Vivacity YYC
4825 Mt Royal Gate SW T3E 6K6 Calgary, AB, Canada

After a semester of hard work, this is what the #Vivacity2020 Literary and Written Works team presented to the class guest panel a couple weeks back. Their task was to design an experiment that would connect individuals to each other through the written word. This photo is a prototype of what the experiment wouldve looked like on the third floor of the New Central Library plus a few things after learning from the panel! Although the showcase couldnt come to fruition, moving forward, the team will be thinking about how to make our city more creative and vibrant for its residents and visitors. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #cocreate #create #creative #support #socialinnovation #art #civicinnovation #creativecities #written #literacy

Throwback to #vivacity 2020s prototyping phase. We are all so sad we couldnt share our work with the public at the showcase, but what we learned the last several months was invaluable. Heres to vibrant and creative cities! #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #cocreate #amazing #support #written #literacy #innovation #socialinnovation #create #creative

Head over to the website to read the latest blogs written by the students. http://www.vivacityyyc.com/blog2020

Thank you @wendyincalgary for showcasing our amazing work that we did early on this semester. Tonight would have been our showcase and its sad that we cannot show the work that the students have completed. Hopefully you are all staying safe. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #cocreate #amazing #support #local

Notice of Cancellation of the Vivacity Showcase March 25, 2020 In light of the concerns surrounding COVID 19, and the decision made earlier today regarding the cancellation of large program bookings at the Central Library, the 3rd Annual Vivaicty Showcase has been canceled. As you can imagine our students have worked tirelessly throughout the semester as they explored Calgary's creative and cultural industries. They are an amazing and talented group of students who have wor...ked with alumni, mentors, coaches and changemaker artists to learn how our creative industries help to build community and a sense of belonging. As many of you know, the Vivacity event is your opportunity to talk with our students, learn about their work, test drive their citizen experiments, and support data gathering efforts regarding the role of the arts in our community. While we are all disappointed that we have had to cancel the event, please know that we will be looking for alternate ways to engage with community and share our learnings regarding the pivotal role that our creative industries play in Calgary. I would also like to personally thank everyone who supported this year's class, including; the city of Calgary and the Civic Innovation Lab, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary Economic Development, the Institute for Community Prosperity and of course the Calgary Public Library, who so generously provided access to our 'classroom' each week! Thank you so much for your support and we look forward to seeing you next year! Keep well. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #amazing #support #cocreate #create #innovate #innovation #socialinnovation

Take a look at the Prototyping Journey from the Performance Team

Do you wonder about the Music Scene in Calgary, take a look at what the students are up to.

Here is what the Visual Team's Citizen Experiment is shaping up like.

In Graz, Design can be found everywhere

Recycled Ice Cream Bins used as building materials.

The prototypes are live @calgarylibrary today until 5pm. We are excited to see how people will interact with each of the experiments. #vivacity #vibacityyyc #cocreate #create #calgarylibrary #innovation #socialinnovation #experiments @ Calgary Central Library

Getting ready to head over to @calgarylibrary to prototype their experiments. Cant wait to show you all on March 25 the final products. #cocreate #create #innovation #socialinnovation #yyc #vivacity #vivacityyyc @ Calgary City Hall

Groups planning what they are going to be prototyping in a short while. So excited to see what they will come up with. #cocreate #innovation #civicinnovation #socialinnovation #create #vivacity #vivacityyyc @ Calgary City Hall

Chad is teaching us about Prototyping in and out of the classroom. It can be made out of anything and everything, you just want to be able to test your product out! #cocreate #prototype #innovate #innovation #vivacity #vivacityyyc #amazing #teaching #testing

Teaching us about Artifacts from the Future and seeing Ashleigh tell us that it is a great exercise and then secretly saying that she wants to do this every class. #socialinnovation #innovation #cocreate #amazing #create #innovate #thumbsup #thumbsdown #artifacts @ Calgary City Hall

Getting ready for our session at the Innovation Lab @cityofcalgary. Super excited to see what the students are doing today. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #innovation #design #create #cocreate #amazing #collaborate

Bergen, more than the colourful houses. There is a huge foodie scene.

Mmofra Park encourages children to play...

Valparaiso, Chile is an exemplar city

Dublin, City of Words - an Exemplar City

Ljubljana is the Creative City of Literature

Denver is a City of Creativity and Community... and an exemplar city.

Do you know where Ljubljana is? It is another exemplar city revitalizing neglected public spaces.

India is an Exemplar City

Stockholm is an Exemplar City...

Why is Boston an Exemplar City? This is why...

Check out Conakry Guinea as an exemplar city.

Check out this teams adventure in the West-End of Calgary

Check out what the team said about Stephen Avenue.

This cool art piece is in Centre-East Downtown Calgary.

Centre West has some really cool art that they want Calgary to know about.

Take a look at the Blog about Chinatown's Jane's Art Walk

First dialogue circle of the semester. Talking about opportunities to talk about how they are doing and what is coming up. One person at a time talks and everyone else listens. #vivacity #yyc #vivacityyyc #amazing #cocreate #support #design #artwalk #janeswalk

Our class did a version of a Janes Walk with a focus on Art. Janes Walks are free, locally-led walking tours inspired by legendary urban activist Jane Jacobs, in which people get together to explore, talk about and celebrate their neighbourhoods. Where more traditional tours are a bit like walking lectures, a Janes Walk is a walking conversation. Tomorrow the class is presenting their walks, watch Instagram for their presentations. #local #janeswalk #janejacobs #artwalk #cocreate #vivacity #yyc #vivacityyyc #amazing #may

When information designers create the maps. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #cocreate #design #art #mapping #systemsmapping

The students mapping is coming along. It will be interesting to see their experiments. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #cocreate #mapping #design #art #fun #systemsthinking @ Calgary Central Library

Our teams are formed, mentors present, systems mapping ideas about their clusters to prep for their projects. #vivacity #vivacityyyc #yyc #cocreate #art #visitors #mapping #learning #calgarylibrary

All the creative people that made this wonderful piece of art. Thank you Wendy for facilitating. #art #vivacityyyc #vivacity #yyc #cocreate #amazing #arts #creativepeople #resilient #calgary