This could be right in your neighborhood or with like-minded Calgarians. Maybe you have an idea for a mural project, or to upgrade your community centre to bring residents together. Share your ideas with us!
24 votes
A car-free downtown core!!! Like major european cities we could have a walkable and bikeable cultural core that is a major tourist destination. Picture patios, live music venues, art galleries, street vendors, electric transit shuttles & parks PLUS thousands of locals and tourists out enjoying the clean air. From the river to the railroad tracks (9th ave) seems like natural boundaries.
18 votes
What a better way to celebrate the history of Calgary than with thousands of historical markers throughout the city? If you've ever been to France, you've probably stopped to read a sleek 'Panneau Historique' designed by Philippe Stark in 1992 (You can also see them on www.stark.com and under 'Urban Furniture' or at http://paulfesta.com/uploaded_images/histoire-792308.JPG). People often say dismissively that Calgary (as ...more »
What a better way to celebrate the history of Calgary than with thousands of historical markers throughout the city? If you've ever been to France, you've probably stopped to read a sleek 'Panneau Historique' designed by Philippe Stark in 1992 (You can also see them on www.stark.com and under 'Urban Furniture' or at http://paulfesta.com/uploaded_images/histoire-792308.JPG). People often say dismissively that Calgary (as most of Western North America) has no history. Of course this is absurd! There have been people living here for 11,000 years! Wouldn't it be nice to stand on a street corner downtown and read about how Peigan First Nations people 'considered this spot sacred' or that David Thompson 'camped here in 1787', or that James Macleod 'surveyed the land here in 1876'. I'm pretty sure Mark Twain spoke in Calgary. Where was that?! Imagine how cool it would be to bring the history of this wonderful city to life with markers reminding people of all the incredible things that have happened here!
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16 votes
Provide a consulting team of a skilled arts administrator and fundraising expert to small- and medium-sized arts organizations to develop skills and capacity in revenue development, management and administration with the goal of building long-term self-sufficiency.
13 votes
Invite every country in the world to select one artist and mount a massive exhibition at the Stampede Grounds. Temporary (or even permanent!) Pavillions would be built for each country. Modelled after successful art festivals/exhibitions in Venice and São Paulo, and to a lesser extent the Whitney Biennale in New York, it would attract hundreds of thousands of people from around the world to the city, and especially if ...more »
Invite every country in the world to select one artist and mount a massive exhibition at the Stampede Grounds. Temporary (or even permanent!) Pavillions would be built for each country. Modelled after successful art festivals/exhibitions in Venice and São Paulo, and to a lesser extent the Whitney Biennale in New York, it would attract hundreds of thousands of people from around the world to the city, and especially if it was held at the Stampede grounds, counter the popular image that Calgary is a city of philistines. Currently there is not a major art Biennale in North America, so why not Calgary? Why wait until Toronto or Edmonton take the initiative and start one of their own and get all the cache that will come with it?
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12 votes
There should be an initiative for Calgary business movers and shakers to be paired with Calgary artists, musicians, dancers, poets etc. where they can commission and support new works for 2012. I don't mean corporate sponsors - I mean individuals. It would be an endeavor wherein business people come together with art people to produce a lasting legacy for Calgary.
8 votes
If we are celebrating 100 years as a cultural centre of the West, I think it would be very interesting to create 100 items for Calgarians and visitors alike. Each item would be part of a bigger story and each item would be unique in it's own right. I have a couple of concepts in my mind right now that I am thinking we could mash up into one really cool concept. Do you remember the success of the Udderly Art program? ...more »
If we are celebrating 100 years as a cultural centre of the West, I think it would be very interesting to create 100 items for Calgarians and visitors alike. Each item would be part of a bigger story and each item would be unique in it's own right.
I have a couple of concepts in my mind right now that I am thinking we could mash up into one really cool concept. Do you remember the success of the Udderly Art program? http://public.fotki.com/cgyrunner/potpourri/udderly-art-cows-in/ Calgary citizens and corporations purchased a blank slate in the form of a fibreglass cow. They then partnered with a Calgary artist to create their version/vision of what that cow meant to them. The cows were then auctioned off with funds going to a charity of their choice. A perfect storm of creativity and civic engagement.
