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.
The Operating Grant New Client Intake Program is open to applicants who did not receive an operating grant from Calgary...
This program is intended to support arts organizations as they explore new directions, examine structural change and address life cycle...
The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to arts organizations in Calgary.
This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients in...
This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artistic collectives in Calgary who pursue a...
This program is intended to support professional and business development activities for individual artists and artist collectives.
The Original Peoples Investment Program supports the preservation and revitalization of First Nation/Métis/Inuit art through arts-based projects and activities.
With the support of our Indigenous Advisory, Calgary Arts Development has named a $75,000 funding pool the Honouring the Children...
This program is intended to support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists living and working in the Treaty 7 region...
Since 2009, the Open Spaces program has provided exhibition space to local and regional artists while enlivening the Centre Street LRT platform on...
Comprised of three wall-mounted panels, two at Pho City on 1st St. SE, and one at the Calgary Immigrant Women’s...
The Centre City Banner Program engages local artists to create artwork for banners displayed on light poles and bridges leading...
This year's Living a Creative Life Congress takes place on November 14 and 15, 2023 and will focus on Art for Social Change. Registration opens soon.
On August 24, 2023, we hosted the second of three virtual town halls focused on Racial Equity in the Workplace. Watch the video and read the transcript.
This map resource highlights where cultural activity provided by operating grant clients takes place, as well as how it relates to key resources like transportation, and how land use is...
In this series featuring Calgary Arts Development staff, public art communications specialist Aaron Chatha shares the challenges and rewards of creating video games.
Join us at an online info session on Thursday, October 5, 2023 to learn more about the Community-Run Microgrant Program for 2023, the program goal, submission requirements and the process...
Applications are now open for the 2023 Community-Run Microgrants, open to organizations including informal groups that define themselves in terms of distinct communities, neighbourhood associations and non-profit organizations.
Explore Calgary's vibrant art scene this October with a roundup of captivating exhibitions and exciting art markets!
Artist Greg Tomkins uses soapstone as a medium to create beautiful carvings inspired by looking at the beauty of the natural world from a new perspective.
DJ, aspiring B-girl and trans artist Sarah Good Medicine finds it's often easier to communicate through rap than through conversation. Hear more in this week's Indigenous Stories podcast.
In this episode we meet creator Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed of ALCLA Native Plants, discover East Asian cuteness culture with ceramics by Mao Projects, and learn about Inuit Art with Sophia Lebessis.
Calgary Arts Development enables local artists, groups, and businesses by connecting them to information vital to creating art and living creative lives.
Calgary Arts Development’s arts space activities include seeking opportunities for arts space creation with community stakeholders and The City of Calgary as well as gathering and sharing knowledge and expertise.
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Opportunities for arts organizations and individual artists
Public Art Opportunities
Deadline November 3, 2023
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Deadline October 4, 2023
