BEAMS presents…
Art’s Birthday
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Time: 8:00 pm MST
Where: Collins Studio Gallery (11741 – 94 Street)
One of the world’s most unusual celebrations of art is slated to take centre stage in the Alberta capital. Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2026, facilitated by the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society, holds court Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. at Collins Studio Gallery (11741-94 Street).
The show will feature a wide range of Edmonton and out of town sound artists and experimental musicians, many of whom have garnered international reputations for their work. Featured on this year’s program is: XiME, Paula Kirman, Telepeasants, SkruntSkrunt, Wayne DeFehr, Bill Richards and Jacob Audrey Taves!
BEAMS has hosted this annual event in Edmonton since 2010, as part of a global tribute to art, an idea conceived by French surrealist Robert Filliou in 1963. He believed that a million years ago, art did not exist until a sponge was dropped into a pail of water, and picked his own birthday, Jan. 17, to celebrate the occasion. Charmed by the absurdity of the notion, artists, predominantly in Europe, have been celebrating Art’s Birthday ever since. A comprehensive background of the event and international listings are available on artsbirthday.net.
Admission to Art’s Birthday Edmonton 2025 is $10 for BEAMS members and $20 for non-members, although a BEAMS membership is included in the latter price.
The Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society (BEAMS) is a non-profit society dedicated to the promotion and production of sound art, experimental music and new media. Its membership consists of professional musicians, composers and performance artists from diverse backgrounds driven to create a voice for sound orientated art in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
This event is sponsored by the Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS). BEAMS thanks them for their support!
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