News Releases
Calgary plays host to top cultural talent this week
- Posted September 22nd, 2009
Calgary plays host to some of the world’s top cultural talent this week with the launch of an outstanding fall arts lineup.
Calgary’s artists and arts organizations have made for an amazing Culture Month in our city as seen in the last few weeks. This week their international reach and network is highlighted.
The Calgary International Film Festival’s Mavericks program brings 10 of the most progressive filmmakers on the global circuit to Calgary, and Theatre Junction GRAND presents Orpheus and Eurydice from Montreal’s Compagnie Marie Chouinard.
Judy Chicago, a living legend of feminist art is in Calgary celebrating the launch of her exhibition at the Art Gallery of Calgary, and Thom Mayne of Los Angeles’ Morphosis Architects kicks off the launch of The University of Calgary's Design Matters Series. Read more »
Celebrate Culture Month with over 150 events this week
- Posted September 15th, 2009
Calgary is celebrating Culture Month with over 150 arts and culture events happening around the city this week.
From the Rosza Awards, the Mayor’s Evening for Business and the Arts and Alberta Arts Days, to Calgary ArtWalk, the East Side Studio Crawl, live music and the launch of the fall theatre season, there are so many ways to experience Calgary’s arts and culture scene. Read more »
Calgary's first-ever PechaKucha was last night!
- Posted September 14th, 2009
Calgary joins 226 cities around the world in bringing together our first-ever PechaKucha Night. 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, the format is simple: speakers present 20 slides for 20 seconds each slide.
Calgary’s first PechaKucha Night revolved around the theme of ‘creative spacemaking’ and were presented by a dynamic list of 12 cultural space creators including Artscape Toronto's President and CEO Tim Jones and Toronto Brickworks chief architect Joe Lobko, Partner with du Toit Allsopp Hillier I du Toit Architects Limited.
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First-ever PechaKucha Night in Calgary!
- Posted September 10th, 2009
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to announce that Calgary’s first PechaKucha Night will take place at Theatre Junction Grand on September 14th at 6:30 pm, as part of Calgary's Culture Month celebration.
Calgary joins international centres around the world in bringing together our first-ever PechaKucha Night. 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 Night is now taking place in 226 cities around the world. The format is simple: speakers present 20 slides for 20 seconds each slide. Pecha Kucha is properly pronounced 'peh-CHAK-cha' and is Japanese for 'chatter' or the sound of conversation.
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Announcing CalgaryCulture.com
- Posted September 9th, 2009
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to announce the launch of CalgaryCulture.com, a new, one-stop source for arts and culture in Calgary. Launching during Culture Month, the site will be available year-round as a resource for citizens of Calgary and visitors to the city. Read more »
The Fall 2009 Cultural District Arts & Dining Guide is now available
- Posted September 4th, 2009
The Cultural District is pleased to announce that the Fall 2009 Arts & Dining Guide is now available online at CalgaryCulture.com/ArtsandDining and will shortly be available on stands throughout the Cultural District.
The Arts & Dining Guide is the go-to resource to find out what’s on in the Cultural District this September to December. Included are over 50 restaurants, hotels and attractions as well as season listings for art, museums, film, theatre, literary arts, dance, live music, festivals and special events – all within blocks of Olympic Plaza.
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First Thursday Offers a Taste of What Calgary Culture is All About
- Posted September 2nd, 2009
Calgarians looking to take part in Culture Month have a perfect opportunity this week: come down to the Cultural District this Thursday, September 3 for First Thursday – Calgary’s monthly cultural crawl.
On the first Thursday of every month, arts organizations, attractions, hotels and restaurants in the Cultural District stay open late and offer special programming, deals and events, most of it free.
Within a few blocks around Olympic Plaza, September’s First Thursday celebration in the Cultural District includes the Canadian Premiere of Milestones Project, an internationally acclaimed photo exhibit that has been recognized by the UN and Time Magazine and premiered in London by Prince Charles. Theatre Junction GRAND throws a party in the alley as they open up their stage door for a behind-the-scenes look at their new theatre season.
