{"id":922902,"date":"2026-10-06T15:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/922902\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:12:09","slug":"alberta-artists-fifth-entry-lands-coveted-calgary-stampede-poster-discoverairdrie-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/922902\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta artist\u2019s fifth entry lands coveted Calgary Stampede poster &#8211; DiscoverAirdrie.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 23-year-old Alberta artist has been selected as the <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.calgarystampede.com\/foundation\/programs\/poster-competition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2027 Calgary Stampede Poster Artist<\/a> after participating in the youth poster competition five times.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The Stampede unveiled Keagan George\u2019s Best Seat in the House on Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Related Stories:<\/p>\n<p>The artwork depicts bull rider Hayes Weight of Goshen, Utah, aboard Judge and Jury during the 2025 Calgary Stampede Rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>Weight won the final day of Pool A with the ride featured in George\u2019s artwork, earning a place on Championship Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was shocked \u2014 I truly wasn\u2019t expecting it,\u201d George said of finding out she had won. \u201cThis was my favourite piece so far and the one I felt was most like a Stampede Poster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Five tries at the Stampede poster<\/p>\n<p>During her five years participating in the competition, George advanced to the top 30 twice and the top eight twice before being selected as the 2027 poster artist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first entered the competition, I didn\u2019t really understand what made a strong poster,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the years, I learned from the workshops, the mentors\u2019 feedback and the winning artwork that came before mine, and I built on that with each new piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George is a self-taught animal artist who grew up on a homestead near Barrhead.<\/p>\n<p>She first drew animals using images from feed store calendars. Wanting better reference material, she later began photographing calves and other animals around her family\u2019s homestead.<\/p>\n<p>Her work continues to focus predominantly on animals, particularly cattle.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing viewers close to the action<\/p>\n<p>George said she wanted the artwork to capture the feeling of being close to the rodeo action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted the bull\u2019s head to command a large part of the Poster and create that feeling of being close to the action,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crowd in the background shows the scale of the Rodeo, while the movement of the bull, rider and chaps builds anticipation. I made the fringe on the chaps red because it\u2019s eye-catching and connects the piece to the Calgary Stampede.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George becomes the ninth Alberta youth to have artwork featured on the official Calgary Stampede poster since the Youth Poster Competition began in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Applications open for 2028<\/p>\n<p>The Dustin Peers Memorial Scholarship, funded by the Brandon Flock Foundation, awards $20,000 in educational scholarships annually to the competition\u2019s top eight finalists, including $10,000 to the first-place winner.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the 2028 Calgary Stampede Youth Poster Competition are now open to Alberta artists aged 15 to 24.<\/p>\n<p>The application deadline is Dec. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 Calgary Stampede runs July 9 to 18. Tickets for the Calgary Stampede Rodeo and Evening Show went on sale Oct. 5.<\/p>\n<p>Get your local news directly from the source. Bookmark DiscoverAirdrie.com and download the DiscoverAirdrie app to stay connected wherever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 23-year-old Alberta artist has been selected as the 2027 Calgary Stampede Poster Artist after participating in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-922902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}