Grant Investment Programs: 2022 Results
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to release the results of its 2022 grant investment programs. A full breakdown of each of the programs can be found below:
Arts Organizations
The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to arts organizations in Calgary. Operating Grants are committed on a multi-year cycle, and may directed to any area of an organization’s overall budget. The year 2022 was the final year of the 2020 – 2022 granting cycle. In addition to their annual base grant, organizations had the opportunity to apply for an optional, one-time increase of up to $25,000. Increased funds were allocated through a peer assessment process.
For information about how the program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2020 Operating Grant Program.
| Organization | Grant | One-Time Grant |
Total Annual Operating Grant Amount for 2020 – 2022
|
| Acoustic Music Society of Calgary | $7,500 | $5,000 | $7,500 |
| Adult Recreational Choir Society of Calgary | $18,200 | $18,200 | |
| Alberta Ballet | $407,000 | $407,000 | |
| Alberta Craft Council | $49,900 | $20,000 | $49,900 |
| Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society | $11,200 | $15,000 | $11,200 |
| Alberta Playwrights’ Network | $16,300 | $16,300 | |
| Alberta Printmakers | $17,500 | $17,500 | |
| Alberta Theatre Projects | $364,500 | $25,000 | $364,500 |
| Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society | $19,200 | $19,200 | |
| Alliance Française | $39,300 | $39,300 | |
| Amici String Program Association | $12,900 | $12,900 | |
| Antyx Community Arts Society | $40,700 | $25,000 | $40,700 |
| Artpoint Gallery & Studios Society | $4,500 | $4,500 | |
| Beltline Neighbourhoods Association | $16,400 | $20,000 | $16,400 |
| Book Publishers Association of Alberta | $29,300 | $25,000 | $29,300 |
| Brazilian Community Association of Alberta | $5,000 | $5,000 | |
| Calgary Allied Arts Foundation | $3,200 | $3,200 | |
| Calgary Animated Objects Society | $49,800 | $49,800 | |
| Calgary Bach Festival | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| Calgary Blues Music Association | $43,200 | $20,000 | $43,200 |
| Calgary Boys’ Choir Society | $8,400 | $10,000 | $8,400 |
| Calgary Centre for Global Community | Humainologie | $24,000 | $20,000 | $24,000 |
| Calgary Children’s Choir | $3,600 | $3,600 | |
| Calgary Chinese Orchestra Association | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| Calgary Cinematheque | $14,000 | $20,000 | $14,000 |
| Calgary Concert Band Society | $5,300 | $5,300 | |
| Calgary Fiddlers Association | $24,700 | $24,700 | |
| Calgary Foothills Barbershop Chorus | $9,400 | $9,400 | |
| Calgary Girls Choir Society | $32,500 | $32,500 | |
| Calgary International Film Festival Society | $95,900 | $95,900 | |
| Calgary International Fringe Festival | $35,000 | $8,000 | $35,000 |
| Calgary Jazz Orchestra | $15,000 | $15,000 | |
| Calgary Men’s Chorus Society | $6,000 | $6,000 | |
| Calgary Multicultural Choir Society | $3,500 | $3,500 | |
| Calgary Opera Association | $326,300 | $15,000 | $326,300 |
| Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra | $435,900 | $435,900 | |
| Calgary Pro Musica Society | $23,700 | $23,700 | |
| Calgary Protospace Ltd. | $12,500 | $12,500 | |
| Calgary Reggae Festival | $18,810 | $18,810 | |
| Calgary Renaissance Singers & Players | $4,200 | $10,000 | $4,200 |
| Calgary Round-Up Band | $4,500 | $4,500 | |
| Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers | $37,500 | $37,500 | |
| Calgary Underground Film Festival | $38,000 | $15,000 | $38,000 |
| Calgary Young People’s Theatre Society | $20,300 | $20,300 | |
| Calgary Youth Orchestra | $12,000 | $12,000 | |
| Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry Society (CAMP) | $7,500 | $25,000 | $7,500 |
| Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region | $20,600 | $20,600 | |
| Cantare Children’s Choir Society | $27,400 | $20,000 | $27,400 |
| Caribbean Community Council of Calgary | $11,400 | $15,000 | $11,400 |
| Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation | $10,000 | $15,000 | $10,000 |
| Chromatic Theatre | $15,000 | $25,000 | $15,000 |
| CJSW 90.9 FM | $53,300 | $20,000 | $53,300 |
| Classical Guitar Society of Calgary | $7,000 | $5,000 | $7,000 |
| Contemporary Calgary Arts | $132,500 | $20,000 | $132,500 |
| Corps Bara Dance Guild of Calgary | $2,950 | $2,950 | |
| Dancers’ Studio West | $31,100 | $12,200 | $31,100 |
| Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | $194,300 | $194,300 | |
| Design Talks Institute | $17,000 | $20,000 | $17,000 |
| Early Music Voices Concert Society | $10,100 | $10,100 | |
| East Side Dance Festival | $10,000 | $15,000 | $10,000 |
| Elephant Artist Relief | $5,000 | $25,000 | $5,000 |
| EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society | $40,700 | $40,700 | |
| EnChor Choral Society | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| Evergreen Theatre & Community Spaces | $40,300 | $20,000 | $40,300 |
| Exposure: Calgary Banff Photography Festival | $26,900 | $26,900 | |
| Femme Wave | $30,000 | $30,000 | |
| Fire Exit Theatre Society | $4,000 | $10,000 | $4,000 |
| Fish Creek Concert and Cultural Society | $3,325 | $10,000 | $3,325 |
| Folk Festival Society of Calgary | $146,700 | $20,000 | $146,700 |
| Foothills Bluegrass Music Society | $2,750 | $2,750 | |
| Foothills Brass Society | $10,200 | $10,200 | |
| Footprints Dance Project Society of Alberta | $13,200 | $20,000 | $13,200 |
