Grant Programs

Funding for individual artists, artist collectives and arts organizations in Calgary/Mohkinsstsis and Treaty 7 lands. 

Indigenous Cultural Connections Program

Applications open April 23, 2025

The Indigenous Cultural Connections program (previously the Indigenous Artist Microgrant) provides one-time funding to First Nation, Métis and Inuit individual artists and artist collectives living and working in the Treaty 7 region working on the…Read more

Future Focus Program

Applications open April 21, 2025

Applications open September 8, 2025

This program is intended to support arts organizations as they explore new directions, examine structural change and address life cycle questions.Read more

Original Peoples Investment Program

Applications open August 20, 2025

The Original Peoples Investment Program supports the preservation and revitalization of First Nation/Métis/Inuit art through arts-based projects and activities.Read more

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Our Commitment to Equity

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 Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit 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.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.