Artist Jarett Sitter sitting on a sidewalk in front of a backdrop of the city

Artist Jarett Sitter’s The Bison and the Dragon: Untold Tales public art project is inspired by the historical friendship between Indigenous and Chinese communities.

Photo: Courtesy of Jarett Sitter

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Photograph of Adrian Stimson in front of a stormy grey sky landscape

Meet Adrian Stimson, a Siksika Nation member, residential school survivor, multidisciplinary artist and chair of AUArts.

Photo: Courtesy of Adrian Stimson

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Olympian Mark Tewksbury chats in his home for the Living a Creative Life Web Series

Olympian Mark Tewskbury talks about how he is living a creative life.

Photo: Bamboo Shoots

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Announcements

We're Hiring: Community Investment Assistant

Join our team! We are recruiting a Community Investment Assistant to work across the granting program portfolio and collaborate closely with the Community Investment team to administer granting programs for arts organizations, artist collectives and…Read more

Announcement - Visit our booth in Chinatown

Visit our table at the Lunar New Year festivities at Chinatown’s Chinese Cultural Centre on January 25 and 26, from 11am-6pm. We’ll be debuting our new Year of the Snake colouring postcards. Free admission and…Read more

Centre City Banners: Info Session Online

Are you considering applying to the Centre City Banners program? Watch an online and on-demand information session on the program to learn more about the Centre City Banner program, and review the application requirements and…Read more

Future Focus Program: Applications Open

Applications are open for the first intake of this program, intended to support arts organizations as they explore new directions, examine structural change and address life cycle questions. Apply for the first intake by February…Read more

Request for Proposals: Video Web Series Production

Calgary Arts Development is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide video services for the 2025 Living a Creative Life web series. The selected vendor will schedule, shoot, edit and deliver completed monthly videos to…Read more

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Living a Creative Life

Kids performing, Let's Create an Opera story in Create Calgary Magazine

Let’s Create an Opera

Calgary Opera's Let's Create an Opera education program allows elementary students to flex their creative…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.