Artists are invited to submit their work to be considered for display at community libraries. Art exhibits of all types of media, including photography, will be considered. Please complete the online form in order to be considered.
Read more about "Art Exhibit Space"Search Canadian business profiles and the Canadian White Pages. Find accurate phone-verified information on every company in Canada, in this database of 2.1 million businesses. Free with your Calgary Public Library card.
Read more about "Canadian Businesses "The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 94 Calls to Action and the White Goose Flying Report call upon the Calgary Public Library to help share the true history of what happened to Indigenous peoples at Canadian residential schools. Learning the truth is an important first step for all Canadians toward healing our community.
Read more about "Truth and Reconciliation"The Library's Artist in Residence programs are three-month, paid community engagement residencies that support individual artists, arts organizations, and collectives working in Indigenous art and placemaking, children's art and illustration, or the newcomer experience.
Read more about "Call for Applications"The Indigenous Services team focuses on Indigenous engagement, ensuring Library programs and services are designed around community needs. Indigenous Placemaking can be found as various art installations throughout Central Library, including the Elders' Guidance Circle. Here, anyone can speak to Elders from various nations. Expressions of interest are also regularly accepted by community members to support Library programs and initiatives.
Read more about "Indigenous Services and Initiatives"In the Indigenous Writers Workshop, participants worked with author Richard Van Camp to create children's books in their traditional languages. These 12 new children's books in Treaty 7 languages are being added to the Library's permanent collection at several community libraries.
Read more about "Treaty 7 language books"