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Results Announcement

Deadline Date: January 15, 2021



This is a third-party recommender program. Recommenders are organizations in the arts community authorized by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) to receive and assess grant applications. Recommenders are each allocated a budget and decide which applications are awarded grants. They also determine the amount of each grant. OAC reviews grant recommendations to confirm applicant and project eligibility and issues grant payments to recipients. Recommender decisions are authorized by OAC’s CEO.

To safeguard the integrity of the assessment process, artists who have a conflict of interest with a particular recommender are not eligible to apply to that recommender. An artist is in a conflict of interest if they are:

  • an employee or board member of the recommender organization
  • a person who reviews applications for the recommender
  • an immediate family member of those described above
In addition, recommenders must not approve grants that will be paid back to them in any way.

A Space Gallery, Toronto
Number of Applications: 18
Total Requested: $25,010
Number of Grants Awarded: 18
Total Recommended: $17,781
 
Recipients
Amin, Shahrzad, Oakville, $960 
Arcuri, Amanda, Toronto, $600 
Cohen, Gilad, Toronto, $500 
Hidalgo y Teran, Tosca, Toronto, $2,000 
Hunter, Timothy, Toronto, $2,000 
Kelly, Jean-Paul, Toronto, $1,000 
Khemadasa, Anupa, Toronto, $500 
Krepakevich, Shane, Toronto, $2,000 
Matheuszik, Adrienne, Toronto, $500 
Motekallem, Behrad, Richmond Hill, $1,050 
Neilly, Wynne, Hamilton, $1,155 
Ng, Petrina, Toronto, $1,000 
Samuel, Clare, Toronto, $1,000 
Santaguida, Roberto, Toronto, $750 
Schklar, Lois, Toronto, $1,100 
Tiggelers, Larissa, Toronto, $566 
Verjee, Zainub, Mississauga, $600 
Whiteway, Kate, Toronto, $500 
 

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $3,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
Crombach, Nicholas, Lansdowne, $2,000 
Davidson Smith, Julie, Kingston, $500 
Patterson, Pam, Bloomfield, $500 
 

Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $4,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,000
 
Recipients
Gordon, Atticus, Ottawa, $1,000 
Sutcliffe, Roger, Nepean, $1,000 
 

Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington
Number of Applications: 10
Total Requested: $14,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Amin, Shahrzad, Oakville, $800 
Cohen, Gilad, Toronto, $1,000 
Dempster, Marina, Toronto, $900 
Safaei-Sooreh, Sona, Toronto, $500 
Sethi, Meera, Toronto, $500 
Vasic, Boja, Toronto, $800 
 

Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $6,450
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Capolongo, Bruno, Grimsby, $1,175 
Lachowsky, Taras, Guelph, $850 
Prousky, Lauren, Waterloo, $800 
Tolcher, Mallory, Guelph, $1,175 
 

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $5,310
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Hutchinson, Nora, Hamilton, $1,000 
Hyckie, Meaghan, Toronto, $1,600 
Kisilevich, Alex, Toronto, $950 
Tamayo, Alejandro, Hamilton, $950 
 

Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $11,930
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
LaRose, Michèle, Kingston, $1,100 
Madera, Laura, Peterborough, $1,700 
Ward, Victoria, Highlands East, $1,200 
 

Art Gallery of Sudbury/Galerie d'art de Sudbury, Sudbury
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $6,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Farnan, Michael, Victoria Harbour, $1,000 
Lampinen, Susan, Sudbury, $2,000 
Tignanelli, Vanessa, North Bay, $1,000 
 

Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $8,486
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
McNamara, Christopher, Tecumseh, $1,000 
Raven, Jay, Windsor, $500 
Romanow, Stephen, Windsor, $500 
Singer, Christian Bernard, Georgian Bluffs, $1,000 
 

Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $9,150
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Hague, Libby, Toronto, $500 
Keeling, Laura, Toronto, $1,000 
Luong, Alvin, Toronto, $1,000 
Ng, Petrina, Toronto, $1,000 
Perunovich, Vessna, Toronto, $1,000 
 

Artcite Inc., Windsor
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,850
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Fry, Christopher, Windsor, $1,150 
Raven, Jay, Windsor, $850 
Tucker, Julie, Windsor, $2,000 
 

Artspace, Peterborough
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $5,485
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,300
 
Recipients
LaRose, Michèle, Kingston, $900 
Love, Robin, Peterborough, $1,555 
Marris, John, Peterborough, $1,845 
 

Le Centre d'artistes Voix Visuelle, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 1
Total Requested: $2,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 1
Total Recommended: $2,000
 
Recipients
Reis, Carolina, Toronto, $2,000 
 

Craft Ontario, Toronto
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $9,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Clement, Naomi, Stratford, $750 
Lee, Dianne, Toronto, $650 
Macpherson, Janet, Hamilton, $650 
McClure, Paul, Toronto, $650 
Price, Meghan, Toronto, $650 
Stern, Nurielle, Toronto, $650 
 

Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC) - formerly SAW Video, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,200
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $2,700
 
Recipients
Common Collective, Stratford, $1,200 
Donoghue, Ben, Toronto, $1,000 
Wave Art Collective, Scarborough, $500 
 

Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $3,400
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $2,750
 
Recipients
Dizdar, Ivana, Toronto, $800 
Jordan, Jessica, St. Catharines, $550 
Versa, Guelph, $700 
Yavor, Shira, Toronto, $700 
 

Forest City Gallery, London
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $3,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,500
 
Recipients
Benedict, Ben, London, $1,500 
Coates, Patricia, Amherstburg, $1,000 
 

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $2,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,500
 
Recipients
Lefebvre, Hélène, Ottawa, $500 
Legaré, Ginette, Toronto, $2,000 
 

Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa (Francophone)
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $3,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $3,500
 
Recipients
Ferrari, Mariella, Toronto, $2,000 
Youssouf, Abdul-Wahab, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $15,410
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $8,100
 
Recipients
Dainty, Chris, Orleans, $500 
Gordon, Atticus, Ottawa, $1,000 
Gutierrez, Claudia, Ottawa, $1,000 
Hussain, Zainab, Ottawa, $600 
Raymer Griffin, Elizabeth, Ottawa, $1,000 
Shen, Tong, Ottawa, $1,000 
Stelmackowich, Cindy, Ottawa, $1,000 
Sutcliffe, Roger, Nepean, $1,000 
Yik, Shirley, Ottawa, $1,000 
 

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
Number of Applications: 15
Total Requested: $22,711
Number of Grants Awarded: 13
Total Recommended: $9,000
 
Recipients
Al-Ameen, Farah, Toronto, $500 
Angelucci, Sara, Toronto, $1,750 
Cohen, Gilad, Toronto, $500 
Fathi, Shirin, Toronto, $1,000 
Gordon, Melanie, Toronto, $500 
Jabbaz, Gustavo, Toronto, $500 
Klie, Jackson, Toronto, $1,000 
Klie, Jackson, Toronto, $500 
Morton, Ella, Toronto, $500 
Punter, Cody, Toronto, $500 
Trach, Gabrielle, Toronto, $750 
VanderSpek, Henry, Toronto, $500 
Wang, Grace, Toronto, $500 
 

Gallery Stratford, Stratford
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $9,325
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
Jackson-Jones, Debra, Niagara Falls, $675 
Nonomura, Denise, Stratford, $825 
St Marie, Denise, Kitchener, $1,500 
 

Gendai, Toronto
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $6,450
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $5,950
 
Recipients
Barrón Echauri, Laura, Toronto, $500 
Kamgari, Abedar, Hamilton, $1,900 
Khemadasa, Anupa, Toronto, $1,500 
Luong, Alvin, Toronto, $1,000 
Safaei-Sooreh, Sona, Toronto, $1,050 
 

Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,220
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Capolongo, Bruno, Grimsby, $500 
Rothschild, Hana, St. Catharines, $2,000 
Vollans, Heather, Brantford, $1,500 
 

Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $6,755
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,500
 
Recipients
Ferko, Ryan, Toronto, $1,750 
Hunter, Natalie, Hamilton, $1,500 
Raudvee, Leena, Toronto, $750 
Zazai, Shaheer, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $8,170
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $3,170
 
Recipients
Drago, Danica, Toronto, $560 
Gutierrez, Claudia, Ottawa, $610 
Martin, April, Sheguiandah, $2,000 
 

InterAccess, Toronto
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $3,600
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,500
 
Recipients
L'Hirondelle, Cheryl, Toronto, $1,389 
Ye, Xuan, Toronto, $1,111 
 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $5,670
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,570
 
Recipients
Galbraith, Sylvia, Fergus, $1,070 
Walker, Timothy, Kitchener, $1,500 
 

Latin American Canadian Art Projects, Toronto
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $3,339
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $2,199
 
Recipients
Barrón Echauri, Laura, Toronto, $500 
isabel, denirée, Toronto, $1,199 
Salcedo, Camila, Toronto, $500 
 

Le Labo, Toronto
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,200
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,700
 
Recipients
Blanchard, Philippe, Toronto, $700 
Marois, Karole, Picton, $2,000 
 

MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $4,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 1
Total Recommended: $2,000
 
Recipients
Dobson, Michael, Huntsville, $2,000 
 

McIntosh Gallery, London
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $3,550
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
Eurich, Liza, London, $1,450 
Ngui, Marc, Windsor, $1,550 
 

McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $6,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Butler, Sheila, Toronto, $2,000 
Trautrimas, David, Hamilton, $1,500 
Whibley, Jacob, Toronto, $1,000 
 

Mercer Union, Toronto
Number of Applications: 10
Total Requested: $19,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,000
 
Recipients
Beriault, Alexandra, Toronto, $1,000 
Clarke, Michèle Pearson, Toronto, $2,000 
Jones, Aaron, Pickering, $1,000 
Kelly, Jean-Paul, Toronto, $1,000 
 

Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $2,750
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,750
 
Recipients
Fleming, Nicolas, Kingston, $2,000 
Patterson, Pam, Bloomfield, $750 
 

Mouvement d'implication francophone d'Orléans, Orléans
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $2,700
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,300
 