| Forte Musical Theatre Guild | $11,700 | $15,000 | $11,700 |
| FreeFall Magazine | $8,000 | $5,000 | $8,000 |
| Ghost River Theatre Society | $27,700 | $20,000 | $27,700 |
| Glenbow Alberta Institute | $349,000 | $25,000 | $349,000 |
| Gli Azzurri – Calgary Italian Folk Dancers | $9,300 | $25,000 | $9,300 |
| GlobalFest Society | $33,300 | $33,300 | |
| Green Fools Theatre | $27,100 | $27,100 | |
| Handsome Alice Theatre | $12,400 | $20,000 | $12,400 |
| Harmony Guzheng Ensemble | $5,900 | $5,900 | |
| Hispanic Arts Society | $33,400 | $20,000 | $33,400 |
| Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta University of the Arts | $12,200 | $12,200 | |
| Instrumental Society of Calgary | $5,200 | $5,200 | |
| International Festival of Animated Objects | $17,200 | $15,000 | $17,200 |
| International Festival of Song and Chamber Music | $10,400 | $10,400 | |
| Jazz is Society of Alberta | $27,200 | $27,200 | |
| Jeunesse Classique Ballet | $17,000 | $17,000 | |
| Kantorei Choral Society | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Kensington Sinfonia Society | $7,300 | $14,000 | $7,300 |
| Land’s End Chamber Music Society | $11,000 | $11,000 | |
| Loft 112 | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Loose Moose Theatre | $23,800 | $23,800 | |
| Lougheed House Conservation Society | $52,100 | $20,000 | $52,100 |
| Luminous Voice Music Society | $20,000 | $20,000 | |
| Lunchbox Theatre | $65,000 | $65,000 | |
| Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society | $30,000 | $20,000 | $30,000 |
| Marda Loop Justice Film Festival | $4,000 | $4,000 | |
| Morpheus Theatre Society | $17,700 | $17,700 | |
| Mount Royal Choral | $6,500 | $6,500 | |
| Mountain Standard Time Performative Arts Festival | $20,200 | $20,000 | $20,200 |
| Music Calgary Inc. | $6,750 | $6,750 | |
| National accessArts Centre | $77,400 | $25,000 | $77,400 |
| National Music Centre | $256,000 | $256,000 | |
| New Works Calgary | $10,300 | $5,000 | $10,300 |
| Old Trout Puppet Workshop | $49,900 | $21,000 | $49,900 |
| One Big Jam | $15,000 | $15,000 | |
| One Voice Chorus Society | $10,000 | $10,000 | |
| One Yellow Rabbit | $89,100 | $25,000 | $89,100 |
| Orchestra Society of Calgary (Calgary Civic) | $11,000 | $11,000 | |
| ProArts Society | $10,200 | $15,000 | $10,200 |
| Pumphouse Theatres | $43,200 | $25,000 | $43,200 |
| Queer Arts Society | $31,200 | $25,000 | $31,200 |
| Quest Theatre Society | $51,700 | $20,000 | $51,700 |
| Quickdraw Animation Society | $53,200 | $53,200 | |
| Revv52 | $31,500 | $31,500 | |
| Rocky Mountain Concert Band Society | $6,500 | $6,500 | |
| Sarb Akal Music Society of Calgary | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 |
| Savridi Singers Association | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| Second Story Art Society (TRUCK) | $50,000 | $50,000 | |
| Silver Stars Musical Revue Society | $5,400 | $5,400 | |
| Single Onion | $3,800 | $3,800 | |
| Sled Island Music Festival | $92,700 | $20,000 | $92,700 |
| Soulocentric Performing Arts Society | $7,000 | $20,000 | $7,000 |
| Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society | $1,250 | $1,250 | |
| Spiritus Chamber Choir | $9,700 | $9,700 | |
| Springboard Performance | $32,800 | $20,000 | $32,800 |
| Stage Left Productions Theatre | $17,300 | $25,000 | $17,300 |
| StoryBook Theatre Society | $50,300 | $50,300 | |
| Stride Art Gallery | $43,400 | $25,000 | $43,400 |
| Studio C, Prospect Human Services | $20,900 | $20,900 | |
| Suzirya Ukrainian Dance Theatre | $12,600 | $12,600 | |
| Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre | $14,000 | $20,000 | $14,000 |
| The Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project | $22,200 | $25,000 | $22,200 |
| The Bows | $24,200 | $20,000 | $24,200 |
| The Downstage Performance Society | $17,500 | $25,000 | $17,500 |
| The Esther Honens International Piano Competition | $84,600 | $84,600 | |
| The Festival Chorus | $10,800 | $10,800 | |
| The GRAND | $77,000 | $77,000 | |
| The League of Extraordinary Albertans | $11,800 | $11,800 | |
| The Leighton Foundation and Art Centre | $39,000 | $39,000 | |
| The New Gallery | $43,400 | $25,000 | $43,400 |
| The Shakespeare Company | $22,500 | $20,000 | $22,500 |
| The Society of Alberta Dance Theatre for Young | $10,500 | $10,500 | |
| Theatre Alberta Society | $63,000 | $25,000 | $63,000 |
| Theatre Calgary | $410,600 | $410,600 | |
| Theatre Encounter Performance Society | $2,000 | $2,000 | |
| Three Left Feet Movement Creations | $10,200 | $9,430 | $10,200 |
| Trickster Theatre Society | $56,300 | $56,300 | |
| Tryzub Ukrainian Dance | $27,000 | $25,000 | $27,000 |
| Verb Theatre Society | $9,100 | $9,100 | |
| Vertigo Theatre | $124,600 | $25,000 | $124,600 |
| W&M Dance Projects | $9,700 | $20,000 | $9,700 |
| West Village Theatre | $10,400 | $25,000 | $10,400 |
| Westwinds Music Society | $18,900 | $18,900 | |
| When Words Collide | $3,000 | $3,000 | |
| Wild Mint Arts | $15,000 | $15,000 | |
| Woezo Africa Music Dance Theatre Inc. | $15,000 | $25,000 | $15,000 |
| WordFest Society | $91,400 | $20,000 | $91,400 |
| WP Puppet Theatre | $18,700 | $18,700 | |
| Writers Guild of Alberta | $38,800 | $38,800 | |
| Youth Singers of Calgary | $68,800 | $68,800 |
The Project Grant for Organizations Program supported projects that reflect and contribute to the vibrancy and vitality of Calgary’s arts sector and create opportunities for Calgarians to access artistic experiences.
