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  • Grant Investment Programs
        • Grant Investment Programs

          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.

        • Programs for Arts Organizations

          May 19, 2022

          Organization Recovery Fund

          January 17, 2022

          Operating Grant Program

          The Operating Grant Program provides stable, predictable funding to arts organizations in Calgary.

          January 17, 2021

          Organization Structural Change Grant

          The pandemic provides an opportunity for some boards to consider different organizational changes specifically around mergers, strategic partnerships, hibernations, and...

          January 28, 2019

          Project Grant Program – Organizations

          This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to registered non-profit arts organizations and current operating grant clients in...

        • Investment Program FAQ
        • Programs for Individual Artists & Collectives

          May 19, 2022

          Artist Development Microgrant

          This program is intended to support professional and business development activities for individual artists and artist collectives.

          January 17, 2022

          Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives

          This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artistic collectives in Calgary who pursue a...

        • Assessor Nomination Form
        • Programs For Indigenous Artists & Organizations

          January 17, 2022

          Original Peoples Investment Program

          The Original Peoples Investment Program supports the preservation and revitalization of First Nation/Métis/Inuit art through arts-based projects and activities.

          January 17, 2022

          Honouring the Children Grant

          With the support of our Indigenous Advisory, Calgary Arts Development has named a $75,000 funding pool the Honouring the Children...

          January 17, 2022

          Indigenous Artist Microgrant

          This program is intended to support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists living and working in the Treaty 7 region...

        • Program Updates
  • Public Art
        • Public Art Program

        • Public Art Projects

          Six banners of outdoor locations near Calgary by artist Curtis Sorensen
          July 4, 2022

          The Centre City Banner Program

          The Centre City Banner Program engages local artists to create artwork for banners displayed on light poles and bridges leading into...

          The Centre City Banner Program – Jarret Sitter (2021 – 2022)
          July 1, 2022

          The Centre City Banner Program - Jarret Sitter (2021 - 2022)

          When Jarett first began the process for the banner project, he was thinking a lot about Alberta wildlife and the...

          Artist-Initiated Public Art Microgrant
          July 1, 2022

          Artist-Initiated Public Art Microgrant

          This microgrant program recognizes that public art opportunities can come from grassroots ideas that are initiated by professional artists.

          Community-Run Public Art Microgrant
          July 1, 2022

          Community-Run Public Art Microgrant

          Recognizing that public art opportunities can come from grassroots ideas that are initiated and led by communities, Calgary Arts Development...

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        • About the Public Art program
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        • Public Art Opportunities
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        • Announcements

          August 8, 2022

          We're Hiring

          Join our team! Calgary Arts Development is recruiting for a full-time Public Art Engagement Specialist position. Apply by September 9, 2022 for best consideration.

          August 4, 2022

          Centre City Banner Program — Information Session Online

          Applying to the Centre City Banners Program? Calgary Arts Development is pleased to offer this online and on-demand information session.

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        • Publications

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          June 28, 2022

          Accountability + Impact Report 2021

          We are the city’s designated arts development authority, created to support and strengthen the arts to benefit all Calgarians. Read on to see what 2021 asked of us.

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        • Fieldnotes

          April 28, 2022

          Staying on Track from Home

          After working from home for the past two years, our grant coordinator Van Chu has discovered a valuable organizational tool for project management. Read all about it in this fieldnote.

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        • Engagement

          • Living a Creative Life Congress
          • CALGARY POET LAUREATE PROGRAM
          • Mayor’s Lunch for Arts Champions
          • CULTURAL LEADERS LEGACY ARTS AWARDS
        • Program Updates

          August 4, 2022

          Project Grant Program – Organizations

          Applying to the Project Grant Program for Organizations? Calgary Arts Development is pleased to offer this online and on-demand information session.

          July 19, 2022

          Apply Now: Project Grant Program - Organizations

          Applications are now open for the Project Grant Program – Organizations. Be sure to submit via the online grant interface before 4:30pm MT on September 6, 2022.

