Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives
This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to support artistic projects that exemplify what our artistic community has to offer and ensures citizens of Calgary continue to have access to meaningful, high-quality artistic experiences.
Phase 1 had a total of 173 eligible applicants totaling $2,559,937.00 requested funds and Phase 2 had a total of 65 eligible applicants totaling $975,240.09. requested funds. 34 projects were funded for a total of $530,008.88.
Due to some planned 2019 initiatives being deferred to 2020, Calgary Arts Development was able to reallocate dollars to Project Grants for applicants that were assessed just below the funding line.
The table below outlines those that received a grant, the project they applied for, and the amount of funding.
For more information about the assessment process for this program, please refer to the Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collective Terms of Reference.
| Artist or Collective |
Project | Grant Amount |
| Aaronvir Chatha | Can’t Be Barbered: A Hairy Documentary | $8,500 |
| Aimee-Jo Benoit | BOJORNER | $10,000 |
| Alia Shahab | Mobile Artist Lab | $20,000 |
| Alycia Pirmohamed | How to Say Dark | $10,000 |
| AsimOverstands | Coloured – Season 2 | $20,000 |
| Barbara England | l.o.v.e deconstructed: an interactive performance for and within the community | $14,750 |
| Baritone Madness | Baritone Madness – Canadian Jazz Festivals 2019 | $5,000 |
| Brett Dahl | Like Orpheus – Dublin Tour | $17,683.53 |
| Camille Pablo Russell | Be Like a Buffalo, Face the Storm Four animated film shorts with Elder Pablo Russell | $17,100 |
| Elizabeth Stevens | Call On Me Music Video – Creation and Screening | $9,444 |
| Eric Smith and Kyra Newton-Guy | Unifying Movement and Sound | $18,035.95 |
| Hayward & Johnson | Bodied Indivisible | $20,000 |
| Jessica McMann |
Dance Film | $20,000 |
| JiaJia Li | Chinese Bamboo Flute Studying | $2,708 |
| Julya Hajnoczky | Residency and Exhibition, Closer at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum | $17,182.40 |
| Kenna Burima | Singalongs for Elders | $14,400 |
| Kristy North Peigan | Nitssaakita’paispinnaan: We are Still In Control | $7,000 |
| Leslie Bell | Serious Play | $20,000 |
| Linnea Swan | New Group Work | $20,000 |
| May Nyitrai | Artistic production and research for upcoming exhibition. | $20,000 |
| Mel Vee Hudson | Black Kid Joy | $19,750 |
| Melanee Murray-Hunt | The Invincible Trayvon Martin Short Film | $20,000 |
| Nicole Danielle Tritter | Among the Trees | $20,000 |
| Operation: Clean Slate Collective | Operation: Clean Slate | $20,000 |
| Project InTandem | Project InTandem 2.0: Double-Bill Dance Production | $20,000 |
| Rocio Graham | Ayatana Botanical Art Residency and collaborative project with the Calgary Women’s Centre | $6,880 |
| Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Artistic Branch | Beautiful Child: Interweaving connections between first and second-generation Filipino Canadians | $20,000 |
| TENDR – Two Emotional Nobodies Demanding Rights | en·gen·der | $6,575 |
| The Selkie Collective | Resiliency Anthology | $15,000 |
| to the AWE | to the AWE 2019/20 Season | $20,000 |
| UpRoot YYC | Decolonizing the Future | $20,000 |
| Vicki Chau | HEARTH OF THE LION: A Celebration of Chinese Film, Food and Culture | $20,000 |
| Vinson & Simon Chan | Laika: The First Cosmonaut | $20,000 |
| Wilmer Aburto | Discípulos de Amor | $10,000 |
Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
