Cultural Activation Fund
The Cultural Activation Fund emerged from City Council’s November 2018 motion with the intent to connect to economic and tourism indicators and outcomes.
In 2019, Calgary Arts Development experimented with the Cultural Activation Fund to be as adaptive and experimental as possible to learn how best to invest these funds. Learning from the first year, we focused our 2020 investments on opportunities aligned with Calgary’s Music City Strategy, Downtown Strategy, Winter Strategy, and the Creative Economy Strategy by funding 38 organizations and artists through a combination of grants and sponsorships.
| Organization or Artist | Opportunity | Grant Amount |
| Business/Arts | artsvest | $37,500 |
| National Music Centre | Rock the Nation | $33,500 |
| cSPACE | $200,000 | |
| Energy Future Labs | Artists Scenario Retreat | $2,500 |
| Sally Trush | Joyce Doolittle Memorial Project | $5,000 |
| Indefinite Arts | Merger Support | $44,000 |
| Music Mile | Friday Nights Live | $26,250 |
| Springboard Performance | containR Support | $14,500 |
| GLOWyyc | $35,000 | |
| Vertigo Theatre | COVID Adaptation | $50,000 |
| Three Left Feet | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $6,000 |
| Exposure Photography Festival | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $2,500 |
| Stagehand/Lumin Arts | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $13,500 |
| Promoting Artists Redefining Kulture Foundation | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $37,875 |
| MAUD | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $15,000 |
| Kris Demeanor | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $3,750 |
| Curbside Concerts | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $4,500 |
| Music Mile | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $4,500 |
| Luminous Voices | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $2,700 |
| Michèle Moss | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $9,000 |
| Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $11,250 |
| Quest Theatre | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $7,500 |
| Yama no Oto | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $2,250 |
| Lougheed House | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $11,250 |
| WP Puppet Theatre | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $1,050 |
| Calgary Animated Objects Society | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $6,300 |
| project projekt | Chinook Blast Arts Grants | $26,250 |
| Carol Thornton | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Heather Osborne | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Ireke Amoji | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Jaclyn Adomeit | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Jason Rothery | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Lee Cookson | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Paulo Da Costa | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
| Sarah Graham | Energy Futures Lab Artist | $750 |
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
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