Alberta artists featured at Royal Alberta Museum [Video]

The Royal Alberta Museum and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) unveiled a new exhibit Wednesday morning.

Here & Now features 16 newly acquired artworks which focus on themes of identity, female strength, human impacts on the land and the ideas of disability versus ability.

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The exhibition showcases different mediums including paintings, prints, fibre and sculptures from 12 Alberta artists whose work was recently added to the AFA’s collection through an art acquisition program in 2023.

AJA Louden, a muralist and one of the 12 artists of the exhibition, told CTV News Edmonton about the importance of collaboration among local talents.

“I think it’s a great collection and representation of artists working out of our province ,” Louden said. “I love seeing art outside of traditional spaces, so in the museum you usually come to see old historical things so often – …