January 26, 2022 Project Grant Program – Organizations The Project Grant Program for Organizations was intended to support non-profit arts organizations for projects which contribute to the vibrancy and vitality of Calgary’s arts sector, and strengthen the organization’s ability to connect with their community. We received 95 applications requesting $1,908,471.01, and were able to fund 47 applications with $898,352. For information about how this program was assessed, please see the Terms of Reference for the 2021 Project Grant Program for Organizations. Grantee Project Grant Amount Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society One2One Grant Writing Support $6,950 Alberta Potters Association Scanning Contact Magazines $1,428 Anubhav Theater & Music $11,425 Binhi ng Lahi Philippine Folk Dance Troupe Ltd. SINING FILIPINAS Season Two $20,000 BJP Music Foundation Toones: A Celebration of Visual Music $24,840 Book Publishers Association of Alberta BPAA 2021-2022 Audiobook Conversion Project $20,000 Calgary Chinese Cultural Society Harmony Wall $25,000 Calgary Game Developers Association CALGARYcade $25,000 Calgary Opera Association Calgary Opera and National accessArts Centre Community Ambassador Project $19,600 Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Digital Video Series featuring Tom Jackson, Indigenous Composers and the Calgary Philharmonic $25,000 Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry Society Iniskim – Rejuvenating the Herd $25,000 Canadian Music Centre, Prairie Region Composer Bob Erlendson Life’s Work Digitization Project $2,000 Chromatic Theatre IBPOC Playwrights Unit $14,800 Cirque Nuit Arts Foundation Epoque $25,000 Dance YYC Community Outreach and Engagement Initiative Dance YYC Showcase $14,200 Ethnik Festivals Association A Cultural Trilogy – Alberta Culture Days Celebration 2021 $25,000 Frogfest Music and Arts Society Frogfest: Live Sessions $16,900 Ghost River Theatre Society Makambe Speaks by Makambe K Simamba and Eric Rose $25,000 Girls Rock Camp Calgary Girls Rock Camp Calgary: Spring Break Edition $25,000 Health Arts Society of Alberta Concerts in Care Online $12,000 Heritage Weavers and Spinners Guild of Calgary Newsletter and Sample Page Archiving Project $5,350 Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation Organizational Communication and Outreach project $21,575 Jupiter Theatre Society Frankenstein $25,000 Land’s End Chamber Music Society of Calgary Land’s End Ensemble & Dame Evelyn Glennie – 25th Anniversary Concert and CD Release $15,000 Lougheed House Lougheed House Re-Imagined Digital Soundscape $19,500 Luminous Voices Music Society Luminous Voices Recording Project $25,000 Mount Royal Choral Association of Calgary Mount Royal Artio presents The Nature Of This $25,000 Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival Society Citizen’s Art Caucus $24,921 Music Calgary SoundOff Summit Showcase Sessions & Industry Networking for Calgary Artists & Music Professionals $25,000 National accessArts Centre Queer Accessible Arts Cabaret (QAAC) Creations $8,908 Old Trout Puppet Workshop International Tour Re-launch: 2022 $21,000 Oscill8 Electronic Performing Arts Society Oscill8 Recharge project $25,000 Polanie Polish Song & Dance Association “Polanie” 45th Anniversary Concert and Celebration $17,000 Studio C, Prospect Human Services Society Community Connections $25,000 Sage Theatre The House of Bernarda Alba $25,000 Sankofa Foundation of Canada Sankofa Chamber Music Program $25,000 SITE c PROJECTS – the creative arm of the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders Society Perspectives From Within $19,250 The Alexandra Writers Centre Society 40th Anniversary Anthology and Launch $5,000 The Bows (formerly Untitled Art Society) Curatorial Project by Nura Ali $25,000 The Downstage Performance Society Theatrical Skills for Professional Progress $25,000 The Society of Alberta Dance Theatre for Young People Alberta Dance Theatre Junior Company Program $3,235 THIRD ACTion Film Festival 2022 THIRD ACTion Film Festival $25,000 Tri-Tone Rhythm Society Lawson Tap and Percussive Arts Company $20,000 Venezuelan Canadian Association of Calgary Venezuelan Culture Days $25,000 W&M Dance Projects of Calgary Association WILDDOGS International Screendance Festival $14,750 Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc. Black Arts Development (BAD) Program – Dance $25,000 Wordfest Obituary Writing Experience $13,720 Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
