The Alberta Community Art Clubs Association aims at uniting, serving and networking with artists throughout the province. Our goals are to foster and maintain instruction in art and to develop an interest in the knowledge of art and culture in the communities throughout the province.

Created in 1968 under the direction of Professor Harry Wohlfarth from the Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta, ACACA holds Charitable Status, and all donations over $10 dollars receive a tax receipt. Financial support for the ACACA and sponsored projects is provided through membership fees, donations and grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Community Development, and the Visual Arts Alberta Association.

ACACA fills a unique niche in promoting the arts in the province of Alberta by sponsoring three juried art shows annually, hosted by art clubs from different communities each year.

• the southern zone show - south of Highway 9
• the central zone show - between Highways 16 and 9
• the northern zone show - north of Highway 16

The works of art are critiqued at the conclusion of each show, providing encouragement and learning experiences, in an environment that encourages new ideas, networking, and goodwill. Paintings are then juried again in to the Alberta Wide Show at the Red Deer and District Museum, where traditionally several awards are presented annually. ACACA owns a permanent collection of award winning works, which are purchased from the artist every year.

The Annual Meeting of the ACACA is held in the morning of the Closing of the Alberta Wide at the Red Deer Museum. Election of officers is held on odd numbered years, with province-wide representation on the Executive.