Carfac Alberta
Suite 301, 10215 112 Street NW T5K 1M7 Edmonton, AB, Canada

The Foibles of Facebook (Facebook for the independent artist) a FREE Zoom Engagement Session Saturday, April 10, from 12:30pm MST with George Lessard. In this session: Pages or groups? The Facebook mall cop algorithm jailed again? Selling anything on Facebook? Connecting Facebook to your other online presences . Photos size & type to text or not to text Videos live or dead? Rights and not rights. Learn about the management of groups and pages. Then we’ll work on t...he Facebook oddities folks have encountered and see if we can learn to understand something behind why they did that and some work-arounds Register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-foibles-of-facebook-faceboo

Visual Arts is artistic labour...

Deadline April 5th, 2021...

Looking forward to the future of Public Art in Calgary...

Coming up WEDNESDAY April 7th at 6:30pm...

Today's session (SATURDAY March 20th) is free to all. RSVP to [email protected] before 11am to join. Topic: Art as Social Practice and Community-Based Art This illustrated and informal discussion will provide a grounding on art practices that engage and involve a range of communities. What is community-based Art? What is art as social practice? And what is the difference? If you have an interest in working with community members as part of your art practice, this Zo...om Engagement Session is for you: bring your questions and meet other artists! Presented by Dick Averns, CARFAC Alberta Engagement Coordinator and an established artist whose practice encompasses working with diverse communities.

It is not too soon to think about nominating a Greater Edmonton visual artist or artists for the 2021 Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize. The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 12, 2021. The Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize was established with the generous support of the Eldon + Anne Foote Fund at Edmonton Community Foundation and in partnership with the Edmonton Arts Council and CARFAC Alberta. This Visual Arts Prize celebrates the brilliance ...of Visual Artists in Edmonton. This prize is open to Edmonton area artists nominated by an individual or gallery/organization located in the Greater Edmonton area (Greater Edmonton, as defined by the Edmonton Community Foundation, includes the City of Edmonton and its four surrounding counties). Entries may be in any visual arts media and must have been shown in a Greater Edmonton area exhibition space during 2020 (January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020) or in an online exhibition during the calendar year 2020. Submissions are judged by an independent jury selected by CARFAC Alberta. Submission deadline is Friday March 12, 2021 at 4pm. The prize winners will be announced at a short ceremony in late May or early June 2021. PRIZE: As gallery exhibitions were, and continue to be, disrupted by COVID-19, the independent jury will determine how to divide the $12,000 prize pool among three artists they have rated most favourably. As a result, for this year, there may not be a $10,000 winner. The 2021 Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize Application Form can be downloaded here. https://bit.ly/3kvrHxN

Learning from Successful Artists' Associations Around the Globe Celebrating a new publication on the subject, The Israeli Visual Artists Association invites the... representatives of three of the world's leading artists' associations to discuss the issues visual artists associations around the globe have in common, and the qualities which make their organizations successful. 18:00-18:05 Greetings: Dr. Shachar Freddy Kislev chairman of the Israeli Visual Arts Association 18:05-18:20 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Elad Yaron 18:20-19:20 Learning from Successful Artists' Associations Around the Globe Chair: Dr. Elad Yaron Paddy Lamb - chairman and spokesperson of The Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC) Ruben Steinum - chairman of the board of The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) Zoë Claire Miller spokeswoman of The Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin (bbk Berlin) Dr. Shachar Freddy Kislev chairman of the Israeli Plastic Arts Association Nov 18th, 18:00 (GMT+2) https://zoom.us/j/94176867820 The passcode: 897496

CARFAC Alberta and CARFAC Saskatchewan present our final webinar of 2020: Thoughts About Decolonization in Museums, Galleries, and Art Practices This webinar will explore the work of decolonization as a current movement in museums, galleries, and personal art practices. It is less about providing answers for decolonization, and more about reflecting on some of the current activities surrounding it today. What are some things that museums and galleries are doing towards decolo...nization? Are these working? What are some of the behind-the-scenes conversations relating to this work? How might artists position themselves to join in on these conversations? WITH Dr. Troy Patenaude, PhD is an art and cultural historian, curator, experiential educator, and hiking guide with a passion for projects that help make Canada a more just and resilient place. He was born in Anishnaabek ancestral lands now covered over by the Robinson-Huron and Williams Treaties. His mom’s side of the family are from British settler-colonial descent, and his dad’s side of the family are from a community that is at the moment part of the Georgian Bay Métis Community. For the past twenty years, Troy has been facilitating cross-cultural sharing and outdoor education programs concerning the effects of colonization, mainly throughout Blackfoot, Tsuut’ina, Îyârhe Nakoda, and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3 lands now covered over by Treaty 7. More recently, Troy has curated major exhibitions throughout Alberta, including Treaty 7 in Calgary, and The Dream We Form By Being Togetherthe official Canada 150 exhibition at the Alberta Legislature. Troy is currently the Director of Cultural Development at Fort Calgary National Historic Site, and an instructor at the Alberta University of the Arts. This event is free to members of CARFAC across Canada, and $25.00 for nonmembers. Get you ticket through Eventbrite http://bit.ly/2HGyJCR

An opportunity to learn from other countries art organizations...

The artist resale right will be discussed at a upcoming webinar by CARFAC. Hopefully, Canadian Artists will soon have this right - CARFAC is advocating for this!

With the 2020-2021 cultural season upon us, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an outsized effect on the arts and culture sector in Canada. To make sure your voice is heard, ORGANIZATION NAME has joined forces with 30 national and provincial arts service organizations representing a range of artistic disciplines across the country to develop the National Arts and Culture Impact Survey (NACIS). All arts organizations, artists, and arts workers across Canada are encouraged... to participate in the survey by Monday, November 23, 2020. Click here to learn more and complete the survey: https://oc.ca/en/national-arts-and-culture-impact-survey/