June 1, 2021 Project Grant Program Applications are now open for the Project Grant Program for Organizations. Submit before July 12, 2021. May 30, 2021 Get Our Newsletter Stay up-to-date with both what we’re working on and what’s going on—sign up for our weekly newsletter! February 8, 2021 Organization Structural Change Applications are open and accepted on an ongoing basis until November 30, 2021. What's On in Calgary Stay up to date with arts and culture events throughout the year Promotion June 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Online This Month As Alberta steps closer to reopening a lot of questions remain. But whether you’re ready to go out and about or content to stay at home a bit longer, Calgary’s arts community is stepping up with tons of virtual events this month. Promotion May 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021 Online This Month From Mother’s Day offerings to fantastic festivals, this month brings another batch of digital offerings for you to explore! Calgary’s amazing arts community continues to have a ton of online shows and events to check out so stay home and stay safe. Festival April 23, 2021 - May 2, 2021 Calgary Underground Film Festival With 10 days of cutting-edge cinema and inspired special events coming straight to your home, the 18th annual Calgary Underground Film Festival provides the thrills that you have come to expect! Promotion April 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021 Online This Month There’s a light at the end of the tunnel with warmer weather ahead and vaccines rolling out but we’re not quite there yet. Thankfully, Calgary’s arts community has a ton of digital offerings for you to explore this April making it easy to stay safe. Promotion March 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021 Online This Month March 2020 saw Calgary’s theatres go dark, music venues go quiet, and all sorts of planned offerings cancelled indefinitely. But, a year into COVID-19 restrictions, Calgary’s arts community continues to adapt and put on events for you to explore. Festival February 13, 2021 - February 28, 2021 Chinook Blast Launching a new festival during a global pandemic and a polar vortex might seem like an impossible task, but for more than 30 local programming partners, it’s a challenge that epitomizes the can-do Calgary spirit. Promotion February 1, 2021 - February 28, 2021 Online This Month There might be a chill in the air but you don’t have to bundle up to enjoy these offerings as Calgary’s arts community continues to pump out awesome online events. Go digital and check out these great shows this February! Promotion January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2021 Online This Month With a new year and an ongoing fight to bend the curve, Calgary’s arts community continues to pump out quality content—just digitally instead of in person—and you can tune in all month long. Check out these great online events this January! Music December 18, 2020 - January 3, 2021 The Yuletide Sessions Working within the ongoing challenges that the performing arts sector is facing due to COVID-19, Calgary Opera is celebrating its first entry into the realm of digital programming with this virtual holiday concert. Tune in! Research Useful information about Calgary Arts Development and the sector September 8, 2020 COVID-19 Impact Survey In May 2020, Calgary Arts Development undertook a survey of arts organizations in Calgary to better understand and plan for the COVID-19 disruption to the arts, culture, and creative industries. March 12, 2019 Calgary Engagement Survey How a community connects with the arts can be a clear indicator of vibrancy. Overall, 93% of Calgarians are connected to the arts and culture sector in one way or another. Wave 5 Results The New Experience Economy April 22, 2021 Future of Calgary’s Live Experience Economy Stone-Olafson is supporting experience-based organizations with timely research on how audiences will engage post-pandemic. The fifth wave of results is now available. Announcements June 23, 2021 Information About COVID-19 Calgary Arts Development has received a number of inquiries about the COVID-19 outbreak. This page is updated regularly with anything that is pertinent to the local arts sector. June 21, 2021 Summer Hours Calgary Arts Development will be closed on Fridays throughout July and August, as well as July 1 for Canada Day and August 2 for Heritage Day. Explore our events calendar and start planning. June 21, 2021 We’re Hiring Join our team! Calgary Arts Development is recruiting for a number of new full-time positions. Please review each posting closely before applying. We are hoping to fill each position over the summer. June 14, 2021 Sara Bateman Is Moving On Some big changes here at Calgary Arts Development—Sara Bateman will be leaving her role as Director, Community Investment and Impact. Her last day in the office will be June 30, 2021. June 14, 2021 We’re Hiring Join our team! Calgary Arts Development is recruiting for a number of new full-time positions. Please review each posting closely before applying. We