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Calgarians Invited to a Seat at the Table for Visionary Conversation on Culture

Posted May 28th, 2012

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Calgary Arts Development announces next step toward a long-term Arts Development Strategy for Calgary

Tonight, during our annual Report to Community, Calgary Arts Development announced MASS LBP, a Canadian public engagement firm with an impressive record for leading visionary civic conversations, as a key partner in phase two of the creation of a long-term Arts Development Strategy for Calgary.

“Over the past two years, as part of the Cultural Capital of Canada bid process, through our first Arts Champions Congress in 2011, and through the 2012-2014 City of Calgary budget process, Calgary Arts Development has become increasingly aware of the need for and the potential value of an integrated Arts Development Strategy for Calgary,” says Terry Rock, President and CEO.

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Calgary Arts Development Launches New Client Induction Grant Program

Posted February 2nd, 2012

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Calgary Arts Development today announced the New Client Induction Grant Program, developed to invest in arts organizations that are eligible, but not currently funded through Calgary Arts Development’s Operating Grant Program.

In November 2011, City Council responded to CADA’s request to deal with unprecedented demand from new clients representing diverse and emerging organizations through an increase to CADA’s annual base funding. In 2012, $175,000 will be available through the New Client Induction Program. The New Client Induction Program is open to all eligible arts organizations not currently funded by CADA, with priority given to diverse and emerging organizations.

“Calgary is an increasingly diverse city in the midst of dynamic change,” says Terry Rock, President and CEO of Calgary Arts Development. “As the City of Calgary's designated arts development authority, we need to provide a set of programs that can respond to our changing city and enhance the artistic and public impact of Calgary's arts organizations and artists.”
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2011 Operating Grants

