OVERVIEW
This is to ensure we have good relations with Indigenous communities and that we are living up to our EDIA values (equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility).
Wisdom Circle
A group of senior leaders in our community and industry who provide counsel to our President and CEO, and other staff, particularly as it relates to equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.
Blackfoot Elder Saa’kokoto
Cesar Cala
Cheryl Foggo
JD Derbyshire
Indigenous Advisory
The decision-making process for the Original Peoples Investment Program (OPIP), the Honouring the Children Program, and the Indigenous Microgrant Program is Indigenous-led, with committees including representation across nations and artistic or cultural practice. OPIP assessors are included in the assessors’ listing below. In 2022 we continued to work with an Indigenous Advisory including to advise more broadly across our organization. Members of the 2023 advisory included (listed alphabetically):
Glenna Cardinal
Seth Cardinal
Yvette Denby
Dodginghorse
Staci Duchene
Jarret Twoyoungmen
Community Working Group
The community working group comprises artists from equity-deserving communities in Calgary who meet monthly with CADA staff members to advise us on principles, strategies and topics such as accessibility, granting programs, art for social change, equity town halls, conflict resolution, Trans rights, artists as citizens and public art. This working group is one way for us to develop embedded community engagement and work towards new levels of shared leadership. Members of the community working group in 2023 included the following (listed alphabetically by first name):
Alberta Rose
Alex Yotafe
asmaa alissa
Cesar Cala
Ebony Gooden
Kristy North Peigan
Leslie Robertson
Pam Tzeng
Saa’kokoto
Seth Cardinal
Shannon Rusnak
Tamara Cardinal
Toyin Oladele
Wunmi Idowu
The following CADA staff members also participated in CWG meetings:
Allan Rosales
Angèle Bleackley
Lesley Hinger
Maureen McNamee
Sable Sweetgrass
Sayonara Cunha
Taylor Poitras
Our grant investment programs are assessed by peer assessment committees to ensure that Calgary Arts Development is fairly and responsibly distributing public dollars to artists and organizations on behalf of the citizens of Calgary. Our peer assessment committees bring their experience, knowledge, skill sets and perspectives through assessment meetings to identify the best opportunities for the arts sector. They help our staff deepen their understanding and view of the sector. Click here for information about grant assessors.
(listed alphabetically by first name)
Adetola Adedipe
Aditya Chaudhuri
Adrian Gonzalez De la Peña
Alanna Blackrider-Onespot
Alberta Williams
Alèn Martel
Alexa Bunnell
Allara Gooliaff
Annie MacInnes
Anthony Russell
Apiow Akwai
Areum Kim
Arif Ansari
Asmaa Al-Issa
Autumn EagleSpeaker
Bethel Afework
Bianca Miranda
Blake Mcleod
Bob Acton
Bob Davis
Boban Stojanovic
Brittany Baccari
Brittney Bear Hat
Bukky Wonda
Caitlind Brown
Charlie Lee
Chawna Exner
Cheyenne Suwataga-Mu
Chris Dadge
Chris Maric
Cindy McLeod
Claudia Chagoya
Clea Anaïs Foo Fat
Cody Lefthand
Col Cseke
Cory Nespor
Dallas Hayes-Sparks
Dan Cardinal McCartney
Danielle Piper
De-Ann Weekes
Dennis Lee
Dwight Farahat
Ellen Close
Emmanuel Ho
Eric Moschopedis
Eva Birhanu
Fay Qian
Gisèle Villeneuve
Glenna Cardinal
Heather Ware
Helen Young
Hrachya Tokmajyan
James Wade
Jan Markley
Janira Moncayo
Jaqs Gallos Acquines
Jared Herring
Jared Tailfeathers
Jarret Twoyoungmen
Jasmine Piper
Jenna Rodgers
Jeremy Gignoux
Jill Henderson
Jonelle Belcourt
Judy Eng-Hum
Judy Everson
Justin Seiji Wadell
Kadra Yusuf
Kara Bullock
Kathleen Ballangan
Kathryn Fasegha
Kayla Gale
Kevin Fraser
Kevin Stebner
Kodie Rollan
Kristy North Peigan
Kyle Flemmer
Lana Skauge
Lanre Ajayi
Lareina Abbott
Laura O’Grady
Lee Kvern
Levin Ifko
Liam Prost
Lily Maria Sigie
Lindsay Bowman
Lori Hahnel
Luba Diduch
Mackenzie Bedford
Maria Hoover
Marion Ashton
Mark Hopkins
Matt McKinney
Matthew Waddell
Melrene Saloy
Michelle Ku
Moni Brar
Mpoe Mogale
Nadia Riterman
Naomi Lewis
Natalie Gauthier
Nicole Pemberton
Nurgul Rodriguez
Paulo da Costa
Payal Patel
Priscille Buckahsa
Raeann Cheung
Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi
Rebecca Bruton
Richelle Bear Hat
Riel Manywounds
Robert Hunter
Rufi Oswaldo
Samantha (Lux) McLeod
Sanah Kadoura
Sandra Lamouche
Santosh Kumar Korthiwada
Serenella Argueta
Seth Lakota Cardinal Dodginghorse
Shalom Agu
Shawn Petsche
Shawna Erin Saunders
Shelley Carroll
Shelley Youngblut
Simon Chan
Staci Duchene
Stephania Romaniuk
Stephanie OneSpot
Steven Gin
Susan Isabella Dumont
Suzanne Dzus
Tara Beagan
Tara Owen
Teresa Tam
Terrance Houle
Thomas Geddes
Timothonius Alai
Trevor Solway
Tyler Klein Longmire
Val Duncan
Val Lieske
Vicki Van Chau
Vince Raquel
Vincent Joachim
Vinson Chan
Vivian Smith
Wyatt Louis
Xstine Cook
Yvette Denby
Zaire Nahum Sealy
2023 Public Art Assessors
Alanna Blackrider-Onespot
Alia Shahab
Amanda Hu
Arif Ansari
Jana Norris
Jay Donlevy
Lane Shordee
Maria Wozniak
Rocio Graham
Sanaa Humayun
Steven DeWolfe
Tiffany Freeman
Recipients of the 2023 Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards were selected by juries, each comprising a past award-winner, a representative from the benefactor organization and artistic peers.
Cultural Leaders Legacy Artist Awards Juries
Apiow Akwai
Bassem Nabil Hafez
Brett Dahl
Carol Schwartz-Kapunscinski
Claudia Chagoya
Daorcey Le Bray
Diane Din Egboue
Jerilynn Daniels
Josh Dalledonne
Kodie Rollan
Lanre Ajayi
Lisa McKay
Mark Wold
Miguel Alvarez
Morgan Black
Mysoon Ismail
Peter Hemminger
Rocio Graham
Saloni
Samuel Obadero
Stephanie Hutchinson