #honorarymfa

DEADLINE - WINTER AWARDS & BURSARIES 2021 Winter term Awards & Bursary applications are closing soon for our students. The DEADLINE to submit your application is February 1, 2021. Travel related Awards and an update on Summer Residency Programs will be updated early in the Winter Term - noting that deadlines will be likely vary depending on the type of Award and the Program.... There are over $200,000 in scholarships, awards, prizes and bursaries available. A complete list of awards and more details are available on share point here: https://acad365.sharepoint.com/.../Awards-%26-Bursaries.aspx #auarts #albertauarts #auartsstudents

EXHIBITION: "Threading Black" DATES: Now - March 13 LOCATION: Alberta Craft Discovery Gallery - Edmonton... Audre Lorde once said that if I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive. Alumni Eva Birhanu, BFA'20, Fibre, and Simone Elizabeth Saunders, BFA '20, Fibre define for themselves, in this body of work, permanent manifestations through sculptural and textile practices that reckon with the necessary conversations surrounding race, gender, roots and identity. Curated by Shiemara Hogarth. DETAILS: http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/discovery-gallery Alberta Craft Discovery Gallery, Eva Birhanu, Simone Elizabeth Saunders #auarts #auartsfaculty #artexhibition

The deadline for high school students to showcase their art and design work in the 2021 Alberta University of the Arts ShowOff! art competition and virtual exhibition is this weekend. DEADLINE TO SUBMIT WORK: Sunday, January 31 AUArts is offering Grade 10, 11 and 12 students from across Canada the opportunity to win mega prizes and showcase their art and design work in the 2021 Alberta University of the Arts ShowOff! art competition and virtual exhibition.... There are more than $20,000 in prizes to be won including the grand prize, "Best in Show" an AUArts scholarship worth $5,000. That's nearly a year of tuition covered! Bonus: if you win, your school wins too. Each award winners' high school gets money to buy art supplies. Find more details here: https://www.auarts.ca//teen-progra/showoff-art-competition #highschoolstudents #Scholarship #artcommunity

Togetherall is a free & anonymous online peer-to-peer mental health community available to all Albertans 16+. Trained practitioners are online 24/7 to keep the community safe. Register, Activate & Participate here: https://togetherall.com/en-ca/ #mentalhealth #BellLetsTalk #mentalhealthawareness

ONLINE EXHIBITION: "Spectator Sports" DATES: Now - Feb 13 LOCATION: Art Gallery of St. Albert... In a world governed by rules and social and societal pressures, life is a stage and we are all performing. A glaring truth that largely goes unaddressed, and which fascinates Edmonton-based artist and Alum Kyle Beal, Dip '01, Drawing. DETAILS: http://artgalleryofstalbert.ca//exhibiti/spectator-sports/ Kyle Beal #auarts #auartsfaculty #artexhibition

Today, International Students Day, commemorates the sacrifices of students and professors in the pursuit of education. We celebrate our International students & encourage them to wear their #AUArts tees from Orientation, post photos and tag us on Instagram @albertauarts. #InternationalStudentsDay #yycarts #auarts #auartsstudents

NEW DATE ANNOUNCEMENT: The Artist talk with Adrian A Stimson has been rescheduled to tomorrow evening, Wednesday, November 18 at 7 p.m. ARTIST TALK: Adrian A Stimson BFA '13 Painting, on Yoko Ono’s Water Event... DATE: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 TIME: 7 p.m. Free with $10 admission. Free for members of Contemporary Calgary SAVE THE DATE: Note this event is sold out due to limited in-person attendees however Contemporary Calgary will be live streaming this event on Facebook. Find details here: http://ow.ly/6R4G50Cn9fa Adrian A Stimson discusses his work "We’ve made our Water Bed"..., a water sculpture made in response to Yoko Ono’s invitation to produce a container that held water. The work is one of six water sculptures produced for Ono’s ongoing collaborative work, WATER EVENT (1971/ 2020), part of Ono’s exhibition GROWING FREEDOM at Contemporary Calgary. Photo: Contemporary Calgary #artcommunity #contemporarycalgary #auartsalumni #auarts

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES CONSORTIUM Hosts of the Emerging Technologies Consortium at Mount Royal University, Kerry Harmer and Anna Nuhn have a conversation with AUArts Associate Professor, Media Arts faculty Rita McKeough and Assistant Professor, Media Arts faculty Kurtis Lesick about the Media Arts Program at AUArts and their perspective on Emerging Technologies and Practices. First session is tomorrow, Wednesday, November 18th... Second session is Wednesday, December 9th Event is free, registration required: https://librarycal.mtroyal.ca/event/3577083 #auarts #artcommunity #yycarts #calgaryarts

ARTIST TRADING CARDS FROM ORIENTATION HAVE ARRIVED! If you attended Orientation and still have your cards, you can still participate. Mail in or drop-off (red box outside @auartsbookstore pick up) your cards with your artwork by Dec. 30, 2020. Don't forget to include your Instagram handle on the back so whoever receives one of your cards can connect with you. Cards returned to AUArts will be mailed out at random to Orientation attendees in the New Year. Artwork featured in ...this photo by: @Hey.Outsider @mami_mango @alexis.art3 @Kenny4.Art @acire_art @life_has_a_cd_rom @waleska.liliana @death_Pie__ @jilli__fish @Mels_drawingz @[email protected] @chloe._.erickson @amber.w_art @samsaloff @dos.toxite @DawnEscobar88 @danielle.schully.art @floating_through_Space @cashewhoneycakes @artiste_ally @beoutsiderscalgary @may.o.muse #auarts #artiststradingcards #artwork #calgaryartist

Reminder to register for our Fall Virtual Open House happening this Saturday, November 14th. Details and registration here: https://www.facebook.com/events/293535391618969 #auarts #students #openhouse #ArtsAndDesign #demos