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Art Rotterdam, Feb. 10-14 Palm Springs, CA, Fine Art Fair, Feb. 11-14
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Deadline for Canada Council for the Arts, Mar. 1 Fine Craft: Long-Term Grants to Artists and Curators, Fine Craft: Grants to Artists and Curators, Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts
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Aboriginal/Inuit Traditional Visual Art Forms Program for Individual Artists, Aboriginal/InuitTraditionalArtFormsProgramforOrganizations Assistance to Artist-Run Centres
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