For arts' sake : a history of the Ontario Arts Council, 1963-1983 The Art Room Maclean's Companion to Canadian Arts and Culture Past and Present of the Verbs to Read and to Write: Essays on Literacy The Young Writer's Companion The Canadian Brass Book : The Story of the World's Favorite Brass Ensemble Canadian National Cinema (National Cinemas) An Accented Cinema : Exilic and Diasporic Filmmaking Queer Looks: Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Film and Video

• 1983 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, for AUDIO CORRIDOR. ...
• 1983 Canada Council Explorations Grant with Barry Prophet, for RING CHAMBER. ...
• 1984 Canada Council Project Grant, for ARCUATION. ...
• 1989 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, for MOMENTS. ...
• 1993 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, for TIMEFOLD II. ...
• 1994 Ontario Arts Council Creative Artists in Schools program .
• 1995 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance .
• 1995 Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation, Arts Aborad .
• 2003 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, for Ouroboros .
• 2003 Toronto Arts Council Senior Arts Grant.

• Through Arts and Culture.
• SUDBURY ARTS COUNCIL FURTHERING ARTS CENTRE INITIATIVE.
• The Sudbury Arts Council (SAC) will be working closely with the City of Greater Sudbury to further the development of a proposed arts centre in Greater Sudbury. ...
• It is a move long-awaited by area artists, arts organizations and businesses – many of whom joined forces to develop the SPHERE initiative.
• ” SAC’s mission is to promote the arts and articulate the relevance of the arts to the community.
• The Sudbury Arts Council recognizes that many individuals and groups, each with their own visions, have been working to establish an arts centre in Sudbury for some time. The City of Greater Sudbury is currently contemplating the development of a performing arts centre for the area. “By working in partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury, community arts groups, artists, businesses and the public, we can move these visions towards one reality,” says Louise Lane, President of the Sudbury Arts Council. “We’ve an opportunity to develop a multipurpose space that is truly representative of Sudbury’s vibrant arts community. ...
• Lane encourages those with an interest in promoting arts and culture in the City of Greater Sudbury to become SAC members. “We need to strengthen our arts council to ensure it has a meaningful voice at the planning table,” says Lane. ...
• For more information on the proposed arts centre, to become a SAC member, or to lend your support, please contact the Sudbury Arts Council at 670-2787.
• SPHERE page donated by Northern Ontario. ...

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• New Music Officer at Ontario Arts Council Toronto, April 5, 2000 - David G. ... Parsons has been appointed the Music Officer at the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). He will leave his current position as Ontario Regional Director of the Canadian Music Centre to head up one of the largest of the granting sectors at OAC, working with the more than 500 musicians, composers and organizations that apply for funding each year. ... "We believe he will make an outstanding contribution to OAC and to music in Ontario. " Originally trained as a flautist and composer, David has spent the latter part of his career in arts administration. During the almost ten years at the Canadian Music Centre he has worked closely with composers, musicians, professional and community orchestras, choirs, new music presenters, and many others in Ontario's diverse music community. He has a particular interest in arts education having been instrumental in fostering educational outreach initiatives such as Creating Music in the Classroom, Cheapseats, Composers in Electronic Residence and Composers Companions at the Canadian Music Centre. Prior to joining the Canadian Music Centre, David was an administrative consultant for MythMakers, a Toronto arts management and consulting firm. ... He succeeds John Brotman, who is now OAC's Director of Arts Programs. - 30 - For more information, please contact: Kirsten Gunter, OAC Communications (416) 969-7403 or toll free in Ontario at 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7403 email kgunter@arts.

