Grants for Individuals and Collectives – 2021 *Formerly the Cultural Diversity in the Arts Project Grant* Deadline: 11:59 MDT on June 1, 2021 The Edmonton Arts Council is committed to supporting a wide range of artforms and communities. This commitment is guided by Connections & Exchanges: A 10-Year Plan To Transform
Woezo Africa Music & Dance Theatre Inc. and Action Dignity’s B.L.A.C.K (Becoming Leaders Acquiring Critical Knowledge) youth program present Roots to Branches, an animation project for African, Caribbean and Black youths (ages 12 - 22.) We’re looking for 10 unique stories of lived experiences from youth in Calgary. We will
Fantasy Picnic - The Complete Rites & Rituals of Spring Awakening. Curated bt Mikiki June 12 at 7 PM MDT Online $15 or by donation A Mile Zero Dance Salon curated by performance & video artist and queer community health activist Mikiki. Spring is a time for us to celebrate
Program Guidelines Published: March 28, 2021 Applications Open: May 3, 2021 Deadline: June 14, 2021 at 4:30pm MT This program is intended to provide one-time project funding to individual artists and artist collectives who pursue a professional practice, working in any artistic discipline. Artists must either be Calgary-based (known as Moh’kinsstis in Blackfoot),
Call for artisans, performers and community pop-ups for Meet the Street festival, happening September 3-5 in downtown Red Deer. All applicants and activities must prioritize the health and safety of participants and must comply with current public health restrictions. For more information and online application forms, visit reddeer.ca/meetthestreet. Please note:
“An Ex-Cabaret Dancer’s Ovarian Sculptures and a Ritual of Mathematical Healing presented by KO Dance Projects; sponsored by Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Edmonton Arts Council. Another mysterious guerrilla, site-specific performance by maverick local choreographer, KO, taking rhythmic human sculpture, the shaman coyote and a ritual of cabaret mathematics, into
CHAT & CHEW - Monthly Zoom Gatherings February to July 2021 4th Tuesday of each month, at 1:00-2:30 pm MST Feb 23 / March 23 / April 27 / May 25 / June 22 / July 27 We want to invite you into an initiative that started up in
Deadline: August 1 at 5 PM MST The MZD Progressive Artist Award recognizes the achievements of Edmonton-based artists who actively work in the arts and engage with the community in challenging and exciting ways. Award recipients will be chosen by a local panel of adjudicators. The recipient will receive a
September 17 | 8 PM Mountain Time September 18 | 8 PM Mountain Time September 19 | 2 PM Mountain Time at Lowlands Project Space 11208 65 St Edmonton (outdoors) In person event with simultaneous live streaming. $20 general $15 members A co-production with Lowlands Project Space.
A monthly grassroots gathering for the collective re-imagining of an equitable and just future for the arts in Calgary. We want to invite you into an initiative that started up in Calgary in June 2020. A number of us see the importance of keeping equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA)
We’re thrilled to be back for the 6th annual Play the Fool Theatre Festival! This year the Festival is keeping our community safe with digital-only delights! We’ve got lots of fun and hilarity for you including; a live interactive Zoom experience, on-demand laughs, a workshop, and more! Join us from
Join us for a Reggaeton class OUTDOORS every SUNDAY 12:15-1:15pm! This class is a beginner level class so no experience is needed. Check our website for more information on our Summer Sessions! REGGAETON originated out of the music scene in Puerto Rico in the late 90’s. The style is an
by Inner Fish Performance Co. Army and Navy Building, 10411 82 Ave, Edmonton (outdoors) October 20-23 Ongoing Free A transdisciplinary audio/video project that proposes to capture the circumstances of life in isolation during Covid. Created with solo musicians and dancers from across North America, The Collective Body explores the constraints
Through all of the shifts and pivots, questions about resilience, confidence, dancer engagement, future goals, and stress continue to ripple through our community. Lauren is excited to keep these conversations going and share both the research and best practices of mental skills for dance teachers looking to support their dancers mind, body
The Calgary based contemporary dance collective Project InTandem returns to stage to tour their works Deep END by Meghann Michalsky and moving through, it all amounts to something by Sylvie Moquin to the 2021 “Chutzpah! Festival” in Vancouver, BC and at the Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre in
Site/Sight/Place December 11 | 8 PM Mountain Time In person event with simultaneous live streaming. FAVA, Studio A Orange Hub, 10045 156 St $20 general $15 members In this mid-winter salon, MZD Associate Artist 2021-22, Lebo Disele comes together with some of Edmonton’s most exciting artists to explore place, voice
* Kathy Metzger and Kathy Ochoa have combined their 30 plus years of contemporary dance education, instruction, international training and Edmonton dance history archiving, to write and create the: TOTAL DANCER CURRICULUM (TDC). * This INTRODUCTORY workshop brings TDC’s new syllabus to interested Dancers and Teachers in a short ‘Teacher-Training’
(Afro) Groove With Ivan are weekly dance socials where you will get to move your body, dance, have fun, socialize and hopefully relieve yourself from the everyday stress we all experience. The goal with Groove With Ivan is to build safe spaces where everyone feels empowered to (learn how to)
Mélanie Demers/ MAYDAY February 18 | 8 PM Mountain Time February 19 | 8 PM Mountain Time In person event at The Army and Navy Building, 10411 82 Ave NW Icône Pop is a playful clash between religious and pop iconographies, the sacred and the profane, saintly exultation and self-glorification.
Presented by Mile Zero Dance, blur seeks to engage artists across the disciplines of contemporary Art, Music/Sound, Dance/Movement and New Media, with the intention of examining sensorial memories, specifically; sight, sound, touch through performance. Curated by Stephanie Patsula Tickets and registration, https://milezerodance.com/event/blur/
