Building Futures
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT, The Alcove Centre for the Arts (244 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3G6)
Join theatre artist and community connector Saeid Asgarian for a hands-on creative workshop that blends storytelling, collaboration, and collective imagination. Drawing from over a decade of experience in socially engaged performance, Saeid invites participants to use personal objects to build imaginative structures that reflect bold, hopeful visions of Calgary’s future.
Poetry and Printmaking with Gemelas
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT, The Alcove Centre for the Arts (244 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3G6)
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore your connection to Calgary as a Blue Sky City, diving into themes of identity, belonging, and hope. Through a mix of poetic writing and printmaking, you’ll create layered monoprints that merge words with imagery, resulting in a powerful expression of self and place.
Creatives Mixer & Art for Social Change: Hub Night? (Ages +16)
Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM MDT, The Alcove Centre for the Arts (244 7 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3G6)
In partnership with The Alcove, the Creatives Mixer brings together people with local creatives, individuals who work in the sector, supporters and key players such as (but not limited to) grants organizations, media outlets, politicians, City Administration, property management groups, and Business Improvement Areas. It's a great opportunity to connect with other creatives in Calgary!
Imaginarium: Whose imagination are we living in?
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT, Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association (1320 5 Avenue Northwest Calgary, AB T2N 0S2)
Tap back into imagination, let's create new worlds and invite yourself to a creative future that has endless possibilities! The Imaginarium is an outdoor gallery grounded in art for social change, so get ready to explore Riley Park and experiment with creative placemaking, playful futurism and how to rethink the use of public space by creating your own micro-installations with Recess's Coach T (Tyson Bankert).
Unexpected Possibilities in Action
Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT, Alcove Centre for the Arts (244 7 Avenue Southwest Calgary, AB T2P 0W6)
Theatre meets personal storytelling in this workshop with guest artist Aliza Sarian. Participants will explore movement, improvisation, and collaborative creation to develop and share honest, imaginative interpretations of themselves as representatives and agents of social change for our blue sky city.
ArtistSpeak*: Gender
Thursday, April 17, 7:00-9:00PM at Congress Coffee Company (215 36 Avenue Northeast #1A Calgary)
Part talk show, part performance, part craft night — ArtistSpeak is a unique gathering where artists share their work and insights in conversation with hosts Kenna Burima and Eddy Robinson.* The evening wraps with a collaborative craft activity (supplies provided). Join us for an intimate, engaging experience where gender, creativity, and art intersect.
Sky Narratives
Tuesday, March 25th, 6:00-8:00PM at the Alcove Centre for the Arts (244 7 Avenue SW, Calgary)
This event invites participants to explore their connections to Calgary through storytelling and collaborative art, with a focus on amplifying underrepresented voices. As they share personal reflections on what “Blue Sky City” means to them, they will create a web of yarn, symbolizing the ways their experiences and perspectives intertwine. Through collective art marking, participants will share a vision for how Calgary can fulfill its potential as a more connected and inclusive city. Through these shared narratives, participants will reflect on the stories that shape the city, considering which voices are dominant, which are missing, and how to ensure a more representative and diverse future.
ArtistSpeak* @ MRU: Indigenous Collaboration
Thursday, March 27th, 7:00-9:00PM at Trico Changemakers Studio (4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary)
This evening's discussion explores the rich potential and nuanced complexities of Indigenous collaboration in the arts. Centred around reflections on the Echoes of the Land exhibition, artists Skip Wolfleg, Cedric Lightning, and Kenna Burima will share their insights on the responsibilities, challenges, and transformative possibilities of working across cultures and traditions. Through their experiences, they will discuss the significance of respectful collaboration, the protocols that guide Indigenous creative practices, and the broader implications for artists and communities engaging in these partnerships. This conversation offers an opportunity to deepen our understanding of what it means to collaborate meaningfully, honouring Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and ways of being.
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