2025 Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Recipients
The 2025 Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards were announced at the Celebration for the Arts hosted by Mayor Gondek on April 24, 2025 at the Jack Singer Concert Hall. The Celebration for the Arts included an onstage presentation featuring more than 100 local performers as well as a video announcing the award winners.
This year, 67 outstanding artists and organizations were nominated, representing just some of the artistry that vitalizes our city every day. The Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards are one way of recognizing artistic accomplishment and community impact.
This year’s recipients are:
- ATB Powering Possibility Through the Arts Award — East Side Dance Festival Society
- Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award — Cosmo Christoffersen
- RBC Emerging Artist Award — Monique Barrie
- Mamdani Arts Leadership Award — Eva Verity
- Legacy of Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award — Mia + Eric
- Indigenous Artist Award — Morgan Black
- Calgary Catholic Immigration Society New Canadian Artist Award — Yeisen Chang
The Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards are a legacy of Calgary’s year as a Cultural Capital of Canada in 2012. Each award is funded by a contribution from a local philanthropist or organization with each recipient receiving a $5,000 cash prize. We thank the benefactors, nominators and juries of these awards, and congratulate all the nominees and 2025 award recipients.
You’ll find more information about the event and a video presentation of the arts awards here.
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