Another really cool idea that is traveling the world right now is '60 pianos'. The concept, devised by British artist Luke Jerram, has put more than 130 pianos in parks, squares and bus stations since 2008 in cities including London, Sydney and Sao Paulo and is now being installed in New York. Each of the 60 pianos to be installed throughout New York has its own attendants responsible for its care. That involves unlocking the keyboard at 9 a.m. every day and deploying a heavy tarp over the instrument if it rains. The pianos were donated for the cause and have been painted and decorated by artists. Again, another cooperative program that engages artists, corporations and citizens.
What I like about this concept is that it is essentially an interactive version of our Udderly Art program. The piano is actually a multi-dimensional blank canvas for everyone's creativity that has the potential to engage pianists, listeners and artists alike.
I would like to suggest that we find a creative execution that brings civic, corporations and citizens together to build upon these two interesting concepts. Let’s make 100 things? Not sure what they are, but they need to be relevant, timely, interactive and engaging. I would love to see them in communities around the city. I would really love to see the sum of the 100 parts make this city a better place to live and put it on the map as a Cultural Capital. I already want one, even though I don’t know what it is!!
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8 votes
HI, I am a local Artist here in the heart of Bowness, next year is Bowness 100 Centenial Birthday, celebrating community, growth and change. There has been alot of re-development going on in this community. There are also alot of parks and waisted space here in Bowness. I would like to create a sculpture park in this community that engages and involves the people of the community. Create a sculpture park that represents ...more »
HI, I am a local Artist here in the heart of Bowness, next year is Bowness 100 Centenial Birthday, celebrating community, growth and change. There has been alot of re-development going on in this community. There are also alot of parks and waisted space here in Bowness. I would like to create a sculpture park in this community that engages and involves the people of the community. Create a sculpture park that represents the heart of Bowness, it's history, and involve the community in it's creation, with the instruction of an artist. People love to feel important and involved, if there were a sculpture park that is created by the community there will be much more respect, appreciation,and people will be proud of their efforts involved. There are many ways to engage a community, unplift the look of the community and bring people together to help create a more inviting enviroment, to enhace buisness, community spirit, and draw more people in to discover what it is that makes bowness, BOWNESS! The community is strong in diversification and sence of community, if we could focus on these aspects to help create unity, the community would thrive, and draw more attraction to Bowness Park, a wonderful spot that hs been neglected in it's care and has changed drastically since the 50's/60's.
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8 votes
Fort Calgary at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers has long been described as the birthplace of the city and Calgary’s most important historic site. However, this European world view overlooks the Aboriginal history that dates back thousands of years - a history that is rooted in a sense of place rather than government and industry. The Bow and Elbow confluence was historically a meeting place for the Blackfoot, ...more »
Fort Calgary at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers has long been described as the birthplace of the city and Calgary’s most important historic site. However, this European world view overlooks the Aboriginal history that dates back thousands of years - a history that is rooted in a sense of place rather than government and industry.
The Bow and Elbow confluence was historically a meeting place for the Blackfoot, Sarcee, and Stoney, along with European surveyors and explorers and the site settled by the NWMP prior to the construction of Fort Calgary. Artists can create opportunities to reflect on the legacies of this place and begin imagining different perspectives to inspire a new sense of place.
Because of the immense sensitivity to the site’s archeological resources, a space on nearby St. Patrick’s Island could be developed as a civic space with ongoing programming that invites dialogue on the history of Calgary and to mark the city as place where people exchange ideas and creative energy. This public space could become a cultural meeting ground for exploration, contemplation and vitality. The area could be host to intimate live performances, public art, community exchanges and/or similar projects that offer creative solutions for sustainable living; building a sense of community and inspiring new ways of looking at our city.