• Guelph Arts Council Home/News | Arts in Guelph Newsletter | GAC Calendar | Resources Walking Tours | Member Services | About Us | Contact Us.
• One of Ontario's first community arts councils, Guelph Arts Council has been in existence now for more than twenty-seven years. It functions as an umbrella organization, working to stimulate and co-ordinate the development of the visual, heritage, literary and performing arts so as to enrich the cultural life of this community and to encourage widespread appreciation of, support for and involvement in the arts. ...
• Guelph Arts Council plays an important role in community facilitation, helping to identify community cultural needs and, where appropriate and possible, serving as a catalyst or initiator of new ideas or programs. Recent such involvements include the Gateway to Arts and Heritage website, Threadworks 2004 Collaborative, AGOG 2004 Collaborative, Feasibility Study for a Guelph Visual Arts Community Centre and River Run Centre Capital Fundraising Campaign. Over the years, the Council has helped seed many community organizations / projects such as Royal City Musical Productions, Guelph Youth Singers and Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, to name only a few.
• Guelph Arts Council also participates regularly as a representative of the arts in many community undertakings, ranging from various City of Guelph strategic planning processes to Communities in Bloom, Guelph Visitor & Convention Services and the City of Guelph Grants Review process. In these and other community involvements, Guelph Arts Council helps to ensure that arts, culture and heritage are "on the table. ...
• Community services are central to Guelph Arts Council's role. ...
• reference materials such as directories, funding information, artists guides and many booklets on heritage as well as the literary, performing and visual arts .
• a library of arts-related periodicals not readily available elsewhere in the community .
• resource files on area artists and arts-related topics and organizations .
• computerized Arts Directory listings of local artists and arts organizations .
• Another important Guelph Arts Council service is the Master Events Calendar which assists community groups in planning their events, especially to help avoid scheduling conflicts. All groups are therefore encouraged to contact the Arts Council office as soon as an event or activity is scheduled.
• The materials collected for both the Resource Centre and the Master Events Calendar are also essential to the production of Guelph Arts Council's newsletter, Arts in Guelph. Published bi-monthly, it features a comprehensive calendar of area events, exhibitions and courses as well as timely articles on arts and cultural activities and issues.

• Ontario Arts Council.
• Arts Education Officer.
• ARTS EDUCATION OFFICER – Ref #01-03.
• You are an accomplished Arts Education Professional with broad knowledge of a range of art forms and practices, whose unique skills and proven record in understanding the issues affecting arts education in Ontario, including culturally diverse communities, makes you the ideal candidate to:.
• act as a critical link between arts education communities and Ontario Arts Council; .
• advocate on behalf of the OAC for arts education involving learners of all ages; .
• develop arts education policies, programs, strategies and services relevant to the arts community in Ontario and Ontario Arts Council’s priorities; .
• promote, outreach and consult on matters of interest related to arts education; .
• collaborate internally with program officers on arts education activities; .
• arts education experience with culturally diverse artists and organizations; .
• broad knowledge and understanding of the education system in Ontario, specifically its arts education curriculum requirements; .
• familiarity with arts education resources, including community based programs; .
• knowledge of research and trends in arts education; .
• experience with assessment approaches developed and used in the arts; .
• #01-03, Ontario Arts Council, 151 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1T6. ...
• Ontario Arts Council provides competitive pay and benefits.

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• The website for the Ontario Arts Council offers great detail on a considerable number of programs. Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund.
• Funding for cultural organizations including arts organizations. ... Ontario Trillium Foundation .
• Council for the Arts in Ottawa .
• The Arts Council in Ottawa has information on private funding available to individuals and groups. ...
• Missisauga Arts Council .
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• The Quinte Arts Council has several bursaries and awards available. ...
• Scarborough Arts Council .
• Toronto Arts Council .

• Ontario Arts Council Conseil des arts de l'Ontario Ontario Arts Council offers more than forty funding programs for Ontario-based artists and arts organizations, with funds from the Ontario government. ... OAC also offers awards, prizes and scholarships from private funds managed by the Ontario Arts Council Foundation.
• arts. ... ca   Oregon Arts Commission The Oregon Arts Commission works to foster the development of the arts across Oregon and assure their excellence in order to enrich the lives of Oregonians.
• us   OSAC - Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils Touring visual and performing arts in Saskatchewan with assistance of arts councils and schools. ...
• ca   Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Established in 1967, the RI State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is charged by the state legislature to stimulate public interest and participation in the arts and to serve as the liaison to the state arts community. ...
• us   Sedona Arts Center Sedona Arts Center of Sedona Arizona is a nonprofit organization offering art classes, exhibitions, theatre, tax free shopping featuring over 120 local and regional artists. ...
• com   Southern Arts Federation Southern Arts Federation - A regional arts organization who provides grants, programs and services to artists and arts organizations in the South.
• org   The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Northern California Council The NCC is one of the NMWA’s 21 state committees promoting women in the arts. The members of the NCC and its committees have diverse professional backgrounds, ranging from business executives, museum personnel, artists, university professors, patrons of the arts and numerous other areas. ...
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• ontario readers may want to get on the mailing list of the OAC "update" as it carries lots of good information and programme deadlines. for example, the "community cultural impressarios aka CCI will be taking over ontario contact. ... OAC and the michigan council for arts and cultural affairs are doing a joint project in detroit on october 17 called "arts and the quality of life". ... the contact is kirsten gunter / kgunter@arts. ...

