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!
Media
Contact:
Shawn
Pinchbeck
info@beams.ca
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