Tunes & Tales: Audaciously Relevant with Alex Sarian

Join us for an inspiring evening of connection and creativity with ✨Alex Sarian✨, President & CEO of Arts Commons and bestselling author of The Audacity of Relevance.

As the visionary behind the Arts Commons Transformation, he’s reshaping how arts and culture influence our communities and beyond.
Explore the future of creative industries, the role of cultural leadership in shaping society, and the powerful intersections of art and innovation.
All set to the captivating music of Jazz and Swing masters, Tim and Shelley. 🎵

Join us for a night of meaningful connections and bold ideas.

✨Alex Sarian✨ is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Audacity of Relevance: Critical Conversations on the Future of Arts and Culture (ECW Press, 2024), and President & CEO of Arts Commons, where he is responsible for leading the $660 million Arts Commons Transformation (ACT) project—the largest cultural infrastructure project in Canadian history. Prior to moving to Calgary in 2020, he spent 18 years in New York City, where he served as a senior executive at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. A proud member of the 2022 class of Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40, he holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from New York University, is a graduate of the CommunityShift program at Western University’s Ivey School of Business, and was an inaugural graduate of the Impact Program for Arts Leaders at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.