January 26, 2022 Cultural Activation Fund This program supports projects and opportunities aligned with Calgary’s Music City Strategy, Downtown Strategy, Winter Strategy, and the Creative Economy Strategy. A total of $879,001.75 was invested through grants and $75,170 in sponsorships to 64 projects to create extraordinary experiences for Calgarians during pandemic reopening efforts. Grantee Project Grant Amount Autumn Whiteway & The Grand Indigenous Photo Exhibition – Exposure Festival $12,000 Calgary Horror Con Horror Con 2022 $25,000 Calgary International Film Festival The Ascent $50,000 Calgary on Purpose and Contemporary Calgary Compassionate Conversations $20,000 Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation Equinox Vigil 2.0 $100,000 Chinook Blast Chinook Blast Programming $100,000 Creative Calgary $40,000 cSPACE $200,000 Edmonton Movie Club Keeping Arts Alive – Drive In Film Series $35,000 Music Mile Music Cities Activation $25,000 Pink Flamingo Public Art Mural Project $140,000 Blue Jay Sessions RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $10,000 Calgary Underground Film Festival RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $4,450 Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Divas Opera RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Hispanic Arts Society RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $2,600 Kathleen Morrison & Carlos Foggin RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $3,860 La Santa Canadian Latino America Rock Band RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $3,500 Livestar Entertainment RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 National Music Centre RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $4,800 Occasional Notes Productions RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $2,475 Paloma Negra RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Plain Jane Events Inc. RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $4,825 Pride Calgary Planning Committee RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Scott Henderson RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $2,750 Spanicarts, Hispanic Association of Professional Artists RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $4,951 Springboard Performance RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Stampede Live Inc. RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 The Music Mile Society of Calgary RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Trio Taleco RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 Wordfest RISE UP Weekends – Fall Series $5,000 As High As We Go RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $3,000 Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $1,900 Autism Calgary RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $2,000 Ben Lahring RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $1,350 BIG Winter Classic RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Calgary Concert Opera Company RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Calgary Core Contemporaries RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $12,000 Calgary Underground Film Festival Society RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Casa Mexico in Alberta Foundation (Casa Mexico) RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Cody Obst RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Divas Opera RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $3,000 Edmonton Movie Club RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Flint and Feather RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $1,650 Foothills Brass Society RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $4,400 Franco Fest RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 GlobalFest Society RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Hispanic Arts Society RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 International Festival of Song and Chamber Music Society (Mountain View Festival) RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Livestar Entertainment RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $10,000 Occassional Notes Productions RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Outsiders Edge RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Pegasus Performances RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $4,870 Plain Jane Events RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Revv 52 RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Scott Henderson RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Springboard Performance Society RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Stampede Live Inc. RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 The Polaris Centre Ltd. RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,790.75 The Prophets of Music Society RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Theatre Calgary RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $53,000 Toyin Oladele RISE UP Weekends – Summer Series $5,000 Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
