Faye Heavyshield at the Oldman River in southern Alberta.

Photo: Candice Ward

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Telling Stories: The importance of sharing Indigenous culture through art and fashion.

Photo: Jenna Pullen

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Artist Cassie Suche collected fingerprints from East Village community members to create Touch Traces, a public art project along the RiverWalk.

Photo: Candice Ward

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Hop on board an Art Bus

Join us for the reveal of seven public transit buses featuring original artworks by seven local artists. The buses are in service, bringing public art to various areas of the city as they travel their…Read more

"What is Public Art?" Community Conversation

In partnership with Calgary Arts Development, join Alcove Centre for the Arts for a community conversation and speaker series around the topic of public art. This kickoff event will be a panel discussion moderated by…Read more

New Public Art Series Launches on Billboards

Starting in December 2023, selected works from the City of Calgary Public Art Collection are being featured on billboards across the city. The majority of these works are currently in storage and not on display…Read more

Artistic Community Care: Video and Transcript

Led by Disability Justice activist and artist JD Derbyshire, the first in our series of 2024 Equity Town Halls focused on community care plans for self and others — art renderings and responses in and…Read more

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Our Commitment to Equity

Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.

We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit from across Turtle Island.

We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.