In addition, Art Central offers a solid lineup of over 50 artists all with unique events for First Thursday, and multiple music events around the District provide a soundtrack to the night featuring local DJs, blues, jazz and funk musicians.
“We’re encouraging Calgarians and visitors to our city to get engaged with Culture Month and try out Calgary’s arts and culture scene,” says Terry Rock, President & CEO, Calgary Arts Development. “An easy way to do that is to come down to the Cultural District for First Thursday. With so many events, all within steps from each other, it’s an easy way to get a taste of what Calgary has to offer.”
Welcome to Culture Month
- Posted September 2nd, 2009
Calgary Arts Development and CalgaryCulture.com welcome Calgarians and visitors to Culture Month, an opportunity to celebrate and experience the diversity of talent within Calgary’s arts and creative industries scene.
Culture Month is a new annual initiative to promote and celebrate the arts and creative industries in Calgary during the launch of the fall arts season each September. Starting off the month, Calgary plays host to WorldSkills 2009, which will draw international attention with a global skills, trades and technology competition. First Thursday takes place on September 3rd in the Cultural District, and the ArtCity Festival of Art, Architecture and Design will bring visual art to all Calgarians in a variety of urban settings from September 4th to 13th. Stylocity, a new downtown fashion event, will take place from September 8th to 12th. Alberta Arts Days celebrates art across the province from September 18th to 20th, and the Mayor's Evening for Business and the Arts will recognize the contributions of Calgary artists and patrons on September 21st. At the end of the month and leading into October, the Calgary International Film Festival will celebrate their 10th anniversary from September 25 – October 4.
“Like many world-class cities, Calgary has a thriving arts community,” said Mayor Dave Bronconnier, who officially proclaimed September as Culture Month in Calgary at a press conference last week. “Culture Month gives us the opportunity to showcase why Calgary was once again named the most cultured city in
Canada.”
”We’re thrilled to be part of launching Culture Month as a way to celebrate Calgary’s thriving arts sector,” says Terry Rock, President & CEO of Calgary Arts Development. “Calgary’s arts scene is becoming known nationally and internationally as one to watch, and it’s time for us to start taking notice of this as a city. We hope Calgarians and visitors will see Culture Month as an opportunity to learn more about our city’s arts and cultural scene.”
For more information on Culture Month, visit CalgaryCulture.com, your one-stop source for arts and culture listings in Calgary. Everyone is encouraged to sign up for the weekly Calgary Culture newsletter, which provides detailed information on upcoming arts events, festivals and cultural activities in Calgary.
You're Invited: Special Announcement
- Posted August 27th, 2009
This Friday, August 28, a special announcement with Mayor Dave Bronconnier will be held to kick off the start of the World Skills Cultural Festival, part of the WorldSkills Competition; and to announce the details of Culture Month, a new annual celebration of the arts and creative industries in Calgary, which will begin this September.
The event will take place at 11am in Olympic Plaza, and will include words from Mayor Bronconnier, Calgary Arts Development President & CEO Terry Rock, details on the WorldSkills Cultural Festival and a short performance from Calgary musician Jay Crocker.
All are invited to come and take part in this exciting event.
CalgaryCulture.com is here!
- Posted August 27th, 2009
Calgary Arts Development is pleased to have launched CalgaryCulture.com, a new arts listings website that will replace ArtsMartCalgary.ca. The new site features a fresh design, improved functionality and more in-depth coverage of Calgary's arts scene.
We've launched the website in beta mode, which means we know it's not perfect yet! If you have suggestions, don't be shy. Click on the feedback tab on any CalgaryCulture.com page to share your thoughts and ideas for improving the site.
The site will also feature a resdesigned weekly newsletter that will replace the ArtsMart weekly newsletter. If you are already a subscriber to ArtsMart, you will be automatically subscribed to the new newsletter. If you are not an ArtsMart subscriber and would like to sign up for the Calgary Culture newsletter, please visit CalgaryCulture.com.
