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- - - Grant Investment Programs
      
      Calgary Arts Development is responsible for establishing grants investment programs for capital projects, organizations’ annual operations, individual artists, and other purposes that strengthen Calgary’s arts sector. Read our Accountability Report.
  - - Programs for Arts Organizations
      
      May 19, 2022
      Organization Recovery Fund
      
      January 17, 2022
      Operating Grant Program
      
      The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to arts organizations in Calgary.
      
      January 17, 2021
      Organization Structural Change Grant
      
      The pandemic provides an opportunity for some boards to consider different organizational changes specifically around mergers, strategic partnerships, hibernations, and...
      
      January 28, 2019
      Project Grant Program – Organizations
      
      This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients in...
    - Investment Program FAQ
  - - Programs for Individual Artists & Collectives
      
      May 19, 2022
      Artist Development Microgrant
      
      This program is intended to support professional and business development activities for individual artists and artist collectives.
      
      January 17, 2022
      Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives
      
      This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artistic collectives in Calgary who pursue a...
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  - - Programs For Indigenous Artists & Organizations
      
      January 17, 2022
      Original Peoples Investment Program
      
      The Original Peoples Investment Program supports the preservation and revitalization of First Nation/Métis/Inuit art through arts-based projects and activities.
      
      January 17, 2022
      Honouring the Children Grant
      
      With the support of our Indigenous Advisory, Calgary Arts Development has named a $75,000 funding pool the Honouring the Children...
      
      January 17, 2022
      Indigenous Artist Microgrant
      
      This program is intended to support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists living and working in the Treaty 7 region...
    - Program Updates
What We’re Working On
- - - Announcements
      
      May 24, 2022
      Bringing Power to Truth
      
      An ongoing effort to grapple with what has been learned and instigate support for future artistic projects, community advocacies, and actions to build an anti-racist city.
      
      May 20, 2022
      We're Hiring
      
      Join our team! Calgary Arts Development is currently recruiting for a permanent full-time position. Please read the posting carefully and apply by June 22, 2022, for best consideration.
      
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  - - Publications
      
      March 11, 2022
      Organization Structural Change Grant
      
      In 2021, Calgary Arts Development engaged Brian Loevner of BLVE Consults to undertake an evaluation and live case study of the Organization Structural Change Grant.
      
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  - - Fieldnotes
      
      April 28, 2022
      Staying on Track from Home
      
      After working from home for the past two years, our grant coordinator Van Chu has discovered a valuable organizational tool for project management. Read all about it in this fieldnote.
      
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      Living a Creative Life Congress
      
      CALGARY POET LAUREATE PROGRAM
      
      Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions
      
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  - - Program Updates
      
      May 20, 2022
      Artist Development Microgrant
      
      Applications to the Artist Development Microgrant are open. The program is intended to support professional and business development activities for individual artists and artist collectives.
      
      April 18, 2022
      Indigenous Artist Microgrant
      
      Calgary Arts Development is pleased to release the guidelines for the Indigenous Artist Microgrant supporting the preservation, maintenance, and revival of Indigenous culture and tradition. Applications open April 19, 2022.
      
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What’s On in Calgary
- - - Experience Calgary Live
      
      YYC What’s On is a simplified, searchable, and free events calendar highlighting Calgary arts and culture events.
    - Workshop
      
      May 28, 2022
      Bringing Power to Truth
      
      Bringing Power to Truth Part 1: Artists Grappling Stolen Land, Stolen Lives and Stolen Labour is an Unconference co-designed with community engagement facilitated by the CI during their monthly Chat & Chew meetings.
Living a Creative Life
- - - Living a Creative Life
    - What is Living a Creative Life?
      
      Living a Creative Life is an arts development strategy for Calgary created to align and activate Calgarians in creating a vital, prosperous, and connected city through the arts.
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  - - Stories
      
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      Jessica McMann & Elijah Wells
      
      Jessica McMann and Elijah Wells talk about their plans for Wild Mint Arts and how dance, music, and art bring us joy and healing.
      
      Web Series
      Episode 28
      
      Planner, author, and artist Ashley Bristowe, calligrapher Simon Wong, playwright Sable Sweetgrass, and artistic director Stafford Arima — all in this month's episode of Living a Creative Life.
      
      The Storytelling Project
      Pam Tzeng
      
      Dancer, choreographer, multidisciplinary artist, and maker, Pam Tzeng is a community organizer with work focusing on transformational change, equity, diversity, and accessibility in the arts sector.
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      Creative Connected Calgary
      
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      The Storytelling Project
      
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    - Calgary Arts Development enables local artists, groups, and businesses by connecting them to information vital to creating art and living creative lives.
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