All in ACT
After two years of meticulous planning and design work, Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and its partners at Arts Commons and The City of Calgary are thrilled to reveal the architectural design for the Arts Commons Transformation expansion. Behind the expansion’s design is a team of internationally recognized architects and designers from Toronto’s KPMB Architects, Calgary’s Hindle Architects, and Arizona’s Tawaw Architecture Collective.
On Friday, March 22, Alberta’s government announced that it will be coming to the table with historic funding of $103M to Arts Commons over seven years to transform Calgary’s downtown into a premium destination to take in the arts. Watch the announcement below, along with a special guest performance by NAME HERE from Theatre Calgary’s Beaches.
What a year 2022 has been! Arts Commons has been working closely with our partners at Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and the City of Calgary to bring our plans for expanding and modernizing Arts Commons to fruition. This project, known as the Arts Commons Transformation (or ACT for short), will dramatically transform Calgary’s creative future by making the arts more available, accessible, and relevant to everyone. Learn more about our progress over the past year.
In 1970, three women set to work making the dream for a performing arts centre in Calgary a reality. Today, Arts Commons is a top destination for arts and culture in North America. Learn more about the exciting history of Arts Commons—from the 1988 Olympic Games to the world famous Carthy Organ—and discover what the future holds!
The Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) is poised to begin, marking a new era for Western Canada’s largest performing arts centre. The three project partners—Arts Commons, The City of Calgary and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC)—are working in concert to realize this landmark transformation, the most significant arts facility development currently underway in Canada.
The Arts Commons Transformation project (ACT) is a major cultural infrastructure expansion being undertaken collaboratively by Arts Commons, The City of Calgary, and Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC).
As ACT development manager, CMLC led the engagement program—seeking and collecting input from area stakeholders, the arts community and the public at large on the most important features and considerations for ACT.
With the planning stages of the Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) project underway, a number of specialty consultants are strategically being brought onto the project team. Each one of them has a very specific and specialized role to play. On February 4, 2021, Arts Commons and CMLC announced the selection of the first two members of the project team: Colliers International (Calgary) will help guide project management, and Fisher Dachs Associates (New York), whose extensive expertise as specialized theatre consultants, will bring the facility’s artistic vision to life.
