ArtShare Program
This program supports projects by artists and arts organizations who self-identify as equity-seeking, or which are led by and serve equity-seeking communities. Calgary Arts Development staff work one on one with applicants to develop grant proposals and funding amounts.
In 2021, 49 artists and organizations were funded with $644,731.01.
| Grantee | Project | Grant Amount |
| Alberta Men’s Network and Migrante | Good Dads | $6,468 |
| Amair Javaid | NIGHT SHIFT – Feature Film Screenplay | $11,000 |
| Ashley Bedet | Creation of Temporary Instillation Dividers | $15,000 |
| Ashley Johnston | Body Scope | $11,164 |
| Autumn Whiteway & Miriam Fabijan | Indigenous and Motherhood Matriarchy | $20,000 |
| Calgary Chinese Orchestra | Workshop Series | $2,500 |
| Canadian Artists Against Poverty | ARTful Seniors project in response to COVID-19 | $20,000 |
| Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation | Alberta Culture Days Digital Platform | $10,000 |
| Chinese Cultural Centre | Education Outreach Project | $7,700 |
| Diana (Day) Manuel | “SAYAW NG MUNDO” (Dance of the World) | $10,470 |
| Ebony R. Gooden | His Hands, His Art | $15,000 |
| Edmonton Movie Club | Taking Arts to Community Phase 2 | $20,000 |
| Elizabeth Lai | Revive | $14,937 |
| Emma Annie Victoria Forbes | 2021 Orange Shirt Day | $10,500 |
| Esteban Herrera | THE PROPHET Album Recording | $6,680 |
| FascinAsian Arts Festival | First Annual FascinAsian Arts Festival | $13,200 |
| Gisela Romero | MEXI-CAN | $15,000 |
| Glenna Joy Cardinal | dzanagu – along time ago 21 | $15,000 |
| Han Sungpil (Sung Pil Han) | Research, travel and photography for Canadian glacier/climate change art project | $10,000 |
| Heather Morigeau | Artist Development Program | $17,230 |
| Hebert Poll Gutierrez | ¿Cuba… Qué linda es Cuba? (Cuba, are you really that beautiful?) – A Digital Storytelling Project | $10,521 |
| Henchell-Tominaga Duo | Supervillain Etude Visual Album | $20,000 |
| Hrachya Tokmajyan | The Children of Ar | $15,000 |
| Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation | Capacity Building & Mentorship Program | $43,250 |
| Itsooaakii (Evelyn Mikayla Martin) | Season of Development | $5,300 |
| Jeanne Kwong | Poetry & Photography Creation | $1,511.37 |
| Jessica Hawryluk | Coming Home | $10,000 |
| Jessica McMann | Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Commission | $7,550 |
| Katherine (Kathy) Parsons | Professional Development through Encaustic Courses | $2,460 |
| Korean Art Club | Drive-in Movie Night | $17,500 |
| Lesia T. Bear | Joy & Tony Script Development for Film Production | $15,000 |
| Leslie Sweder | In The Dirt – Exhibition | $4,611.50 |
| Misha Maseka | In Rehearsal podcast – Season 2 | $3,116.14 |
| Misha Maseka & Icarus Sound | Not That Deep X Icarus Sound | $8,825 |
| Mohar Gupta | A Trip Back in Time | $5,702 |
| Paulo da Costa | Learning to Shave, Learning to Leave | $9,875 |
| Rachel Shabalin | Shifting Baselines and Other Stories | $15,000 |
| Rose Heavy Head | Ammolite & Portraits | $10,900 |
| Shelley Pearson | A Creative Practice Refresher | $8,635 |
| Simon Wong | 12 Zodiac Animals Art Exhibition & Website Development | $5,715 |
| Stage Left | Resiliency Work | $20,000 |
| THE ROOTS (Valerie Planche & Toyin Oladele) | Fear or Freedom – Phase One | $10,600 |
| Tribe Artist Society | Charity Start-up Support | $12,820 |
| Tsuut’ina Social Well-being/Ivonne Crane | Animated Mental Health Comic Book | $25,000 |
| U of C Faculty of Medicine | Indigenous Mural & Advisory Pt 2 | $40,000 |
| Uii Savage | Deepfake Posthuman | $8,196 |
| UnLikely Friends Collective | UnLikely Friends | $20,000 |
| Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc. | Roots to Branches Project | $30,000 |
| Yang Yong An | New work creation and submission | $5,800 |
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
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