Grant funds supported opportunities to attract, restore and retain jobs for artists and arts professionals; support organizational development, including projects related to the reopening, recovery and resiliency of the arts sector; and arts-centred projects that encourage everyday creativity, including cross-sector collaboration, creative economy and neighbourhood-level community initiatives.
We received 80 applications requesting over $1.5million and were able to support 38 projects with a total of $725,700.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2022 Project Grant for Organizations.
| Organization Name | Project Name | Amount |
| CJSW 90.9 FM | 2023 National Campus and Community Radio Conference | $25,000.00 |
| AUArts Students Association | Show + Sale 2022: Winter Market | $8,000.00 |
| Bowness Community Association | BCA Artists in Residence Talent Share (ARTS) Program | $15,000.00 |
| Calgary Animated Objects | Looking Forward, Looking Back | $10,000.00 |
| Calgary Black Film Festival | Calgary Black Film Festival – Stabilizing for a Sustainable Future | $25,000.00 |
| Calgary International Film Festival Society | CIFF Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Programming 2023 | $25,000.00 |
| Calgary Jewish Community Campus Corporation | Art for Life | $15,000.00 |
| Calgary Queer Arts Society | By My Gay Audacity | $25,000.00 |
| Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers | Member Film Archival project | $20,000.00 |
| Calgary Young People’s Theatre | Technical Mentorship Project | $24,800.00 |
| Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation | Mexico Cultural Days/Latin America Arts and Culture Festival | $10,000.00 |
| Chromatic Theatre | 2022/2023 Chromatic Theatre Playwrights Unit | $20,800.00 |
| Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation | EPOQUE | $25,000.00 |
| Crescent Heights Community Association | Crescent Heights Mini Galleries | $22,500.00 |
| Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | Arts in Education for High-Needs/ Low Income Schools | $12,000 |
| Downstage Performance Society | Stage It Festival | $25,000 |
| Echoes of Ukraine Association | Calgary Ukrainian Carol Festival | $7,900 |
| Elephant Artist Relief Society | Health Insurance Subsidy Research Pilot Project | $23,600 |
| Ethnik Festivals Association | Ethnik Festivals Cultural Trilogy | $20,000 |
| ExpresARTe Theatre Club | “Ambas Tres” | $20,000 |
| FascinAsian Film Festival | FascinAsian Film Festival | $25,000 |
| FLC Acting Club | Exploring and Advancing Creativity | $16,100 |
| Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation | Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program 2022 | $25,000 |
| Korean Art Club | Korean Art Festival 2023 | $25,000 |
| Land’s End Chamber Music Society | Calgary Composers’ Commissions – 25th Anniversary Celebration | $17,500 |
| Lougheed House Conservation Society | Land – Video Artist Project | $20,000 |
| Lunchbox Theatre | Stage Two Festival of New Canadian Work | $20,000 |
| Midnight Taiko Association | Loco Ladies Workshop | $7,400 |
| National accessArts Centre | New Works & New Ways 2023 | $25,000 |
| National Music Centre | New Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and Canadian Music Hall of Fame exhibitions at Studio Bell | $20,000 |
| Prospect Human Services Society | Community Connections Art Program – Road to Recovery | $20,000 |
| Quest Theatre Society | Accessibility Support for the Presentation of Most Imaginary Worlds | $20,000 |
| The Festival Chorus | Let the People Sing – A Community Workshop and Performance | $8,000 |
| The Kinkonauts Improv Theatre Society | Kinkonauts Theatre Experience Improvement Project | $7,600 |
| W.P. Puppet Theatre Society | Bakster and Bird Launch | $24,500 |
| Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc. | UNGANISHA: Explore. Connect. Dance. | $25,000 |
| Writers Guild of Alberta | Writers’ Guild of Alberta 2023 Spring Conference: Back to Basics | $20,000 |
| Young Alberta Book Society | Seeds of Stories | $20,000 |
The Organization Recovery Fund program was intended to provide one-time unrestricted funding to non-profit arts organizations that did not receive annual operating funding from Calgary Arts Development. Funds could be directed towards almost any area of an organization’s budget, and grants were awarded to organizations who demonstrate forward-looking aspirations responding to and building upon the impacts of the pandemic to ensure a vibrant, revitalized and re-imagined arts sector for Calgarians post-pandemic.
We received 29 applications requesting $648,558, and were able to support 22 organizations with $501,638.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2022 Organization Recovery Fund.
| Organization | Grant |
| Alberta Magazine Publishers Association | $16,000 |
| Ballet Bodies YYC | $24,960 |
| Bridges Social Development | $10,000 |
| Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre Association | $25,000 |
| Calgary Game Developers Association | $25,000 |
| Canadian Artists Against Poverty | $25,000 |
| CARFAC Alberta (Visual Arts Alberta Association) | $25,000 |
| Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation | $25,000 |
| Dance YYC Community Outreach and Engagement Initiative | $23,178 |
| DIY Theatre | $14,000 |
| Edmonton Movie Club | $25,000 |
| El Sistema Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Foundation | $25,000 |
| Ethnik Festivals Association | $25,000 |
| FascinAsian Film Festival | $23,500 |
| Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation | $25,000 |
| Jupiter Theatre Society | $25,000 |
| Kiyooka Ohe Arts Centre | $20,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra | $25,000 |
| The Alcove Centre for the Arts | $25,000 |
| The SHOW | $20,000 |
| Tribe Artist Society | $25,000 |
| Western Muslim Initiative | $25,000 |
Individual Artists & Collectives
The Project Grant for Individuals and Collectives Program was intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artist collectives in Calgary working in any artistic discipline who pursue a professional practice. Projects include the creation, development, production, presentation or dissemination of artistic work. Applicants could also apply for professional or career development projects.
Calgary Arts Development 2022 grant investment programs for individual artists and artist collectives were supplemented through the Cultural Vitality Fund of the Calgary Arts Foundation, with donations from individual donors, the Auxilium Foundation, and an Anonymous Donor to the Edmonton Community Foundation. We thank these donors for their generous support.