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•   Arts & Cultural Commission of North Vancouver - Helps the arts flourish in the North Shore community through programs focused on local visual, performing and literary arts, as well as cultural events.
•   Arts Toronto - Encourages excellence and heightens awareness of the arts and artists in Toronto. Its programs include ArtsWeek, the ArtsWeek and the Schools Program, the Toronto Arts Awards, the Protegé Honours and the Toronto Arts Awards Film Program.
•   Burnaby Arts Council - Arts advocacy agency that assists in the development of local groups, companies and artists.
•   Canadian Conference of the Arts - Independent, non-partisan arts advocacy group and charitable organization. ...
•   Community Arts Council of Richmond - Home to nine studios: dance, painting, drawing, pottery, lapiadary, textile & print making. Sponsors classes, offer grants and scholarships in support of local arts in Richmond, B. ...
•   Guelph Arts Council - Umbrella organization, working to stimulate and co-ordinate the development of the visual, heritage, literary and performing arts in Guelph, Ontario.
•   Ontario Crafts Council - Ontario Crafts Council, an arts service organization promoting fine craft and offering educational programming.
•   The Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Crown agency of the Government of Alberta that provides funding to individual artists and arts organizations in the visual, performing and literary arts, and cultural industries.
•   The William Morris Society of Canada - Listings, and free postings of Canadian events pertaining to William Morris, the Arts and Crafts Movement. ...

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• Arts, Culture And Recreation .
• Arts, culture and recreation cover a wide range of creative, leisure and physical activities. In the arts and culture field, Economist Richard Florida and his colleagues found a correlation between a city’s creative sphere and its economic competitiveness; they call it the Creativity Index. ... From the Royal Ontario Museum to the Opera House, the National Ballet School, Canadian Stage, the Ontario College of Art and Design, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Ontario Science Centre and the Royal Conservatory of Music, the face of our cultural institutions will be transformed.
• “The ability to attract creative people in arts and culture fields and to be open to diverse groups of people of different ethnic, racial and lifestyle groups provides distinct advantages to regions in generating innovations, growing and attracting high-technology industries, and spurring economic growth. ...
• but the arts are chronically under-funded.
• While cuts to arts funding seriously challenged nonprofit arts organizations and artists over the past decade, combined grants on arts and arts organizations from the Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and City of Toronto totalled $54,184,000 in 2002, - $21. ... The Toronto Arts Council estimates, however, that an additional $45 million per year is needed in Toronto for effective, stable arts and culture operations. ...
• Between 1999 and 2002, there’s been a 105% increase in the number of schools charging fees for community use for fitness, recreation and arts programs. ...
• Toronto investment in the arts compares poorly with other cosmopolitan cities.
• The City of Toronto’s total annual contribution to arts, culture and heritage (including both operating and capital expenditures) amount to $14. ...
• Toronto arts organizations have a state of good repair deficit of $20 million per year. As pointed out by the City Summit Alliance, even ‘national treasures’ such as the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Toronto Symphony, The National Ballet and the Canadian Opera Company, which are now benefiting from the provincial SuperBuild program, are concerned about operational sustainability. ...
• The slight increase in overall funding to individuals and arts organizations over the past five years, mainly from the Canada Arts Council, masks the 37% reduction in grants to individuals and arts organizations from the Ontario Arts Council between 1995 and 199966. These numbers, however, do not take account of the increase in funding to the arts by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. There was no contribution to the arts by the Foundation in 1997, but by 2002 some $4 million was being contributed. ...

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• Home to 40 per cent of the nation's artists, Ontario is both a stage for innovative artistic expression and a training ground for emerging talent. Ontario artists and arts organizations have a reputation for excellence, in their own communities, across Canada, and around the world. ...
• The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is an independent agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation that supports artists and organizations involved in the arts in Ontario through grants, awards and services. Since its establishment in 1963, OAC has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts and artists for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians.