are hoping to fill each position over the summer. June 7, 2021 Artists and Entrepreneurship Can a thriving art practice and forays into entrepreneurship coexist? Join a panel of working artists as they explore what it means to be a self-employed artist and the tensions they navigate along the way. Living a Creative Life Fuelling a vital, prosperous and connected city Photo of the Month June 18, 2021 #yycLCL May 2021 Chad Budyk is an award-winning strength and conditioning coach but, in his free time he likes to make pictures. These are some of his tools. Web Series June 15, 2021 Episode 18 Observing National Indigenous History Month, we are pleased to share this very special episode of Living a Creative Life featuring Aisinna’kiiks. The Storytelling Project June 7, 2021 Alex Sarian Coming to Calgary via New York City, Alex Sarian has worked with artists and arts organizations in 15 countries spanning five continents. The Storytelling Project May 31, 2021 Salima Stanley-Bhanji Spreading empathy and reducing discrimination, Salima Stanley-Bhanji and Humainologie are working hard to make Calgary a more inclusive city. Web Series May 17, 2021 Episode 17 Back for another week, join Adora Nwofor as she shares stories of those pursuing their inspiration and living their most authentic lives. Photo of the Month May 6, 2021 #yycLCL April 2021 Judy Ruggles is a Calgary-based artist painting inspiration from this and that—she paints, paints, and paints some more. The Storytelling Project May 3, 2021 Lalit Jain Lalit Jain believes yoga provides an avenue to tap into the abundant creativity that resides within each of us, unifying body, breath, and mind. The Storytelling Project April 26, 2021 Gayathri Shukla Gayathri Shukla knows the importance of storytelling and how story crafting allows her to be her authentic self. Tune into this week’s podcast to hear her story. Web Series April 19, 2021 Episode 16 Join Adora Nwofor for another celebration of creative Calgarians who live their most authentic lives while making our city so vibrant. Photo of the Month April 12, 2021 #yycLCL March 2021 Using the unique attributes of watercolour on canvas to her advantage, Linnea Martina’s intention is to spark personal recollections in the viewer. The Storytelling Project March 29, 2021 Jared Tailfeathers Dipping his toes into all sorts of materials, backgrounds, and artistic endeavours, Jared Tailfeathers continues to push forward. Photo of the Month March 19, 2021 #yycLCL February 2021 Tuyen Do shares original pencil drawings and paintings on canvas on Instagram including this in-process shot of a portrait of Grace Kelly. Web Series March 16, 2021 Episode 15 Join Adora Nwofor and meet some uniquely talented Calgarians who are taking their creativity to new heights by diversifying and sharing their skills. The Storytelling Project March 1, 2021 MelVee X Empowering marginalized people and equity-seeking communities, MelVee X is a Black queer multidisciplinary artist. The Storytelling Project February 22, 2021 Kayla Browne Kayla Browne decided that if the choice was to blend in to get along or to take a stand, she was going make architecture a brighter place. Tom Marten's It's Nobody | Image: Courtesy of Indefinite Arts Centre #yyclcl View Jun 23 Open ATTENTION TEACHERS! Looking for something fun to do with your students? Check out our Fun Warm-Up Videos with Andy. Shake things up and pass your class off to Andy for 9 quick and silly warm-up activities. The objective of Andy’s games are to wake up your students bodies, faces, voices and imaginations. Click our bio link to check them out 👆🏽 Andy’s Activities: Shake it out - 1:20 Ice Water - 2:31 Feet Warm Up - 5:15 Kiss the Baby, Eat the Baby - 6:45 Ants - 8:16 Shake Your Face Off - 9:56 Good Vibrations (Humming) - 11:36 Goofy - 13:26 Princess Pat - 15:10 Assessment and mindfulness questions after each section. Recommended for Division I, but fun for everyone! Comment and let us know how your warmup went! . . #questtheatre #questcalgary #yycarts #calgaryarts #artsalberta #yyc #calgary #local #calgaryism #calgarynow #calgarytoday #yycmoms #yycdads #yycfamily #exploreyyc #exploreab #yycliving #sharecalgary #cspacekingedward #loveyyc #yyclcl #innercityyyc #yycbuzz #yyclife #yyckids #calgarykids ... 5 0 View Jun 23 Open Who is ready for summer? WE ARE! Our Summer Camps start in 12 days. We cannot wait to see all our campers and share a summer full of adventures and fun. Do you have a plan for the summer? Check our Summer Camps. We still have a few spots left! Click on our bio link for more information 👆🏽 . . . #questtheatre #questcalgary #yycarts #calgaryarts #artsalberta #ab #yyc #calgary #local #calgaryism #calgarynow #calgarytoday #yycmoms #yycdads #yycfamily #exploreyyc #exploreab #yycliving #sharecalgary #summer #cspacekingedward #loveyyc #yyclcl #innercityyyc #yycbuzz #yyclife #summercamps #yycsummercamps #yyckids #calgarykids ... 