Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to release the results of the 2021 Project Grant Program for Individuals and Collectives. This 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 grant investment programs for individual artists and artist collectives are supplemented through the Cultural Vitality Fund, with donations from Calgary Arts Foundation, Calgary Foundation, individual donors, RBC, the Auxilium Foundation, the Palmer Family Foundation, and an anonymous donor to the Edmonton Community Foundation. We thank these donors for their generous support. We received 306 applications requesting $4,258,149, and were able to support 86 projects with $1,246,862.26.
For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2021 Project Grant Program for Individuals and Collectives.
| Grantee | Project | Grant Amount |
| Adam Mbowe | To Love and to Cherish | $15,000 |
| Allan Brent Rosales | ACCLAIMED SPACES: A Book of Second Generation Filipinx-Canadian Poetry (Working Title) | $15,000 |
| Allison Lynch | What The Wind Said Next | $11,888 |
| Anna Cooley | 300 Million BC | $15,000 |
| AsimOverstands & Kiran Sthankiya | Cold Tea | $20,000 |
| Brandon Giessmann | heavy belonging | $15,000 |
| Brenda Luong | Impact of Barriers | $11,858 |
| Brett Dahl | Bee-Beautiful | $12,000 |
| Caitlin Thompson | Swamped | $13,000 |
| Calgary Puppeteer Collective | From Beyond | $20,000 |
| Canadian Cutters Digital Research Initiative | Canadian Cutters Digital Research Initiative | $9,417.62 |
| Carmen Cecilia Barboza | YYC Pandemic Snapshots | $13,283.74 |
| Cave Opera Collective (Jean-Louis Bleau & Peter Balkwill) | Aquaritus – A puppet opera presented in the heart of a cave | $20,000 |
| Chad Blain | Snowboarding Saves | $9,500 |
| Christina Krentz | Artistic Development and Creation | $13,250.31 |
| David Feehan | I’m Not a Robot | $13,300 |
| David Sklar | The Revil | $15,000 |
| Dawn Nagazina | Michif | $15,000 |
| De-Ann Weekes | Dunham – Traditional African Dance Technique Research With Extended Movement Study Creation | $15,000 |
| Deaf Antlers | Deaf World | $20,000 |
| Deedra Salange Ladouceur | Downtime With Deeds | $15,000 |
| Dust | Me or Someone Like Me | $15,000 |
| Elaine Weryshko | MASS | $15,000 |
| Elijah Wells | Stitches | $7,800 |
| Ellipsis Tree Collective | The Anthropology of Blackness: a response | $20,000 |
| Eric Pauls | At the Bottom of the Baptismal Tank | $15,000 |
| Esteban Herrera | Colibri de papel (Paper hummingbird) | $15,000 |
| Feyisayo Fagbamila | Heart to heart song and video production & album launch | $15,000 |
| Gayathri Shukla | Butterflies: Transformative Stories of Immigrant Women | $14,997 |
| Geraldine Fuenmayor | A theatre script for lesbian visibility | $13,525.86 |
| Groove Theory Calgary | Working Title – A Visual Body of Work | $20,000 |
| Hebert Poll Gutiérrez | Emí Laará: Small stories to dream | $15,000 |
| HTMFIY30s Collective | How To Make Friends In Your 30s – Digital Series | $14,530 |
| illhumanation studios | Paper Planes | $20,000 |
| Jacqueline Russell | Allergic to Water creation and development process | $10,399 |
| Jairus Sharif | Jairus Sharif – Untitled Full-Length Album 2022 | $14,687.50 |
| Jonathan McCaslin | Calgary Jazz Composers Concert Series at Theatre 1308 | $15,000 |
| Juanita Dawn | Professional development, Academy of the Wooden Puppet by Bernd Ogrodnik | $3,005 |
| Judith Mendelsohn | (Not Just) a Chair | $15,000 |
