Community Stories
Indigenous Connections
Stoney Nakoda Knowledge Keeper Duane Mark uses creative techniques to preserve the Stoney culture.
Sharing Stories to Build Cultural Understanding
A Sense of Place
Painting their way through the pandemic, Canmore siblings Zaden, 9, and Zaylia, 8, spent enough time at artsPlace over the summer it could be renamed ZartsPlace.
ZARTSPLACE
Diverse Voices
“Shoes accompany us on all our journeys. They say who we are, where we came from and where we are going.” - Katherine Govier
The Shoe Project
Artist Profile
For Grizzly Bear Shakedown, taking the stage at artsPlace was all about making kids dance.
Bringing The House Down
Artist Profile
Long-time artsPlace friend and supporter Priscilla Janes is at once both creative and practical, just like her artwork.
Inspiring Creativity
Diverse Voices
How working with community connectors helps to shape an arts centre that’s truly for everyone.
Nurturing an arts community where everyone belongs
A Sense of Place
“I’m not an artsy person, but I can do stuff to help other people be good at art,” says Ryan Gregorish. “It’s fun to help people become better at what they love to do.”
This is Home
Community
Touch. That is what Hélène Cyr missed most during the pandemic: human interaction.
The First 100 Days
Indigenous Connections
“In my class we say, ‘wazin ĩeichninabi’, which means ‘I’m one with you’. I’ll eat, I’ll laugh, I’ll cry with you.”