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7 votes
I would like to see areas in the city that enable activities such as buskers, street musicians, street dancers and short plays and happenings where they won't be harassed by authorities. These could be administered areas designated for this type of use. For example, out front of the Plaza Theatre in Kensington. There is lots of sidewalk space there where people could accumulate to watch. Creating these designated ...more »
I would like to see areas in the city that enable activities such as buskers, street musicians, street dancers and short plays and happenings where they won't be harassed by authorities. These could be administered areas designated for this type of use. For example, out front of the Plaza Theatre in Kensington. There is lots of sidewalk space there where people could accumulate to watch. Creating these designated areas in the business district of downtown (along 6th avenue) would also help to integrate this overwhelmingly concrete area with the more colourful Beltline and Prince's Island Park areas.
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7 votes
Calgary could host major international and Canadian performing and visual artists during the year. The artists would be part of a series that would generate international interest in Calgary, and attract tourists to our city. The artists would be chosen to demonstrate our history, the diversity of our current cultural status, and our future aspirations.
6 votes
CALGARY STAMPEDE: THE IMAX MOVIE
Commission or encourage IMAX to shoot a movie at the 2011 Stampede and have it premiere in 2012 a few weeks prior to the actual Stampede. Imagine a 4 story slow-motion image of a bull-rider, First Nations dancers, chuckwagons racing down the homestretch, rollercoasters on the midway, etc!
6 votes
It's time the world knows that Calgary is a world class culinary and cultural destination. Please vote for The Tasty Jazz Festival - "The World's Most Delicious Jazz Festival". As Canada’s Cultural Capital, Calgary would have the opportunity to start a new annual festival that invites the world to show off their very best food and jazz in a combined festival taking place in August at Olympic Plaza. As the inaugural ...more »
It's time the world knows that Calgary is a world class culinary and cultural destination.
Please vote for The Tasty Jazz Festival - "The World's Most Delicious Jazz Festival". As Canada’s Cultural Capital, Calgary would have the opportunity to start a new annual festival that invites the world to show off their very best food and jazz in a combined festival taking place in August at Olympic Plaza.
As the inaugural Tasty Jazz Festival, I suggest inviting the city of New Orleans, Louisiana to come to Calgary and bring it’s very best food and jazz to share with Calgarians. As the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans is a perfect choice as the first guests to share their exquisite culinary and music traditions.
Future Tasty Jazz invitees may include Tokyo, New York City, Chicago, London, Paris, Rio or even entire countries such as Norway, Spain, Finland, Germany, Cuba etc.
As 2012 is the 100th anniversary of The Calgary Stampede, I argue that it’s time for Calgary to begin a new tradition of showing the world much more than just Calgary’s western heritage because Calgary is much more: it’s a culinary and cultural destination. By inviting the world to teach us about their food and jazz they will experience ours in the process.
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5 votes
An innovative production that puts 100 everyday Calgarians front and centre. Casting starts with a single person. This first person has 24 hours to find another participant, and they then find another, and so on, until the full 100 are linked. Casting is dictated by a series of search criteria based upon Calgary’s demographics. All 100 participants participate in the project’s performance, becoming a dynamic array of ...more »
An innovative production that puts 100 everyday Calgarians front and centre. Casting starts with a single person. This first person has 24 hours to find another participant, and they then find another, and so on, until the full 100 are linked. Casting is dictated by a series of search criteria based upon Calgary’s demographics. All 100 participants participate in the project’s performance, becoming a dynamic array of different voices and stories. 100% features a live band and the lives of 100 individuals that now make up our city 100 years after its beginning.
The idea is based upon a concept the 2011 Push Festival (Vancouver) is developing, but I believe it could be adapted and would reflect the Calgaryness of Calgary.
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5 votes
Solicit ideas for public art from Calgarians, creating an opportunity for on-going idea generation and citizen participation in the vision for our city developed and presented in imagineCALGARY. Anyone can submit their ideas: individuals, community groups, schools, nonprofits, artists, and others. A selection committee would select one project proposal to fund as well as the artist to complete the project. Submissions ...more »
Solicit ideas for public art from Calgarians, creating an opportunity for on-going idea generation and citizen participation in the vision for our city developed and presented in imagineCALGARY.