• The Valley Arts Council .
• THE VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL INC. ...
• ca The Valley Arts Council Inc. is the organization in the upper Ottawa Valley that advocates and promotes all of the arts. ...
• A recent survey has shown that direct economic return on investment in the Arts greatly exceeds the total of grants. The Valley Arts Council is the united voice of visual, performing and literary arts in the communities of the Upper Ottawa Valley. Without attempting to integrate or consolidate the work of the individual members or groups, the Council provides vital assistance in the following areas: .
• Co-ordination of the activities of associations, societies, businesses and individuals engaged in the Arts by publication of an events list in the VAC Newsletter, Festival Hall calendar of events, Foyer Gallery calendar of exhibits, flyers, posters and bulletin/announcement boards. ...
• Overall enrichment of the community by working with the Municipalities to maintain a Community Arts Centre and manage Festival Hall for the community. ...
• The office is located at the Festival Hall in Pembroke, Ontario and is open from Monday to Friday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ...
• Michelle's School of Performing Arts Showcase 2004 .
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• ARTS CALENDAR .
• LONDON ARTS COUNCIL COMMUNITY UPDATE April 1, 2004 (pdf).
• London Arts Council, 251 Dundas Street London ON N6A 6H9.

• 1963 Blue Ribbon / First Place in Junior Section/ 'Sears-Allstate Tidewater Arts Festival' / for collage "Pensive Youth".
• 1967 Full Tuition Scholarship, to attend the 'School of Visual Arts' in New York City, New York, U. ...
• 1974 Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada.
• 1975 Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada.
• 1976 Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada.
• 1977 Ontario Arts Council, Ontario, Canada.
• 1979 CANADA COUNCIL ARTS 'B' BURSARY, Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• 1983 CANADA COUNCIL PROJECT TRAVEL COST, for travel to Triangle Artists Workshop, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• 1988 CANADA COUNCIL SENIOR ARTS 'A' BURSARY, with travel cost to do photography in Barcelona, Spain, Madrid, Spain and Paris, France, granted from Canada Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• html quote:"Virginia Museum of Fine Arts .
• 5 Million   Thirty-one Virginia artists and art students have been awarded a total of $182,000 in 2001 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowships.   In the 61 years in which the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has awarded Fellowships, the museum has awarded $2. ...   "Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowships provide crucial support for artists who wish to advance their careers or further their education," says Dr. ...   Money for the Fellowships comes from a privately endowed fund administered by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. ... Scholarship Fund, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation. ...

• The Brampton Arts Council is a registered non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to the promotion and development of the arts within the City of Brampton. We welcome you to browse through our web site so you may learn more about our Council, local events and artists.
• We proudly endorse the Heritage, Arts, Culture and Entertainment communities in the City of Brampton. ...
• We are supported financially through group and individual membership, corporate sponsors and the following: Core funding from the City of Brampton and financial assistance from the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

• Hamilton & Region Arts Council. ... Hamilton and Region Arts Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the community and its artists as an advocate for the arts and as a forum for promoting the arts in the greater Hamilt. ...
• London Arts Council, London, Ontario, Canada. ... London Arts Council is located in London, Ontario, Canada. Our activities include: promotion of the arts community; information resource centre; publication of quarterly newsletter; monthly exhibits a. ...
• VSA arts Home. ... VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts), an international non profit organization celebrating the power of the arts have made in the lives of individuals with disabilities. ...
• Hamilton & Region Arts Council. ... Hamilton and Region Arts Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the community and its artists as an advocate for the arts and as a forum for promoting the arts in the greater Hamilt. ...
• London Arts Council, London, Ontario, Canada. ... London Arts Council is located in London, Ontario, Canada. Our activities include: promotion of the arts community; information resource centre; publication of quarterly newsletter; monthly exhibits a. ...
• Velo-Ontario Home Page. ... Velo-Ontario (aka VeloOntario & VelOntario) is an organization to promote cycling in Ontario, bicycling safety, and the bicycle for touring, transportation & recreation. ...
• VSA arts Home. ... VSA arts (formerly Very Special Arts), an international non profit organization celebrating the power of the arts have made in the lives of individuals with disabilities. ...

