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Ontario Arts Council board member, Harvey Slack, presents Abigail Lapell with the 2016 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award. (Photo: Mike Bourgeault)
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Remapping the Illegitimate Border (Countering the Legacy of the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent)
, an installation piece by artist Dylan Miner in collaboration with Indigenous and Latino Youth of Waawayeyaattanong, the Autonomous Windsor-Detroit Borderlands, at the Art Gallery of Windsor during the
Border Cultures: Part One (homes, land)
exhibition. (Photo: Frank Piccolo)
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, an independent bookstore and literary cultural destination in Toronto, receives the 2016 Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts (Arts Organization Award). (Photo: Sonia Cacoilo)
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Small-press publisher Paper Rocket displays assorted books during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library. (Photo courtesy of Toronto Public Library)
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The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly funded independent agency of the Government of Ontario, reporting to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport. For more than a half century now, OAC has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of all Ontarians. The OAC has fostered growth in Ontario’s arts communities by funding individual artists and arts organizations in all disciplines and all regions of the province.
The OAC’s staff manage granting programs, while a volunteer board of directors oversees the fulfilment of the organization’s mandate. The board of directors is made up of 12 government-appointed members.
Granting programs are organized primarily by discipline, such as craft, dance, literature, music, theatre, media arts and visual arts. In addition, OAC supports the touring, recording and presentation of arts activities as well as various collaborations between artists. Funding is also available for culturally based arts forms, such as Franco-Ontarian arts and Indigenous arts.