Join Mayor Jyoti Gondek and Calgary’s arts and business leaders at the 2022 Celebration for the Arts.
Friday, November Fourth, twenty twenty-two
Jack Singer Concert Hall, Arts Commons
Pre-show Entertainment
6:30pm | Jack Singer Lobby
Performance & Awards Presentation
7:30pm | Jack Singer Concert Hall
After-Party
9:00pm | Jack Singer Lobby
Join Mayor Jyoti Gondek and Calgary’s arts and business leaders at the 2022 Celebration for the Arts.
Friday, November Fourth,
twenty twenty-two
Jack Singer Concert Hall,
Arts Commons
Pre-show Entertainment
6:30pm | Jack Singer Lobby
Performance & Awards Presentation
7:30pm | Jack Singer Concert Hall
After-Party
9:00pm | Jack Singer Lobby
Message from the Mayor
I am pleased to extend a warm welcome on behalf of Calgary City Council to everyone at the 2022 Celebration for the Arts. This event is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the contributions of local artists who shape our city’s creative sector.
Re-enchant.
That was a word spoken at a roundtable session we hosted with members of the arts and culture community earlier this year. People around the table universally loved the word. We all agreed that Calgary truly has an enchanting arts and culture scene, one that deserves elevation to ensure the beautiful sights, sounds and performances created by Calgary’s world-class artists are readily available for all to enjoy.
Not only is a thriving arts and culture scene the cornerstone of a strong city, it is also central to our economic recovery. A successful creative sector defines who we are, forming the backbone of a resilient city that people want to visit and make their home.
As we continue our path of recovery, we understand the importance of strategic investments in the arts. A flourishing arts community is a powerful voice in communicating to the world that Calgary is a compassionate, welcoming city of the future. Together, we will re-enchant Calgary!
My deepest appreciation to the organizers, artists and sponsors for sharing your talent, energy and resources. Let the show begin!
Sincerely,
Jyoti Gondek
Mayor of Calgary
Message from Patti Pon & Chima Nkemdirim
Welcome to the Celebration for the Arts hosted by Mayor Gondek. We are truly excited to gather together tonight to celebrate how Calgary’s artists and the arts enrich our lives and make our city a better place to live, work and play.
We appreciate everyone who is performing, receiving an award or attending tonight’s festivities. We extend our gratitude to The Office of the Mayor, The City of Calgary, and all of our award benefactors, event partners and sponsors who are being recognized throughout the evening. We applaud all of you!
We live in challenging and chaotic times and we need artists now more than ever – to connect us, to expand our ways of thinking and understanding, to bring us joy and to make meaning in our lives. Tonight, you will experience a sample of the abundant talent in our community. Whether we are talking about professional artists or everday citizens who make arts part of their lives, creativity is alive and well in Calgary. Tonight we celebrate!
Patti Pon
President and CEO
Calgary Arts Development
Chima Nkemdirim
Board Chair
Calgary Arts Development
MEET TONIGHT’S EMCEE
Tim Tamashiro is an author, keynote speaker, entertainer and former national radio host. He is the author of the Amazon Best Selling book How To Ikigai.
For a decade Tim was host of Tonic on CBC Radio 2. His role as Canada’s nightly jazz companion was one of his most cherished experiences of his lifetime. He departed from CBC to study positive psychology, wellbeing and Ikigai (life’s worth).
Ikigai is an ancient philosophy from Okinawa, Japan. It encourages all people to live your “life’s worth”. Best of all, Ikigai is a map with four directions to follow:
1. Do what you love
2. Do what you’re good at
3. Do what the world needs
4. Do what you can be rewarded for
Tim has learned that his own Ikigai is “to delight”. He shares his Ikigai every chance he gets whether he’s giving a speech, singing a song, telling a story or sharing a smile.
PROGRAM OF EVENTS
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Mingling and networking
in the Jack Singer Lobby
With performances by:
Ashley Ghostkeeper
Aya Mhana and Nino de la Cabilia
Timothonius and Justine Tyrell
Make Your Mark Mural painting with Paula Timm
Ashley Ghostkeeper
Aya Mhana and Nino de la Cabilia
Timothonius and Justine Tyrell
Make Your Mark Mural painting with Paula Timm
7:30-9:00 p.m.
