Arts Connect - Spring 2010

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In this issue... 

 

• Arts community welcomes The Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism and Culture
• Aengus Finnan appointed Touring and Audience Development Officer
• Three new Ontario Arts Council board members
• The Ontario Arts Council joins the Culture Days movement
• New reports profile arts and culture donors and volunteers in Canada
  
  

  Martha Durdin, OAC Chair, extends a welcoming hand to The Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism and Culture. (Photo: Bard Azima) Browse through photos from Minister Chan's reception

  
  
  
   

 

 

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From left to right, OAC Touring and Audience Development Officer, Aengus Finnan, Cindy Doire, four members of the Suzana Da Camara Band, followed by Ben Bruhmuller,  Faye Blais and Northeastern Consultant, Gouled Hassan, at the 2010 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards Conference, an event produced by Music and Film in Motion. (Photo: Courtesy of David Wiewel)

• Ontario Arts Foundation executive director Janet Stubbs steps down in June 2010
• 2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards Winners Announced

  Attendees at the Opera.ca Regional Roundtable take part in a mock Culture Days activity workshop. From left to right: Stephen Bye, Opera Hamilton, David Speers, Opera Hamilton, Caitlin Coull, Canadian Opera Company, Calista Biermans, Toronto Summer Music and Cecelia Paolucci, Toronto Summer Music. (Photo: Aubrey Reeves)

• K. M. Hunter Artist Award winners announced
• HST info and charity tax tools
• Grand Philharmonic Choir commemorates conductor Howard Dyck's legacy
• OAC-funded artists among Juno award nominees and winners 
• Showcase your photos on our website and publications
• Are you an artist based in Northern Ontario? Drop by one of our regional offices
• Arts in the News

Photos and Videos

• Ontario artists send photo greetings to welcome Minister Chan.
• Culture Days: Check out photos from the Culture Days launch and a video about the national arts movement.