January 16, 2017 Small Experiments Program 2016 The Small Experiments Program invests in low-risk, high-learning experiments demonstrating a clearly identified issue that needs to be addressed, a hypothesis being tested, and a method for collecting information and learning from results. This program offers a maximum of $5,000 to cover expenses related to a single experiment. Only one applicant per experiment may apply. The total amount of funding available through this program is $105,000. Title of Experiment Name of Collective, Group, Individual or Organization Grant Amount Electro Magnet Manipulated Color in Ceramic Glazes or Glass Tobla Howell $736 Concrete Body Lab Session Valerie Duncan $1,400 Space to be Heard as an Assistant Director Lara Schmitz $1,566 The Reading Rainbow Chromatic Theatre $2,500 The Figure From Underwater Tiffany Wollman $2,899 Does accessibility for some improve the experience for all? Inside Out Theatre $2,990 Escape Room Interactive Music Installation Calgary Timepoint Performing Arts Society $3,000 The possibilities and pitfalls of recording technique in new play development Graham Percy $3,000 Moving the Conversation Forward Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers $4,000 Creativity through Bricks Dave Ware $4,155 Writing workshop Design Talks Institute (d.talks) $4,300 Race, Terrorism and Film Melanee Murray-Hunt $4,550 Chinook Michelena Bamford $4,875 The Mobile Natural History Collection Laboratory Julya Hajnoczky $4,940 Archive & Resource Centre Stride Art Gallery Association $4,955 Choreography at a Distance Corps Bara Dance Theatre $5,000 Audience and Protagonist: Games as Theatre Humble Wonder $5,000 Community-Based Collaborative Action Experiment: The Arts, Recreation and Community Hub (ARCH) International Avenue Arts and Culture Centre (IAACC) $5,000 Community-led interpretive experiences Lougheed House $5,000 Inspiring Conversations and Futures Together Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society $5,000 Meghann’s Choreographic Challenge Meghann Michalsky $5,000 Humanoid Nathaniel Schmidt $5,000 Performance integrating unusual venues and methodology to build audience and capacity Nicole Mion $5,000 The Window Sandi Somers & Corey Lee $5,000 Art Book Fair as Alternative Advertising The New Gallery $5,000 Caelestis Animation Experiment Tilby/Forbis $5,000 Accountability Reports and Year-End Financials
