The National Gallery of Canada has received a major donation from a large private collection of Northern European prints. Montreal doctors Jonathan Meakins and Jacqueline McClaran have given more than half their collection to the Ottawa gallery, including 258 Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts from the 16th and 17th centuries. Many are on display until Nov. 14 as part of The Collectors' Cosmos.
BC Culture Days – which promotes awareness of arts and culture in British Columbia – will hold its annual month-long celebration with in-person and virtual events from Sept. 24 to Oct. 24. Ten emerging artists from different disciplines have been picked as Culture Days ambassadors. They are each partnered with a mentor and will present workshops like art journaling, music jams and poetry readings. Find more information here.
Calgary's Glenbow Museum is offering free admission next weekend before it closes Aug. 29 for three years of renovations. The free admission runs from Aug. 26 to Aug. 29. Tickets must be reserved online, and masks are mandatory.
Ready to publish a photobook? Submissions for the Contact Photography Festival's $5,000 Burtynsky grant – which supports the creation of a photobook – are being accepted until Sept. 7. The grant is intended to help artists already in the advanced stages of preparing their work for a book. The jury is not interested in street photography, travelogues, vacations, architecture or fashion. Find more details here.
The YVR Art Foundation is accepting applications for two programs that award $500 micro-grants to First Nations artists. The Bill McLennan Masterpiece Study Program is designed for Indigenous artists in B.C. and Yukon who want to research or study Indigenous art in a museum through virtual or in-person visits. The Aspiring Artist Awards support B.C. and Yukon Indigenous youth from ages 15 to 20 with their art practice. Applications for each program are accepted on a rolling basis. Up to 10 awards in each program will be distributed in 2021.