We received 311 applications requesting $4,342,426, and were able to support 117 projects with $1,607,338.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2022 Project Grant for Individuals and Collectives.
| Grantee | Project | Grant |
| Abdulazeez Ojetola | Potent Winter Campaign | $15,000 |
| Ado Nkemka | Experimenting with my music to explore and discover new sounds, and recording an EP | $15,000 |
| Alanna Blackrider-Onespot | Plants & Medicines Poetry Book | $11,980 |
| Alycia Two Bears | Two Spirit; Stories, Sex and the Ceremony Behind it All | $11,282.95 |
| Alyssa Koski | Pauline Film Animation Experimentation | $14,967 |
| Andrew Cooper | Advent and Asunder | $15,000 |
| Ann Cooney | “Dead in the Water” Novel First Draft | $14,900 |
| Annika Cheyne | Stand Still: Side B (EP) | $15,000 |
| Apiew Akwai-cham | First Solo Exhibition | $11,725 |
| Ash Adams | Lace + Leg Hair | $15,000 |
| Athena Cooper | The Extraordinary, Ordinary Nature of Interabled Love | $15,000 |
| Bari Lavy | Goldstein and Chan: Distastravaganza | $5,000 |
| Bollywood Signature (Collective) | Bollywood Musical Mystery | $20,000 |
| Bonspiel Games (Collective) | Development of a brain-controlled video game | $20,000 |
| Calgary – Montreal (Collective) | Calgary-Montréal: A musical conversation | $5,800 |
| Calgary Concert Opera (Collective) | Calgary Concert Opera presents Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea | $13,568 |
| Cecilia Barboza | “Mundanities” | $14,997.61 |
| Chawna Exner | Senses Cabaret | $15,000 |
| Chris Hsiung | Sh*t We Use to Believe | $15,000 |
| Christina Krentz | Resist & Residue – An Expanded Painting and Printmaking Practice | $14,284.97 |
| Christopher Duthie | Fall 2022 IdenikitLIVE Creation and Development Period | $15,000 |
| Christopher Hunt | Old School | $14,897.54 |
| Cîpayak ᒌᐸᕀ (Collective) | Cîpayak ᒌᐸᕀ Full length recording and video | $20,000 |
| Col Cseke | Viability Review research and development | $8,750 |
| Colin Wintz | Western Bootmaking Workshop | $12,335.75 |
| Daniel Pelton and Jocelyn Mah (Collective) | The Secancy Project | $5,700 |
| De-Ann Weekes | Life | $15,000 |
| Debbie-Lee Miszaniec | Earthly Delights – 10 Still Life Paintings in Places | $14,620.93 |
| Delirium Street Party Brass (Collective) | Develop and Showcase drumline, video and choreography for Delirium Street Party Brass | $17,000 |
| Dempsey Bolton | “Paranoia” EP – New 7 – track Album Creation | $10,950 |
| Ellie Stewart | Pool Party | $15,000 |
| Eunice Hau | “The Re-Membering” Film – Musical Composition | $1,650 |
| Eveline Kolijn | Energy Futures Portfolio: two new and extended opportunities to learn and share. | $5,000 |
| Fem Assembly (Collective) | Exhibition on Intersectional Feminism | $19,941.30 |
| Frederick Fernandez | Natural Twenty – EP, Mahika | $14,190 |
| Geraldine Fuenmayor | Phase of development of the Theatre script “Tuberose, ginger, and other essences” | $12,252.17 |
| Ginger Carlson | Writing Across Disability | $14,196 |
| Gisèle Villeneuve | L’imaginaire de Gisèle Villeneuve Imagined | $5,969 |
| Harvey Nichol Santos | Neo Manila Anthology Graphic Novel | $15,000 |
| Jairus Sharif | Freedom and Free Music in Calgary | $5,995 |
| James Ziegler | Traces | $14,800 |
| Jasmine Atay Ferguson | Halo Halo | $11,020.16 |
| Jennifer Illanes | Pilgrimage of Stories and Stones | $14,459 |
| JJ Shiplett | A Different Kind of Light (EP) | $15,000 |
| Jonelle Belcourt | UCLA Film and Television Directing Summer Session Program | $14,764.92 |
| Jordan Ostrom | Pinto Album | $15,000 |
| Jose Macasinag | Creative Research and Video collection for “Passages” | $4,650 |
| Juanita Dawn | Workshopping of ‘One for Sorrow, Two for Joy’ Puppet Play | $13,957 |
| Julya Hajnoczky | It must look beautiful from up there | $11,080 |
| Justin Skrundz | People of Alberta | $15,000 |
| Justine Tyrell Leach | Justine Tyrell Visual EP | $15,000 |
| Karen Hines | The Upper Atmosphere in Motion | $15,000 |
| Kat Simmers | Pass Me By: TCAF | $3,206.23 |
| Katherine Mandolidis | Embodied Dialogues – Phase 1: Discovery | $15,000 |
| Katie Green | Pain Speak | $14,825.33 |
| Kawalease ACT (Collective) | Interrogation, by Bassem Hafez | $20,000 |
| Keegan Havelock-Rice | Play With Your Food | $15,000 |
| Keshia Cheesman | The F Word World Premiere | $15,000 |
| Kevin Chow | Chinese Zodiac Sculpture & Digital Media | $15,000 |
| Kunji Ikeda | Crime and Punishment at the 2023 High Performance Rodeo | $15,000 |
| Kyra Newton | HealingMOVES | $15,000 |
| Lael Chmelyk | Quilting Exhibition Development | $11,121.06 |
| Laura Anzola | Fronteras – Voices | $15,000 |
| Laura Payne | Animated Light Boxes | $9,096 |
| Lili Tayefi | Digital Handmade Sculptures | $15,000 |
| Many Mothers Collective (Collective) | We Are Seven | $20,000 |
| Mark DeJong | Mark DeJong and David Braid Orchestral Composition Project | $15,000 |
| Matt Prazak | EA | $15,000 |
| Matthew Waddell | C.A.R.E. – Computer Aided Resource Extraction | $13,960 |
| May Nyitrai | Community Workshop Series | $11,334 |
| McKiver McMann Duo (Collective) | Jerod Tate Piano/Flute Commission 2023 | $19,949 |
| Michaela Jeffery | Development workshop for the new play, The Cold Daughter | $2,106.50 |
| Michelle Ku | Mind Body | $15,000 |
| Mike Hooves | Trans Is a Flower | $8,123.86 |
| Mike Tod | Mike Tod LP | $15,000 |
| Molly Caldwell | 2022 Residencies | $8,413 |
| Moni Brar | First draft of a poetry collection exploring intergenerational journeys of Punjabi diaspora in Canada | $15,000 |
