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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
  • What We’re Working On

        • Announcements

          August 15, 2022

          Western Arts Alliance Opportunity

          Touring artists and organizations are invited to display their promotional materials at our booth during the WAA conference.

          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.

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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 15, 2022

          Original Peoples Investment Program

          Guidelines have now been published for the Original Peoples Investment Program. Applications for this program open on September 5, 2022.

          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.

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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.

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          Aug. 17, 2022 - Aug. 23, 2022

          Free This Week

          August heats up with arts options! Whether you're checking out festivals, watching an outdoor film or heading to a late night country concert, there's tons to take in this week. Have a gander at our roundup of happenings and pick your next excursion!

        • Upcoming Events

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          Aug. 26, 2022

          Artist Reception

          Image of text that reads MFA in Craft Media Thesis Exhibition Penelope Brook A Tale of Two Lived Cities; A Survival Journey
          Aug. 17, 2022 - Aug. 27, 2022

          A Tale of Two Lived Cities

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          Aug. 27, 2022

          Jazzy Days of Summer

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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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          Web Series

          Episode 31

          Discover how NUTV provides students with media skills to explore filmmaking, how a local visual artist draws from her roots and meditates on family, and meet a talented composer telling stories through songwriting.

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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.

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          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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          • Arts in Action YYC
          • Creative Connected Calgary
          • Photo of the Month
          • Signatory Spotlight
          • The Storytelling Project
          • Web Series
  • Directory & Spaces

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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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Living a Creative Life

Fuelling a vital, prosperous and connected city

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Living a Creative Life Congress

Calgary Arts Development has hosted a variety of gatherings that explore themes like art for social change, community-driven art, reconciliation, and community engagement. Watch this space for information on upcoming congress events. 

Past Congresses

Creative Calgary Congress 2016
Living a Creative Life Congress 2017
Art and Social Change Congress 2018

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