ALL ABOARD! Bryan Faubert (@_kid.be_) is a local artist and owner of a one-of-a-kind LRT car. This decommissioned unit was previously housed in downtown west as a programmable artists space…
Category: Featured ActivateYYC Projects

NASARIMBA x Bow Waters Canoe Club
ActivateYYC supported @NASARIMBA in painting a mural along the the Bow Waters Canoe Club below the 17th Avenue overpass. This space is a hidden gem, running alongside the tranquil irrigation…

Homespace Society Norris House Project
Homespace Society received an ActivateYYC grant to brighten up a courtyard within their Norris House property, in the community of Seton. The inner space was heavily used by children from…

Millican-Ogden Bump-out Art
Group: Millican-Ogden Community AssociationDate: 2023Location: Millican-Ogden, SE The Millican-Ogden CA worked with the City of Calgary via the Federation to advocate for traffic safety devices. The City installed traffic calming…

Inglewood BIA Lot Activations
Group: Inglewood BIADate: 2023Location: Inglewood, SE The Inglewood BIA received an ActivateYYC grant to fund activations in an empty lot along 9th Ave. There was a variety of elements that…

Gladstone Park Activations
Group: Hillhurst Sunnyside Community AssociationDate: 2023Location: Hillhurst Sunnyside, NW The initial intent of the project was to use funding to purchase traffic calming equipment like jersey barriers. To the community’s…

Southview Paint the Pavement
Group: Southview Community AssociationDate: 2023Location: Southview SE Southview Community Association received an ActivateYYC grant, and painted two sections of 35th St., SE in two sections of 30th St., SE. The…

Friends of Centre Ave Traffic Calming
Group: Friends of Centre AveDate: 2023Location: Bridgeland, NE The Friends of Centre Ave, is a grassroots group that is looking to create a better physical realm on a stretch of…

Highland Park Paint the Pavement
Group: Highland Park Community AssociationDate: 2023Location: Highland Park, NW The Highland Park CA worked with the community and volunteers to agree on an artist to design a mural to paint…

ContainR Mural + Lighting
Group: Springboard Performance SocietyDate: 2023Location: Sunnyside, NW With the assistance of ActivateYYC funding Springboard was able to light up and beautify the public space at the containR art park and community…