Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to release the results of the 2020 Project Grant Program for Individuals and Collectives. This program provided one-time funding to support artistic projects by individuals and artistic collectives that strengthen our artistic communities and ensure that citizens of Calgary can experience what they have to offer.
In 2020, we received 171 applications requesting a total of $1,575,844.38. 94 projects were funded for a total of $850,019.51.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2020 Project Grant Program for Individuals and Collectives.
| Artist or Collective | Project | Grant Amount |
| 8ROJO | Developing The Immigration Project | $10,000 |
| Ahmed Gooda | Artist Professional Development | $8,808 |
| Aimee-Jo Benoit | TRIPTYCH | $10,000 |
| Alex Manitopyes | In the City | $9,200 |
| Ali Bryan | Takedown | $7,400 |
| Allan Brent Rosales | Uncomfortable Conversations from the Silence: Portraits of Racism from FilipinX who call Calgary/Mohkinsstsis Home | $10,000 |
| Andrew Cooper | Frankenstein | $10,000 |
| Andrew Mohr | The Road to Greathaven | $10,000 |
| Ann Mansolino | The Book, the Land, and the Self: Connections Between Self and Place in the Landscapes of Alberta | $9,630.73 |
| BrownKam | BrownKam Music Video Production and Distribution | $5,770 |
| Bryan Faubert | NYC/MTA:YYC/LRT | $10,000 |
| Calvin Gomez | Thunder Of Alberta | $10,000 |
| Claudia Chagoya | A Rose for Remembrance | $8,700 |
| Clea Anaïs Foo Fat | Circle Zero – Video Series | $8,666 |
| Constantine Anastasakis | Imperfect Symmetry | $10,000 |
| Crystal Eyes | Crystal Eyes Music Video at the ‘Castle House’ | $5,000 |
| David Sklar | The Engagement | $10,000 |
| Elijah Wells | Professional development and research in digital capacity – photography and video editing | $8,364 |
| Eric Stroppel & Alex Mitchel | Throwback | $9,900 |
| Erna Bianca Miranda & Keshia Maria Cheesman | The F Word | $9,920 |
| Flint & Feather | Flint & Feather – Renaissance | $10,000 |
| Fredy Rivas | Highway II | $10,000 |
| Gary Spice | Gary Spice Garden of Hope Album Production | $10,000 |
| Glenna Cardinal | NUWI (over there – further) | $10,000 |
| Hanne Loosen | For Design’s Sake – An experiment putting scenography first | $9,946.40 |
| Heather Hazlett | Adapting to the Digital World | $10,000 |
| Hernan Moreno & Germán Rodriguez | Mirrors and Windows | $7,000 |
| IDGAF Theatre | Losing It at the End of the World & The Face-Off: A Series of Workshops | $7,113.70 |
| Ireke Amoji | Smell da coffee African Caribbean Situational Comedy Video Pilot Project | $10,000 |
| Jacqs Walker | Calgary without Patriarchy: Composers’ Collective & Recording | $10,000 |
| Jacqueline Aquines | kapwa people: a sci-fi musical of an Anti-Racist Future | $10,000 |
| James Ziegler | Shimmering Willows | $10,000 |
| Janey Luc-German | Live Figure Drawing/Painting | $1,800 |
| Jason de Haan | Structure for Observing Atypical Flight | $10,000 |
| Jessica McMann | Indigenous Classical Music CD | $10,000 |
| Joline Olson | I Always Knew: A Mixed-Orientation Marriage Book Manuscript project | $5,715 |
| Jordan Wieben | Timeline Tourism Roleplaying Game | $8,986 |
| Julya Hajnoczky | Creation of body of work Bloom | $10,000 |
| Kara Bullock | aux.la.more | $9,706 |
| Katharina Schier | Groundwork Residency: Movement Knowledge as a Kind of Cultural Knowledge | $10,000 |
| Kenna Burima & Brianna Strong | While She Sleeps Songbook and Animation Album | $10,000 |
