Vital Signs of Arts & Culture in Calgary
- Posted by Karen Ball on May 28th, 2010
Calgary is fortunate to have the strong and engaged support of The Calgary Foundation. Not only are they a leading Community Foundation in Canada from a funding and granting perspective, they are also pro-actively involved in reaching into the communities they support to ensure that they are making wise investment decisions that build better lives for all Calgarians. Vital Signs is a critical part of their work in engaging the community and informing their donors of the issues and opportunities that exist. Below is information on how you can take a few moments to be part of this important work and have your say on the grade of Calgary, including how we are doing in Arts & Culture.
SIGN UP NOW at www.thecalgaryfoundation.org. Survey ends July 2nd, 2010.
The Calgary Foundation (TCF) invites you to Have Your Say in 2010 Calgary’s VitalSigns survey that measures our city’s quality of life in 12 key issue areas.
Calgary’s VitalSigns was launched by The Calgary Foundation in 2007 to spark discussion, encourage connections and inspire action.
By taking the pulse of our community, Calgary’s VitalSigns provides a snapshot of Calgary’s strengths and weaknesses today so that, collectively, we can create the city we want for ourselves and our children in the future.
The survey is quick and simple!
2010 Calgary’s VitalSigns Report card will be published in the Calgary Herald on October 5th, 2010.
Lead With Culture: Audio
- Posted May 14th, 2010
On Monday, May 10, Calgary Arts Development hosted its 5th Anniversary Party and Report to the Community at the Pumphouse Theatre. Terry Rock, President & CEO of Calgary Arts Development, presented highlights from the 2009 Report to the Community as well as from the organization's first five years.
Listen to a recording of the presentation.
Lead with Culture: Video
- Posted May 14th, 2010
Calgary Arts Development teamed up with Calgary's Nur Films to create a video featuring key statistics from Calgary Arts Development's 2009 Report to the Community as well as special footage from local arts events.
Lead with Culture: 2009 Report to the Community
- Posted May 14th, 2010
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to release its 2009 Report to the Community.
Titled Lead with Culture, the report outlines the organization's key achievements and activities in 2009. The report also provides details on Calgary Arts Development’s strategy and vision, granting programs, arts space programs, awareness programs, and profiles for each of the organizations supported by Calgary Arts Development in 2009.
View an online version of Calgary Arts Development's 2009 Report to the Community.
Download a pdf of Calgary Arts Development's 2009 Report to the Community. Read more »
Forever Funds Speaker Series: Arts & Heritage
- Posted May 12th, 2010
The Calgary Foundation and Borden Ladner Gervais, in partnership with Calgary Arts Development, present:
Forever Funds Speaker Series: Arts & Heritage
You and your guests are invited to share a special evening with:
Simon Brault
Vice-Chair, Canada Council for the Arts
CEO, National Theatre School of Canada
Monday, June 7th, 2010
7:00pm – 8:30pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)
The Lantern Community Church in Inglewood
1401 10th Ave. SE
The Forever Funds Speaker Series was established to facilitate discussions and encourage civic engagement in five areas that require increased community leadership and funding: Mental Health, Diversity & Inclusion, Seniors, Arts & Heritage and Environment.
Simon Brault, an Officer of the Order of Canada, is CEO of the National Theatre School of Canada, Vice-Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts, and a founding member of Culture Montréal, a broad-based advocacy group. In 2008, he received the Canadian Conference of the Arts’ Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership. Mr. Brault is the author of Le Facteur C, (No Culture, No Future) which, drawing on the Québec experience, presents a keen analysis of the role of the arts and culture in a contemporary democracy.
This is a free event. RSVP early at TheCalgaryFoundation.org or 403-802-7719.
Public Performance at Seafood Market Postponed
- Posted May 6th, 2010
Due to problems with the fire system equipment inside the Seafood Market in East Village, live performances of i-ROBOT Theatre have been postponed indefinitely. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) announced late yesterday afternoon that due to technical issues with the equipment in the building, the production would have to be postponed.
“We sincerely regret that we can’t make the space available at this time, but the safety of the artists and the public is paramount,” said Chris Ollenberger, CMLC President and CEO. “We simply cannot, in good conscience, proceed with the use of the space for the public without a proper operational system.”
Last month, CMLC and CADA partnered in a pilot project scheduled to run for three months that invited Calgary’s arts community to utilize the 24,000 square foot Seafood Market in East Village for a variety of programming that could include theatre, music, visual arts or new media. Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre’s production of i-ROBOT Theatre was scheduled to open last night. The production is now postponed until further notice.
“We’re making it a priority to work with the Calgary Arts Development Authority (CADA) and the theatre company involved to find a new space for their production. CMLC will continue to resolve the problems and will work with CADA to find the right artistic uses for the building”, said Ollenberger.
"Calgary Arts Development looks forward to continuing our work with CMLC and the Calgary arts community to realize the dynamic vision of the future of the East Village as Calgary's newest culturally vibrant neighbourhood," said Terry Rock, President and CEO of Calgary Arts Development. "Our work together on the Seafood Market pilot project has demonstrated the value of collaboration."
Despite yesterday's turn of events, CMLC is confident that an alternate solution can be arranged and remains committed to its partnership with CADA and the Calgary arts community.
