Nominations open for Edmonton Arts Prizes (Canada)

Deadline: 17 January 2025

The Edmonton Arts Prizes celebrate artists from a range of art forms and practices, recognizing their work, and investing in their continued experimentation and creation.

The partners are committed to their shared vision for the Edmonton Arts Prizes as a program that is inclusive of a wide range of artistic practices and welcomes the contributions of artists from multiple communities, backgrounds and traditions. They envision the arts prize categories growing in future years to include a greater diversity of arts disciplines.

Award Categories

Robert Kroetsch – City of Edmonton Book Prize
Eldon + Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize
City of Edmonton Film Prize
City of Edmonton Music Prize

Prize Information

The primary prize recipient in each category will be awarded $15,000, and two secondary prizes of $5,000 will be awarded to the runners up.

Geographical Focus

The greater Edmonton region is defined as the City of Edmonton, the Counties of Sturgeon, Parkland, Leduc and Strathcona, and the communities of Enoch Cree Nation, Alexander First Nation, Paul First Nation, and Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible artists/recipients must be 18+ and a resident of the greater Edmonton region/amiskwaciy-waskâhikan.

Assessment Criteria

In the case of equivalent merits, the assessors will be encouraged to consider the work in the context of the (in order):
- Artist’s career;
- Relevant tradition(s), and arts practice in Canada;
- Representation of the demographic diversity of Edmonton’s population;
- Representation of the diversity of artistic expression or styles within the discipline.

Deadlines