Organization	2011 Grant
Acoustic Music Society of Calgary	$3,000
Adult Recreational Choir Society of Calgary	$4,500
Afrikadey Arts & Culture Society	$22,000
Alberta Ballet	$204,000
Alberta Craft Council	$8,000
Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society	$5,500
Alberta Playwrights Network	$10,000
Alberta Printmakers Society	$15,500
Alberta Theatre Projects	$309,000
Alexandra Writers' Centre Society	$5,400
Alliance Francaise	$7,000
Altius Brass Society	$2,100
Amici String Program Association	$5,000
Antyx Community Arts Society	$12,500
Art Gallery of Calgary	$75,000
Artpoint Gallery & Studios	$5,000
Association for Non-Profit Architectural Fieldwork Alberta	$6,000
Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project	$5,000
Blue Collar Dance Society	$7,200
Book Publishers Association of Alberta	$4,500
Brazilian Community Association of Alberta	$5,000
C.A.K.E. Young Artist's Society	$2,000
Calgary Animated Objects Society	$50,000
Calgary Arab Film Festival Society of Alberta	$1,000
Calgary Arts Resource Society	$2,500
Calgary ArtWalk Society	$2,500
Calgary Bach Festival Society	$2,500
Calgary Blues Music Association	$45,000
Calgary Chapter of Barbershop Harmony Society	$1,000
Calgary Children's Choir	$3,600
Calgary Chinese Orchestra	$1,800
Calgary Cinematheque	$9,000
Calgary Concert Band	$2,000
Calgary Contemporary Arts Society	$20,000
Calgary Fiddlers Association	$3,980
Calgary Foothills Barbershop Chorus Society	$3,600
Calgary Girls Choir	$8,800
Calgary International Children's Festival	$100,000
Calgary International Film Festival	$60,300
Calgary International Fireworks Festival Operating as GlobalFest	$32,000
Calgary International Fringe Festival	$30,000
Calgary International Kiwanis Muisc Festival	$10,000
Calgary Men's Chorus	$5,000
Calgary Multi-Cultural Choir	$2,400
Calgary Opera	$204,000
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra	$290,000
Calgary Pro Musica Society	$15,000
Calgary Reggae Festival Society	$22,000
Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players	$4,200
Calgary Round Up Band	$3,000
Calgary Sketch Club	$3,700
Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers	$34,000
Calgary Society of Organists	$1,700
Calgary Spoken Word Society	$16,000
Calgary Turkish Fest	$4,000
Calgary Underground Film Fest	$22,000
Calgary Young People's theatre	$7,000
Calgary Youth Orchestra	$10,000
Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region Association	$15,000
Cantare Children's Choir Society	$5,500
Cantos Music Foundation	$55,000
Centre Stage Theatre	$2,000
Chinook Music Society	$2,400
CJSW 90.9 FM	$20,000
Classical Guitar Society of Calgary	$6,200
Clouds 'n Water Visual Production Society c/o The New Gallery	$35,500
Comic & Entertainment Expo	$15,000
Corps Bara Dance Guild of Calgary	$3,400
Curiously Canadian Improv Guild	$4,000
Dancers' Studio West Society	$31,000
Dandelion Magazine Society	$2,000
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks	$89,000
Downstage Performance Society	$10,000
Early Music Voices Concert Society	$4,800
EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society	$38,000
EnChor Choral Society	$1,800
Evergreen Theatre	$2,000
Exposure: Calgary/Banff Photography Festival	$17,500
FairyTales Presentation Society	$22,500
Festival Chorus	$7,000
Filling Station Publications Society	$6,505
Fire Exit Theatre Society	$4,000
Fish Creek Concert & Cultural Society	$3,500
Folk Festival Society of Calgary	$90,000
Foothills Bluegrass Music Society	$3,500
Foothills Brass Society	$5,000
FreeFall Literary Society	$5,775
Front Row Centre Players Society	$8,000
Ghost River Theatre Society	$16,500
Glenbow - Alberta Institute	$135,000
Gli Azzurri - Calgary Italian Folk Dancers	$1,200
Green Fools Theatre Society	$10,000
Ground Zero Theatre Society	$13,500
Hidden Gems Film Society	$1,000
Hispanic Arts Society	$17,000
Honens	$60,000
Illingworth Kerr Gallery ACAD	$10,000
in-Definite Arts Society	$9,000
Instrumental Society of Calgary	$2,000
International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society	$7,800
Jazz Is Society of Alberta	$2,000
Jeuness Classique Ballet Company	$6,000
Kantorei Choral Society	$4,800
Kensington Sinfonia	$6,300
Lands End Chamber Music Society	$8,000
Leighton Foundation and Art Centre	$14,000
Loose Moose Theatre	$11,700
Lunchbox Theatre	$58,000
MoMo Multi Ability Movement Arts Society of Calgary	$6,000
Morpheus Theatre Society	$8,500
Mount Royal Choral Association	$3,600
Mountain Standard Time Performative Arts Festival	$15,000
New Works Calgary	$7,000
Old Trout Puppet Workshop	$27,000
One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre	$75,000
Orchestral Society of Calgary	$9,000
Polanie Polish Song & Dance	$1,200
Pro Arts Society	$4,000
Pumphouse Theatre Society	$52,500
Quest Theatre Society	$30,500
Quickdraw Animation Society	$34,500
Revv52	$5,200
Rocky Mountain Concert Band	$1,200
Sage Theatre Society	$21,000
Savridi Singers	$2,000
Second Story Art Society (Truck Gallery)	$45,000
Shakespeare Company, The	$4,500
Silver Stars Musical Revue Society	$2,000
Single Onion	$3,600
Sled Island Music Festival	$52,700
Society of Alberta Dance Theatre for Young People	$3,200
Soulocentric Theatre & Dance	$6,000
Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society	$1,000
Spiritus Chamber Choir	$3,600
Springboard Dance Collective Society	$12,500
Stage Left Productions Theatre Association	$9,000
StoryBook Theatre Society	$20,000
Stride Art Gallery	$33,000
Studio C, Prospect Human Services Society	$7,000
Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre	$2,400
Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre Society	$4,500
Sykotik Mas Club of Calgary	$1,000
The Caribbean Community Council of Calgary	$5,000
Theatre Alberta	$8,000
Theatre Calgary	$307,000
Theatre Encounter Performance Society	$1,000
Theatre Junction Society	$77,000
Trickster Theatre Society	$11,500
Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Society	$3,000
Untitled Art Society	$7,500
Urban Curvz Theatre	$6,000
Verb Theatre	$1,720
Vertigo Theatre	$90,000
Visual Arts Week Society	$12,500
Voicescapes Music Collective	$3,000
W.P. Puppet Theatre Society	$1,000
W&M Dance Projects of Calgary (Formerly Eko Dance)	$7,000
Westwinds Music Society	$5,000
WordFest	$60,000
Workshop Theatre Society	$9,120
Writers Guild of Alberta	$5,500
Youth Singers of Calgary	$17,500
Total	$3,819,000

