Connects
Radiate at the Residence Inn

Arts Commons is partnering with the Residence Inn Calgary Downtown | Beltline District to create Radiate. Springing from the Artist Inn Residence Inn program, this is a unique opportunity for alumni of Arts Commons Connects programs to deepen their process in an immersive residency. Radiate is also available to artists from other communities who heighten the experience of alumni and current participants of the RBC Emerging Visual Artists Program and TD Incubator.
Radiate invites artists to submit a statement of interest after conversing with members of the programming team at Arts Commons. Radiate provides artists with studio space, accommodation, and strives to foster a vibrant atmosphere that enhances Calgary’s creative community. Visit our Artist Opportunity page to see how to apply.

Current Resident
June 2025
Connor Cook
Connor Cook is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist currently residing in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada. His pieces have been showcased internationally through concerts or live performances across Canada, in Mexico, the United States, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
Connor’s work often stems from creative sound art practices – which in turn inform performance, and composition for stage, video, and interactive media.
His practice is further fueled by an interest in acoustic-ecology-informed recording and sustainable sound practices, and sustainable urban livelihood (including the sound ecology of the urban individual). Finally, community reciprocity drives his approach – Connor has found family across Canada and beyond and considers it a gift to cultivate creative projects that give back to the communities that helped support and challenge him over the years, especially in Montreal, Calgary, Fredericton, and Sweden.
He is a member of Trajectories Collective, an international ambient/experimental composition collective – their latest original piece, Ecomorphia, is installed at Arts Commons in Calgary, Alberta.
Connor currently works for the Next Generation Cities Institute at Concordia University in Montreal, where he is developing a podcast about the research conducted at the institute, as well as designing sound for their City Player and Tools for Cities projects, which leverage video game design to put research in the hands of city planners and community stakeholders interested in designing more sustainable urban environments.
Meet the Artist in Residence
June 27, 2025, 6:30pm
Residence Inn Downtown | Beltline | STABLE Tenth Avenue Cafe
No RSVP required, subject to capacity.

The Radiate program is a new chapter in the Artist Inn Residence Inn program presented by the Residence Inn Calgary Downtown | Beltline to enhance the guest experience and foster artists and the arts in Calgary.