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Exhibition Assistance: 2025-2026

Results Announcement

Deadline Date: January 15, 2026



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: 53
Total Requested: $86,290
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $7,650
 
Recipients
African Canadian Explorations, Toronto, $650 
Dia de los Muertos Collective, North York, $500 
Jacob, Luis, Toronto, $500 
Miri, Marzieh, Toronto, $500 
mora, jesus, Toronto, $500 
Okemow, SJ, Toronto, $500 
Rafi, Eshan, Mississauga, $500 
Rehman, Amin, Toronto, $500 
Risan, Marwan, Brampton, $500 
Rozo-Perdomo, Sinara, Toronto, $1,000 
Shafai, Afsaneh, Toronto, $500 
shahverdi, Paria, Richmond Hill, $500 
Velasco, Ephraim, Scarborough, $500 
Zaraimajin, Maryam, Toronto, $500 
 

Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
Number of Applications: 18
Total Requested: $26,708
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $5,800
 
Recipients
Belete, Emebet, Belleville, $500 
Berman, Laura, Castleton, $600 
Brave, Viktoria, Demorestville, $500 
Brydon, JoEllen, Cavan, $725 
Jack, Alex, Centreville, $725 
Maracle, Scott, Deseronto, $600 
Phillips, Daryl, Bancroft, $500 
Ricco, Michael, Orleans, $600 
shaw, ruthie, Warkworth, $550 
Tamasauskas, Otis, Gananoque, $500 
 

Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Minden
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $8,620
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $3,335
 
Recipients
Blundell, Gary, Highlands East, $1,035 
Brydon, JoEllen, Cavan, $500 
Crombach, Nicholas, Lansdowne, $500 
Martini-Dunk, Lisa, Peterborough, $500 
Ward, Victoria, Highlands East, $800 
 

Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington
Number of Applications: 13
Total Requested: $22,292
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $6,300
 
Recipients
Kaur, Kamaldeep, Hamilton, $1,500 
Luong, Alvin, Toronto, $800 
Tasdelen, Erdem, Toronto, $2,000 
Tsang, Sami, Etobicoke, $2,000 
 

Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph
Number of Applications: 10
Total Requested: $15,768
Number of Grants Awarded: 8
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Boyce, Kristy, St.Catharines, $500 
Brothers, Simon, Stratford, $500 
Galbraith, Sylvia, Fergus, $750 
He, Christopher, Waterloo, $500 
Hirmer, Lisa, Guelph, $500 
Irish, Phil, Elora, $500 
Riedstra, Dave, Guelph, $750 
Shin, Heejung, Eden Mills, $500 
 

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 22
Total Requested: $36,902
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $6,340
 
Recipients
Campisi, Julia, Toronto, $500 
Crossman, Adrien, Hamilton, $500 
Guo, Anran, Hamilton, $1,000 
Kaur, Kamaldeep, Hamilton, $500 
Keeling, Laura Kay, Hamilton, $1,000 
Keeling, Laura Kay, Hamilton, $1,000 
Paxton, Maureen, Hamilton, $500 
Sears-Williams, Morgan, Toronto, $840 
Soetan, Christopher, Richmond Hill, $500 
 

Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough
Number of Applications: 21
Total Requested: $34,020
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $5,000
 
Recipients
Belete, Emebet, Belleville, $500 
Brave, Viktoria, Demorestville, $500 
Brydon, JoEllen, Cavan, $500 
Climenhage, John, Peterborough, $500 
Crangle, Fiona, Port Hope, $500 
ferguson, david, L'Amable, $500 
Horricks, Terri, Roslin, $500 
Margueritte, Ava, Ottawa, $500 
Sarrazin, Jessica, Dalkeith, $500 
Whittle, Shannon, Ottawa, $500 
 

Art Gallery of Sudbury/Galerie d'art de Sudbury, Sudbury
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $8,858
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $7,590
 
Recipients
Dubecki, Nick, Sudbury, $2,000 
George, Gabriel, Sault Ste. Marie, $690 
Langin, Ron, Sudbury, $900 
Mah, Kai Wood, Sudbury, $2,000 
Nelson, Pamela, Sudbury, $2,000 
 

Art Museum, University of Toronto, Toronto
Number of Applications: 39
Total Requested: $66,938
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $6,820
 
Recipients
Campisi, Julia, Toronto, $900 
Hunter, Timothy, Toronto, $970 
Lee, Sangmin, Toronto, $1,500 
Luong, Alvin, Toronto, $1,200 
Okoro, Isabel, North York, $1,500 
Patel, Kalpit, Toronto, $750 
 

Art Windsor-Essex, Windsor
Number of Applications: 11
Total Requested: $15,796
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Mouzas, Ruth, Camlachie, $1,000 
Mueller, Stephen, Windsor, $1,000 
Nwokoye, Henry, Windsor, $500 
RILEY, SAV, Windsor, $500 
Tamayo, Alejandro, Windsor, $500 
Wazney, Morris, Lambton Shores, $1,000 
 

Artcite Inc., Windsor
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $9,850
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Abu Zaineh, Jude, Windsor, $1,000 
Coates, Patricia, Amherstburg, $2,000 
Tamayo, Alejandro, Windsor, $500 
yu, mal, London, $1,000 
 

Artspace, Peterborough
Number of Applications: 22
Total Requested: $37,804
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $5,000
 
Recipients
Brown, Barbara, Ottawa, $500 
Brunton, Melanie, Almonte, $500 
Climenhage, John, Peterborough, $500 
Crombach, Nicholas, Lansdowne, $500 
Ferdinands, Frances, Cobourg, $500 
Khan, Sumera, Kingston, $500 
Luminaire, Ramune, Peterborough, $500 
Stuart, Jon, Ottawa, $500 
Sweeney, E., Ottawa, $500 
Workman, Lenni, Warkworth, $500 
 