Calgary to enter bid process for 2012 Cultural Capital of Canada

Posted June 21st, 2010

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June 21, 2010

Calgary to enter bid process for 2012 Cultural Capital of Canada

(Calgary, AB) – Today the City of Calgary announced the intention to bid for the designation of the 2012 Cultural Capital of Canada. The Canadian Heritage Cultural Capitals of Canada program is a national annual awards initiative to celebrate and promote arts, culture and heritage in Canadian municipalities by recognizing the achievements of cities with an ongoing commitment to arts and culture.

City Council has approved a contribution of $667,000 to be invested upon receipt of the designation. The amount is necessary to receive up to $2 million in matching federal funding towards special activities to celebrate culture and for legacy projects which integrate arts and culture into aspects of community planning. Designation as a Cultural Capital of Canada would provide an opportunity to acknowledge Calgary’s cultural history, current cultural achievements and establish a focus on grass-roots community cultural vibrancy.

2012 marks a pivotal year in Calgary’s cultural history including the centennial anniversaries of some of the city’s cultural cornerstones including the Calgary Stampede, City of Calgary Recreation, the Calgary Public Library, the Pumphouse and the GRAND Theatre.

“The Stampede’s Centennial was one of the catalysts that lead to the Calgary 2012 project,” says Mike Casey, co-chair of the Calgary 2012 bid steering committee and vice chair of the Calgary Stampede. “This is a compelling opportunity to work with the other partners around the table to celebrate all of culture in our City. We want Calgarians from all walks of life to share their ideas for celebration and legacy projects that will engage and inspire Calgarians and the world.”

Calgary’s Cultural Capitals bid process will include a wide-ranging community engagement process where Calgarians will be invited to suggest project ideas that will be the basis for the 2012 celebration of culture. Interested Calgarians can sign up to receive information on how to get involved at www.calgary2012.com.

The bid is a joint initiative co-chaired by Calgary Arts Development Authority and the Calgary Stampede in partnership with the City of Calgary, the Calgary Public Library, Tourism Calgary and Calgary Economic Development. The bid will be submitted in October 2010 with a decision expected in March/April 2011.

“We've made tremendous strides over the past few years in supporting arts and culture in Calgary, but we're determined to take it further,” says Peter Boyd, co-chair of the Calgary 2012 bid steering committee and chair of Calgary Arts Development. “This year provides us an opportunity to not only celebrate our culture, but to build legacies for the future."

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Contact Information:
Suzanne Boss
Project Manager, Calgary 2012
[p] 403.264.5330 x 204
[e] suzanne.boss@calgary2012.com
[w] www.calgary2012.com

About Calgary 2012
In 2012, 100 years after Calgary established itself as a cultural centre of the West, Calgarians will celebrate the city's collective cultural achievements and dream big about Calgary's role as a cultural centre of Canada. Leveraging the centennial celebrations of several of Calgary's cultural cornerstones, the Calgary 2012 project aims to showcase Calgary's culture and create legacy projects to encourage future cultural achievements. Calgary 2012 is a joint initiative co-chaired by Calgary Arts Development Authority and the Calgary Stampede in partnership with City of Calgary Recreation, the Calgary Public Library, Tourism Calgary and Calgary Economic Development.

Lead with Culture: 2009 Report to the Community

Posted May 14th, 2010

Calgary Arts Development is pleased to release its 2009 Report to the Community.

Titled Lead with Culture, the report outlines the organization's key achievements and activities in 2009. The report also provides details on Calgary Arts Development’s strategy and vision, granting programs, arts space programs, awareness programs, and profiles for each of the organizations supported by Calgary Arts Development in 2009.

View an online version of Calgary Arts Development's 2009 Report to the Community.

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