5 2 View Jun 23 Open Big thanks to Downstage Student Ambassador neilerine for creating these infographics in consultation with roneykaith Recently, the provincial government announced the closing of the supervised consumption services at Sheldon Chumir. People in our community are deeply affected by this change. Downstage is offering a series of audio interviews, which were part of Downstage's 2019 *Safe Site project, as well as artful responses from concerned community members about the impending closure of Calgary's only current Supervised Consumption Services. *Safe Site 2019 was created and performed by community members who have various relationships to Calgary's only supervised consumption site at Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre. These offerings are available on our website (link in bio). If you'd like to contribute thoughts to Safe Site Redux email Community Programs Director, Elsha Yeyesuswork, at elsha@downstage.ca. #SCS #SafeSite #SupervisedConsumptionServices #yyclcl #yycarts #AlbertaHealthServices ... 34 0 View Jun 23 Open Small sunset painting in process , acrylic on raw canvas, wip #painting#loveart#feelgoodart#emergingartists#artartart#loveart#womanart#yycartist#yycart#yyclcl#contemporarypainting#modernart#colourfieldpainting#colorfieldpainting#trueartlover#artwatchers#artadvisory#artaddict#femaleart#originalpainting#kumst#laart ... 49 7 View Jun 23 Open Daily Sketchbook Practice “plants” . . . . #art #artistsoninstagram #artwork #artist #artoftheday #artofinstagram #yyc #yycliving #yycnow #yycart #yycartist #yycarts #yycartists #yyclcl #drawing #draw #sketch #abstract #abstractart #gouache #gouachepainting #gouachepaint #abstract #abstractart #calgary ... 16 6 View Jun 22 Open Tgis is my latest big project a 20x8 ft sea container for The Crescent Heights Community. This mural design integrates the BIA’s brand, the Community Association’s Brand and they wanted to have a spaces for a bulletin board for community events, engagement, etc. This mural will represent the vibrancy of the inner-city as well as connection and belonging. It was a really fun project to work on. Thank you so much to crescentheightsvillage and chcayyc For letting me do this for them. ... 112 27 Load More
June 1, 2021 Project Grant Program Applications are now open for the Project Grant Program for Organizations. Submit before July 12, 2021.
May 30, 2021 Get Our Newsletter Stay up-to-date with both what we’re working on and what’s going on—sign up for our weekly newsletter!
February 8, 2021 Organization Structural Change Applications are open and accepted on an ongoing basis until November 30, 2021.
Promotion June 1, 2021 - June 30, 2021 Online This Month As Alberta steps closer to reopening a lot of questions remain. But whether you’re ready to go out and about or content to stay at home a bit longer, Calgary’s arts community is stepping up with tons of virtual events this month.
Promotion May 1, 2021 - May 31, 2021 Online This Month From Mother’s Day offerings to fantastic festivals, this month brings another batch of digital offerings for you to explore! Calgary’s amazing arts community continues to have a ton of online shows and events to check out so stay home and stay safe.
Festival April 23, 2021 - May 2, 2021 Calgary Underground Film Festival With 10 days of cutting-edge cinema and inspired special events coming straight to your home, the 18th annual Calgary Underground Film Festival provides the thrills that you have come to expect!
Promotion April 1, 2021 - April 30, 2021 Online This Month There’s a light at the end of the tunnel with warmer weather ahead and vaccines rolling out but we’re not quite there yet. Thankfully, Calgary’s arts community has a ton of digital offerings for you to explore this April making it easy to stay safe.
Promotion March 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021 Online This Month March 2020 saw Calgary’s theatres go dark, music venues go quiet, and all sorts of planned offerings cancelled indefinitely. But, a year into COVID-19 restrictions, Calgary’s arts community continues to adapt and put on events for you to explore.
Festival February 13, 2021 - February 28, 2021 Chinook Blast Launching a new festival during a global pandemic and a polar vortex might seem like an impossible task, but for more than 30 local programming partners, it’s a challenge that epitomizes the can-do Calgary spirit.
Promotion February 1, 2021 - February 28, 2021 Online This Month There might be a chill in the air but you don’t have to bundle up to enjoy these offerings as Calgary’s arts community continues to pump out awesome online events. Go digital and check out these great shows this February!
Promotion January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2021 Online This Month With a new year and an ongoing fight to bend the curve, Calgary’s arts community continues to pump out quality content—just digitally instead of in person—and you can tune in all month long. Check out these great online events this January!
Music December 18, 2020 - January 3, 2021 The Yuletide Sessions Working within the ongoing challenges that the performing arts sector is facing due to COVID-19, Calgary Opera is celebrating its first entry into the realm of digital programming with this virtual holiday concert. Tune in!
