Arts Connect - November 2009
In this issue...
Remembering Yvonne Chiu 
Important information for applicants about incomplete applications and audio/visual support materials
Claudette Jaiko appointed OAC Franco-Ontarian Arts Officer
Mary Lue Hinds and Bill Hughes re-appointed to OAC Board
John Brotman to retire in 2010
OAC strengthens support for individual arts managers
Harmonized Sales Tax Update: Transitional rules now available
John Brotman reports on 4 th World Summit on Arts and Culture
Grant results are mailed once decisions are made, approximately four months after the deadline. Results are posted on the website one month after that, listed by deadline date. Click here for a listing of grant recipients
Request for artists to participate in survey on needs of Canadian senior artists 
Aboriginal organization joins Exhibition Assistance program
Upcoming deadline for Cultural Strategic Investment Fund
OAC hosts panel discussion on creative cultural expression
Recent award winners including the Vida Peene Orchestra Award , the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award and the Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance
OAC invites experts to discuss cultural appropriation
Staff comings and goings
Show off your photos on our website and publications
A fresh look for OAC website!
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Photos from the Ontario Crafts Council reception celebrating the role Ontario crafts professionals played in the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale in South Korea. Canada was selected as the official guest country of the 2009 biennale. (Photo: Yusun Ha)
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Photo CreditsTop right: First-time operating grant recipient, the Elora Centre for the Arts (ECA), celebrates on October 16, 2009. From left, ECA oard members, Jeff Ostic and Paul Valeriotte, OAC Associate Visual and Media Arts Officer, Lisa Wöhrle, ECA programming coordinator, Roisin Gormley Young, and ECA General Manager Arlene Saunders. (Photo: Sarah McGoldrick)
Bottom right: From left to right, board member Harvey Slack, Claudia Morawetz, daughter of composer Oskar Morawetz, and Robert Cram, recipient of the 2009 Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance, following the opening concert of the University of Ottawa Orchestra’s 2009-10 season. (Photo: David Parsons)