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  • What’s On in Calgary
        • Experience Calgary Live

          YYC What’s On is a simplified, searchable, and free events calendar highlighting Calgary arts and culture events.

        • Free
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          Aug. 10, 2022 - Aug. 16, 2022

          Free This Week

          There's no better time of year to be out and about! In addition to various festivals this week, you'll find pop-up concerts, visual arts events, a photo walk, and more in this week's round-up of free arts events. Check out the list and start planning your next outing!

        • Upcoming Events

          A promo image for Late Night Country Concert Series
          Aug. 19, 2022 - Aug. 21, 2022

          Late Night Country Concert Series

          A promo image for Skiing in the Shadow of Everest
          March 12, 2023 - March 13, 2023

          Skiing in the Shadow of Everest

          A promo image for From Shallows to Seafloor
          May 7, 2023 - May 8, 2023

          From Shallows to Seafloor

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  • Living a Creative Life
        • Living a Creative Life

        • What is Living a Creative Life?

          Living a Creative Life is an arts development strategy for Calgary created to align and activate Calgarians in creating a vital, prosperous, and connected city through the arts.
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        • Stories

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          The Storytelling Project

          Melanee Murray-Hunt

          A prolific and talented actor, Melanee Murray-Hunt's creative journey has spanned a career in theatre, television, film, as well as working for social change within the arts.

          An image of artist Adrian Stimson
          The Storytelling Project

          Adrian Stimson

          A member of the Siksika Nation, interdisciplinary artist Adrian Stimson says his creative journey started when he was a child, but it took a long time before he considered himself a professional artist.

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          Web Series

          Episode 30

          Learn how a young comic book artist explores his creativity, how a local singer shares her enthusiasm for music, and discover a musical collaboration that will whet your appetite.

        • Browse Stories

          • Arts in Action YYC
          • Creative Connected Calgary
          • Photo of the Month
          • Signatory Spotlight
          • The Storytelling Project
          • Web Series
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        • Calgary Arts Development enables local artists, groups, and businesses by connecting them to information vital to creating art and living creative lives.

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        • 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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        • Classified Ads

          Calgary Arts Development’s classified listing is a free service for Calgary’s arts community. All content for the classifieds is user-submitted. Calgary Arts Development makes no endorsement to any agency, organization, corporation or individual who submits listings.

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Opening reception of James Luna’s Performagraphic
Opening reception of James Luna’s Performagraphic | Photo: Diane + Mike Photography, courtesy of TRUCK Contemporary Art

Grant Investment Programs

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Public Art

Centre City Banner Program – Information Session Online

Jarett Sitter selected as Chinatown Mural artist

2021 Artist-Initiated Public Art Microgrant Recipients

2021 Community-Run Public Art Microgrant Recipients

Public Art Opportunities

Centre City Banner Program – Information Session Online

Centre City Banner Program 2023 – 2025

Deadline August 16, 2022

Arts Organizations

Organization Recovery Fund

Applications currently closed

Operating Grant Program

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Organization Structural Change Grant

Project Grant Program – Organizations

Deadline September 6, 2022

Individual Artists & Collectives

Artist Development Microgrant

Deadline September 6, 2022

Project Grant Program – Individuals and Collectives

Applications currently closed

First Nations, Métis, Inuit Artists & Organizations

Original Peoples Investment Program

Honouring the Children Grant

Indigenous Artist Microgrant

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Community Investment

Calgary Arts Development is responsible for establishing grant investment programs for capital projects, organizations’ annual operations, individual artists, and other purposes that strengthen Calgary’s arts sector. Visit our Publications page..

Program Updates

Calgary Arts Development is continuing to monitor and assess the impact that COVID-19 is having on our arts sector. Learn more. Additional updates for all our community investment programs can be found here.

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Questions? Contact Calgary Arts Development’s community investment team at 403.476.2031 or by email.

 

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