Open Call

Call for Submissions: Quenten Doolittle Memorial Art Gallery: Slow Down and Smell The Roses

Alberta Foundation for the Arts

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Closes

December 4, 2026

Effort

About 5 hours

Cost to apply

Free

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What it is

Slow Down and Smell The Roses is a gallery exhibition celebrating small things that slow us down and help us appreciate the lovely things around us. The exhibition seeks artwork that gives viewers space to breathe, makes them stop and think, and helps them enjoy the world. No AI-generated artwork will be accepted. Artwork must be framed and ready to hang, equipped with picture hanging wire and D rings. Submissions must include 1 to 5 pieces suitable to the theme, with technical excellence, emotional resonance, creativity and innovation, and appropriateness for patrons of all ages and socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

Who it is for

Visual artists who reside in Calgary or Alberta and can make their work available for installation.

Open to artists in Canada.

The call says: “Source page restricts to Calgary, Alberta”

open to all

Where

Canada

When

December 4, 2026

Runs January 8, 2027 to March 13, 2027

What you get

Free wall display space in the Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery at the Pumphouse Theatre to display and sell artwork with no commission, from January 8 to March 13, 2027.

What you need to apply

  • Completed Gallery Submission Form
  • Artist Biography, up to 250 words
  • Images of artwork (JPG, JPEG or PNG files only), 5 required

How long it takes

About 5 hours

Medium application. Estimated from the 3 items this application asks for, not from the organisation.

Cost to apply

Free

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Go to the application

https://www.affta.ab.ca/news/call-submissions-quenten-doolittle-memorial-art-gallery-slow-down-and-smell-roses