Anyone can submit their ideas: individuals, community groups, schools, nonprofits, artists, and others. A selection committee would select one project proposal to fund as well as the artist to complete the project. Submissions could be for temporary or permanent public art and might address a community need or reveal something significant about a specific group, individual, or place; it is completely open to the IMAGINATION.
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4 votes
In recent years the Downtown core has had more buskers! Street performers are fun to watch and listen to. It would be fun to do what Halifax has done for quite some time and has much success too---a Buskers Festival!
4 votes
Create a chuckwagon video game for iPhone, Sony Playstation, Nintendo Wii, PCs, Mac, etc. that would simulate a chuckwagon race! You would begin by selecting from two options: existing riders and the horses and wagons that they race, or building your own team by selecting the types of horses you like, the shape, colour and sponsors on your wagon, and even create a driver/avatar of yourself! You could also select the race ...more »
Create a chuckwagon video game for iPhone, Sony Playstation, Nintendo Wii, PCs, Mac, etc. that would simulate a chuckwagon race! You would begin by selecting from two options: existing riders and the horses and wagons that they race, or building your own team by selecting the types of horses you like, the shape, colour and sponsors on your wagon, and even create a driver/avatar of yourself! You could also select the race course you like, though the default would be the Stampede. The entire project could be paid by founding sponsors who would be guaranteed to have their ads permanently displayed on signage on the wagons or on the fences, etc. New advertisers could pay for temporary ads that would be updated/downloaded to the user's machine each time they log onto the web, so for instance ads for upcoming movies would appear on the fences, etc.
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4 votes
In Edworthy Park you have great historical significance with the Edworthy family, the John Lawrey settlers who arrived in 1882, the Crandell and Tregillus and the burnvale brick plant. The Shaganappi encarpment has the presence of butchered and burned bones possible kill sites. A bison jump site where the Blackfoot used for years similar to Head smashed in Buffalo site.. With all this rich history you can develop a daily ...more »
In Edworthy Park you have great historical significance with the Edworthy family, the John Lawrey settlers who arrived in 1882, the Crandell and Tregillus and the burnvale brick plant. The Shaganappi encarpment has the presence of butchered and burned bones possible kill sites. A bison jump site where the Blackfoot used for years similar to Head smashed in Buffalo site.. With all this rich history you can develop a daily stage play based on these people and events. Its educational, factual and could bring in a good dollar. Outdoor historical plays with actors walking around the site in the part of the character they represent. This could be a great source for a number of people to have summer jobs and put Calgary on the map
with the wild west's unique stories of Native people's and settlers living harmoniously... Of course this concept could be applied to all the beautiful Calgary Parks, as they all have a history...I'm for theatre everywhere, its soothes the soul....
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4 votes
Use the library system to host neighborhood block parties all around Calgary. People could come together there to make their own art and participate in creating a city wide art project to showcase the creativity within all of us. Make these mini all ages festivals with free music and entertainment!
3 votes
Calgary has already won the right to host the 2012 Magnetic North Theatre Festival. What if we made an effort to host other regional, national and international gatherings, festivals and galas in 2012? We could bring some things that normally happen in Toronto or Ottawa to Calgary, we could create our own conferences and galas.
3 votes
The city of Phoenix has identified 33 attractions and landmarks and deemed them, "Points of Pride". Historical landmarks, marketplaces, hills, points of interest. We should do the same, promote them in a one stop website with maps, pictures, videos, etc. You involve the community by giving them a place to put up their pictures and video. Get people to submit nominations and have the people vote for them. I would put ...more »
The city of Phoenix has identified 33 attractions and landmarks and deemed them, "Points of Pride". Historical landmarks, marketplaces, hills, points of interest. We should do the same, promote them in a one stop website with maps, pictures, videos, etc. You involve the community by giving them a place to put up their pictures and video. Get people to submit nominations and have the people vote for them.
