A 2026 Art Bus pictured 3/4 view with a bike on its front harness on a sunny blue sky day. Artwork by Sikapinakii Low Horn
Art Bus by Sikapinakii Low Horn

Photo: Leia Guo

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Artist Yu Chen painting on a canvas holding an ornamental umbrella in what looks like ornate silk robes.
Artist Yu Chen in our Living a Creative Life web series

Photo: FOREIGNERZ

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Winners of the 2026 Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards on stage with Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas at the 2026 Celebration for the Arts
Mayor Farkas with Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards winners at the 2026 Celebration for the Arts

Photo: Nick Heazell

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Announcements

An Updated Cultural Plan for Calgary

The City is updating Calgary's cultural plan and invites artists, arts & culture organizations, creative professionals and community partners to share their views until November 22, 2026.Read more

Discover Calgary’s public art with Colour Your Calgary

Colour Your Calgary: A Public Art Adventure is a Calgary Arts Development colouring book featuring artworks from Calgary’s civic public art collection, illustrated and narrated by local artists to encourage people to explore public art…Read more

New public art for Walden Fire Station and Library

The Walden Fire Station and Library Public Art Project will bring permanent public art to a new civic facility in southeast Calgary, connecting community, place and environmental learning through a site-specific artwork.Read more

Call to Artists: Moccasin Designs for Memorial Project

Indigenous artists and community members are invited to submit moccasin designs that will be incorporated into the overall project design of The Wandering Spirit, a permanent Indian Residential School memorial located at The Confluence. Apply…Read more

New issue of Create Calgary magazine available now

The 2026 issue of Create Calgary magazine celebrates creativity and introduces the people and programs that bring life to our local arts scene, from artists and Indigenous hip hop performers, creative youth programs to public…Read more

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Living a Creative Life

Artist Billie Rae Busby standing next to two of her artworks on easels. The artworks show sky and land in bold swaths of colour in a landscape format.

Billie Rae Busby

After nearly two decades of painting abstract landscapes, Billie Rae Busby decided to leave a…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 this land is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories including the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. This land is also home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Calgary Nose Hill and Calgary Elbow Districts as well as many First Nations and Inuit 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.