| (M)othering (Collective) | (M)othering Anthology | $14,025 |
| Mudfoot Theatre Collective (Collective) | Yabber: A Musical Junk Tale | $20,000 |
| Multivision Artist of Calgary (Collective) | Rooted Presence / 扎根 | $20,000 |
| NASARIMBA (Collective) | NASARIMBA 2023 Mexico Field Study | $19,960.47 |
| Nice Horse (Collective) | Nice Horse – New Releases | $20,000 |
| Nick Haywood | DELTA V | $15,000 |
| Nicole Charlton Goodbrand | The Skin of an Octopus | $2,520 |
| Paige Feurer | Picture Book Manuscript – Research, Creation, and Revision | $2,750 |
| Pansy Club (Collective) | Pansy Club Collective | $13,340.99 |
| Paul Brain | Brain Pieces Series | $15,000 |
| Paulo da Costa | Between Night and Darkness | $9,875 |
| Priscilla Cherry | DEVOLVE | $13,930 |
| Queendemme (Collective) | Queendemme: Audible Video Artwork | $20,000 |
| Rami Abdelnour | Rami Abdelnour artistic career development | $15,000 |
| Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi | You are Me | $15,000 |
| RAZA (Collective) | Retina | $4,531 |
| Renae Reinfort | Birds Idioms Series | $15,000 |
| Robert Hunter | Miyo-âcimowin – Good Story | $14,995 |
| Rosanna Terracciano | Production of the full version of my trilogy, PLACE/is a city written on this body? | $12,000 |
| Ryan Bourne | Plant City Final Marketing/Manufacturing Phase | $15,000 |
| Ryus Twoyoungmen | Iyethka Waisteyabi | $15,000 |
| Sam Hester | Graphic Medicine animated explainer video: a collaboration between Sam Hester & Eric Dyck | $13,200 |
| Sanah Kadoura | Sanah Kadoura – “Duality” Album | $15,000 |
| Seniors Acting Lab (Collective) | More Senior Matters | $19,442 |
| Serenella Argueta | “Where Am I From?” – A short film | $15,000 |
| Simon Rose | An Untimely Death | $14,945 |
| Siobhan Mullaney | The Eternal Express – Fantasy Animated Short | $14,999.92 |
| Sushree Mishra | Establish Odissi Classical Dance as part of the Canadian Cultural Fabric | $15,000 |
| Sylvan Breaker | Recording and Development of Shareable Material | $15,000 |
| Ted Stenson | Foul – Short Film | $12,000 |
| The General Store (Collective) | The General Store: Microeconomics Study | $20,000 |
| The Hello Darlins (Collective) | The Hello Darlins Second Album & Video Assets | $20,000 |
| Thomas Geddes | Dayuhang Hayop Short Film – Miniature Set Construction & finalize pre-production phase | $15,000 |
| Vanessa Porteous | Greet The Dawn, a short film by Vanessa Porteous | $15,000 |
| Veronica Kunbi Olalere | Mummy’s Recipe | $15,000 |
| Vince Raquel | No Smoke | $15,000 |
| Warren Sulatycky | Walking Home | $15,000 |
| Who Cares? (Collective) | Vol.3 Record & Release Project | $20,000 |
| Wyatt Louis | Wyatt C. Louis – Anyway Gang Tour and Album Preparations | $11,004.50 |
| Yanina Bilyk | Living in the Shadow | $15,000 |
The Artist Development Microgrant was intended to support professional and artistic skill development or business and career development activities for individual artists and artist collectives. The goal of the program was to contribute to the skills and knowledge required to advance artists’ careers and develop artistic practices in Calgary.
Calgary Arts Development 2022 grant investment programs for individual artists and artist collectives were supplemented through the Cultural Vitality Fund of the Calgary Arts Foundation, with donations from individual donors, the Auxilium Foundation, and an Anonymous Donor to the Edmonton Community Foundation. We thank these donors for their generous support.
We received 425 applications requesting $1,801,020, and were able to support 129 applications totalling $509,680.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2022 Artist Development Microgrant.
| Grantee | Intake Period | Grant |
| Ado Nkemka | Intake 1 | $3,100 |
| Amair Javaid | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Andrew Cooper | Intake 1 | $2,150 |
| Arlyss Southin | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Brendan James Boyd | Intake 1 | $4,160 |
| Bruce Miller | Intake 1 | $2,700 |
| Elizabeth Carr | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Heather Pattengale | Intake 1 | $2,700 |
| James Wade | Intake 1 | $2,800 |
| Javier Vilalta | Intake 1 | $4,100 |
| Jennea Frischke | Intake 1 | $4,700 |
| Julya Hajnoczky | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Kenzie Housego | Intake 1 | $2,450 |
| Lindsay Bowman | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Louise Day | Intake 1 | $1,000 |
| Lo-fi Spectacle Club (Collective) | Intake 1 | $4,990 |
| Megan Feniak | Intake 1 | $750 |
| Milena Vasquez | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Miriam Fabijan | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Molly Caldwell | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Nicole Tse | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Nurgul Rodriguez | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Portia Scabar | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Priscilla Cherry | Intake 1 | $3,150 |
| Rami Abdelnour | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Ryan Bourne | Intake 1 | $3,700 |
| Sandra Sutter | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Serenella Argueta | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Timothy Alai | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Wunmi Idowu | Intake 1 | $5,000 |
| Sweater Weather (Collective) | Intake 2 | $1,955.93 |
| Andrea Greening | Intake 2 | $3,921.02 |
| Ashley Johnston | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Christopher Hunt | Intake 2 | $2,730.78 |
