Contact
For more information about spOtlight contact
Aubrey Reeves
Project Manager and Artistic Producer for SpOtlight
416-646-7468
Toll Free: 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7468
areeves@arts.on.ca
Sheena Lessard
Project Coordinator
647-258-5077
1-800-387-0058 ext 5077
slessard@arts.on.ca
2009 spOtlight Festival
Acknowledgments
The Ontario Arts Council would like to thank our municipal and community partners for their support and enthusiasm:
Mayor Doug Craig and staff Gwen Stott, Tamara Louks and Sophie McCann (City of Cambridge), Mayor Karen Farbridge and staff Colleen Clack, Ella Pauls, Ann Pappert and Tara Sprigg (City of Guelph), Mayor Carl Zehr and staff Cheryl York, Lori-Ann Livingston and Don Chapman (City of Kitchener), Mayor Dan Mathieson and staff Christa Robinson (City of Stratford) and Mayor Brenda Halloran and staff Betty Anne Keller, Tracy Suerich and Colleen Dostle (City of Waterloo), Ken Seiling, Regional Chair and staff Lucille Bish (Region of Waterloo), Mark Garner (Kitchener Downtown Business Association), Patti Brooks (The Uptown Waterloo Business Improvement Area), Lynn Broughton (Guelph Downtown Business Association), Andrea Stebbings (Cambridge Downtown Business Improvement Association), Christina Phillips (Stratford City Centre Committee) and Sean Jasmin (Fusion Marketing).
A special thank you to our sponsors:
Kim O’Keefe and Sarah McNeil (107.5 DAVE FM and 91.5 The BEAT) Jan Bockmaster and Cathy Weisbrod (The Record and The Guelph Mercury), Ernest Mallais (ECHO Weekly), JoAnne Barr (Stratford City Gazette), Dawn Taylor-Gilders (SNAP Kitchener/Waterloo, SNAP Cambridge) … (SNAP Guelph), Ted Anderson (The Cambridge Times) and other media sponsors, Eric Gillespie and Sandy Roberts (Grand River Transit), Jordan Gabriel (The Bookshelf Ebar), Paul Aquilina (Wellington Brewery) and Matt Delorey (Walper Terrace Hotel).
We would like to acknowledge OAC board member Bill Hughes and past board member, Doug Brock
, as well as our Ministry of Culture colleagues who worked with us on this project Richard Mortimer, Director of Culture Policy, Rebecca Weinfeld, Knowledge Management Coordinator.
Most importantly, we thank all the spOtlight artists and arts organization for participating in the festival and putting so much energy and effort into it.
spOtlight is funded by the Ministry of Culture and produced by the Ontario Arts Council:
- Aubrey Reeves, spOtlight Artistic Producer and Project Manager
- Sheena Lessard, spOtlight Project Coordinator
- John Brotman, Executive Director
- Kirsten Gunter, Director of Communications
- Janice Lambrakos, Information Services Coordinator
- Daphnée Nostrome, Communications Coordinator
- Elena Yunusov, outgoing Communications Assistant
- Ashleigh Hodgins, Communications Assistant
- Hamal Docter, Communications Coordinator, and other OAC staff
- Design and Production: The Office of Gilbert Li
- Marketing Consultant: Sean Jasmin, Fusion Marketing
- Copyediting (English): Edna Barker
- Translation: Sara Tremblay
For more information about spOtlight contact:
Kirsten Gunter, OAC Director of Communications
Toll-free: 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7403
To learn about OAC grant programs and services, contact:
Janice Lambrakos, Information Services Coordinator
Toll-free: 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7429
Ontario Arts Council
151 Bloor Street West, 5th Floor
Toronto ON M5S 1T6
416-961-1660 or 1-800-387-0058
www.arts.on.ca
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is the province of Ontario’s primary funding body for professional arts activity. Since 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 Ministry of Culture encourages the arts and cultural industries, protects Ontario’s heritage and advances the public library system in order to maximize their contribution to the province’s economic and social vitality. The ministry implements strategies to promote and market Ontario’s cultural and heritage attractions to realize their full economic potential. It works with local communities and cultural agencies to preserve Ontario’s culture and heritage.