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The Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions, organized by Calgary Arts Development and the Office of the Mayor, has sold out for the third year in a row. On February 19, 2015, 675+ Calgarians from all sectors gathered to recognize and celebrate the many ways that they champion the arts in our city.
The event, hosted by Dave Kelly, featured science journalist Jay Ingram, Calgary Downtown Association Executive Director Maggie Schofield, and writer, director and stage performer Karen Hines as speakers, as well as a conversation with Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Before the lunch, dozens of Calgary artists under age 21 entertained attendees as part of the Youth Arts Showcase, which included music ensembles, circus performers, ballet and hip hop dancers, and visual arts and multimedia installations.
This year’s recipients of the Cultural Leaders Legacy Artist Awards were announced through a video featuring interviews with award-winners and sponsors:
Aaron Sidorenko (ATB Financial Healing Through the Arts Award)
Hamraz Salehi (Calgary Catholic Immigration Society New Canadian Artist Award)
Nicole Mion (Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Creative Placemaking Award)
Rebecca Northan (Doug & Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award)
Mark Ikeda (Enbridge Emerging Artist Award)
Col Cseke (MacLachlan Community Beacon Award)
Studio C (SANDSTONE City Builder Award)
Winners received a $5,000 cash prize, and Rebecca Northan received a residency at The Banff Centre as the winner of the Doug & Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award. Northan also announced at the lunch that she would donate $1000 of her prize money to Ellis Lalonde, a young theatre artist she mentors.
Each Legacy Award is funded by a $10,000 contribution from a local philanthropist or organization with equal matching money from Calgary 2012, and is to be awarded annually for four years with winners determined by a jury of peers. The Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Creative Placemaking Award was presented for the first time at this year’s lunch.
Attendees observed a moment of silence to recognize the loss of One Yellow Rabbit co-founder Michael Green, Blackfoot elder Narcisse Blood, and Saskatchewan artists Michele Sereda and Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, who were killed in a highway accident on February 10, 2015.
“Michael’s passing has been a shock to the entire arts community,” says Patti Pon, President & CEO of Calgary Arts Development. “However, I know that the arts will not only help us recover from this loss, but continue to flourish in Calgary. The strength and energy of the arts champions at this year’s lunch proves to me, once again, how many citizens believe in a creative, connected Calgary through the arts.”
2015 Videos
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2015 Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions! Calgary Arts Development is pleased to share the following videos from the event.
Awards
Champion Sponsor Address
Randy Ferguson, Chief Operating Officer, Strategic Group:
Champion Speakers' Address
The champion speakers' address was delivered in PechaKucha Night style (20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide).
Jay Ingram, broadcaster and author:
Karen Hines, writer, director and stage performer:
Thank you to Champion Sponsor Strategic Group, Youth Arts Showcase Sponsor TELUS and VIP Table Sponsors Parkland Fuel Corporation and TD Bank Group.
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Seven Legacy Artist Award winners honoured at Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions Hundreds of attendees at sold-out event celebrate the many ways of being an arts champion
The Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions, organized by Calgary Arts Development and the Office of the Mayor, was sold-out for the fourth year in a row. On March 16, 2016, more than 675 Calgarians from all sectors gathered to recognize and celebrate the many ways that they champion the arts in our city.
The event, hosted by Dave Kelly, featured a conversation with Mayor Naheed Nenshi and a Q&A session with lunch attendees about what it takes to create and present art in our city as well as what it takes to be an arts champion.
[caption id="attachment_6941" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Dave Kelly and Mayor Naheed Nenshi | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Before the lunch, more than 150 Calgary artists under age 21 entertained attendees as part of the TELUS Youth Arts Showcase, which included music ensembles, ballet and hip hop dancers, and visual arts and multimedia installations. Champion sponsor of the Lunch was Strategic Group.
This year's recipients of the Cultural Leaders Legacy Artist Awards were announced through a video featuring interviews with award-winners and sponsors:
ATB Financial Healing Through the Arts Award Recipient: Clem Martini
Clem Martini is a healer, well-known as a playwright and author who tackles the dark subject matter of mental illness, trauma and marginalization with wit and compassion.
[caption id="attachment_6946" align="aligncenter" width="742"] ATB Financial Healing Through the Arts Award Recipient Clem Martini | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society New Canadian Artist Award Recipient: Tayebe Joodaki
Tayebe Joodaki is a visual artist who moved from Iran to Calgary one year ago. She is excited to share her new chalk pastel technique with her new home of Calgary.
[caption id="attachment_6945" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Calgary Catholic Immigration Society New Canadian Artist Award Recipient Tayebe Joodak | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Creative Placemaking Award Recipient: Swallow-a-Bicycle
Under the direction of founders Mark Hopkins and Charles Netto, Swallow-a-Bicycle has re-contextualized the way Calgarians engage in art by creating theatre experiences in non-theatre places since 2006.