| Claudia Chagoya | Intake 2 | $951 |
| Craig Galambos | Intake 2 | $623.10 |
| Darija S.Radakovic | Intake 2 | $4,951 |
| Heather Leier | Intake 2 | $2,411.10 |
| Hesam Ohadi | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Jamie Tognazzini | Intake 2 | $2,375 |
| Jared Herring | Intake 2 | $4,997.29 |
| Kamran Ahamed | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Kathryn Smith | Intake 2 | $4,530 |
| Kayam Khalfan | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Laura Hickli | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Laurie Anne Fuhr | Intake 2 | $624.11 |
| Lexie Angelo | Intake 2 | $4,740 |
| Melissa Setiawan | Intake 2 | $4,050 |
| Mercedes Webb | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Michelle Ku | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Miesha Louie | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Morgan Melenka | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Nathan Pronyshyn | Intake 2 | $1,540 |
| Paige Feurer | Intake 2 | $4,987 |
| Understory Collective (Collective) | Intake 2 | $4,166.80 |
| Taylor Cochrane | Intake 2 | $5,000 |
| Taylor Nodrick | Intake 2 | $1,500 |
| Thomas Geddes | Intake 2 | $2,503.08 |
| Twinkle Banerjee | Intake 2 | $3,485.28 |
| Adrian Gonzalez De la Peña | Intake 3 | $4,970 |
| Amanda Fabrig | Intake 3 | $2,300 |
| Andrew Howell | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Anne-Marie Hivert | Intake 3 | $709.70 |
| Becky Morrison | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Brock Geiger | Intake 3 | $3,630 |
| Cali Sproule | Intake 3 | $1,226.94 |
| Charlie Lee | Intake 3 | $3,792 |
| Chelsea Yang-Smith | Intake 3 | $3,053.81 |
| Clea Anaïs Foo Fat | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Dave Lewis | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Emma Rushton | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Eveline Kolijn | Intake 3 | $3,000 |
| Imoleogoluwa Lapite | Intake 3 | $2,548.50 |
| Jamie Konchak | Intake 3 | $4,038.60 |
| Jill Roberts | Intake 3 | $4,065.75 |
| Kaitlyn Bass | Intake 3 | $2,550 |
| Kay Thomas | Intake 3 | $1,879.32 |
| Kelly Kaur | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Kelsey Merkeley | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Kenna Burima | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Levin Ifko | Intake 3 | $1,415 |
| Michael Peterson | Intake 3 | $3,977.14 |
| Miranda White | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Shumaila Hemani | Intake 3 | $4,800 |
| Simon Chan | Intake 3 | $5,000 |
| Vahe Tokmajyan | Intake 3 | $3,748.47 |
| Zoë Arthur | Intake 3 | $900 |
| Alex Rettie | Intake 4 | $3,243.75 |
| Amelie Patterson | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Andrew Leitch | Intake 4 | $1,360 |
| Arturo Rondon | Intake 4 | $4,851 |
| Brayden Bell | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Christahh Ahh | Intake 4 | $3,928 |
| Desiree Nault | Intake 4 | $4,811.98 |
| Diane Din Ebongue | Intake 4 | $4,941.71 |
| Eli Jorquera | Intake 4 | $4,910 |
| Eric Rose | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Heather Hazlett | Intake 4 | $4,600 |
| Juanita Dawn | Intake 4 | $3,515 |
| Immigrant Lessons (Collective) | Intake 4 | $4,980 |
| Kyle Flemmer | Intake 4 | $3,290 |
| Laurelle Birk | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Lisa La Touche | Intake 4 | $4,647.25 |
| The Dust Collectors (Collective) | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Mackenzie Bedford | Intake 4 | $4,726.10 |
| Mandy Morris | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Margarita Rebetskaia | Intake 4 | $2,440 |
| Mia + Eric (Collective) | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Mike Tod | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| NASARIMBA (Collective) | Intake 4 | $2,283.22 |
| Monda Mahmoud | Intake 4 | $4,855.14 |
| Natalie Gauthier | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Nawar Sahli | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Nicole (Nicky) Markin | Intake 4 | $4,831.54 |
| Onalea Gilbertson | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Paulo da Costa | Intake 4 | $1,688 |
| Raeann Cheung | Intake 4 | $1,030 |
| Raghe Farah | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Rosanna Terracciano | Intake 4 | $4,550 |
| Savanna Harvey | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Betaboys (Collective) | Intake 4 | $2,000 |
| Shalom Agu | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Shawn Petsche | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Shea Iles | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Skye Louis | Intake 4 | $2,690 |
| Tiffany Wollman | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Victory Myers-Agamini | Intake 4 | $5,000 |
| Winner Aigbogun | Intake 4 | $2,429 |
| Zoong Nguyen | Intake 4 | $4,981 |
First Nations, Métis, Inuit Artists & Organizations
The Original Peoples Investment Program supports the preservation and revitalization of First Nations, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) art through art-based projects that are supported and validated by FNMI artists, community, Elders and Knowledge Keepers. We recognize and support both traditional and contemporary Indigenous artists and arts practices.
We received 58 applications requesting $934,320.22 and were able to support 42 applications with $665,260.22.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2022 Original Peoples Investment Program.
