Rebuilding

Calgary Arts Development: Calgary Arts Flood Rebuild fund launched

The Alberta Craft Council has been contacted by members wanting to know how they can help. We have been working with the Calgary Arts Development and encourage monetary donations to their Food Rebuild fund.

In the week since the flood there has been an outpouring of support and offers to donate to the arts in Alberta. Calgary Arts Development has launched the Calgary Arts Flood Rebuild project on InvestYYC.com with an aim of directing these offers to the arts community.

The Calgary Arts Flood Rebuild funds will support artists and arts organizations from across southern Alberta as they recover from the devastating impacts of the flood. The funds will be administered by Calgary Arts Development, in conjunction with other community and government partners from across Alberta whose focus is on direct support of the arts.

Suncor Energy Foundation has donated $50,000 to this campaign and will match $50,000 in individual donations!

Visit the Calgary Arts Development website for more information, or to donate...

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Call for Submissions: The Alberta Flood Rose Project, Calgary  

Deadline: July 26

The Alberta Flood Rose Project invites all Calgary and area visual artists to create and donate an original 4"x4" (inch) piece of wall art, depicting the provincial flower of Alberta, the wild rose. The finished pieces (due on or before July 26, 2013) will be arranged in groups of 100, and framed as a larger collection piece.

After being on display in a public location (to be determined) during the month of August, the larger framed art collection pieces will be up for auction at the end of August, 2013 with all proceeds to go to flood relief (Red Cross).

This will be a unique opportunity for individuals or corporations to own a piece of Alberta history-in-the-making, with 100% of the proceeds going to flood relief. These will be one-of-a-kind collaboration pieces by emerging and professional visual artists.

For more details, please visit the website 


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Call for Entry: 1st Saskatchewan Wearable Art Gala

Deadline: August 23

Artists are invited to submit works of wearable art for jurying - cash prizes will be awarded at a Gala Fashion show in Saskatoon, Canada on October 26, 2013. Here is an opportunity to unbridled your imagination and to explore materials and process not normally used in the construction of clothing. 

This Wearable Art Gala is NOT about fashion not clothing, it is all about creating a new approach to what is worn on the body. There are three categories: Open, Corset/Codpiece, Headpiece, the only requirement: all submissions must be wearable. More details here. 


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Short film for PechaKucha style evening at Puppet Power Conference, Calgary

Wendy Passmore-Godfrey, Karin Millson and Daniel Millson collaborated to produce a 7 minute film for the PechaKucha style evening at Puppet Power Conference, Calgary 2013. The monotonic audio creates an almost  hypnotic state, as one hears the biological diagnoses of marine creatures, though one attempts to stay connected with their visual beauty through the visuals.  This is preceded by a short poem indicating the reason the film came into being through the "Fearless Use of Puppetry".