Living a Creative Life

A journey along Calgary’s CTrain lines shows how public art can act like breadcrumbs for people to navigate through a city, providing a sense of place and moments of delight.

Cassie Suches collected fingerprints for her public art project Touch Traces, a collaboration between the artist and the East Village community.

Exploring Blackfoot places of historical significance, identified through stories passed on by Indigenous Knowledge Keepers, offers us an opportunity to listen, learn and reconnect.

From Create Calgary magazine, meet the Shapers — five local artists who have influenced the city’s local, national and international reputation and identity.

If there should be one takeaway from life in the present age, it is that community is essential, especially when times are hard. And one way to combat our sense of isolation is through the arts.

Canadian actor, improviser and comedian Andrew Phung, chef and co-founder of Cluck ‘N’ Cleaver Nicole Gomes, and Tourism Calgary CEO Cindy Ady on what art and living a creative life means to them.

For the cover story of Create Calgary magazine, award-winning Kanai artist Faye HeavyShield talks about about history, creativity and inspiration, and her career as a Blackfoot woman in Alberta.

These local artists, community-builders and arts leaders are creating meaningful opportunities for Calgarians to connect with the arts, the city, each other and the world