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Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Kaleido Family Arts Festival is back for 2012 – and we’re looking for creative expression in the visual arts! 
We’re accepting all types of work from photography and sculpture to textiles and jewelry for Art Gallery venues and the outdoor Artisan Market on September 7-9, 2011.
The deadline for submissions is June 12, 2012.
TO ENTER:
Download the full Call for Submissions here: Kaleido 2012 Call to Enter
Email your submission ( including 4 images, an image list, an artist bio or statement, and a cv) to kaleidomarket@gmail.com before June 12, 2012
Tags: art gallery, artisan market, artisans, artists, Arts on the Ave, call for artisans, call for artists, Call for submissions, kaleido calls, Kaleido Festival
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Inspired by Burning Man Festival, we’ve added a new artistic element to Kaleido Festival this year…
TO APPLY: complete the application package here 12FOOT12 entry form and email all components to Jaye Benoit at kaleidoprogram@gmail.com
Tags: 12foot12, alberta avenue, call for artists, call for designers, installation, Kaleido
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The 24 hour Deck Out a Lampost Contest is returning to Kaleido Family Arts Festival on September 8-9, 2012!
To enter, complete and sign this entry form: Decorate a Lampost Entry Form & Contest Rules 2012
and send it with a short project proposal and artist bio to kaleidoprogram@gmail.com by July 16th, 2012.
Tags: alberta avenue, Arts on the Ave, call for artists, Call for submissions, Kaleido Festival, lampost contest
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Call for gallery artists and artisans
The sixth annual Bloomin’ Garden Show and Art Sale is on Saturday, May 12 from 9am to 4pm. This is a fantastic event that combines gardening information and products with an artisan market and gallery all in a beautiful, serene atmosphere with classical music. The event brings out over 1000 gardeners and shoppers from around the city to our Avenue. We love showcasing our great local talent and our revitalized community along 118 Avenue.
Gallery artists:
Theme for the festival: Garden, landscape & mothers.
A maximum of 3 works will be accepted.
There will be a commission of 30% on all sales.
If you have prints, cards or a small art piece, please donate something to our raffle draws.
Our curator Lorraine Shulba will be in touch with you by April 10, 2012, after your work has been reviewed by a three member jury panel.
Artisans:
We are looking for garden-related products as well as a variety of hand crafted items (e.g. pottery, jewelry, beauty products, textiles) with a focus on items appropriate for mothers’ day gifts.
Email
bloomin_market@albertaave.org with company name & contact info please include a description of your products, their price range and photos of your table/work or a website link.
Show cost $40.
We have limited space and many interested artists, please choose either the gallery or artisan market.
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
February will find the Carrot Coffeehouse full of festivities celebrating Black History Month, with an event called “Rhythms of the Earth”. You won’t want to miss the artists we have lined up!
All month long you can come and see the visual gallery, comprised of local artists that are also part for the “5 Artists One Love” exhibition at the AGA. The Carrot will feature work by: Khiry Crooks, Lorien Maheu, Adrian Louden, Brett Miles, and Elsa Robinson.
Other highlights for the month include:
A Poetry Slam with established poets around the city, including some of this city’s up and coming young artists, and a hip hop performance by The Overachievers.
Adje Performers will make another appearance on the Ave – if you missed them at Deep Freeze, you won’t want to miss them here! They’ll help get the month warmed up with their drumming this weekend!
After listening to Adje, if you are inspired to learn how to play a djembe, take a Drumming Workshop with DrumAdrumDRUM.
Dr. Bitupu, Junetta Jamerson, and Tololwa Mollel are all fantastic Storytellers. From their lips you will hear oral stories of immigration that have been passed down through generations, mythology, and other traditional stories.
Mama Afro will do a braiding demonstration, and Dr. Jean Walrond PH. D. will talk about her clothing designs, inspired by Northern and Western Africa tradition.
So as you can see, there’s a lot to look forward to this February, as we celebrate Black History Month. Come enjoy a hot beverage celebrate with us!
For a schedule of events, click here.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Thanks to EPIC Photography for over a hundred wonderful photos from our recent Deep Freeze festival. View them right about here …
Tags: Deep Freeze, epic photography, photos
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
We’d like to take a moment to thank Nathalie Duchaine at Pause Cafè for all of her help during our recent Deep Freeze Festival. The Cafè is located at 8627 Rue Marie-Anne-Gaboury, in Citè Francophone, and we’d love it if you would drop by and pay them a visit. Partners like this helped make Deep Freeze 2012 a big success.
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Deep Freeze Fest is just around the corner, and we thought we’d highlight some things you may not have noticed in the our packed program, as well as some openings you may have assumed would be all filled up.
Ice
Yes, the ice carving competition is still a go. With the help of some refrigeration, we will have ice to carve, so come out to see the masters at work. There are snow carvings on site, too, for those of you who miss the white stuff.
Hockey
The hockey tournament is a go as well. I believe there its still at least one opening for a team, so if you’d like to play some good ole’ fashioned street hockey, get in touch with us.
Dancing
The Surf’s Up Dance with the Tsunami Brothers will be a blast (and it includes a retro-inspired swimwear fashion show). Some tickets are still available. Don’t forget to bring your swimsuit, towel and such along for the giant outdoor hot tub.
Colorful Explosions In the Sky
You may have missed this in the program, but this year’s Deep Freeze features FIREWORKS marking our fifth anniversary! The show starts at 6 PM, so even young folks with early bedtimes can enjoy it (I suppose there is something good about our 5 o clock darkness). It will be over before long, so make sure you are around right at 6 to take in the display.
Theses are just some highlights but there is a lot more going on this weekend. We’ll see you on site this Saturday. Find out more at deepfreezefest.ca, or download our full program.
Tags: dance, Deep Freeze Festival, festival, fireworks, highlights, ice carving, street hockey
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012
Thanks to another Deep Freeze story from The Edmonton Journal, you can get a sneak peek at the weekends snow sculptures, made with more than a little machine-magic-snow. Read the article, Deep Freeze Festival Celebrates Winter, online here …
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Deep+Freeze+festival+celebrates+winter/5953249/story.html
Tags: coverage, Deep Freeze, Edmonton Journal, festival, Press
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