Onstage celebration
Featuring:
Tim Tamashiro emcee
Patti Pon, President and CEO, Calgary Arts Development
Blackfoot Elder Saa’kokoto
Tim Tamashiro and the Sheldon Zandboer Trio
Simon Mallett, Executive Director, Rozsa Foundation
Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Video Segment #1
Wakefield Brewster, Poet Laureate
Video Installation #1 what of your own water dance film
Super Choir with members from Revv 52, The Young Canadians, Kantorei Choral Society, and Our Lady of the Rockies High School
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Video Segment #2
Sankofa Art and Music Foundation
Video Installation #2 #T7NFT Gallery
Chima Nkemdirim, Board Chair, Calgary Arts Development
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Video Segment #3
Cultural Leaders Legacy Awards Recipients Bow and Photo
Mayor Gondek
Alex Sarian, President & CEO, Arts Commons
Finale
Tim Tamashiro emcee
Patti Pon, President and CEO, Calgary Arts Development
Blackfoot Elder Saa’kokoto
Tim Tamashiro and the Sheldon Zandboer Trio
Simon Mallett, Executive Director, Rozsa Foundation
Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Video Segment #1
Wakefield Brewster, Poet Laureate
Video Installation #1 what of your own water dance film
Super Choir with members from Revv 52, The Young Canadians, Kantorei Choral Society, and Our Lady of the Rockies High School
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Video Segment #2
Sankofa Art and Music Foundation
Video Installation #2 #T7NFT Gallery
Chima Nkemdirim, Board Chair, Calgary Arts Development
Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards Video Segment #3
Cultural Leaders Legacy Awards Recipients Bow and Photo
Mayor Gondek
Alex Sarian, President & CEO, Arts Commons
Finale
9:00-10:30 p.m.
After Party
Featuring:
Food by Great Events Catering
DJ Goodword
Three Left Feet
Food by Great Events Catering
DJ Goodword
Three Left Feet
Special Thanks
Chantal Chagnon
Chris Herard and the Calgary Catholic School District
John Morgan
Jonathan Love
Marichu Antonio
Peaseblossoms
Orange Frog Productions
Production Team
Production Manager - Sylvia Lejeune
Production Coordinator & Stage Management - Natasha Mandrusiak
Assistant Stage Management - Ailsa Birnie and Sam Mendoza
Arts Commons: Jaclyn Gowie, Kellie Knight and the production team
Proshow Audiovisual
Captioning: Sophia Hernandez
Event Team
Arts Commons: Tasha Komery, Chantel Wons and events services team
Producer: Cherie McMaster
Sponsor Liaison and Awards Coordination by: Kaley Beisiegel and Bird Creatives
ASL Interpreters
Janice Manchul and Debra Russell
Special Thanks
Chantal Chagnon
Chris Herard and the Calgary Catholic School District
John Morgan
Jonathan Love
Marichu Antonio
Peaseblossoms
Orange Frog Productions
Production Team
Production Manager - Sylvia Lejeune
Production Coordinator & Stage Management - Natasha Mandrusiak
Assistant Stage Management - Ailsa Birnie and Sam Mendoza
Arts Commons: Jaclyn Gowie, Kellie Knight and the production team
Proshow Audiovisual
Captioning: Sophia Hernandez
Event Team
Arts Commons: Tasha Komery, Chantel Wons and events services team
Producer: Cherie McMaster
Sponsor Liaison and Awards Coordination by: Kaley Beisiegel and Bird Creatives
ASL Interpreters
Janice Manchul and Debra Russell
2022 Award Winners
Cultural Leaders Legacy Arts Awards are a legacy of Calgary’s year as a Cultural Capital of Canada.
Each award is funded by a contribution from a local philanthropist or organization with equal matching money from Calgary Arts Development. These awards are $5,000 cash prizes that support artists or arts organizations. We thank all of the benefactors of the awards as well as the nominators and congratulate all of the nominees and the 2022 award recipients.
The ATB Financial Healing Through the Arts Award was established to recognize artists whose artistic practices encompass health and wellness to improve the wellbeing of individuals, groups, or communities. The award is intended to promote the healing nature of the arts and its critical role as a means of expression for those facing physical or mental health issues.