September 8, 2020 COVID-19 Impact Survey In May 2020, Calgary Arts Development undertook a survey of arts organizations in Calgary to better understand and plan for the COVID-19 disruption to the arts, culture, and creative industries.
March 12, 2019 Calgary Engagement Survey How a community connects with the arts can be a clear indicator of vibrancy. Overall, 93% of Calgarians are connected to the arts and culture sector in one way or another.
April 22, 2021 Future of Calgary’s Live Experience Economy Stone-Olafson is supporting experience-based organizations with timely research on how audiences will engage post-pandemic. The fifth wave of results is now available.
June 23, 2021 Information About COVID-19 Calgary Arts Development has received a number of inquiries about the COVID-19 outbreak. This page is updated regularly with anything that is pertinent to the local arts sector.
June 21, 2021 Summer Hours Calgary Arts Development will be closed on Fridays throughout July and August, as well as July 1 for Canada Day and August 2 for Heritage Day. Explore our events calendar and start planning.
June 21, 2021 We’re Hiring Join our team! Calgary Arts Development is recruiting for a number of new full-time positions. Please review each posting closely before applying. We are hoping to fill each position over the summer.
June 14, 2021 Sara Bateman Is Moving On Some big changes here at Calgary Arts Development—Sara Bateman will be leaving her role as Director, Community Investment and Impact. Her last day in the office will be June 30, 2021.
June 14, 2021 We’re Hiring Join our team! Calgary Arts Development is recruiting for a number of new full-time positions. Please review each posting closely before applying. We are hoping to fill each position over the summer.
June 7, 2021 Artists and Entrepreneurship Can a thriving art practice and forays into entrepreneurship coexist? Join a panel of working artists as they explore what it means to be a self-employed artist and the tensions they navigate along the way.
Photo of the Month June 18, 2021 #yycLCL May 2021 Chad Budyk is an award-winning strength and conditioning coach but, in his free time he likes to make pictures. These are some of his tools.
Web Series June 15, 2021 Episode 18 Observing National Indigenous History Month, we are pleased to share this very special episode of Living a Creative Life featuring Aisinna’kiiks.
The Storytelling Project June 7, 2021 Alex Sarian Coming to Calgary via New York City, Alex Sarian has worked with artists and arts organizations in 15 countries spanning five continents.
The Storytelling Project May 31, 2021 Salima Stanley-Bhanji Spreading empathy and reducing discrimination, Salima Stanley-Bhanji and Humainologie are working hard to make Calgary a more inclusive city.
Web Series May 17, 2021 Episode 17 Back for another week, join Adora Nwofor as she shares stories of those pursuing their inspiration and living their most authentic lives.
Photo of the Month May 6, 2021 #yycLCL April 2021 Judy Ruggles is a Calgary-based artist painting inspiration from this and that—she paints, paints, and paints some more.
The Storytelling Project May 3, 2021 Lalit Jain Lalit Jain believes yoga provides an avenue to tap into the abundant creativity that resides within each of us, unifying body, breath, and mind.
The Storytelling Project April 26, 2021 Gayathri Shukla Gayathri Shukla knows the importance of storytelling and how story crafting allows her to be her authentic self. Tune into this week’s podcast to hear her story.
Web Series April 19, 2021 Episode 16 Join Adora Nwofor for another celebration of creative Calgarians who live their most authentic lives while making our city so vibrant.
Photo of the Month April 12, 2021 #yycLCL March 2021 Using the unique attributes of watercolour on canvas to her advantage, Linnea Martina’s intention is to spark personal recollections in the viewer.
The Storytelling Project March 29, 2021 Jared Tailfeathers Dipping his toes into all sorts of materials, backgrounds, and artistic endeavours, Jared Tailfeathers continues to push forward.
Photo of the Month March 19, 2021 #yycLCL February 2021 Tuyen Do shares original pencil drawings and paintings on canvas on Instagram including this in-process shot of a portrait of Grace Kelly.
Web Series March 16, 2021 Episode 15 Join Adora Nwofor and meet some uniquely talented Calgarians who are taking their creativity to new heights by diversifying and sharing their skills.
The Storytelling Project March 1, 2021 MelVee X Empowering marginalized people and equity-seeking communities, MelVee X is a Black queer multidisciplinary artist.
The Storytelling Project February 22, 2021 Kayla Browne Kayla Browne decided that if the choice was to blend in to get along or to take a stand, she was going make architecture a brighter place.
