2020

Natalie Meisner named Calgary Poet Laureate

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release April 27, 2020 (Calgary AB) – Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Poet Laureate selection committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Meisner as the 2020 – 2022 Calgary…Read more

Calgary arts sector stepping up

MEDIA RELEASE April 14, 2020 Artists and arts organizations connecting with audiences and participants online (Calgary AB) – Despite being one of the first sectors hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Calgary’s artists and arts…Read more

2020 Legacy Artist Award winners announced

MEDIA RELEASE April 1, 2020 Seven outstanding Calgary artists honoured with $5,000 cash prize (Calgary AB) – The Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions, organized by Calgary Arts Development and the Office of the Mayor, is normally…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.