A monthly grassroots gathering for the collective re-imagining of an equitable and just future for the arts in Calgary.

Date: June 29, 2021
Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm MT

We want to invite you into an initiative that started up in Calgary in June 2020. A number of us see the importance of keeping equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) concerns front and centre as we go through so much change everywhere including the arts sector.

Gatherings will be facilitated by the Cultural Instigators (CI)*. Once a month we will gather to collectively discuss topics of EDIA through an anti-racist lens to get grassroots ideas and actions going.

Have a question or a proposal for future conversation topics and themes? Send an e-mail to citizenartistsyyc@gmail.com.

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National Indigenous History Month – Appreciation and Appropriation

Please join us for a discussion with Indigenous arts and culture professionals and a special guest Elder about the definitions, differences and the lasting effects of cultural appropriation within Indigenous communities and how to be an ally and true cultural appreciator.

Special guest Elder Marina Crane from Tsuut’ina Nation.

Co-facilitated by Kelli Morningbull, Riel Manywounds, Jared Tailfeathers, and Jarret Twoyoungmen.

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Cultural Instigators (CI) is an initiative to support artists involved in building equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in their work to organize and to create artistic projects that build the community’s capacity to confront social issues, through an anti-racist framework. CI is funded by but not led by Calgary Arts Development.

Upcoming Dates: July 27, 2021

Chat & Chews take place on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 1:00 to 2:30pm MT.