My First Professional Exhibition 2025-2026 Award

We are excited to announce the annual 2025-2026 My First Professional Exhibition Award, established by Drs. George and Susannah Kurian. This award is designed to support a graduated BFA (VIST) student in producing a solo exhibition in a professional gallery or institution.  

The 2025-2026 Award amount is up to one award of $3000 each.

The award allows students to gain experience in exhibiting their 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.  

Eligibility  

To be eligible to receive this award students must have completed their final year of a BFA Visual Studies degree and be graduated in November 2024 or graduated in June 2025. 

Deadline: Monday May 26, 2025

Time: 4:00PM 

How to Submit: Email submission 

Questions: daah@ucalgary.ca