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Common Ground Arts is seeking three contractors to join our 2025 Found Festival team. Applications are open until May 19, 2025 for the roles of Operations Coordinator, Festival Assistant, and Production Assistant. To apply for any of the positions, complete the application form here. Click the… Read More
Found Festival, Opportunities

Artist Call: AfterFound 2025

Apr 25, 2025

DEADLINE: May 19, 2025 Common Ground Arts Society (CG) and Latitude 53 (L53) are jointly seeking expressions of interest from visual/installation/multimedia artists to design a performance space at CG’s 2025 Found Festival July 9-13, 2025. The selected artist/collective will be tasked with the installation design for the Festival’s new AfterFound… Read More

Announcements

2025 Season Announcement

Apr 18, 2025

Common Ground Arts has been growing new projects and programs for nearly 15 years. We’ve been hinting at some big news coming in 2025, and today we get to share it: Our first full presenting season, packed with two festivals and three mainstage productions. Join us this year for…… Read More

Found Festival, Opportunities

Artist Call Open: Found Festival 2025

Oct 10, 2024

What is Found Festival, anyway? We take art out of conventional venues directly into the community. Found Festival celebrates art of all kinds: theatre, dance, film, poetry, music, sound art, installation art, endurance art…if it’s art created for unconventional spaces that challenges the artist/audience relationship, there’s a home for it in Found Festival. Found Festival is for… Read More

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Announcing the Artists of RISER 2025-2026

Aug 20, 2024

Since 2021, RISER has supported 13 new performance projects in productions, readings, and development workshops. Now, we’re excited to announce our first cohort of artists participating in our brand new two-year model in partnership with Fringe Theatre, Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival, and Skirtsafire! Artists will develop their projects over two… Read More

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Brick Shithouse – Found Q&A

Jun 29, 2024

Hey Foundsters! As the opening of Found Fest get closer, we’re taking a closer look at some of the projects in our lineup and what they’re all about! About Brick Shithouse: Influencers are millionaires and inflation is on the rise: so, seven best friends/worst enemies are anonymously livestreaming their… Read More

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Madness and Other Ghost Stories-Found Q&A

Jun 25, 2024

Hey Foundsters! As the opening of Found Fest get closer, we’re taking a closer look at some of the projects in our lineup and what they’re all about! About Madness and Other Ghost Stories: Madness and monster movies. A gathering of writers and storytellers around a campfire, focusing first on… Read More

Found Festival

Islands of Utopia: Veden äärellä – Found Q&A

Jun 21, 2024

Hey Foundsters! As the opening of Found Fest get closer, we’re taking a closer look at some of the projects in our lineup and what they’re all about! About Islands of Utopia: Veden äärellä: Veden äärellä Tells the story of two friends growing nearby the North Saskatchewan River. Physical and playful,… Read More

Announcements

Trash & Treasure: A Thrift Gala with Latitude 53

Jun 10, 2024

Two arts organizations are teaming up for one art-filled night supporting hundreds of Edmonton artists! Common Ground Arts Society and Latitude 53 present Trash & Treasure: A Thrift Gala. Tickets & More Info All proceeds and donations gathered through this event page and fundraiser will be shared between … Read More

Found Festival

Job Posting: Found Festival 2024 Front-of-House

May 20, 2024

DEADLINE: May 27, 2024 In case you missed it, we just announced our 2024 Found Festival, packed full of theatre and performance all over the city! We’re ramping up towards one of Common Ground’s biggest festivals ever with a dedicated team of enthusiastic and creative arts workers who love… Read More