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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.

A DJ with bright sparkly outfit performs on stage and behind them is a colourful blow-up mascot, as part of Sled Island. — A DJ performs a set at Calgary’s Sled Island Festival, June 2025

Photo: FOREIGNERZ, Michaela Neuman
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Living a Creative Life: The Storytelling Project

Marcello Di Cintio, Heather Campbell and Eva Friesen

Features

The Role of the Arts in Challenging Times

Arts champions Eva Friesen, Heather Campbell and Marcello Di Cintio share their personal arts experiences and discuss the positive impact of the arts in the…Read more

Two people sitting side-by-side, one drawing and the other looking at what is being drawn. There are drawings all over the table they are at and there are hanging lights behind them.

Web Series

Alcove Centre: Inside An Open Arts Ecosystem

Alcove Centre for the Arts demonstrates how a community-driven arts hub can be an entry point for creativity, belonging and a more connected city. Follow…Read more

Features

Calgary’s Next Chapter in Arts Spaces

Calgary’s art spaces are transforming, making creativity more visible and accessible than ever. As institutions expand and reimagine themselves, they’re cementing themselves as cultural entry…Read more

Gillian McKercher and Adora Nwofor sit at a table at a restaurant facing each other in discussion

Web Series

In the Heart of New Western Cinema

Film is alive and thriving in Calgary. Find out how filmmaker Gillian McKercher of Kino Sum explores innovative and collaborative filmmaking in a vibrant and…Read more

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Events & Awards

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.

Living a Creative Life