[caption id="attachment_6944" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Creative Placemaking Award Recipient Swallow-a-Bicycle | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Enbridge Emerging Artist Award Recipient: Anton de Groot
A technician and stage manager, Anton is becoming more recognized for his work as an emerging designer. His success is the result of years of committed practice, and an ongoing relationship with Calgary’s arts and innovation community.
[caption id="attachment_6943" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Enbridge Emerging Artist Award Recipient Anton de Groot | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
MacLachlan Community Beacon Award Recipient: Vicki Adams Willis
Co-founder, current Founder in Residence and long-time former Artistic Director of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Vicki has been a major force in the Calgary dance community for nearly 50 years.
[caption id="attachment_6947" align="aligncenter" width="742"] MacLachlan Community Beacon Award Recipient Vicki Adams Willis | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Sandstone City Builder Award Recipient: Quickdraw Animation
Through its ongoing work with marginalized groups, decades of innovative youth outreach, and the cultivation of a welcoming, inclusive community, Quickdraw has proved its commitment to enriching Calgary's cultural landscape.
[caption id="attachment_6948" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Sandstone City Builder Award Recipient Quickdraw Animation | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award Recipient: Old Trout Puppet Workshop
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop is a true Calgary institution: wildly creative and totally original, there’s nothing else like them in this city, in the country and even worldwide.
[caption id="attachment_6949" align="aligncenter" width="742"] Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award Recipient Old Trout Puppet Workshop | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Winners received a $5,000 cash prize, and Old Trout Puppet Workshop receives a residency at The Banff Centre as the winner of the Doug & Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award.
Each Legacy Award is funded by a contribution from a local philanthropist or organization with matching money from Calgary 2012, and is to be awarded annually with winners determined by a jury of peers.
Thank you to Champion Sponsor Strategic Group, Youth Arts Showcase Sponsor TELUS and VIP Table Sponsor TD Bank Group.
Partners
Thank you to all of our sponsors of the 2016 Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions.
Champion Sponsor
Youth Arts Showcase Sponsor
2016 VIP Table Sponsor
2016 Arts Patron Table Sponsors
Alberta College of Art + Design
Aspen Properties
ATB Financial
Calgary Flames Foundation
Calgary Foundation
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation
Calvista LLP
First Calgary Financial
Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd.
KPMG LLP
Mount Royal University
Legacy Award Partner
Event Sponsors
Video Sponsor: Nur Films Floral Artist Sponsor: Peaseblossoms Flowers & Stuff
Special Thanks
Tom McCabe George Brookman Roberto Rozo
Cultural Legacy Leaders Legacy Artist Awards
Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Doug & Lois Mitchell The MacLachlans
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Winners received a $5,000 cash prize, and Rebecca Northan received a residency at The Banff Centre as the winner of the Doug & Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award. Northan also announced at the lunch that she would donate $1000 of her prize money to Ellis Lalonde, a young theatre artist she mentors.
Each Legacy Award is funded by a $10,000 contribution from a local philanthropist or organization with equal matching money from Calgary 2012, and is to be awarded annually for four years with winners determined by a jury of peers. The Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Creative Placemaking Award was presented for the first time at this year’s lunch.
Attendees observed a moment of silence to recognize the loss of One Yellow Rabbit co-founder Michael Green, Blackfoot elder Narcisse Blood, and Saskatchewan artists Michele Sereda and Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, who were killed in a highway accident on February 10, 2015.
“Michael’s passing has been a shock to the entire arts community,” says Patti Pon, President & CEO of Calgary Arts Development. “However, I know that the arts will not only help us recover from this loss, but continue to flourish in Calgary. The strength and energy of the arts champions at this year’s lunch proves to me, once again, how many citizens believe in a creative, connected Calgary through the arts.”
2015 Videos
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2015 Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions! Calgary Arts Development is pleased to share the following videos from the event.
Awards
Champion Sponsor Address
Randy Ferguson, Chief Operating Officer, Strategic Group:
Champion Speakers' Address
The champion speakers' address was delivered in PechaKucha Night style (20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide).
Jay Ingram, broadcaster and author:
On February 19, 2015, 675+ Calgarians from all sectors gathered to recognize and celebrate the many ways that they champion the arts in our city.Read more
The Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions, organized by Calgary Arts Development and the Office of the Mayor, was sold-out for the fourth year in a row.Read more
Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.
We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Metis Nations 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit peoples from across Turtle Island.
We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.
Dave Kelly and Mayor Naheed Nenshi | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
ATB Financial Healing Through the Arts Award Recipient Clem Martini | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society New Canadian Artist Award Recipient Tayebe Joodak | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Colin Jackson and Arlene Strom Creative Placemaking Award Recipient Swallow-a-Bicycle | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Enbridge Emerging Artist Award Recipient Anton de Groot | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
MacLachlan Community Beacon Award Recipient Vicki Adams Willis | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Sandstone City Builder Award Recipient Quickdraw Animation | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award Recipient Old Trout Puppet Workshop | Photo: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo[/caption]
