Save Afghan Art Musical Night

Community-Initiated Microgrant 2021

A man plays music on a keyboard and sings while another musician accompanies him on a thabla.
A man plays music on a keyboard while another sings.
Men and women sit in a restaurant listening to a speaker who is positioned behind the camera.
A man plays music on a keyboard and sings while another musician accompanies him on a thabla.
A man plays music on a keyboard while another sings.
Men and women sit in a restaurant listening to a speaker who is positioned behind the camera.
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Title:

Save Afghan Art Musical Night

Project Completion:

2022

Medium:

Social Practice

Location:

Dawat Hall Westwinds, 9 4825 Westwinds Dr. NE

The Project

The Pamir Canadian Multiculturalism Council held a public event to support refugees from Afghanistan who have found a new home in Calgary. Local Afghan artist Momend Khan performed to give these new community members a chance to make connections and get to know residents in their new home, in a safe and welcoming environment. The next month, the group followed up with a Truth and Reconciliation Learning Session.

The 2021 Community-Run Microgrant

This project was funded as part of the 2021 Community-Run Microgrant. Calgary Arts Development invited proposals for community-initiated public art projects in 2021. Community groups could apply for up to $10,000 from a total funding pool of $100,000, to hire local artists for eligible projects. Funding for this one-time program was provided through the Government of Alberta and The City of Calgary.

Learn more here.

More Information

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 Metis Nations 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit peoples 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.