| Grantee | Project | Grant |
| Alex Manitopyes | Nîmihitowin – Dance | $20,000 |
| Amanda Foote | Dagugun Woakide Akide Hnebigan Echin Bathtabi | $20,000 |
| Autumn Whiteway | Woodland Reimagined | $15,000 |
| Awoowaahkii | Awoowaahkii Tipi | $25,000 |
| Bruce Miller | Skylar’s Comet | $15,000 |
| Chance Bellegarde | 4 Directions Deer Hide Ribbon Skirt Wraps | $14,958.74 |
| Chantelle Anderson | Weaves of Blood and Bone | $15,000 |
| Chelsea Allard | The Eyes of my Ancestors | $7,596.37 |
| Cody Lefthand | The Front | $20,000 |
| Dan Cardinal McCartney | Where the Three Rivers Meet: Painting Research + Studies | $15,000 |
| Danielle Bruno | Itaopii (Be At Home) | $15,000 |
| Dawn Nagazina | Directing the short narrative film, ‘The Superlative’ | $15,000 |
| Dorvina Pearline White Quills | Raising Healing Vibrations – Hand Drum Collection | $14,992 |
| Drum Beat Entertainment | Drum Beat Entertainment 5 Year Anniversary Celebration | $25,000 |
| Dwight Farahat | Forest Lawn High School & Tribe Artist Society | $25,000 |
| Jared Tailfeathers | “Traditional Methods of Making: Dog Trail (Imitáá ohtáóhsokoyi a’póóhsin)” Part 4 | $15,000 |
| Jonelle Belcourt | Good Daze | $20,000 |
| Judy Everson | Northern Lights Starry Night Dancer | $15,000 |
| Kay Thomas | Indigenous Language Reclamation and Silkscreening on Cloth Workshop Series | $8,730.85 |
| Kayla Gale | Urban Indigenous Art Space (UIAS) | $15,000 |
| Lareina Abbott | Métis Elder Biography and Graphic Novel | $15,000 |
| Lesia Bear | Phase 2 of Post-production for Jimmy The Bear | $15,000 |
| Lodgepole Centre | Visionary Charm | $20,000 |
| Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society | Treaty 7 Artist of the Month Program | $25,000 |
| Melissa Victor | Phase 2 Cedar Medicine Shoes | $15,000 |
| Nakoda AV Club | New Nakoda AV Club Horror | $20,000 |
| Nicolas Gibson | Mammo Stories | $15,000 |
| Patricia Grimwood | pē-kiwē/pē-pīhtikwē relic/reliquary | $15,000 |
| Richard Gaudio | Call Me Liberté | $15,000 |
| Robert Dodginghorse | Orientation | $15,000 |
| Robert Hunter | Dinner Plate | $12,479 |
| Sade Auger | Woman Who Stands Strong – Jewelry Collection | $15,000 |
| Sandra Sutter | Sandra Sutter – Shadow Talk | $15,000 |
| Sarah Houle | An Animated Exploration of Shapeshifting and Métis Motherhood | $15,000 |
| Sean Smith | Reconciliation Through Art: The Indigenous Mural Project | $15,000 |
| Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse | Catholic Ladders Video Project | $15,000 |
| Staci Duchene | In my Kookums Hands | $9,591.25 |
| Stephanie One Spot | Story Time | $12,022.01 |
| Tara Marie Beagan | Nice White Lady | $13,000 |
| Tiffany Wollman | Painting My Ancestors | $5,000 |
| Tracy Breaker | Buffalo Spirit Expansion Project III | $15,000 |
| Wild Arts | Nimihitowin! Week | $16,890 |
The Indigenous Artist Microgrant is intended to support artists working to preserve Indigenous culture and traditions, and artists in need of small grants to advance their practice, project or career.
This program supported 11 projects in 2022 with a total funding amount of $54,406.
| Grantee | Project | Grant |
| Amy Hill | Cradle Board | $5,000 |
| Danielle Bruno | Knowledge Keeper visits | $5,000 |
| Jessica Mcmann & Elijah Wells | Fancy Bustle Regalia | $4,800 |
| Lareina Abbott | Phase one: filming, visiting, interviewing | $5,000 |
| Leland Mitsuing | Fancy Dance Regalia Creation | $4,606 |
| Marrisa Moccasin | Beaded Cradleboard creation | $5,000 |
| Melissa Victor | Cedar Weaving Knowledge | $5,000 |
| Patricia Grimwood | Phase 1 – Norway House Revival | $5,000 |
| Sade Auger | Woman Who Stands Strong – Phase one | $5,000 |
| Sandra Lamouche | Red Jingle Dress | $5,000 |
| The Memphis Group | Metis Fiddle Lesson | $5,000 |
The Honouring the Children Grant is specifically for Indigenous artists or Indigenous arts organizations who live and work on Treaty 7 territory, to support artistic projects responding to, honouring or in memory of the loss of life, culture, ceremony and language amongst the original peoples of this land because of the residential school system.
This program supported seven artists and organizations in 2022 with a total amount of funding $85,429.71
| Grantee | Project | Grant |
| Adam Solway | Ts’oostsitsi (Years Ago) | $8,600 |
| Calvin (Tito) Gomez | Quiet | $19,405 |
| CIF Reconciliation Society | Pokaiks – The Children 2022 | $30,000 |
| Glenna Cardinal | Documentation of Ground Penetrating Radar at Blue Quills University |
$5,000 |
| Heather Morigeau | The Sacred Medicine Garden for the Children | $13,624.71 |
| Melissa Victor | Medicine shoes | $5,000 |
| North Haven Parents Association | Learning Grounds Mural | $3,800 |
Other Programs
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 2022, 26 artists and organizations were funded with $280,001.
| Grantee | Project | Grant |
| Amanda Huynh | BUMP Mural Project | $816.64 |
| Carol Cowan | Ukraine Art Project | $5,535.89 |
| Diane Din Ebongue | I See Colours | $15,663 |
| Donald Ray Johnson | Development in a Digital Age | $15,000 |
| Jeanne Kwong | City Beat Poems & Photos | $5,000 |
| Jenny Li | To research and develop a new body of work: A Story of Calgary’s Heritage Through Architecture | $15,000 |
| Kathleen Brown | The Startle Hijack Constitutional | $10,000 |
| Latoya Powell | Canada Day Panel | $3,000 |
| Luis Tovar | Album Production – Part 1 | $3,037 |
| Mariana Edith Romero González | The Seed | $15,000 |
| Meg Ohsada | Showcase creation, training and mentorship with choreographer Kunji Ikeda | $6,650 |
| Melrene Saloy | Paris Fashion Week | $20,935 |
| Paloma Negra | Mi Viejita Chula – Animation Video Project | $15,000 |
| Peace Ilondior | Creation and Production of Live Concert | $15,000 |
| Perpetual Atife | Ije – The Album Recording | $15,000 |
| Robson Maurice (robymisterdrums) | RMD and Key 30 Orchestra Present Classical Soul | $25,000 |
| Sarah Uwadiae | Catharsis – premier screening event | $7,005 |
| Sargeant X Comrade (Yolanda Sargeant) | Power Marketing Campaign | $14,800 |
| Sasha Spronk | Marketing & promotion of first debut album Bloom | $5,863 |
| Gukie (Shalom Agu) | Nights Like This – NYE show | $15,000 |
| Sreekumar Chandrasekhar | Aaravam (NAMMAL) | $6,000 |
| Tara Vahab | Attend Therapeutic Arts Practitioner course | $4,376 |
| Tea Fannie | UK Networking and Tour Planning | $1,500 |
| Tolu Enaibe | Create and present the Covenant Child Album | $15,000 |
| Zaire Sealy | Album release event and performance | $4,820 |
| Zaria Rajha & Mario Lemvar | 404 sign not found | $20,000 |
The Cultural Activation Fund supports projects that align with civic partner and City of Calgary strategies, priority areas and initiatives such as Downtown Revitalization, Chinook Blast and Rise Up, and the Creative Economy Strategy. cSpace’s annual operating grant is also funded through the Cultural Activation Fund, as well as collaborations with other funders such as support for non-qualified donee applicants to the Rozsa Foundation Capstone Grant program. In 2022, additional funding was received from the City of Calgary to be allocated towards grants and sponsorships through the Rise Up Downtown Vibrancy program.
