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#yycLCL Photo of the Month September 2017 by Michelle Wiebe

#yycLCL September 2017

For Cochrane-based artist Michelle Wiebe, if making things is built into a habit, it is easy to live life creatively. After all, she's a maker…Read more

Photo by Wendi Ryan

#yycLCL August 2017

Wendi Ryan of Harmony Grace Designs shared this shot of her preparing leather sole booties for the upcoming Etsy: Made in Canada show.Read more

Photo by Donna Clement

#yycLCL July 2017

Textile artist Donna Clement used a resist-clamp Shibori technique to create layers of colour with complex designs.Read more

Photo by Alicia JB McKenzie

#yycLCL June 2017

Multidisciplinary artist Alicia JB McKenzie shared this stunning shot of Calgary's Stride Gallery where she is currently interning as its Cultural Equity Liaison.Read more

Creative Calgary Congress Judy Lawrence's notes

The Synthesizer

Calgary Arts Development invited a number of experienced arts leaders to participate as note-takers and synthesizers at the Creative Calgary Congress.Read more

Photo by Michelena Bamford

#yycLCL May 2017

Michelena Bamford shared this fun, collaborative, and messy photo—an example of just one of the ways she lives a creative life.Read more

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.