Artist Speed Networking
- Posted January 17th, 2012
Get to know your peers in 6-minute one-on-one meetings. This is a great opportunity to meet and gain exposure to artists outside your usual circle and make connections with future mentors and collaborators. Share information about yourself, your practice and background, as well as any personal goals or aims you hope to achieve through the Artist Network.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Time: 6:30PM - 9PM
Venue: deVille Luxury Coffee & Pastries, Art Central
Event Agenda
6:30PM - Doors open (Cheese and charcuterie provided by Calgary Arts Development. Cash bar.)
7:00PM - Speed meetings begin
8:00PM - 20 minute refreshment break
9:00PM - Event ends
Space is limited and RSVPs will be taken on a first come, first served basis. RSVP to attend.
About the Artist Network
The Artist Network is a place for artists from all disciplines to convene and discuss their work, living as an artist in Calgary as well as the role of the artist in the arts ecosystem. This network is open to self-employed artists as well as artists in full or part-time employment with arts organizations. There is no fee to join the network.
For more information about the Artist Network, please contact Emiko Muraki at emiko.muraki@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.
You're Invited: White Hat Marketplace
- Posted January 10th, 2012
Arts groups! Are you ready to grow your sales and attendance through tourism? Do you produce work that can be paired with the tourism industry? Not sure where to start or looking to grow your contacts? Calgary Arts Development would like to help you make connections.
On Wednesday, January 25 from 1pm to 5pm, you're invited to attend the first annual White Hat Marketplace - a new, made-in-Calgary tourism marketplace that brings together cultural and arts champions, hotels, attractions, festivals and others with the purpose of building new business relationships.
Bring a stack of your business cards, your season materials and a passion for selling your product. Meet potential sponsors. Find business partners. Learn about new marketing opportunities and grants. Package your product for tourists by working with hotel partners and others to build new and exciting “getaway to Calgary” packages.
Click to download further details and registration information.
When you email to register, mention that you are a non-profit arts organization that heard of the opportunity through Calgary Arts Development and we will cover your registration costs.
Canadian Conference of the Arts Consultation Session
- Posted January 9th, 2012
The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) was founded 66 years ago to represent the interests of all Canadian artists and cultural professionals at the federal level. It provides research, analysis and consultations on public policies affecting the arts and the Canadian cultural institutions and industries. Calgary Arts Development is sharing the following invitation from the CCA:
As some of you may know, the CCA has learned of the federal government’s decision to put an end to 35 years of financial support to the oldest and largest cultural organization in the country. Although not officially communicated, funding is currently scheduled to cease next March.
The Board of the CCA is convinced that more than ever, there is a need for an overarching cultural organization bringing together all the components of the arts, culture and heritage sector in Canada. Based on that conviction and on the belief that it is possible to reinvent the CCA based on a new business model, we have applied for transition funding from the government that would facilitate the implementation of this new business model by 2014-15. Heritage officials have supported our application, but we will not know the government’s decision until February or March, when the 2012 Budget comes out.
In the meantime, we have started a national consultation with our members, potential members and other stakeholders to validate the Board’s view that an organization like the CCA is a necessity for the Canadian cultural sector, and to explore interest in the specific services it can deliver. Consultations sessions have already taken place in Montreal and Toronto over the past two weeks and others will take place in over 13 Canadian cities before the end of February.
You are invited to join in this facilitated consultation and to help shape the CCA of the future. Please mark the date in your agenda:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
11:30am to 2:00pm
Cliff Bungalow Arts Centre Gym, 2105 Cliff Street SW
Please confirm your interest in participating to tom.mccarthy@calgaryartsdevelopment.com.
CADA Introduces the Executive in Residence Program
- Posted December 2nd, 2011
CADA and the Calgary Hotel Association Announce Remarkable Experience Accelerator Partnership
- Posted December 1st, 2011
Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Hotel Association are pleased to announce The Remarkable Experience Accelerator. This innovative new partnership will invest up to $825,000 (Destination Marketing Fund DMF) over three years to accelerate medium to long term (at least two years) plans for remarkable downtown arts experiences. The goal is to enhance the emerging story of Calgary as a cultural hotbed and give people even more reasons to visit Calgary as leisure travelers.
The Remarkable Experience Accelerator is designed to fund applicants whose proposed activities are high-quality, remarkable, cultural experiences that will enhance Calgary's reputation. This unique funding model will nurture relationships with applicants that demonstrate a proven track record, sufficient capacity and a readiness to accelerate the experiences of their audiences. It is intended to provide risk-capital for applicants to enhance and/or build on an existing initiative or program and is not intended to fund single-time programs, projects or events.
For more information on the Remarkable Experience Accelerator, please visit the Community Investment section of our website.
