CADA:
Business and arts team up to preview future of East Village

Pilot project will breathe new life into Seafood Market

The stage is set for an innovative new partnership in East Village. Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and the Calgary Arts Development Authority (CADA) announced a pilot project that will provide local artists temporary access to the vacant Seafood Market building this Fall.

“We’re really excited about this project,’ said Chris Ollenberger, President and CEO of CMLC. “We felt it was a really unique way to draw people into the neighbourhood and see how the area is changing. Our vision of East Village includes the arts community as a future anchor tenant, so we think of this as a preview of sorts.”

The pilot project will invite Calgary’s arts community to utilize the 24,000 sq. ft. Seafood Market in East Village for creative working space that could include visual arts, music or new media. While the Seafood Market is slated for eventual demolition, the creative use of an existing vacant building is part of a long term initiative to integrate the arts community into East Village. CADA will be encouraging local artists looking for temporary space to submit proposals for the use of the Seafood Market.

More details about proposal submissions and available space will be released in late August 2010.