• The Mississauga Arts Council and CARFAC Ontario are pleased to announce a workshop for Visual Artists! .
• Cost: $5 for Members of CARFAC Ontario, Art Gallery of Mississauga and/or Mississauga Arts Council .
• Mississauga's Changing Landscape is a juried exhibit and joint venture of the Museums of Mississauga and the Mississauga Arts Council. ...
• Arts Council Breakfasts.
• The Mississauga Arts Council holds two breakfast events each year. These breakfasts each have arts related themes and are followed by a workshop with panelists and lively discussions based on the chosen theme.
• The Mississauga Arts Awards honour the artistic excellence of established artists, as well as encourage and support emerging artists in the following artistic disciplines: Literary, Media, Performing Arts (Individual & Group) and visual arts. Also the Laurie Pallett Patron of the Arts Award is presented to an individual who is a long time participant, donor, volunteer or leader in the community. The Mississauga Arts Awards is a magical evening of comedy, music and dancing. ...
• Join us on October 20 for the 2004 Mississauga Arts Awards.
• Click here for more information on the Mississauga Arts Awards .
• 2003 Mississauga Arts Awards Winners & Sponsors.
• 3rd Row: Rob McMillan (Sponsor), Justine Gogoua (Groupe des Arts Bassan), Beche Ako (Groupe des Arts Bassan), Yvonne DeSouza (Sponsor), Bruce Cochrane .
• 2nd Row: Alex Bartosik, Emmanuel Douho (Groupe des Arts Bassan), C. ...
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• • • • PineRidge Arts Council • • • .
• Ajax artist Mia Azevedo opens her one woman show "Impressions of Nature" at the Information Centre of the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in Pickering on Monday, January 12 and it runs until March 15, 2004. She is a member of the PineRidge Arts Council and formerly of the Scarborough Arts Council. ...
• Don Hewitt PineRidge Arts Council members exhibition schedule for 2004 at Ontario Power Generation Information Centre. 1675 Montgomery Park Road Pickering, Ontario open to the public Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4:30 pm. ...
• Bernie Bainbridge May 10 – July 12 David Chamberlain July 12  - September 13 Ajax Creative Arts September 13 -  November 10 Cyril Cox November 10 – January 10/05 Susan Hennecke .

