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ARTS SOCIETY

Promoting and encouraging artistic opportunities
and events for the enrichment of the general public.
PROUD TO BRING YOU 3 "ARTSY" SIGNATURE EVENTS IN DIDSBURY ALBERTA!
Arts Festival | Art Show | Dance | Film & Video | Writers Circle | Music & Song | Handicrafts | Visual Art | Performance Art | Heritage | Landscape Art | Carving | Photography | Digital Art | Indigenous Art | Stained Glass | Pastels | Jewellery

13th ARTS FESTIVAL - Sept 15-17, 2023

The Arts Festival is our "flagship" event - our first was held as a Streetfest in 2011. This is Mountain View County's largest festival of its kind. Art lovers see Didsbury Alberta come alive with all that is arts and culture in our region, including dancers, storytellers, musicians and songwriters, handicrafts, painters, potters, carvers - you name it, if it's artsy, it'll be here!

12th ART SHOW & SALE - April 2024

"A Brush with Art" Spring Art Show and Sale features visual artists from Mountain View County and the surrounding region. A highlight for the artists is the opportunity it provides to network with each other, as well as meet prospective clients. This Juried Gallery-style Show returns to the MPR of the Didsbury Memorial Complex in 2024. You will see fabulous Emerging Artists, People's Choice Awards, and Artists' Windows.

8th DAYS OF YORE - August 3 & 4, 2024

Days of Yore Two days, living historians, sword fights, big cannons, and live combat! Battles throughout the day, music with pipers and fifers, sing-a-longs, tales of bygone days, and more! You can shop in our Artisan Alley of heritage arts and traditional crafts in keeping with the character of this Outdoor Living History festival.

Promoting All Arts Year-Round!
In addition to hosting these events, we also participate in:
  • National Canadian Film Day
  • Art Blast
  • Culture Days (Held in conjunction with the Mountain View Arts Festival, we celebrate Alberta's Month of the Artist and Alberta Culture Days together!)
  • Didsbury Elks Parade
  • Carstairs Parenting Fair, Showcase Didsbury, and Olds Registration Night
  • Caroling during Didsbury Country Christmas
  • Continuation of our Alley Art Mural, community-collaborative art project begun with the Didsbury Elks Lodge in 2019
  • Raising awareness to the Film Industry that "Didsbury is Open for Show Business".
  • Distribution of the MVAS Annual Bursary for youth from our region.
  • Helping create the new Culture, Heritage & Arts Master Plan with the Town of Didsbury.
  • Collaborating on the new Mountain View Regional Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan.

We also promote other art events happening in Mountain View County, (and our nearby neighbours in surrounding communities). Our almost daily postings on Facebook helps get the word out for local area painters, high school drama productions, band concerts, art galleries, museum exhibits, library programs - everybody who's doing anything that has to do with the arts!

And it's all done by volunteers!!

Become a CHAMPION for Arts, Culture, and Heritage
Invest in your community! We give our business community an opportunity to show their support of the arts at several events throughout the year, and to very different, yet similar audiences. We support our supporters at every turn! We encourage area businesses to review our 2023 Sponsorship Package to see how we can help elevate your business at our community events and through our social media promotions.

to have your art group sent admin access to our Arts Calendar of Events. This is a calendar of any arts, culture, or heritage events happening in our region. Businesses and organizations can add their own events and activities - especially great for partnering with events or to avoid duplication of events on the same days.

The Mountain View Arts Society is Didsbury's Not-For-Profit Society of 2015 and we were nominated for the Community Spirit of the Year Award in 2019. If you have any ideas for any of our events, or would like to volunteer an hour or two, please and let us know. We'd love to hear from you!

 Click here to see all arts, culture and heritage events in Mountain View County, and the communities between Red Deer and Calgary.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
FUNDING SUPPORTERS

The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program was created to help you celebrate your community, its past and its present.

Situated where the foothills of the Canadian Rockies meet the fertile plains, Mountain View County is in the heart of Alberta's Calgary - Edmonton corridor.

The Alberta Foundation for the Arts provides support to arts organizations, giving them the power to inspire minds, encourage expression, foster creativity, and contribute to Alberta's economy.

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Become a Facebook Fan of the Mountain View Arts Society on Facebook. Follow the Mountain View Arts Society and Mountain View Arts Festival on twitter. Visit the Mountain View Arts Society YouTube channel.

Supporting arts, culture & heritage in Carstairs, Cremona, Didsbury, Olds, Sundre and the surrounding Central Alberta communities between Red Deer and Calgary.
Logo designed by Lyle Schulz. Venues sponsored by the Town of Didsbury. Stay overnight at the Rosebud Valley Campground at the east entrance to Didsbury. The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program was created to help you celebrate your community, its past and its present. Situated where the foothills of the Canadian Rockies meet the fertile plains, Mountain View County is in the heart of Alberta's Calgary - Edmonton corridor. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts provides support to arts organizations, giving them the power to inspire minds, encourage expression, foster creativity, and contribute to Alberta's economy.
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