As it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025, the National accessArts Centre presented by TD Ready Commitment (NaAC) is pleased to share its latest updates as it moves forward in completing the largest capital project in support of the disability arts in Canadian history – right in the heart of the City of Calgary. Two facilities totaling almost $25 million in design and development costs – the Multidisciplinary Disability Community Arts Hub (MDCAH) and the Trico Communities Accessible Arts Centre (TAC) – will sit side-by-side to create the world’s first accessible, disability-focused arts learning campus along Memorial Drive.
- The National accessArts Centre (NaAC) is proud to announce that The Joseph Chung Centre for Creativity has been selected as one of a small number of new global Design for […]
- Additional funding from the province will help propel the NaAC’s Chung Centre development to break ground Summer 2026. CALGARY – On March 3, 2026, at the National accessArts Centre’s (NaAC’s) […]
- Landmark contribution propels Accessible Arts Campus campaign beyond the three-quarter mark FEBRUARY 23, 2026 – CALGARY – The National accessArts Centre presented by TD (NaAC), which is currently developing the world’s first […]
- On December 3, 2025, Calgary’s City Council unanimously voted to increase the investments made towards the revitalization of the old Scouts Hall — soon to be the home of the […]
- The National accessArts Centre (NaAC), presented by TD Ready Commitment, is proud to announce the public launch of its ambitious capital campaign: Disability and the Arts. Redefined. With a fundraising goal of $30 million, the campaign will support the goal of creating the world’s first fully accessible arts learning campus.
- The NaAC is pleased to announce a significant investment from the Optimists Clubs in Calgary that will support the NaAC’s capital campaign – in particular, the revitalization project in partnership with the City of Calgary that will transform the old Scouts Hall into the Trico Communities Accessible Arts Centre. This facility will be one of two that will make up the world’s first accessible arts learning campus.
- Today, David Myles, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages and to the Secretary of State (Nature), announced an investment of $1.35 million in the National accessArts Centre (NaAC), following a tour of the facility. He made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages.
- Earlier this week, the Government of Canada, through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, committed $750,000 in funding towards the revitalization of the old Scouts Hall, soon to be transformed into the Trico Communities Accessible Arts Centre – home of the National accessArts Centre's Visual Arts programs and administrative offices.
- The Government of Alberta is committing $1 million towards the construction of the NaAC's new Multidisciplinary Disability Community Arts Hub (MDCAH) project.
- The federal government is investing $8,266,163 in this project through the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings (GICB) program.
- The National accessArts Centre presented by TD Ready Commitment (NaAC) will announce a groundbreaking multi-year sponsorship investment from Trico Communities that will completely transform the current Scouts Hall (2140 Brownsea Drive NW) into the Trico Communities Accessible Arts Centre.