CTV News (June 2, 2026) - Youth aimed arts day takes centre stage at Calgary’s Werklund Centre

LiveWire (June 2, 2026) - Students take the main stage: Werklund Centre hosts 400 Calgary students for special performances

CityNews (May 28, 2026) - Construction begins on Olympic Plaza transformation project

Calgary Herald (May 28, 2026) - Ceremonial sod-turning celebrates work on Olympic Plaza transformation project

LiveWire (May 28, 2026) - ‘Centre of gravity’: Ground breaks on Calgary Olympic Plaza transformation

CityNews (March 25, 2026) - Werklund Centre unveils name for a new ethical gathering place in downtown Calgary

LiveWire (March 24, 2026) - BMO Lodge announced as part of the Werklund Centre’s expansion

Calgary Herald (March 11, 2026) - Art ‘reflects the city back on itself’: Calgary’s cultural scene plays leading role for growing population

ConnectCRE (March 5, 2026) - Calgary Performing Arts Centre Redev Begins to Rise

ReNew Canada (March 2, 2026) - Construction begins on expansion of Calgary’s new performing arts centre

Calgary Herald (Feb 18, 2026) - Think-tank member: The work that growth can’t do.

Calgary Herald (Jan 10, 2026) - National Geographic Live invites Calgarians into a new era of exploration

CityNews (Aug 8, 2025) - Osten-Victor Playhouse: A love letter to Calgary’s creative future

Calgary Herald (Aug 8, 2025) - State-of-the-art 1,000-seat theatre at Arts Commons to be named after philanthropists Al Osten and Buddy Victor

CTV News (July 10, 2025) - Calgary’s Arts Commons transformation shortlisted for 2025 World Architecture Award

Curiocity (April 7, 2025) - This is what Calgary’s new Olympic Plaza could look like

LiveWire (April 7, 2025) - Plans for the new Olympic Plaza revealed

Calgary Herald (April 7, 2025) - 'Look to the future': Transformed Olympic Plaza will include skating rink in winter.

CBC (April 7, 2025) -Olympic Plaza redesign includes skating rink and 12-metre-tall gold fountain. Vision for remake was inspired by the 1988 Winter Games iconography

Calgary Herald (March 20, 2025) - ‘Clearly a movement': how major spending on arts infrastructure, institutions is creating is creating a very different Calgary

The Scene (March 3, 2025) - Arts Accessibility in Calgary

CTV News (Feb 21, 2025) - Arts Commons transforms construction site into art installation

Livewire (Feb 21, 2025) - Olympic Plaza construction beautified with new public art

Forbes (Feb 20, 2025) - 6 Things That Arts Leaders Should Do Right Now

Livewire (Jan 23, 2025) - Increased funding for the arts increases max eligible grant amount for artists

The Gauntlet (Jan 19, 2025) - The Arts Commons Transformation will reimagine art and culture in downtown Calgary

The Globe And Mail (Dec 20, 2024) - Mustafa, Cindy Lee and more: The Canadians who made their mark in the arts world in 2024

Canadian Architect (Dec 18, 2024) - Arts Commons Transformation expansion breaks ground

Livewire (Dec 11, 2024) - Ground broken on new Arts Commons theatre complex

Calgary Herald (Dec 11, 2024) - Community leaders, government officials come together at ceremonial groundbreaking on Arts Commons Transformation expansion

Calgary Herald (Nov 29, 2024) - Q&A: Head of Arts Commons explores how cultural institutions can stay relevant in changing times

Avenue Magazine (Nov 19, 2024) - 5 New Books by Calgary Authors

Forbes (Nov 5, 2024) - The Audacity of Relevance On The Future Of Arts And Culture

The Globe And Mail (Oct 17, 2024) - Two new Canadian books find optimism in artistic life, against the odds

Calgary Herald (Sep 11, 2024) - Calgarians invited to take steps towards reconciliation at Elders Story Project event

The Globe And Mail (June 28, 2024) - Calgary’s Arts Commons advances its revitalization into downtown hub with $75-million donation

The Globe And Mail (June 28, 2024) - Alberta Insider: Calgary Arts Commons revamp gets $75-million donation

Calgary Herald (June 26, 2024) - Arts Commons receives historic gift of $75 million from Werklund Family

The Globe And Mail (June 26, 2024) - Calgary’s Arts Commons to receive historic $75-million donation

CTV News (June 26, 2024) - Arts Commons to mark major philanthropic gift

Livewire (June 26, 2024) - Arts Commons renamed after $75 million donation from the Werklund Family

CTV News (June 26, 2024) - Calgary family donates $75 million philanthropic gift to help transform Arts Commons into the Werklund Centre

Radio Canada (June 26, 2024) - L’Arts Commons va changer de nom après avoir reçu un don philanthropique de 75 M$

AGBU Insider (June, 2024) - The culture connector: arts visionary Alex Sarian sees art and community as one

Calgary Economic Development (April 17, 2024) - Community partners share Calgary’s new brand

The Architect’s Newspaper (April 9, 2024) - In Calgary, KPMB, Hindle, and Tawaw Architecture Collective unveil a new theatre complex for Arts Commons

