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

Watch our Report to Community on 2024

Our recent Report to Community is now online. Watch a video recording detailing our arts activities in 2024 and looking ahead to what's next, presented by President & CEO Patti Pon and other members of…Read more

Spotlight on Arts Audiences: Wave 5 Research

Join the Rozsa Foundation for the fifth wave of research on the current engagement of arts audiences in the province following the pandemic. Rozsa Foundation and arts-supporting organizations in Calgary and Edmonton contracted research firm…Read more

First Flip Pancake Breakfast

It’s time for a little boot scootin’ boogie, Calgary! Help us kick off the 2025 Calgary Stampede at the First Flip Stampede Breakfast on July 3, 2025.Read more

Accountability + Impact Report 2024

What did the year 2024 ask of us? We thought we were living in interesting times before, but each year seems to come with higher highs and lower lows. Read about our various arts activities…Read more

Office Closure: Canada Day

Our office will be closed for Canada Day, July 1, 2025. If you're looking for things to do, visit our one-stop-shop events listings at yycwhatson.ca for theatre, film, dance, music and more.Read more

2025 Art Buses Officially Hit the Road

Fourteen Calgary Transit buses wrapped in original artwork by seven local artists are now in service across the city. This moving exhibition runs until November — bringing public art to Calgarians, one bus ride at…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.