| Julya Hajnoczky | Prairie Biome | $11,910 |
| Justin Dale | Kenopsia | $15,000 |
| Kam Prada | Family To Feed | $15,000 |
| Katie Green | Family Portrait | $14,886.88 |
| Kelsey Andries | SCALEY | $12,095 |
| Kris Demeanor | The Great Alberta Sound Bath Experience | $12,700 |
| Landon Krentz | 100 Years of Darkness – Professional Production | $15,000 |
| Laura Anzola & Matthew Waddell Collective | Kidz Fun | $20,000 |
| Lauren Chipeur | Ceramic Research and Exhibition at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery | $9,974 |
| Marie France Forcier | Crux Arising | $15,000 |
| Mark Kunji Ikeda | Roll For Initiative | $10,000 |
| McKiver McMann Duo | Indigenous Classical Music Comissions | $17,700 |
| Megan Feniak | Stride Gallery Exhibition | $9,390.04 |
| Mia & Eric | 3 WOODS: a trilogy of interdisciplinary, site-responsive, and community-engaged artworks in Europe | $20,000 |
| Mike Hooves | Burnt Toast Studio Residency | $7,737.56 |
| MISTLA | Merging | $20,000 |
| Moni Brar | Research for poetry collection for familial intergenerational journey | $10,649 |
| Mudfoot Theatre | Yabber: A Folk Opera | $19,913 |
| NAPPY (Not A Political Playground Y’all) Dance Collective | Black Empowerment Dance Project | $20,000 |
| Nicola Waugh | Where the Deer and the Antelope Play | $11,710 |
| Olawunmi Idowu | Mentorship for Impact Filmmaker | $15,000 |
| Ollee Owens | Ollee Owens Album (Title TBD) | $15,000 |
| Pamela Tzeng | Reframing SHED for Mile Zero Dance Edmonton Residency and Presentation in 2022 | $15,000 |
| Project InTandem | Project InTandem on Tour | $20,000 |
| Sacha Michaud | Camping | $15,000 |
| Sammy Jean | Vocal Coching | $5,400 |
| Savanna Harvey & Lindsey Zess | Wastelands Premiere 2021 – Festival of Animated Objects | $15,000 |
| Sebastian Palencia | Exploration of Motion | $14,237 |
| Seniors’ Acting Lab | Senior Matters | $20,000 |
| Sharon Stevens | AfterWords | $7,898 |
| Shona Rae | Converse Subversives | $14,800 |
| Stephanie Jurkova-Abaco | Professional Training Program 2021 | $1,200 |
| Tank Standing Buffalo | Stonecoat | $15,000 |
| Tereasa Maillie | Research for book: Pride Land – Queer Heroes and Leaders in Canada | $5,500 |
| The Collective of Alexandra Contreras, Sarah Uwadiae & Katharina Schier | A Nutcracker: Investigating hierarchy in ballet and harmful representation of non-western dance | $19,500 |
| The Fly Muse Collective | The Fly Muse Collective Presents Flytrap: Weapon of Mass Creation | $17,500 |
| The Gold Rush Redux Collective | The Gold Rush Redux | $20,000 |
| The Lovebullies | The Lovebullies album #4 | $20,000 |
| The Maria Crooks & Caroline Russell-King Collective | Discovering Selma Burke | $18,000 |
| The ROOTS Collective (Toyin Oladele & Valerie Planche) | Fear or Freedom | $19,863.25 |
| The Writing Team of Kodie Rollan & Alixandra Cowman | Little Elves the Musical – Development | $19,956.50 |
| Thomas Geddes | Dayuhan Hayop (Foreign Beast) Short Film Monster Design Workshop | $10,500 |
| TRAction | Climate Art Network | $20,000 |
| Vicki Chau | Yolkless Press: Documentary | $15,000 |
| Vincent Ho | Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (with spatialized saxophone ensemble) | $10,000 |
| White Owl Shoots Far | White Owl Shoots Far | $20,000 |
| Who Cares? | “Who Cares?” Summer 2021 Video Project | $2,400 |
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
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