Policies

Grant Investment Program Policies

Amended policies have been updated as of March 1, 2024. 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

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

Group Agreements

Please refer to the most recent version of our Group Agreements, updated March 1, 2023, here. This document is now out of date. View the 2022 Group Agreements as a PDF We commit to creating…Read more

Artist-Initiated Public Art Microgrant Program

These policies have been updated as of September 9, 2021. Calgary Arts Development intends its granting process to be open, fair, and transparent. Calgary Arts Development has a responsibility to the citizens of Calgary to…Read more

Community-Run Public Art Microgrant Program

These policies have been updated as of September 9, 2021. Calgary Arts Development intends its granting process to be open, fair, and transparent. Calgary Arts Development has a responsibility to the citizens of Calgary to…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.