Three outstanding artists have been named to receive the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 2025 Distinguished Artist Award: Jens Lindemann, Trumpet (Edmonton, AB; Los Angeles, CA) Rita
On June 7, 2024 puppeteer extraordinaire Ronnie Burkett was awarded the Governor General’s Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award for his work as puppeteer, playwright, designer and
At a pivotal point in his then-emerging career as a composer, John Estacio landed in Edmonton as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s first Composer in Residence.
Is there a more quintessential Alberta origin story than that of Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop? The Old Trout Puppet Workshop was founded on a
A documentary filmmaker cuts to the heart of farming and rural life. A Blackfoot multidisciplinary artist expresses her culture’s values and history in her art-making.
On June 7, 2024, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation founder Jenny Belzberg was awarded the 2024 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the
The Lieutenant Governor of Alberts Arts Awards Foundation announced a new award in recognition of the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Foundation. The
2023 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artists Mieko Ouchi, Michelle Thrush and Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis were recognized as the City of Medicine Hat
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