My First Professional Exhibition 2022-23 Award

This is an annual award that has been established by Drs. George & Susannah Kurian to enable a graudating BFA (VIST) student to produce a solo exhibition in a professional gallery or institution. 

The award allows students to gain knowledge of exhibiting their own work and can be used to cover expenses associated with producing work, gallery rental, catalog production, promotion and other expenses appropriate for mounting their exhibition. 

The 2022-23 Award amount is $5,000 and is available to up to two individuals.

Eligibility: To be eligible to receive this award, students must have completed their final year of a BFA Visual Studies degree and be graduating in the academic year in 2021-22. 

Deadline: Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 4 p.m. MDT. Please email your submissions to artdept@ucalgary.ca 

For application details please view this PDF