Telling Stories: The importance of sharing Indigenous culture through art and fashion.

Photo: Jenna Pullen

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Faye Heavyshield at the Oldman River in southern Alberta.

Photo: Candice Ward

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Artist Cassie Suche collected fingerprints from East Village community members to create Touch Traces, a public art project along the RiverWalk.

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Announcements

Applications Open: Utility Box Public Art Program

Applications are now open for the Utility Box Public Art program. The program works with communities and artists to create temporary artworks on local utility boxes. Since 2010, more than 200 utility box public artworks…Read more

Free This Week

Don’t miss out on free events this week with arts offerings ranging from an exhibition opening with ICAI at the Central Library, a poetry slam at Shelf Life Books, kids-focused workshops at Esker Foundation and…Read more

Public Art 101: Budgeting for Public Art

Public Art 101 is a series of free professional development workshops designed for artists and members of community groups and commissioning bodies who want to learn what it takes to create a successful public art…Read more

TransitStory Talk with Artist Jill Anholt

Join Artist Jill Anholt and Public Art Conservation Lead Lisa Isley for a discussion about the creation and restoration of the TransitStory artwork and learn about its move to the 45th Street LRT station in southwest Calgary.Read more

Free This Week

This week, look forward to new spring exhibitions at TRUCK Contemporary Art, a book launch at Shelf Life Books, a screening of an Estonian dark comedy presented by the Calgary European Film Series, and more!Read more

Office closure for Good Friday

Our staff will be off on Friday, March 29, 2024 for Good Friday. If you're looking for things to do this long weekend, visit yycwhatson.ca for theatre, film, dance, music and more.Read more

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Living a Creative Life

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Sydonne Warren

In this week's Storytelling Podcast, learn how artist Sydonne Warren transitioned from interests in architecture,…Read more

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Our Commitment to Equity

Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.

We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Metis Nations 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit peoples from across Turtle Island.

We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.