April 27, 2020 Calgary Celebrates New Poet Laureate A poet, educator, playwright, and social justice advocate, Mayor Naheed Nenshi welcomed Natalie Meisner as Calgary’s next Poet Laureate today.
April 15, 2020 Uniting to #SupportLocalYYC Supporting local businesses is more important than ever, but doing that looks a little different these days. The City of Calgary is launching a new campaign to showcase how to do that while physical distancing.
April 6, 2020 Long Weekend While our offices have been closed to the public since March 16, 2020, Calgary Arts Development will be taking a long weekend. All staff will be off on April 10, 2020 for Good Friday.
April 1, 2020 Cultural Leaders Legacy Artist Awards Announced Although we can’t gather today for the Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Cultural Leaders Legacy Artist Awards.
March 27, 2020 Watch the COVID-19 Calgary Arts Sector Town Hall Taking questions from the sector and sharing plans for the steps ahead, Calgary Arts Development hosted a virtual town hall on March 25, 2020.
March 25, 2020 Rescheduled COVID-19 Calgary Arts Sector Town Hall Due to technical issues, we were forced to postpone our virtual town hall yesterday. Please join us today—March 25, 2020—at 3:00pm.
March 20, 2020 COVID-19 Calgary Arts Sector Town Hall Please join us at 3:00pm MDT on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 for a virtual town hall meeting with Calgary Arts Development President & CEO, Patti Pon.
March 17, 2020 A Message from Patti Pon It’s no secret that our sector is being hard hit. Patti Pon, Calgary Arts Development’s President & CEO, addresses the evolving novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in this important update.
February 11, 2020 Office Closure The Calgary Arts Development office will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2020 for Family Day. We hope you have a fun and relaxing long weekend. Our office reopens on February 18.
