Grant Investment Programs

Operating Grant Increase Program

This document has been updated as of March 7, 2022 Download the Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment committee…Read more

Operating Grant Increase Program

Updated April 5, 2022 March 7, 2022: Full guidelines published April 19, 2022: Letter of Intent deadline (no applications accepted after 4:30pm MT) May – June 2022: Presentation meetings and evaluation of grants Early July…Read more

Artist Development Microgrant

This document has been updated as of March 7, 2022 Download the Terms of Reference as a PDF The purpose of this document is to outline the roles and responsibilities of the volunteer assessment committee…Read more

Artist Development Microgrant

March 7, 2022: Full guidelines and intake timeline published March 14, 2022: Applications open May 2, 2022: Intake one application cut-off July 4, 2022: Intake two application cut-off September 6, 2022: Intake three application cut-off…Read more

Equity Priority Group Descriptions

This document has been updated as of February 7, 2022. Download the Equity Priority Group Descriptions as a PDF Calgary Arts Development has adapted these priorities and descriptions from the Toronto Arts Council’s Equity Framework.…Read more

Grant Investment Program Policies

These policies have been updated as of February 7, 2022. Calgary Arts Development intends its granting process to be open, fair, and transparent. Calgary Arts Development stewards public dollars for the public good on behalf…Read more

Operating Grant Program Interim Report

February 28, 2022: Interim report deadline (no submissions accepted after 4:30pm MT) Download the Interim Report Guidelines as a PDF Interim reports are reviewed by staff for completeness, accuracy, and risk according to the Fair…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.