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#AGALive Webinar | Call for Submissions

#AGALive Webinar | Call for Submissions

09nov6:30 pm7:30 pm#AGALive Webinar | Call for Submissions

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Call for Submissions

Join us for a discussion about Calls for Submissions organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta and CARFAC Alberta.

Tuesday November 9, 2021
6:30 – 7:30pm

Free to all  |  Get Tickets

Hosted by Lindsay Sharman (Curator, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton), with presentations by Su Ying Strang (Executive Director, The New Gallery, Calgary), and Chris W. Carson (Executive Director, CARFAC Alberta, Edmonton). Through this talk we will outline what calls for submissions are, how to find them, and answer your questions and concerns about the process of submitting work for exhibition.

You can participate in this hour-long program online through watching our free Webinar livestream. At the end of this program we will reserve time for an audience Q&A. Please register in advance.

Bios

Su Ying Strang (she/her) is an artist and cultural worker based in Mohkinstsis/Calgary. Originally hailing from the Southern United States, Strang relocated to Treaty 7 Territory in 2006 to pursue her arts education at the Alberta College of Art + Design (now AUArts). Strang has been involved in the not-for-profit arts sector since 2010, and is a graduate of the inaugural cohort of the Banff Centre’s Cultural Leadership Program (2017), and the Rozsa Arts Management Program (2016). Strang currently serves as the Director of The New Gallery and as a Governor on the Board of Glenbow Museum.

 

With undergraduate studies completed at the University of Alberta and a M.F.A. in painting from the University of British Columbia, Chris W. Carson is both professional visual artist and arts administrator. His art career includes exhibitions at public, artist-run and commercial galleries throughout Alberta. As an administrator, Carson worked for commercial and public art galleries, a professional arts organization and two provincial arts service organizations. Since August 2010, Chris W. Carson is the Executive Director of CARFAC Alberta.

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November 9, 2021 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT+00:00)

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Art Gallery of Alberta

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