January 29, 2021 Cultural Activation Fund The Cultural Activation Fund emerged from City Council’s November 2018 motion with the intent to connect to economic and tourism indicators and outcomes. In 2019, Calgary Arts Development experimented with the Cultural Activation Fund to be as adaptive and experimental as possible to learn how best to invest these funds. Learning from the first year, we focused our 2020 investments on opportunities aligned with Calgary’s Music City Strategy, Downtown Strategy, Winter Strategy, and the Creative Economy Strategy by funding 38 organizations and artists through a combination of grants and sponsorships. Organization or Artist Opportunity Grant Amount Business/Arts artsvest $37,500 National Music Centre Rock the Nation $33,500 cSPACE $200,000 Energy Future Labs Artists Scenario Retreat $2,500 Sally Trush Joyce Doolittle Memorial Project $5,000 Indefinite Arts Merger Support $44,000 Music Mile Friday Nights Live $26,250 Springboard Performance containR Support $14,500 GLOWyyc $35,000 Vertigo Theatre COVID Adaptation $50,000 Three Left Feet Chinook Blast Arts Grants $6,000 Exposure Photography Festival Chinook Blast Arts Grants $2,500 Stagehand/Lumin Arts Chinook Blast Arts Grants $13,500 Promoting Artists Redefining Kulture Foundation Chinook Blast Arts Grants $37,875 MAUD Chinook Blast Arts Grants $15,000 Kris Demeanor Chinook Blast Arts Grants $3,750 Curbside Concerts Chinook Blast Arts Grants $4,500 Music Mile Chinook Blast Arts Grants $4,500 Luminous Voices Chinook Blast Arts Grants $2,700 Michèle Moss Chinook Blast Arts Grants $9,000 Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society Chinook Blast Arts Grants $11,250 Quest Theatre Chinook Blast Arts Grants $7,500 Yama no Oto Chinook Blast Arts Grants $2,250 Lougheed House Chinook Blast Arts Grants $11,250 WP Puppet Theatre Chinook Blast Arts Grants $1,050 Calgary Animated Objects Society Chinook Blast Arts Grants $6,300 project projekt Chinook Blast Arts Grants $26,250 Carol Thornton Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Heather Osborne Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Ireke Amoji Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Jaclyn Adomeit Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Jason Rothery Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Lee Cookson Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Paulo Da Costa Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Sarah Graham Energy Futures Lab Artist $750 Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