Le Centre d'artistes Voix Visuelle, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $9,100
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $4,575
 
Recipients
Beyer Agostini, Julia, Toronto, $600 
Guillen, Robin, Toronto, $725 
Krätschmer, Andreas, Picton, $800 
Muscat, Joseph, Toronto, $1,750 
Tatilon, Christine, Toronto, $700 
 

Conseil des Arts de Hearst, Hearst
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,300
 
Recipients
Caron, Josée, Kapuskasing, $1,800 
Marois, Karole, Picton, $800 
Orion, Gaia Anne, Sebright, $1,700 
 

Craft Ontario, Toronto
Number of Applications: 22
Total Requested: $31,691
Number of Grants Awarded: 12
Total Recommended: $6,300
 
Recipients
bartholomew, sophia, Guelph, $500 
Besedina, Tanya, Thornhill, $500 
Chambers, Tracey-Mae, Toronto, $500 
Chopra, Arushi, Newmarket, $500 
Cloutier, Steph, Toronto, $500 
Collins, Rebecca, Toronto, $500 
Hutchinson, Wendy, Barrie, $500 
Kim, Joon Hee, Oakville, $650 
MacGregor, Gwen, Toronto, $550 
Martin, April, Sheguiandah, $550 
Peraza, Michelle, Etobicoke, $550 
Wickremesooriya, Ruth, Toronto, $500 
 

Culture Services, City of Timmins, Timmins
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $5,945
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,400
 
Recipients
Cull, Bruce, Kenabeek, $2,000 
Foley, Martin, Haileybury, $1,955 
Kaviani, Marjan, Tiny, $945 
Neegan, Railey, Keswick, $500 
 

Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $6,519
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,200
 
Recipients
(Miller) Turner, Tiffany, Thunder Bay, $2,000 
Lewis, Sue, Thunder Bay, $500 
Szturm, Erin, Rosslyn, $2,000 
Twomey, Kat, Thunder Bay, $700 
 

Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC) - formerly SAW Video, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $10,636
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,600
 
Recipients
Dunning, Annie, Guelph, $600 
Khalil, Jouy, Mississauga, $500 
Peivandi, Pegah, Toronto, $500 
Taler, Laura, Ottawa, $2,000 
Whiteway, Kate, Toronto, $500 
Wu, Lingxiang, Toronto, $500 
 

Ed Video Media Arts Centre, Guelph
Number of Applications: 11
Total Requested: $15,374
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $4,650
 
Recipients
Boo, Sarah, Toronto, $550 
Common Collective, Stratford, $550 
Dunning, Annie, Guelph, $550 
Interference Ensemble, Durham, $500 
Liu, Germaine, Guelph, $500 
Mian, Shihab, Toronto, $500 
Van Geest, Pearl, Guelph, $500 
Whiteway, Kate, Toronto, $500 
Wu, Lingxiang, Toronto, $500 
 

Forest City Gallery, London
Number of Applications: 11
Total Requested: $16,861
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Belanger, Kieran, London, $900 
Box McCoy, Kristyn, Coldstream, $1,000 
Cator, Eric, London, $500 
Czupryna, Michael, London, $500 
Fayad, Hannan, London, $750 
P, Oliver, London, $850 
 

Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, Sudbury
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $8,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $7,400
 
Recipients
Beaudry, Lise, Toronto, $2,000 
Guenette, Ashley, Powassan, $1,900 
Lefebvre, Hélène, Ottawa, $1,500 
Legaré, Ginette, Toronto, $2,000 
 

Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto
Number of Applications: 39
Total Requested: $66,727
Number of Grants Awarded: 15
Total Recommended: $10,700
 
Recipients
Beckly, Steven, Toronto, $1,200 
Cabral, Ernesto, Etobicoke, $940 
de la Peña, Zoi, Toronto, $500 
Doherty, Pete, Toronto, $750 
El-Kassis, Magida, Toronto, $500 
Goshay, Danielle, North York, $750 
Hunter, Timothy, Toronto, $530 
Macdonald, Warren, Toronto, $500 
Miri, Marzieh, Toronto, $530 
Morton, Ella, Toronto, $800 
Myhr, Chris, Hamilton, $800 
Nish-Lapidus, Matt, Toronto, $800 
Park, Ryan, Toronto, $500 
Reeves, Terence, Toronto, $600 
Sears-Williams, Morgan, Toronto, $1,000 
 

Gallery Stratford, Stratford
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $11,171
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $4,050
 
Recipients
Brothers, Simon, Stratford, $1,000 
Davis, HAUI™, Stratford, $1,000 
He, Christopher, Waterloo, $550 
Ring, Joanne, St. Catharines, $500 
Yuschuk, Anna, Stratford, $1,000 
 

Gendai, Toronto
Number of Applications: 23
Total Requested: $37,997
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $7,750
 
Recipients
Abed, Ibrahim Rashid, Toronto, $2,000 
aikawa, leeay, Toronto, $500 
Belete, Emebet, Belleville, $500 
bhardwaj, Deepikah, Toronto, $500 
Lee, JJ, Toronto, $1,000 
Merci, Mahsa, Etobicoke, $1,250 
Ocampo, Philip, Toronto, $500 
Wang, Grace, Toronto, $500 
Zahedi, Safoura, Toronto, $1,000 
 

Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby
Number of Applications: 20
Total Requested: $27,969
Number of Grants Awarded: 8
Total Recommended: $4,950
 
Recipients
Abel, Karen Miranda, Cambridge, $500 
Beno, Nicole, Kitchener, $500 
Booth, Darren, St. Catharines, $500 
Chan, