On October 29, 2022, Fairview Community Association brought their residents together to paint the pavement in the hopes of slowing traffic and beautifying the community. Passersby were surprised and excited…
Category: Art
Bowness Soccer Club Mural
On October 7, 2022, Bowness Soccer Club painted murals along the sides of a community equipment shed. The murals depict team players in action playing soccer. Notably, one player’s family…
Knox Church Mural
Knox Presbyterian Church utilized their $1000 Walk, Play and Be Neighbourly grant to paint a mural on a container they had in their back alley. The church invited school kids…
Bankview Arts Development 'Zine Launch - the Look and Learn Community Art Search
Using their $1000 Walk, Play & Be Neighbourly grant, Bankview Community Association’s Bankview Arts Development club hosted a Look and Learn Community Art Search event. They set a station up…
Paint The Pavement Greenview Industrial
Leading up to the Tango 2 Echo car show event in Greenview Industrial, the local BIA painted approximately 12 murals along 3A Street NE. Painted by artists and volunteers from…
Art Cycle Route ‘Unite the Heights’
17 animals on bicycles were painted along the 8th Ave bike route from 2 St NW to 6th NE. The Crescent Heights Community Association collaborated with the Renfrew Community Association…
Crossroads Dragonfly Fence Art
After selecting two pathways to activate in the Crossroads community, a small but mighty team took charge of adding painted wooden butterflies and dragonflies to the fences along the chosen…
Hounsfield Heights-Briar Hill Pathway Project
HHBH applied to ActivateYYC with a location in mind, ready to make Lions Park more accessible for community residents. After walking through the park and assessing the best area to…
Brentwood Pathway Paintings
After originally applying with ActivateYYC in July 2019, this idea dreamed up by Brentwood’s community members came to fruition on a warm Saturday that very same year. The goal was…
Bob Bahan Mural Project
Throughout August of 2021, Antyx Community Arts, Skipping Stone Foundation and City of Calgary engaged 12 youth from LGBTQ2+, Immigrant and Indigenous backgrounds to talk about LGBTQ2+ and Indigenous permaculture…