News & Information

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 onstage at the 2025 Celebration for the Arts.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek at the 2025 Celebration for the Arts

Photo: Motif Photography

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Announcements

Accountability + Impact Report 2024

What did the year 2024 ask of us? We thought we were living in interesting times before, but each year seems to come with higher highs and lower lows. Read about our various arts activities…Read more

Office Closure: Canada Day

Our office will be closed for Canada Day, July 1, 2025. If you're looking for things to do, visit our one-stop-shop events listings at yycwhatson.ca for theatre, film, dance, music and more.Read more

2025 Art Buses Officially Hit the Road

Fourteen Calgary Transit buses wrapped in original artwork by seven local artists are now in service across the city. This moving exhibition runs until November — bringing public art to Calgarians, one bus ride at…Read more

Chinatown Public Art Plan Enters Next Phase

The Chinatown Public Art Plan invites community members to help shape the future of public art in Calgary’s Chinatown. Now in its next phase, the project is gathering input through interviews and focus groups. Applications…Read more

You're Invited: 2025 Art Bus Celebration

Join us for our 2025 Art Bus Celebration, a free public event showcasing seven newly wrapped Calgary Transit buses, each featuring original artwork by a local artist. On display June 11 along Stephen Avenue, the…Read more

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Reports & Research

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Blog

A montage of two paintings. On the left is a humming bird in flight with bright orange wings, by artist Muhammad Abdallah. Droplets of water seem to be frozen in time behind the bird. On the right, by artist Muhammad Fauzan Mirza, is a horse looking at the viewer, with its mane blowing to one side. The horse is dark brown and has a cast shadow on one side.

A breath of nature

Pause on your commute downtown to find moments of nature at the Centre Street LRT…Read more

Patti Pon and Jesse Wente seated in chairs onstage, with the audience in the foreground.

2024 Congress Recap

During our 2024 Congress, people contributed to community art projects, heard from artists who are…Read more

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Community Directory

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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I Need a Space

A guide for artists and arts organizations looking for temporary space or a long-term home.


I Have a Space

A guide for artists and arts organizations on owning or managing a space in Calgary.


Resources

More information, advice and contacts for finding, creating and using spaces.

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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.