Get your toques ready! The first festival of the new year, Arts on the Ave is proud to announce that Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival is back on Alberta Avenue on January 21 & 22, 2023. With the spirit of Deep Freeze Festivals past, celebrate the Old New Year as the French, Ukrainian and Indigenous cultures collide together in art, music, dance, stories, ice carvings, food, and more.
Want to get involved? Deep Freeze is currently accepting applications for performers, artisans, aspiring chefs and volunteers!
Deep Freeze is currently seeking volunteers to help make the festival magic happen. Positions are available for many different skills, interests, and abilities. Come work with marvelous people on fun teams, get a sweet festival toque and other fabulous perks!
Want to know more about volunteering? Sign up for our next Volunteer Party on December 30th.
Share your passion with the Deep Freeze audience. Deep Freeze is currently accepting applications for all types of performers.
Applications will be accepted until December 10.
Share and sell your artwork at Deep Freeze. Deep Freeze is currently looking for artists to display and sell their work at the weekend Deep Freeze gallery. All work must be original, no prints or reproductions.
Applications will be accepted until December 10.
Deep Freeze is looking for artisan and prepared food vendors. Artisans run their table, selling their art/craft. Mediums may include but are not limited to: paintings, mixed media, digital arts, sculptures, drawings, handmade skin and beauty products (Gov. approved), caricatures and portrait drawings, fibre arts, photography, pottery, silversmith, jewelry, textiles, glass, printmaking, up-cycled vintage and hand-made clothing.
Applications are open until December 10.
A festival favourite - the 24 Hour Lamppost Cozy Challenge returns! Test your imagination and street art installation skills for a chance to win cash prizes. 'Spin us a yarn' and create engaging, whimsical and vibrant imaginary characters in the theme of 'Enchanted Forest' along 118th Avenue to delight festival visitors young and old.
Applications accepted until December 8.
Attention all chefs and lovers of food! Show off your kitchen skills by making perogies and/or tourtiere. Do you think you have the best recipe in Edmonton? Prove it!
Applications will be accepted no later than January 17 at 4 pm.
About Arts on the Ave
Arts on the Ave Edmonton Society is a registered non-profit, charity organization engaged in developing 118th Avenue (75 – 106 Streets) into a community arts district.
The organization is engaged with the city and dedicated to the community through the cultivation of positive urban renewal. It is through culture-led urban regeneration initiatives, a vision of creative spaces and place-making that these art-infused communities have begun to flourish and provide a safe, nurturing environment for artists to thrive.
For more information about Arts on the Ave, visit artsontheave.org.
