Calliope Collective is an arts collective made of a few core members, and a project based revolving cast of characters, who reside on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe and Haudnosaunee in Kingston/Katarokwi. Calliope aims to explore and expose spectacle, wonderment, and the ways art and performance can transport and transform perception by combining and remixing elements from a broad spectrum of arts practices. We desire to work collaboratively with artists, performers, individuals, and organizations, and to foster those collaborations through a curatorial and creative lens that will open dialogues in the Kingston arts community. Members of Calliope came together from a variety of artistic and creative backgrounds, due to mutual attraction to inter-disciplinary arts. We have experience in festivals (both planning and performance), theatre, dance, costume making, stilt-walking & circus arts, live music performance, and curatorial.
