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- - - Grant Investment Programs
      
      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
      
      August 14, 2023
      Open Spaces: Windows to a View
      
      Since 2009, the Open Spaces program has provided exhibition space to local and regional artists while enlivening the Centre Street LRT platform on...
      
      July 10, 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...
      
      June 30, 2023
      Centre City Banners - Jacqueline Huskisson (2023 – 2024)
      
      The Centre City Banner Program engages local artists to create artwork for banners displayed on light poles and bridges leading...
      
      June 30, 2023
      Centre City Banners - Curtis Van Charles (2022 – 2023)
      
      The Centre City Banner Program engages local artists to create artwork for banners displayed on light poles and bridges leading...
      
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- - - Announcements
      
      October 3, 2023
      Save the Date: Living a Creative Life Congress 2023
      
      This year's Living a Creative Life Congress takes place on November 14 and 15, 2023 and will focus on Art for Social Change. Registration opens soon.
      
      September 7, 2023
      Racial Equity in the Workplace II: Video and Transcripts
      
      On August 24, 2023, we hosted the second of three virtual town halls focused on Racial Equity in the Workplace. Watch the video and read the transcript.
      
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  - - Publications
      
      August 9, 2023
      Arts and Culture Spaces
      
      This map resource highlights where cultural activity provided by operating grant clients takes place, as well as how it relates to key resources like transportation, and how land use is...
      
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  - - Fieldnotes
      
      October 3, 2023
      I Can Art: Coding with Aaron Chatha
      
      In this series featuring Calgary Arts Development staff, public art communications specialist Aaron Chatha shares the challenges and rewards of creating video games.
      
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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
      
      September 28, 2023
      Community-Run Microgrant Program Info Session
      
      Join us at an online info session on Thursday, October 5, 2023 to learn more about the Community-Run Microgrant Program for 2023, the program goal, submission requirements and the process...
      
      September 25, 2023
      Applications Open: Community-Run Microgrants
      
      Applications are now open for the 2023 Community-Run Microgrants, open to organizations including informal groups that define themselves in terms of distinct communities, neighbourhood associations and non-profit organizations.
      
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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.
    - Visual Art
      
      Oct. 1, 2023 - Oct. 31, 2023
      October Exhibitions
      
      Explore Calgary's vibrant art scene this October with a roundup of captivating exhibitions and exciting art markets!
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
      
      Photo of the Month
      #yycLCL Photo of the Month
      
      Artist Greg Tomkins uses soapstone as a medium to create beautiful carvings inspired by looking at the beauty of the natural world from a new perspective.
      
      The Storytelling Project
      Sarah Good Medicine
      
      DJ, aspiring B-girl and trans artist Sarah Good Medicine finds it's often easier to communicate through rap than through conversation. Hear more in this week's Indigenous Stories podcast.
      
      Web Series
      Episode 43
      
      In this episode we meet creator Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed of ALCLA Native Plants, discover East Asian cuteness culture with ceramics by Mao Projects, and learn about Inuit Art with Sophia Lebessis.
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      Arts in Action YYC
      
      Creative Connected Calgary
      
      Photo of the Month
      
      Signatory Spotlight
      
      The Storytelling Project
      
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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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