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      Calgary Arts Development is responsible for establishing grants investment programs for capital projects, organizations’ annual operations, individual artists, and other purposes that strengthen Calgary’s arts sector. Read our Accountability Report.
  - - Programs for Arts Organizations
      
      January 22, 2023
      Operating Grant New Client Intake Program
      
      The Operating Grant New Client Intake Program is open to applicants who did not receive an operating grant from Calgary...
      
      October 5, 2022
      Future Focus Granting Program
      
      This program is intended to support arts organizations as they explore new directions, examine structural change and address life cycle...
      
      January 17, 2022
      Operating Grant Program
      
      The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to arts organizations in Calgary.
      
      January 28, 2021
      Project Grant Program – Organizations
      
      This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients in...
    - Investment Program FAQ
  - - Programs for Individual Artists & Collectives
      
      January 17, 2022
      Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives
      
      This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artistic collectives in Calgary who pursue a...
      
      January 4, 2021
      Artist Development Microgrant
      
      This program is intended to support professional and business development activities for individual artists and artist collectives.
    - Assessor Nomination Form
  - - Programs For Indigenous Artists & Organizations
      
      January 17, 2022
      Original Peoples Investment Program
      
      The Original Peoples Investment Program supports the preservation and revitalization of First Nation/Métis/Inuit art through arts-based projects and activities.
      
      January 17, 2022
      Honouring the Children Grant
      
      With the support of our Indigenous Advisory, Calgary Arts Development has named a $75,000 funding pool the Honouring the Children...
      
      January 17, 2022
      Indigenous Artist Microgrant
      
      This program is intended to support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists living and working in the Treaty 7 region...
    - Program Updates
Public Art
- - - Public Art Program
    - Public Art Projects
      
      May 26, 2023
      The Bison and The Dragon: Untold Tales
      
      Comprised of three wall-mounted panels, two at Pho City on 1st St. SE, and one at the Calgary Immigrant Women’s...
      
      May 2, 2023
      North Haven — South Nose Hill Entrance Mural
      
      This project will contract an Indigenous artist to design a mural referencing the Indigenous history of Nose Hill and install...
      
      May 2, 2023
      Renfrew Community Association South Patio Wall Mural
      
      With a theme of whimsey, joy, beauty and hope, artist Billie Rae Busby created a mural in his signature abstract...
      
      May 2, 2023
      Spring (Qing Ming) Festival 2022
      
      Qing Ming is a time to honour ancestors, celebrate family bonds and herald the arrival of spring. Visitors were treated...
      
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What We’re Working On
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      May 23, 2023
      Commitment to Equity Virtual Town Halls
      
      We are hosting a series of town halls to support and nurture diverse art and artist-led city building and to achieve a truly equitable, inclusive and accessible city where everyone belongs.
      
      May 16, 2023
      You're Invited: Report to Community
      
      Join us at this free event for a report of our arts activities in 2022, followed by a reception and a chance to meet and mingle with our staff and others from the arts community.
      
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  - - Publications
      
      June 7, 2023
      CreativeCITY: Prosperity through the Creative Economy Strategic Guidebook
      
      This guidebook provides formal recommendations for actions, policies, and community and industry interventions to support human, environmental, social and economic prosperity through the creative economy.
      
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  - - Fieldnotes
      
      February 14, 2023
      Coming out on the other side of a pandemic
      
      Research & Policy Specialist Stephanie Solomon polled our Operating Grant clients in 2022 to shed some light on what challenges the community is facing coming out of the pandemic.
      
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- - - Engagement
      Congress: Imagining the Future Together
      
      CALGARY POET LAUREATE PROGRAM
      
      Arts Celebration hosted by the Mayor
      
      CULTURAL LEADERS LEGACY ARTS AWARDS
  - - Program Updates
      
      June 1, 2023
      Applications Open: Original Peoples Investment Program
      
      Guidelines have been released and applications are now open for the Original Peoples Investment Program, supporting the preservation and revitalization of First Nation/Métis/Inuit art through arts-based projects and activities.
      
      May 25, 2023
      Update: Grant Timeline Changes
      
      Due to an increase in applications, Calgary Arts Development is adjusting the timeline for both the Project Grant Program – Individuals & Collectives and the Artist Development Microgrant for 2023.
      
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What’s On in Calgary
- - - Experience Calgary Live
      
      YYC What’s On is a simplified, searchable, and free events calendar highlighting Calgary arts and culture events.
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      June 7, 2023 - June 13, 2023
      Free This Week
      
      Another week of June brings a delightful serving of free events you must check out. From live music to exhibition to workshops, there's no shortage of things to do so be sure to get out there!
  - - Upcoming Events
      
      June 24, 2023
      Tanks and Tacos
      
      June 23, 2023 - June 25, 2023
      F is for Fem
      
      June 17, 2023
      Art Spot 15 Year Anniversary
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Living a Creative Life
- - - Living a Creative Life
    - What is Living a Creative Life?
      
      Living a Creative Life is an arts development strategy for Calgary created to align and activate Calgarians in creating a vital, prosperous, and connected city through the arts.
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  - - Stories
      
      The Storytelling Project
      Martin Askew
      
      Martin Askew's artwork is rooted in the land but his elaborate wood 'paintings' are the result of a visionary imagination. Learn more about his decades-long creative journey in this week's The Storytelling Project.
      
      Creative Connected Calgary
      Create Calgary: Shapers
      
      From Create Calgary magazine, meet the Shapers — five local artists who have influenced the city's local, national and international reputation and identity.
      
      Web Series
      Episode 39
      
      Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with us as we meet some of the people involved with this year's FascinAsian Film Festival and learn how exploring the world of television and film helps them live creatively.
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      Arts in Action YYC
      
      Creative Connected Calgary
      
      Photo of the Month
      
      Signatory Spotlight
      
      The Storytelling Project
      
      Web Series
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    - Calgary Arts Development enables local artists, groups, and businesses by connecting them to information vital to creating art and living creative lives.
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    - Calgary Arts Development’s arts space activities include seeking opportunities for arts space creation with community stakeholders and The City of Calgary as well as gathering and sharing knowledge and expertise.
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      Calgary Arts Development’s classified listing is a free service for Calgary’s arts community. All content for the classifieds is user-submitted. Calgary Arts Development makes no endorsement to any agency, organization, corporation or individual who submits listings.
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Opening reception of James Luna’s Performagraphic — Opening reception of James Luna’s Performagraphic | Photo: Diane + Mike Photography, courtesy of TRUCK Contemporary Art

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