Recipients
Blanchard, Philippe, Toronto, $500 
Martel, Bastien, Ottawa, $1,800 
 

Museum London, London
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $4,050
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
Benedict, Ben, London, $500 
Eurich, Liza, London, $500 
Kirkpatrick, James, London, $1,000 
Meloche, Jaclyn, Windsor, $1,000 
 

Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $9,165
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $3,500
 
Recipients
Calzetta, Tony, Welland, $700 
de Montmollin, Gabrielle, Welland, $700 
Donnelly, Brian, St. Catharines, $700 
Friend, Amy, St. Catharines, $700 
Jackson-Jones, Debra, Niagara Falls, $700 
 

Pictograph Gallery, Atikokan
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $1,360
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $1,360
 
Recipients
Broman, Maureen, Shebandowan, $650 
Poirier, Katy, Atikokan, $710 
 

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $10,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Isaac, Jay, Toronto, $1,000 
Kwan, Will, Toronto, $1,000 
Perunovich, Vessna, Toronto, $1,000 
Whibley, Jacob, Toronto, $1,000 
 

South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), Toronto
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $14,355
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $10,200
 
Recipients
Farooq, Sameer, Toronto, $1,900 
Fatemi, Leila, Toronto, $700 
Hatanaka, Kellen, Stratford, $1,200 
Hejazi, Samar, Toronto, $1,200 
Nematt Alla, Yasmeen, Mississauga, $500 
Tasdelen, Erdem, Toronto, $1,900 
Verjee, Zainub, Mississauga, $800 
Wang, Grace, Toronto, $500 
Wave Art Collective, Scarborough, $1,500 
 

Station Gallery, Whitby
Number of Applications: 1
Total Requested: $1,800
Number of Grants Awarded: 1
Total Recommended: $1,800
 
Recipients
Berg, Stefan, Toronto, $1,800 
 

Tangled Art + Disability, Toronto
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $9,890
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $6,220
 
Recipients
Abrams, Claudette, Toronto, $760 
Bozdarov, Atanas, Toronto, $500 
Hakim, Tara, Toronto, $720 
Hewak, Leala, Toronto, $1,120 
Kou, Wy Joung, Toronto, $1,120 
Ooi, Andrew, Toronto, $2,000 
 

The Power Plant, Toronto
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $11,440
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $3,650
 
Recipients
Davidson, Sarah, Toronto, $1,000 
Pirbhai, Camal, Toronto, $2,000 
Yavor, Shira, Toronto, $650 
 

Third Space Art Projects, Chatham
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $6,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $6,000
 
Recipients
feldman-kiss, nichola, Toronto, $2,000 
Kelada-Sedra, Roselyn, St. Catharines, $2,000 
Wood, Natalie, Toronto, $2,000 
 

Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
Number of Applications: 1
Total Requested: $2,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 1
Total Recommended: $2,000
 
Recipients
wilson-smith, cheryl, Red Lake, $2,000 
 

Timmins Museum: National Exhibition Centre, Timmins
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $7,850
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Adamson, Robbie, Bruce Mines, $2,000 
Farnan, Michael, Victoria Harbour, $1,000 
Tignanelli, Vanessa, North Bay, $1,000 
 

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $3,960
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $3,500
 
Recipients
Comber, Becky, Holland Centre, $1,500 
Moore, Tegan, London, $2,000 
 

Varley Art Gallery, Markham
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $8,570
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Kwan, Will, Toronto, $1,000 
Matheson, Tyler, Mississauga, $500 
McGeough, Ella Dawn, Toronto, $600 
Miller, Sebastein, Markham, $700 
Shackleton, Amy, Oshawa, $600 
Yan, Xiaojing, Thornhill, $1,100 
 

White Water Gallery, North Bay
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $3,708
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $3,500
 
Recipients
Euler, Eric, North Bay, $1,000 
Hawksley, Beverley, Port Sydney, $750 
Huckson, Katie, Sault Ste. Marie, $1,750 
 

Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $5,800
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
Common Collective, Stratford, $800 
Gibson, Pat, Woodstock, $500 
Norrie, Shane, Ingersoll, $1,700 
 

Workman Arts, Toronto
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,100
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,100
 
Recipients
Chan-Long, Mei, Toronto, $500 
Salazar, David, Toronto, $2,000 
Shintani, Laura, Toronto, $1,600 
 

YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto
Number of Applications: 22
Total Requested: $36,170
Number of Grants Awarded: 13
Total Recommended: $9,500
 
Recipients
Beerdat, Ashley, North York, $500 
Beriault, Alexandra, Toronto, $500 
Gallagher, Amanda, Keswick, $1,000 
Hakim, Tara, Toronto, $500 
Hewak, Leala, Toronto, $500 
Isaac, Jay, Toronto, $1,000 
Keeling, Laura, Toronto, $1,000 
Manalo, Tim, Toronto, $1,000 
Price, Meghan, Toronto, $1,000 
Schklar, Lois, Toronto, $500 
Shackleton, Amy, Oshawa, $1,000 
Shah, Aqsah, Toronto, $500 
Zazai, Shaheer, Toronto, $500 
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