| Grantee | Project | Amount |
| cSpace | Annual Operating Grant | $240,000 |
| Theatre Calgary | Shakespeare On The Go | $50,000 |
| Rivers Festival | Feasibility Study | $25,000 |
| Jill Langer | ActiveCITY – New Experience Economy Prototype Microgrants | $400 |
| Quickdraw Animation Society | ActiveCITY – New Experience Economy Prototype Microgrants | $400 |
| Run Calgary | ActiveCITY – New Experience Economy Prototype Microgrants | $400 |
| Quest Theatre | ActiveCITY – New Experience Economy Prototype Microgrants | $1,600 |
| Recess Calgary | ActiveCITY – New Experience Economy Prototype Microgrants | $400 |
| The Perlin Foundation | ActiveCITY – New Experience Economy Prototype Microgrants | $1,200 |
| Authentically Indigenous Inc. | 2022 Market | $20,000 |
| Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation | Dia de Muertos 2023 | $30,000 |
| cSpace | Meanwhile Lease and Creative Spaces Networking Mentorship Programs | $30,000 |
| The BareHuman Project | Rozsa Foundation Capstone Project – Redesigning Human Connectedness in the Digital World | $5,000 |
| Tourism Calgary | Chinook Blast | $150,000 |
| Rise Up Downtown Vibrancy Program | Project | Grant | Sponsorship |
| Angela Smart | Rise Up Presents Angela Smart at the Dark Arts Market @ Beakerhead | $5,000 | |
| Bijan Maysami | Rise Up Presents Be Their Voices | $5,000 | |
| Diana Peng | Rise Up Presents Diana Shan Peng at the Dark Arts Market @ Beakerhead | $5,000 | |
| Hayden McHugh | Rise Up Presents JOY YYC | $5,000 | |
| Hebert Poll Gutiérrez | Rise Up Presents Whispers from the Black Gods | $5,000 | |
| Hoyee Graham | Rise Up Presents Our Fore Elders | $5,000 | |
| Jodie Minton-Dyke | Rise Up Presents Contemporary Vice at Beakerhead | $5,000 | |
| Kathleen Morrison & Carlos Foggin | Rise Up Presents Chiaroscuro – A Contemporary Take on a Traditional Leiderabend | $5,000 | |
| Kenna Burima | Rise Up Presents Street Singalong Series | $5,000 | |
| Sinéad Ludwig-Burgess | Rise Up Presents Leaf it to Us | $5,000 | |
| Tiffany Lynn Cuffley | Rise Up Presents Moments in Time | $4,600 | |
| Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary | Rise Up Presents NeuroHilarity | $5,000 | |
| Calgary Animated Objects Society | Rise Up Presents Lilly Downtown Augmented Reality Adventure | $5,000 | |
| Calgary Multicultural Arts Society | Rise Up Presents Fiestaval Latino Festival | $5,000 | |
| Calgary Underground Film Festival | 10th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival | $5,000 | |
| Casa Mexico Foundation | Rise Up Presents 80’s Dance Party – Tribute to Olivia Newton John | $5,000 | |
| Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation | Rise Up Presents Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation | $5,000 | |
| Create Kids Arts Society | Rise Up Presents Mandy Morris | $5,000 | |
| Demitre Pereira | Rise Up Presents The Last Heatwave | $5,000 | |
| Eat North & Vicki Van Chau | Rise Up Presents Prairie Grid Dinner 2022 | $5,000 | |
| Music Calgary Inc. | Rise Up Presents Sound Off Summit Live Showcase | $5,000 | |
| Palomino Smokehouse | Rise Up Presents October Crack Up | $5,000 | |
| Stage West Steakhouse Ltd. | Rise Up Presents Stage West Steakhouse at the Dark Arts Market @ Beakerhead | $3,200 | |
| The Arab Music Collective | Rise Up Presents We are Here, and We Belong | $5,000 | |
| thom[n]i art & design | Rise Up Presents thom[n]i art & design at the Dark Arts Market @ Beakerhead | $2,210.02 | |
| Three Left Feet Movement Creations | Rise Up Presents Three Left Feet | $5,000 |
The Changemakers Program invests in artists and organizations who are using their art to make change in their community and which use art for social change. Our Trico Changemaker partnership and Artist as Changemaker cohort is funded from the program. The intention of this program is to partner with the community to use art to create conversation and solutions to our communities’ most challenging problems.
The grants fund both the artists as well as the projects that emerge from these initiatives. In addition, this program funded the Creative Green Tool pilot program, which provides carbon output reporting tools specific to the arts and culture sector.
| Grantee | Project | Grant |
| Ado Nkemka | Artist as Changemaker | $8,400 |
| Apiow Akwai | Artist as Changemaker | $8,400 |
| Barbara Amos | Artist as Changemaker | $5,000 |
| Kevin Jesuino | Artist as Changemaker | $5,000 |
| Louie Fermor | Artist as Changemaker | $8,400 |
| Mel Vee Hudson-Drake | Artist as Changemaker | $9,900 |
| Melanee Murray-Hunt | Artist as Changemaker | $5,000 |
| Shumaila Hemani | Artist as Changemaker | $8,400 |
| Skye Louis | Artist as Changemaker | $5,000 |
| Stephanie Banszky | Artist as Changemaker | $8,400 |
| Tamara Christian Avonlea Eaker | Artist as Changemaker | $8,400 |
| Tito Gomez | Artist as Changemaker | $9,900 |
| Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts | Creative Green Tools | $27,000 |
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