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Stay informed with announcements and updates about programs, events and opportunities offered by Calgary Arts Development and our partners in the arts community.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek singing onstage with the Heebee-jeebees at the 2023 Celebration for the Arts.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek sings in a surprise performance with the Heebee-jeebees at the 2023 Celebration for the Arts

Photo: Motif Photography

Announcements

Artist2Artist Admin Work Café

Alcove Centre for the Arts offers a drop-in session for you to do your own admin work in a supportive environment led by The Oratory. This session on December 8, 2024 from 2 – 6pm does…Read more

We're Hiring: Public Art Project Leads

Calgary Arts Development is seeking multiple Public Art Project Leads as qualified consultants and contractors to assist the public art team in managing and delivering public art projects and programs. For best consideration, apply by…Read more

Spotlight on Arts Audiences: Wave 3 Research

The Rozsa Foundation and arts-supporting organizations in Calgary and Edmonton contracted research firm Stone-Olafson to conduct in-depth research on the current engagement of arts audiences in the province following the pandemic.Read more

Equity Town Hall: Artists as Changemakers

Join us for a discussion about making change through art while embedded in the community. This session will explore what’s working, what isn’t, and current grappling with trying to make the world a more equitable…Read more

Public Art Discussion with Karen Tam & Henry Heng Lu 

Artist Karen Tam shares insights into her public art project, Agnes Street Park, currently underway in New Westminster, British Columbia, which honours and pays tribute to the municipality’s early Chinese Canadian community as part of…Read more

Imagining the Unimaginable: Video and Transcript

Led by Disability activist/artist Toyin Oladele, founder and Innovator of the Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation (ICAI), the latest in our series of 2024 Equity Town Halls saw Toyin discuss her to successes, failures and…Read more

Artist2Artist Admin Work Café

Alcove Centre for the Arts hosts the next event in its Artist2Artist Admin Work Café series on November 20, 2024 from 6:30 – 9pm with Jared Tobias Herring. This is a drop-in session, no registration required,…Read more

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Arts and Culture Spaces

This map resource highlights where cultural activity provided by operating grant clients takes place, as…Read more

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Spaces

Arts Spaces Playbook: A How-To Guide for those who own and operate creative spaces, those who are looking for spaces, and everyone in between.

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