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• > Welcome to the Quinte Arts Council The Quinte Arts Council is a volunteer arts service organization founded on the belief that the arts are for everyone and should be accessible to all. Our goal is to provide leadership within our community, to foster and develop creative excellence among artists and to promote awareness of and appreciation for the arts. We believe that the arts are essential to a healthy lifestyle - www. ...
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• Scarborough Arts Council nurtures and creates initiatives that stimulate growth and development of all arts disciplines, linking artists and the community. ... We operate in the firm belief that the arts foster the health of a dynamic society.
• Scarborough Arts Council.
• is a not-for-profit community arts council with the mandate to serve the Scarborough-area of the City of Toronto. It provides programs and services to promote and encourage development and involvement in the arts, for the benefit of artists and the community at large. Founded in 1978 as Arts Scarborough, it was incorporated in 1979 and changed its name to Scarborough Arts Council in 1989. ...
• The arts council is operated by a volunteer board of directors with professional staff. ...
• Since 1992, Scarborough Arts Council has had the good fortune to have an office and gallery in a city-owned "house" in the Harrison Estate Park, at the top of the Scarborough Bluffs. ... The staff and volunteers are welcoming and knowledgeable about a wide range of arts issues. ...
• Scarborough Arts Council gratefully acknowledges the support of the City of Toronto, Ontario Arts Council, Human Resources Development Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and our corporate and individual donors. ...
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• du Maurier Arts Council awards grants to 59 arts organizations in Ontario .
• TORONTO, June 10 /CNW/ - The du Maurier Arts Council announced today that 59 Ontario arts groups are among the recipients of grants for projects they will be presenting to the public in 2002 and 2003. The du Maurier Arts Council, one of Canada's foremost private sources of arts funding, announced the distribution of this year's funds after convening recently to assess the grant applications submitted by arts groups from across the country. This year's recipients will share in the $2 million that the Council is distributing to 271 arts organizations from coast to coast. In its 32-year history, the du Maurier Arts Council has awarded more that $58 million to over 621 arts groups in Canada. "The overwhelming diversity of this year's proposals are a true indicator of the outstanding contribution Ontario organizations are making to the arts community within the province and throughout Canada," remarked Neil Blanche, President of the Council. "In its 32-year history as a supporter of the arts, the du Maurier Arts Council has had the distinct pleasure of assisting a wide variety of Ontario arts organizations fulfill their creative vision and reach out to audiences in new and innovative ways. ... " The du Maurier Arts Council grants are distributed to arts groups in a wide variety of disciplines including dance, music, opera, symphony, theatre, film and visual arts. Among this year's 59 Ontario recipients are: Blyth Centre for the Arts, Kingston Symphony Association, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Port Stanley Festival Theatre, Northern Lights Festival Boréal, Kaeja d'Dance and Arraymusic, whose Post Scratch Orchestra will bring together composers from a variety of backgrounds. ... "With the support of the du Maurier Arts Council, we are able to ask audiences to decide what is a musical work?" The du Maurier Arts Council was formed in 1971. Its mandate is to foster innovative artistic projects and activities geared to attracting new audiences to established art forms, thereby contributing to the growth and development of the arts in Canada. The Council members are chairman Robert Bexon; president Neil Blanche; honourary directors Maureen Forrester, C.
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• 2004 Performing Arts Series for Children.
• presented by The Quinte Arts Council.
• The Quinte Arts Council and the Kids' Playhouse Committee are most grateful to Procter and Gamble for their continued support of this series and to the Department of Canadian Heritage (see story) for their generous assistance through their Arts Presentation Canada Program.
• The Kids’ Playhouse Committee has a spectacular program for 2004 with artists representing cultures from all corners of the world!  And we are thrilled to be moving the series to the newly-renovated Empire Theatre and Centre for the Performing Arts in downtown Belleville.
• Kids’ Playhouse will now be held at the new Empire Theatre and Centre for the Performing Arts located at 321 Front St. ...
• Instead of purchasing your tickets from the Quinte Arts Council, you can now purchase them at the Empire Theatre Box Office. ...
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• An independent agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture that supports artists and organizations involved in the arts in Ontario through grants, awards and services. Since its establishment in 1963, OAC has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts and artists for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. ...
• Provides financial assistance and consultation services to encourage the development of the arts in Ontario. ...
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• Funding for this project is provided by the Government of Ontario, Ministry of Citizenship - Volunteer @ction. ... The views and opinions expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Ontario.

• The Ontario Council of Folk Festivals .
• Ontario’s Folk Music Association .
• The 18th Annual Ontario Council of Folk Festivals Conference.
• Guelph, Ontario.
• The Ontario Council of Folk festivals (OCFF) is now accepting showcase applications for the 2004 OCFF Conference in Guelph, Oct. ... A showcase performance at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals conference provides a major opportunity for artists to get into the Ontario festival circuit -- the largest regional festival touring circuit in North America. The OCFF conference provides excellent networking and professional development opportunities with the key people in the Ontario folk music industry, including many presenters. ...
• 00 for OCFF members, payable to the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. ...
• Ontario Council of Folk Festivals.
• Le conseil des festivals folk de l’Ontario (CFFO) accepte dès maintenant les demandes de participation au promo-spectacle de la conférence CFFO 2004 à Guelph, qui aura lieu du 14 au 17 octobre, 2004. Une présentation qui fait partie du promo-spectacle à la conférence du conseil des festivals folk de l’Ontario, fournit une grande chance aux artistes à s’introduire au circuit de tournée des festivals folk de l’Ontario – le plus grand circuit de tournée régional en Amérique du Nord. La conférence CFFO fournit d’excellentes chances de réseautage et de perfectionnement professionnel, avec les personnes-clé de l’industrie de musique du secteur folk en Ontario, y compris plusieurs présentateurs. ...
• Un formulaire complété doit accompagner votre disque compact, une biographie d’une page, ainsi qu’une photo, un devis technique et une liste des membres du groupe s’il a lieu, en plus d’un chèque ou mandat payable au Ontario Council of Folk Festivals, au montant de 25,00 $ pour non-membres, 15,00 $ pour membres du CFFO. ...
• Ontario Council of Folk Festivals.
• Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF) Songs From the Heart Songwriter Awards Call for Entries  .
• The Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF) is accepting entries for the 2004 Songs From the Heart Songwriter Awards now until May 15, 2004. ...

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