Award recipient:
Thien (Janey) Luc-German
Janey Luc-German has volunteered her services in the past 15 years in promoting arts to various Calgary schools and communities, including running seven 5-session online workshops helping seniors combat loneliness through arts during the pandemic.
The Calgary Catholic Immigration Society New Canadian Artist Award was established to recognize that artists from all parts of the world enrich Calgary’s arts sector. This award recognizes and supports an individual artist whose cultural background and relatively recent arrival to Canada result in communication challenges, difficulties in transferring relevant credentials, and isolation from Calgary’s arts community. The award intends to help these artists pursue their artistic work and connect with the institutions and support networks that are available to all Calgary artists.
Award recipient:
Claudia Chagoya
Claudia Chagoya is a gifted Mexican interdisciplinary artist, a talented educator, and a skilled community connector whose abilities, activities, and heart will continue to be a benefit to Calgary.
The Doug and Lois Mitchell Outstanding Calgary Artist Award was established to honour artists who are lauded for their work in national and international arenas and choose to make Calgary their home. Regardless of career length, these artists are acknowledged by their peers around the world for the caliber of their work and their contributions to the arts. They are innovators who have significantly enriched artistic discourse in Canada.
Award recipient:
Sandra Sawatzky
Artist Sandra Sawatzky developed a film language of choreographed action to tell stories and embroiders epics with a small needle and miles of thread.
The Mamdani Arts Leadership Award recognizes and rewards the integral role of board members who lend their expertise, talent, and time to supporting the work of arts organizations and festivals that make Calgary a vibrant and creative city. This award honors an arts volunteer board member who goes above and beyond to support the logistics, programming, operations, and/or culture of the organization(s) they choose to support.
Award recipient:
Stephanie Hutchinson
Stephanie Hutchinson works tirelessly to raise the profile of and give opportunities to Calgary musicians both at home and across the Canada through her volunteer work with the YYC Music Awards
The RBC Emerging Artist Award was established to recognize up-and-coming Calgary-based artists. The award recognizes that a thriving cultural community includes artists who choose to live and build their careers in Calgary from the outset. The intent of the award is to bring recognition and awareness to outstanding artists in the early phases of their careers.
Award recipient:
Sarah Uwadiae
Sarah Uwadiae is an early career Nigerian artist based in Calgary. Her practice includes set and costume design, filmmaking and story creation through multiple mediums and disciplines. Despite her background in Theatre, her curiosity and drive to make art has inspired her to step out of the label of “designer” and embrace her whole self as a multidisciplinary artist.
The Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award is intended to honour an early career arts administrator who is doing really noteworthy work, both within the organizations that they are working for, but also in the broader community.
Award recipient:
Daniel Cardinal McCartney
Daniel Cardinal McCartney is being recognized for his outstanding work towards equitable working conditions for artists and arts administrators.
The SANDSTONE City Builder Award was established to recognize artists and/or organizations that make Calgary a better place to live through the arts. The award recognizes and supports individuals and groups who are committed to enriching Calgary through an artistic practice or art program(s) that are driven by social impact outcomes.
Award recipient:
Casa Mexico Foundation
For 13 years, Casa Mexico has been constantly supporting the work of emerging and professional artists in the Calgary community, and as a result they have been able to foster the growth of multitudes of artistic careers in our city.
Indigenous Artist Award, sponsored by TD Bank Group
TD is very proud to sponsor The Indigenous Artist Award and to recognize this year’s winner: Danielle Piper. This award was created to recognize the contributions of Indigenous artists, crafts peoples, and knowledge keepers to Calgary.
Award recipient:
Danielle Piper
Danielle Piper is an interdisciplinary visual artist located in Mohkinsstsis, Treaty 7 territory. Danielle creates many kinds of visual art; and also teaches beading workshops, livestreams on twitch and sells her handmade crafts. As part of this award she worked for a three-month term as Indigenous Artist in Residence for the Calgary Public Library in early 2022.
Partners & Sponsors
Presented by
Champion Partner
Artist Showcase Partner
Venue Partner & After Party Sponsor
Accessibility Sponsors
VIP Sponsors
Patrons
Calgary Hotel Association
DIALOG
Kasian Architecture, Interior Design and Planning LTD
We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Îyâxe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations. Today this land is home to the Metis of Region 3 as well as many First Nations and Inuit peoples 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.