CBC (April 4, 2024) - Here’s what the $270-million expansion of Calgary’s Arts Commons will look like

Livewire (April 4, 2024) - Design revealed on transformational new theatre complex at Arts Commons

Curiocity (April 4, 2024) - Calgary is getting two brand new theatres and here’s what they’ll look like

Calgary Herald (March 22, 2024) - Arts Commons, Olympic Plaza transformation to receive $103 million from province

Global News (March 22, 2024) - Calgary’s Arts Commons gets $103M commitment from province for transformation work

Livewire (March 22, 2024) - Province gives $103 million boost to Arts Commons and Olympic Plaza redevelopment

CityNews (March 22, 2024) - Calgary to get $103M boost from province for Arts Commons, Olympic Plaza projects

Calgary Herald (Feb 7, 2024) - Post-pandemic blues: How arts groups are faring after emergency COVID funding ended

The YYScene (Feb 6, 2024) - Arts Uncommon

Calgary Herald (Nov 23, 2023) - Cultural institutions play big role in downtown revitalization, Calgary arts leader says

Livewire (Nov 10, 2023) - All Canadian design team announced for new Olympic Plaza

CBC (Aug 27, 2023) - Has theater in Calgary really recovered from the pandemic?

Calgary Herald (Aug 2, 2023) - Arts Commons names new VP with extensive arts experience

CityNews (June 7, 2023) - Calgary’s Olympic Plaza set for full makeover as part of downtown revitalization

Livewire (June 6, 2023) - ‘Crumbling’ Olympic Plaza to get major redevelopment starting in 2024

Livewire (June 1, 2023) - Committee approves blend of Arts Commons, Olympic Plaza and Stephen Avenue projects

Calgary Herald (May 18, 2023) - Arts Commons extends contract of president and CEO Alex Sarian

Avenue Magazine (April 6, 2023) - How Indigenous architecture is shaping the future of Arts Commons

Avenue Magazine (Oct 26, 2022) - Alex Sarian, Top 40 Under 40 2022

The Dance Current (Aug 29, 2022) - How will Calgary’s Arts Commons expansion effect dance in the city?

The Logic (May 5, 2022) - In an effort to attract tech talent, Calgary leans into building its arts and culture scene

Livewire (Feb 9, 2022) - Design team announced for Calgary’s re-imagined Arts Commons

Calgary Chamber of Commerce (Sept 17, 2021) - The art of surviving a pandemic: an interview with Arts Commons’ Alex Sarian

Avenue Magazine (Sept 16, 2021) - Racial equity in the arts in Calgary

CBC (Aug 11, 2021) - Restarting Calgary’s performing arts scene a careful balancing act

The Globe And Mail (April 30, 2021) - Armed with a new $80-million grant, Calgary’s Arts Commons aims to revitalize the city centre

The Globe And Mail (March 11, 2021) - These arts leaders took over their organizations just as the pandemic hit. Here are their lessons in navigating through crisis

Canon (Feb 23, 2021) - Calgary’s Arts Commons announces collaboration with Canon to explore the intersection of arts and technology post COVID-19

CBC (Feb 15, 2021) - OPINION: Transformation of Glenbow and Arts Commons a rare opportunity

CTV News (Feb 4, 2021) - Arts Commons project another renovation plan for Calgary’s east end

Calgary Herald (Oct 9, 2020) - Arts Commons transformation project begins design process

CBC (Oct 9, 2020) - Arts Commons expansion project moves ahead to design process

Calgary Herald (May 28, 2020) - The long and winding road during pandemic brings new CEO to Arts Commons

CBC (Jan 20, 2020) - Arts Commons announces Alex Sarian, of New York’s Lincoln Center, as new president and CEO

Calgary Herald (Jan 20, 2020) - Arts Commons names former Lincoln Center executive Alex Sarian as president and CEO

CTV News (Jan 20, 2020) - Arts Commons new president and CEO has lengthy track record in New York arts scene

The Scene Room (March 13, 2025) - Relevance and Leadership in the Arts

CBC Radio One (Oct 18, 2024)
Here and Now Toronto with Ramraajh Sharvendiran

At The Mic (Sept 9, 2024) - Alex Sarian on the Audacity of Relevance

The Three Bells (Feb 17, 2024) - From Calgary with Love… Alex Sarian & Nicholas Bell in conversation with Criena Gehrke

And I Wonder (Feb 16, 2024) - Calgary CEOs: Alex Sarian & Femi Bode-George

It’s a Theory (Sept 19, 2023) - Diversifying arts and culture with Alex Sarian

The Big Intermission (May 12, 2023) - Alex Sarian: President & CEO of Arts Commons

The Breakfast Dish (May 30, 2020) - Alex Sarian

CollisionsYYC (April 1, 2022) - Why civic pride, downtown revitalization and inclusion are driving our new identity

Capacity Interactive’s CI to Eye (Feb 2022) - What the pandemic changed

Calgary Arts Development (June 7, 2021) - The Storytelling Project: Alex Sarian

The Creative Block (June 2021) - Alex Sarian