I would put things such as: Glenbow Museum, Inglewood district, Fort Calgary, Heritage Park, Calgary Zoo, Nose Hill Park, (once it's finished) Science Center, Olympic Plaza, Prince's Island, Kensington, Bowness Park, Stephen Avenue, and whatever historical landmarks we haven't torn down yet.
Make the idea with community input, give them a voice, give them a chance to speak passionately about what they think is something to be proud of in Calgary. If a place falls out of interest, by neglect or poor management, feel free to update the list as the years go by, and don't spent a lot of money, put up a plaque in front of them, that's it, put the rest of the info online.
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2 votes
A lot has happened to Calgary in the past 100 years. Perhaps a discovery trail throughout the city to showcase the city. The Freedom Trail in Boston is an excellent way to tour through the city on your own. Simply follow the line.
Let's create our own line through Calgary to show places, items of interest.
2 votes
The Canada Mosaic Lottery Cultural Fund with The Largest Mosaic on the Planet Earth. Created in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as a lottery from the mosaic value of Pi 3.1415926535. The Original Canada Mosaic Lottery Pi Template is designed personally by: Tyler Achtem. For all copyright collections of the Canada Mosaic in Calgary there is only one original. Interested cultural agencies that would like copies of the Canada Mosaic ...more »
The Canada Mosaic Lottery Cultural Fund with The Largest Mosaic on the Planet Earth. Created in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as a lottery from the mosaic value of Pi 3.1415926535. The Original Canada Mosaic Lottery Pi Template is designed personally by: Tyler Achtem. For all copyright collections of the Canada Mosaic in Calgary there is only one original. Interested cultural agencies that would like copies of the Canada Mosaic and the Pi Canada Mosaic Lottery Ticket Numbers are very welcome to email me: Tyler Achtem: tecxicoms@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Tyler Achtem Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 2010 August 09. tecxicoms@gmail.com
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2 votes
Same-day ticket booth - discounted tickets for performances and sports games. To support charities, include option for people to donate tickets they will not be able to use with re-sale proceeds going to pre-determined charities.
1 vote
Have you ever ridden the Star Wars simulator at Disneyland? Imagine if we created a virtual reality simulator that would allow small groups of 20 people at a time to sit in a small theatre that can be moved using hydraulics. The simulator would begin by zooming across the prairies, past grain elevators and wind-turbines, and then roar down Deerfoot Trail, into Stampede Park and into the point-of-view of a chuckwagon driver, ...more »
Have you ever ridden the Star Wars simulator at Disneyland? Imagine if we created a virtual reality simulator that would allow small groups of 20 people at a time to sit in a small theatre that can be moved using hydraulics. The simulator would begin by zooming across the prairies, past grain elevators and wind-turbines, and then roar down Deerfoot Trail, into Stampede Park and into the point-of-view of a chuckwagon driver, follow Jarome Iginla as he goes on an end-to-end rush and scores, fly over to Canada Olympic Park and down the bobsleigh runs, and ski jump, out to the mountains and down the moguls at Sunshine Village, back across the province to Drumheller and through the valleys there, and do then race up the side of the new Bow Building and watch the torch on the Calgary Tower light at midnight, and with fireworks in the night sky and ride ends! The ride would shake and blow cold air and mist into people's faces, maybe even smells! Could be adapted into a 3D movie that could be easily transported elsewhere across the world to build tourism. Another version of this could be done in a low tech fashion, like the Peter Pan ride (also at Disneyland) where people sit in chairlifts and ride above models of the city, as if they are floating/flying around...
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1 vote
Calgarians have embraced the cowboy history and culture by celebrating the Calgary Stampede each year. What about showcasing the music those cowboys (and many of our ancestors nationwide/worldwide) would have cherished and enjoyed by celebrating the culture and heritage of fiddle music? I would like to see a fiddle celebration or festival in our city!
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