Lily Sigie
Lily Sigie is a Mexican-Canadian performing artist and arts administrator; she holds a BA in Performing Arts and a Master’s Degree in “Development and Promotion of Cultural Projects.” She has over 20 years of experience in the performing arts as an actress, arts educator, theatre producer and arts manager. In 2017, she arrived in Calgary, and by 2018, she had co-founded SpanicArts. Since then, she has been part of different cultural projects within the artistic community in Treaty 7. In 2023, she got her first Artist Development Microgrant from Calgary Arts Development to translate her book “Development of Soft Skills through Art: ABACO Case Study,” published in 2014.
Artist Statement:
“I transform realities through my artistic, educational and cultural work (performances, art workshops, or arts management), generating cultural projects to evoke a positive change and development for my audiences and their surroundings.”