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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!
Having fun this summer just got a lot more colourful with our recipe for chalk paint! Both quick and easy to make, this activity will have you outside and engaging your imagination in no time.
It’s been 10 months since Arts Commons teaching artists started to navigate virtual instruction and adapt their livelihoods to the virtual realm, unable to work directly with teachers and students in schools and onsite at Arts Commons or in their studios. And with growth mindset in mind, they have inevitable developed new best practices for creating interactive virtual arts education.
We reached out to teaching artists from the visual and performing arts to talk about what sort of constraints they have overcome and new joys they have discovered in keeping children and youth inspired and connected through the arts.