“Our apologies go out to the artists. With any pilot project, issues are bound to arise and unfortunately this is a big issue,” said Ollenberger. “Today may have been a setback, but it doesn’t change our short- or long- term allegiance to arts and culture in East Village.”
Report to the Community & PechaKucha Night Calgary #4: Failure
- Posted April 28th, 2010
Lead with Culture: Calgary Arts Development Report to the Community
Monday, May 10
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Pumphouse Theatre, 2140 Pumphouse Ave. SW (map)
Please join us as we celebrate our 5th anniversary and present highlights from our 2009-10 Annual Report. Refreshments will be served.
6:30pm: Presentation by Terry Rock, President & CEO, Calgary Arts Development
7:00pm: Live performance by Calgary songwriter Kris Demeanor
Please visit SuccessAndFailure.Eventbrite.com to RSVP.
PechaKucha Night Calgary #4: Failure
Please join us after the party as our guest at PechaKucha Night Calgary #4: Failure!*
Monday, May 10
Doors at 7:00pm, 7:30pm start
Pumphouse Theatre, 2140 Pumphouse Ave. SW (map)
Sometimes failure is part of a process to get to something bigger and better.
Speakers include Darryl Cariou, Senior Heritage Planner, City of Calgary; Natasha Pashak, Development Committee Director, Cliff Bungalow-Mission Community Association; Chad Saunders, Station Manager, CJSW 90.9FM and Trevor Smith, Independent Filmmaker.
Featuring a live performance by Calgary songwriter Kris Demeanor.
*Please note that admission is $10 at the door for those who “fail” to arrive prior to 7:00pm. Advance tickets are available at SuccessAndFailure.Eventbrite.com.
For details and a complete list of speakers, visit CalgaryCulture.com/Failure.
About PechaKucha Nights:
Devised and shared by Klein Dytham Architecture in 2003 as a place for designers, developers and architects to meet, network and show their work in public, PechaKucha Nights are now taking place in 304 cities around the world. The format is simple: speakers present 20 slides each, for 20 seconds per slide. Calgary Arts Development has an agreement to host PechaKucha Nights in Calgary and will be hosting several PechaKucha Nights over the course of the year.
Syneme Announces Telearts Summer Institute in Calgary
TeleArts: Artists Collaborating Over High Speed Networks
3 Week Summer Workshop Intensive
July 5-23, 2010, University of Calgary
Instructor: Dr. Kenneth Fields, Canada Research Chair in Telemedia Arts; Associate Professor of Music
University of Calgary Credit offered for remote participation (registration info below).
Syneme will hold a ground breaking summer workshop on TeleArts from July 5-23, 2010, at the University of Calgary. The workshop explores the collaborative potential of mixed media/reality and live performance over high-speed networks using the power of 1 gigabit research networks. Real-time distance collaboration and performance will be the focus of our exploration. Syneme’s Telearts summer workshop aims to attract professional artists and musicians without year-round access to high-speed networks. Attendees will implement projects utilizing Syneme's (and those of our partner's) robust network infrastructure that carries HD video and uncompressed multichannel audio. A major focus of the course is to share ideas/methodologies in progress as related to telearts projects. The workshop will conclude with an international networked, real-time collaborative performance. Read more »
Notice of motion seeks new policy options to enable non-profit arts uses in City buildings slated for future demolition
- Posted April 23rd, 2010
Artpoint Gallery, a non-profit artist co-operative located in Calgary’s historic Ramsay-Inglewood neighbourhood, will be saved from the brink of insolvency if a Notice of Motion initiated by Joe Ceci, Alderman for the area, is successful when it goes forward to City Council on April 26, 2010.
The Artpoint building (1139 11 Street SE) was acquired by The City of Calgary and will eventually be demolished when the future southeast leg of the CTrain begins construction (anticipated in 5 to 15 years). In lease negotiations with the City, Artpoint's rent was recently increased from approximately $33,000 to approximately $64,000 to reflect market rates, unintentionally placing the society in financial peril. Current City policy dictates that The City of Calgary Administration does not have leeway to negotiate below-market leases without direction from City Council.
The notice of motion from Alderman Ceci requests that City Council direct Administration to develop a policy, in consultation with Calgary Arts Development and other community stakeholders, that will allow City Administration to lease City-owned buildings that are slated for future demolition to non-profit arts and culture organizations, individual artists and other non-profit uses at rental rates that are significantly below market. The intent of this new policy is to address the ongoing need for affordable space to support the work of Calgary's cultural sector (including individual artists whose median annual income is reported at $14,500 in 2006 in a study by cultural research firm Hill Strategies). Under such a policy, Calgary would be able to realize the “triple-bottom line” benefits that these otherwise unproductive spaces could provide when put into use by artists. The triple-bottom line policy framework includes the social, economic and environmental outcomes of policies and decisions. Read more »
Calgary artists bring Warriors back to the city after 20 years
- Posted April 14th, 2010
Twenty years after its first English performance, Les guerriers Co-op brings Warriors back to Calgary audiences from April 15 - May 2 at The Studio at Vertigo Theatre.Phone: 403 681-1190 Email: tammy.roberts@gmail.com
