Living a Creative Life

Our Living a Creative Life stories and events recognize that arts are an integral part of our city’s identity and an essential part of our daily lives.

Artist Yu Chen in a studio painting at an art easel, while wearing traditional Hanfu clothing and a headpiece.

Artist Yu Chen

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Living a Creative Life: The Storytelling Project

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Web Series

The REAL Suplex City

In the latest episode of Living a Creative Life, host Adora Nwofor steps into the ring to learn more about our city's wrestling history and…Read more

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Features

Funny Guy

Calgary's Malik Elassal never dreamed that comedy could be a full-time career, but he found success performing at the Just for Laughs festival and landing…Read more

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Web Series

The Transmission Hub

Living a Creative Life host Adora Nwofor steps inside media arts organization EMMEDIA to explore how the centre continues to evolve as both a media…Read more

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Events & Awards

Celebration for the Arts

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Cultural Leaders Arts Awards

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Calgary Poet Laureate

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Creative Congress

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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.