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Read more about "Powwow Trail 101 - Tsuut'ina Powwow Demonstration"Have you ever wondered how to musicians make and record music at home? Join the Library’s Musical Artist in Residence, Mirabelle Jien, as she pulls back the curtain to show you...
Read more about "Musical Artist in Residence 2023: Music Production - Virtual"Join the Library’s new Indigenous Artist in Residence, Kristy North Peigan, as she guides you through painting over one of her digital images on water colour paper. Learn about...
Read more about "Indigenous Artist in Residence: Layered Art - Painting Over Digital Images"The Board is appointed by the City, and is governed by the Act, the Regulation, the City Bylaw, and other relevant legislation. The Board has the authority for full management and control of the Library, and assumes with that authority the duty to develop policies related to the framework, governance, and operation of the Library. The Board employs the Chief Executive Officer, who in turn implements the policies and manages the daily operations of the Library. The Chief Executive Officer is accountable to the Board. The staff who implement Library operations are accountable to the Chief Executive Officer. Board Policies clearly define the scope and limits within which the Library operates. Board Policies are used to provide effective parameters and direction for decisions and actions undertaken by the Board, management, and staff. Defining and Interpreting Board Policies
Read more about "Defining and Interpreting Board Policies"The Heritage Triangle is the Glenbow Western Research Centre, the Calgary Public Library, and The City of Calgary Archives. These three organizations each specialize in different material and documents, collecting and preserving Calgary’s history and ensuring it is available to you.
Read more about "Making history accessible to all Calgarians."Join the Library’s 2023 Children’s Artist in Residence, Sumin Choi, and create your own storyboard while learning about character design and storytelling. Sumin will kick off the...
Read more about "Children’s Artist in Residence 2023: The Art of Storyboarding"You’re a dyed-in-the-wool book lover. Imagine sitting down and talking books with the head of a university English department. Sounds like some kind of book lover’s dream, right?Now imagine if that English professor was just as eager to sit down with you and discuss, say, the latest book by Elizabeth Strout, creator of the literary characters Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton.Well, she is.Jacqueline Jenkins, Head, Department of English, at the University of Calgary, has joined the Calgary Public Library family of volunteers.“I love books. I love reading books. I love talking about reading books,” says Jenkins who began volunteering with the Library’s Book Discussion Group program in January of this year. “Working with the Library on something I love to do, but that is different from what I do every day, lets me meet an entirely new set of book lovers and engage with a whole new world of ideas and perspectives.”A confluence of events—including a talk by Mayor Nenshi during which he encouraged Calgarians to look for opportunities to do three things for Canada as part of the sesquicentennial, as well as working with two University staff as they developed program content for the Library—occurred at just the right time and gave Jacqueline the encouragement she needed to look into volunteer opportunities with the Library.“Calgary is a city of volunteers and, for me, volunteering with the Library provides a perfect way for me to give back to a city that has given me so much,” says Jenkins, an Ontario-born resident of Calgary for 20 years.Her tip to Calgarians looking to volunteer with Calgary Public Library? From the myriad opportunities available, find the thing that resonates with you and makes the best use of you. Then give what you can to make it meaningful to you and those around you.Jacqueline Jenkins has done just that.
Read more about "Stories Meet our Volunteers: Jacqueline Jenkins Jacqueline has found a whole new world of ideas and perspectives to engage with through volunteering"CMLC Announces Artist for New Central Library’s Public Art Program International artist Christian Moeller to create three-piece sculpture and a mural that uses 11,000 booksCALGARY, AB — Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) — lead developer of Calgary’s Central Library, a $245 million fully-funded civic amenity in the re-emerging neighbourhood of East Village — is delighted to announce the public art installations for the New Central Library and to introduce the artist who’ll create them.“Our search for an artist whose work would befit a landmark facility like the New Central Library began in 2014, when we issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from local, national and international artists,” says Susan Veres, senior vice president of strategy & business development. “More than two hundred artists and artist teams from all over the world responded to the RFQ—an emphatic testament to the significance of the opportunity.”The budget for the commission was guided by City of Calgary’s Public Art Policy, which includes a “percent for public art” strategy for funding the acquisition, administration and management of public art in Calgary. To complete the public art installations for the New Central Library, the selected artist worked with a budget of $2 million which is inclusive of all fees, expenses, and fabrication costs, delivery and installation.Through a robust and multi-staged selection process which was informed by the City of Calgary’s Public Art Program, the responses CMLC received—239 in total—were first narrowed to a list of 35. The task of establishing a shortlist to then advance to a Request for Proposals (RFP) stage was guided by a Volunteer Art Committee comprising a community resident, an artist and representative from ACAD, a curator from Glenbow Museum, a rep from Calgary Public Library and a rep from Calgary Arts Development organization. Non-voting members/observers included reps from CMLC, City of Calgary Public Art Program and the NCL design team.Read the complete media release on CMLC's website.
Read more about "Stories"Listen to audiobooks, or read eBooks, digital magazines and graphic novels on your computer, mobile device, or e-reader. New titles are added every week.
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