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The Mission of the Alberta Society of Artists is to have an active membership of professional visual artists, which will strive for excellence, and shall through exhibition, education and communication, increase public awareness and appreciation of the visual arts.

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Exhibitions

The ASA hosts a number of Exhibitions throughout the year in conjunction with Galleries and Event Spaces. The ASA also invites Artists to explore our open call for submissions for future exhibitions.

Education

The ASA is a large part of Alberta’s visual arts history, through its members, its exhibitions and other initiatives. The Alberta Society of Artists was founded in 1931, making it the oldest society of juried Artists in the province.

TREX

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program (TREX) is a government-sponsored initiative designed to promote Alberta art and artists. The ASA hosts the Southwest Region of the program.

Members

The Society is a non-profit, registered charity that works with public venues to provide enhanced support for existing programs in education and exhibition. Members of the Society are juried in by their peers and provide professional recognition to the provinces’ artist community.

Current Exhibitions & Events

ON NOW: Encore

A group exhibition by ASA Juried Members from the Edmonton area in the Walterdale Theatre

ON NOW: ROCK STARS: TIME-SPACE CAPSULES AS I IMAGINE…

Sylvie Pinard’s, Rock Stars, exhibition draws a parallel between geological architecture and human society by using geode – a unique geological formation created by a layering process through time – as metaphor. Geodes reflect the chemical and physical conditions of the environment with their experiences and environment.

ON NOW: It’s About Time, Space & Place

“It’s About Time, Space & Place” is a small group exhibition of new paintings by Juried Members of the ASA; Debra Ward, Bonnie Scott, Mary Ann Wilson and Wanada Rottenfusser.

ON NOW: Memory & Dreams – Travelling Exhibition

Memories often change and, like Dreams, can reveal the subconscious realities that are unexpected.

ON Now: We Are Our Ancestry

“We Are Our Ancestry documents stages in my process, both painful and celebratory, of coming to understand my familial, cultural, and historical ancestral inheritances. What does it mean to be a contemporary Métis woman who is beginning the process of reconnecting to her lost culture?”

TREX SW Exhibitions 2022 – 2023

The following exhibitions are on tour, and each of the four TREX regions in Alberta has developed custom education guides to move viewers through the various themes presented in each of the exhibitions. Between September 1, 2022, and August 30, 2023, fifteen...

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A Brief History

The Alberta Society of Artists (ASA) is a large part of Alberta’s visual arts history, through its members, its exhibitions and other initiatives. The Society founded in 1931, is the longest-standing society of juried professional artists in Alberta.

The Alberta Society of Artists was founded by a group of Calgary artists led by Alfred C. Leighton and incorporated in 1931. The objectives of the Society are to foster and promote the fine arts in Alberta. A.C. Leighton, the first president, was succeeded by a number of prominent Alberta artists including H.G. Glyde, Illingworth Kerr, Stan Perrot and Ken Sturdy. 

– The Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years

Image courtesy of Hodgins Art Auctions Ltd.

Our Membership

The Society is a non-profit, Registered Charity that works with public venues to provide enhanced support for existing programs in education and exhibition. Members of the Society are juried in by their peers and provide professional recognition to the province’s artist community. Alberta artists may apply for Juried Membership during our annual drive.
There is an open membership category for Associate Members who may contribute to the Society in many ways. They may volunteer, apply for exhibitions and participate in board activities, including annual meetings wherein they have the right to vote. All Members receive a newsletter that has been in existence since the 1930’s.
Non-member artists may participate in most exhibition calls. Our group exhibitions are ‘blind’ juried by a revolving list of both juried ASA members and other invited professionals. We welcome and encourage non-member participation.
(photo credit: John Dean – 1981 50th Anniversary of the ASA)
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Educational Programming

Every year, the Society provides scholarships to post-secondary and graduate Visual Arts students who attend colleges or universities in Alberta. Our Exhibitions and speaker and artist talk events reach the general public throughout Alberta in venues that are free to the public: The Art Gallery of Alberta Community Gallery and the Walterdale Theatre in Edmonton, the Northern & Southern Jubilee Auditoria, the Calgary Public Libraries, Western GM Gallery in Drumheller, and Crowsnest Pass Art Gallery in Blairmore exhibit our juried group exhibitions annually.
In addition, the ASA is responsible for the TREX program in Southwestern Alberta. TREX provides art exhibitions to communities, schools and libraries throughout its designated region. 
(photo: ASA leading a workshop at The Kirby Centre)
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