Edmonton’s neighbourhoods are places where arts and heritage matter and where artists and historians live. Together the Edmonton Heritage Council, Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues have launched a unique project to connect people and their neighbourhoods through arts and heritage.

The only disappointment is that there wasn't enough funds for all of the 19 great project applications received. The selection jury for Living Local Arts & Heritage Neighbourhood Grants Project met and reviewed applications on Wednesday, November 30th. Five projects were awarded grants, a total allocation of $75,250. This was comprised of $50,000 through EAC, $20,000 through EHC and $5250 through EFCL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

1. Illuminated Boyle (Boyle CL) – Digital media arts project using archival photographs of the neighbourhood, juxtaposed with contemporary images and words from writers and poets, projected on the Boyle Community Centre’s gallery wall, visible from the street to passersby on 95^th Street.

2. Hazeldean Green: Connecting in Place (Hazeldean CL) – To animate a 6 block strip of greenbelt in the neighbourhood, the legacy of the railway spur that served the historic industries along Millcreek Ravine. Project will commemorate this legacy with an industrial sculpture and interpretive installation, to connect people with this aspect of neighbourhood and Edmonton history.

3. Alberta Avenue Oral History Interpretive Project (Eastwood, Alberta Ave, Parkdale Cromdale CLs, Norwood Neighbourhood Assoc)- project to collect the stories and memories of the participant communities through digital audio interviews. Stories will be the basis for interpretive performances, publications and the genesis of a digital archives of the communities along Alberta Avenue.

4. Child Artists in Action (Newton CL) – Heritage artist in residence program with Edmonton-born artist George Littlechild, with students at St. Leo-- to plant the seed of art the community and provide youth in the neighbourhood with knowledge and approaches to further their artistic explorations. The project will also work with children to observe and record the neighbourhood—its landscape, people, stories and shared culture.

5. Living Local Mill Woods (Mill Woods CL Presidents Council) “There are a lot of stereotypes about Mill Woods. This project aims to dismantle these and show the real history of people who came to the community and made it their home. By collecting the stories of the people who created the Mill Woods community and connecting this experience with new artistic work. Project approach modeled on the GWG: Piece by Piece project, Catherine Cole and Don Bouzek.”

Download the complete report on the selection process. Complete application listing.