| Kerry Maguire | Resonant and Deeper – Live AV Performance by Wish Lash | $8,300 |
| Kiana Rawji | ESSENTIAL – Documentary on Essential Workers & the Cargill COVID-19 Outbreak | $10,000 |
| Kiana Wu | The Strid: A Stage It! Playwright/Producer Performance with Downstage Theatre | $10,000 |
| Kyra Newton-Guy | Blissful Dance Class | $10,000 |
| Landon Krentz | Devising Deaf Theatre Workshop Series – Seeking Planet Eyeth (Working Title) | $10,000 |
| Lara Schmitz | Delayed Deliverance Workshop | $2,722.50 |
| Laura Anzola | Blue Borders | $10,000 |
| Lauren Chipeur | Picking up, taking and filling | $700 |
| Le Cirque de la Nuit | Wondrous Theatre Production | $10,000 |
| Lili Tayefi | Intelligent Artifacts | $9,990 |
| Lindsay Bowman | You Are Here (And So Am I) | $10,000 |
| Lisa Lipton | Soon All Your Memories Will Be With Me | $10,000 |
| Maggie MacKenzie | Sh*t Happens | $10,000 |
| Malavika Venkatsubbaiah | Manasi | $10,000 |
| Mandy Morris | Music with Mandy | $10,000 |
| Many Mothers Collective | Urgency | $10,000 |
| Mar’ce Merrell | On Culture and Embodiment: Fiction and Non-Fiction Works | $10,000 |
| Mark Kunji Ikeda | Crime and Punishment Technical Residency | $10,000 |
| Matthew Gigg | Val-d’Or Literary Manuscript | $4,813.44 |
| Melanee Jill Murray-Hunt | Short Story Series | $10,000 |
| Michael Lohaus | Awesome Fun Battle Time | $10,000 |
| Miruna Dragan | Hummingbird Guided Meditation | $9,410 |
| Mudfoot Theatre Collective | Jabber: The Folk Opera | $10,000 |
| Nurgul Rodriguez | Vessels Project: A Container, a Book, a Body | $10,000 |
| Oksana Kryzhanivska | Present – Augmented Reality Interactive Spaces | $5,897 |
| Pamela Tzeng | SHED / knowing each other as different and the same (working title) | $10,000 |
| Peter Tertzakian | Blackfoot Co-operative Coal Mine | $10,000 |
| Project InTandem | Project InTandem commissions a double-bill dance production | $10,000 |
| Rocio Graham | Art residency at KOAC and the creation of The nest studio garden a legacy project | $10,000 |
| Sandra Vida | Way Station | $8,550 |
| Sarah Graham | Waiting for the Storm to Break | $10,000 |
| Sarah MacDonald | Live-stream Flute Recital | $2,500 |
| Sasha Ivanochko | The March | $10,000 |
| Savanna Harvey | Wastelands Summer Workshop 2020 | $10,000 |
| Sebastian Buzzalino | Little Deaths | $8,461.74 |
| Seniors’ Acting Lab | Signage | $10,000 |
| Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse | The Tsuut’ina War | $10,000 |
| Shaun Crawford | Here & After | $4,719 |
| Simon Chan | The Hare & The Hound | $10,000 |
| Stacy Da Silva | Virtually Haute | $10,000 |
| Stefanie Kathleen Barnfather | Scattered | $10,000 |
| Tara WIlson | The Gateway Project | $10,000 |
| The Deep End Collective | Bungalow | $10,000 |
| The Hello Darlins | The Hello Darlins – Marketing Support | $10,000 |
| Thumbs Up Good Work Theatre | The Born Again Crow Gwandaak Co-Production | $10,000 |
| to the AWE | to the AWE Season #4: RAW FEST | $10,000 |
| Todd Kipp | The Butcher, Short Film – Post Production Phase | $10,000 |
| Tracy Breaker | BSEP – Broadening Artistic Ability | $7,000 |
| Tunnel | A monument to tears | $5,900 |
| Tyler Klein Longmire | Renderfam (animated short film): final production and post-production phase | $10,000 |
| Wil Knoll | observationTwo | $9,430 |
| Yolkless Press | Yolkless Press | $10,000 |
| Yvonne Kustec | Year Long Artist Residency at Medalta | $10,000 |
This program is supplemented through donations from:
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
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