SEPTEMBER 10 TO 20, 2010

CALGARY – EPCOR CENTRE for the Performing Arts is proud to partner with Artcity Festival of Art, Design and Architecture in presenting Uttered Lightly, a new visual arts exhibit. In an innovative effort to project his words and provoke thought, artist Ben Skinner creates a light installation of poetic words and phrases working with fluorescent lights. Stop at the Ledge Gallery and take a few moments to become enlightened! Read more….EPCOR CENTRE LEDGE GALLERY: Life & Thought Uttered Lightly…

OCTOBER 30 TO NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Get ready for the Banff Mountain Festival. Festival-goers can experience more than 30 events over nine days including screenings of the world’s best mountain films and readings from adventure writers, noon-hour seminars tackling current mountain issues, panel discussions and presentations by prominent mountain personalities, filmmakers, and industry figures, a trade show that puts the latest outdoor equipment, clothing, books, and adventure travel at your fingertips, and more.

Visit us online for program updates and the detailed schedule.

PHOTO: Topher Donahue / Aurora, Jared Jumping, Fitz Roy Range, Argentine Patagonia

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: DECEMBER 31, 2010

A Competitive Annual Publication of Works of Contemporary Drawing
and Writing about Drawing

The International Drawing Annual is an extension of Manifest’s Drawing Center activities. Its goal is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world.

A natural question will be “what is drawing?” and that is exactly the question the Annual is meant to investigate from year to year. Furthermore the goal is to ask “what is exceptional drawing?” Therefore submissions are expected to vary, including a range of drawing types, from the most academic to the most experimental, but all with some relevance to the artists’ honest understanding of the practice of “drawing.” Read more….INTERNATIONAL DRAWING ANNUAL 6: MANIFEST GALLERY…

Museums and galleries not only house facinating collections, they are also the home of leading experts who love to share their passion for art, history and science.

‘Ask a Curator Day‘ on September 1st 2010 will open the door to these experts with a unique worldwide question and answer session which will let interested members of the public put questions to museum and gallery curators. We are using the popular website Twitter to host ‘Ask a Curator‘. You can find a list of participating cultural venues in the ‘who to ask?’ section of this website, or simply follow the hashtag #askacurator on September 1st to follow the questions other people are asking.

Program dates: September 24, 2010 – September 27, 2010
Application deadline: September 07, 2010

The Banff Adventure Photography Workshop provides the perfect setting to hone your skills and improve your photographic technique.Dedicated amateur and semi-professional photographers are invited to join us for intense and interactive fieldwork, seminars, and portfolio critique with the guidance of National Geographic photographers Gordon Wiltsie and Bill Hatcher and award-winning adventure photographer Alec Pytlowany. The four-day intensive program will take place at The Banff Centre and include field work at various Bow Valley locations.

For more Information please contact:
1-403-762-6180 | arts_info@banffcentre.ca | www.banffcentre.ca

BESTIARY: Exploring the Animal in Contemporary Art
An International Competitive Exhibit | Full-color catalog produced.
DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Images of animals in art have existed parallel to those of humans for as long as images (and objects) have been made. Our social, creative, and psychological evolution is inextricably tied to our relationships with animals. Whether it be the taming of the wolf, resulting in ‘man’s best friend’, the tethering of the horse which magnified the power and geographic reach of humans, or the domestication of herd animals which contributed to the establishment of cities and large concentrations of people (and the growth of culture), they are all part of the trajectory of humanity to this point in time. And all have been documented, explored, and deified throughout the long process by images and objects featuring animals. Read more….CALL FOR ENTRIES: BESTIARY / PROPOSALS FOR EXHIBITS…

AUGUST 31 TO SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
Artist Talk: Thursday, September 16, 5:15 to 6:30 pm, 2-20 FAB
Reception: September 16, 7 to 10 pm

This travelling exhibition, organized and circulated by the Burnaby Art Gallery, draws together over fifty works from renowned Canadian printmaker Carl Heywood.

J.C. Heywood: A Life in Layers, an exhibition curated by Geraldine Davis, draws together over fifty stunning works on paper, spanning more than four decades of this illustrious Canadian printmaker’s brilliant and varied career. Heywood has pushed into unexplored arenas over the course of his development, embracing new processes and techniques and working in studios around the world in a quest to satisfy his endless curiosity.

Read more….FAB GALLERY: J.C. HEYWOOD, A LIFE IN LAYERS…

CALL FOR ENTRIES: FILMS / NEW MEDIAS/ PERFORMANCE
Deadline : October 15, 2010

Hors Pistes is open for entries for its next program
www.centrepompidou.fr/horspistes2011

The Hors Pistes film festival offers a showcase of unique and innovative video works, films and
performances that move away from traditional genres to blend fiction with documentary, contemporary art and experimental formats.Hors Pistes is more than 30 programs exploring trends in contemporary visual creation, as well as an exhibition space based on a specific theme. This year : SPORT. The festival, which is non competitive, will be held in 2011, January 21st to 30th, at the Centre Pompidou. Read more….CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: HORS PISTES 2011, CENTRE POMPIDOU PARIS…

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2010, 7:00 pm
Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton

As much art as you can pack into a night. The Works and the Jube are bringing it together. All we need is you. For info, please call 780.638.3502 or email tarryn.koll@gov.ab.ca.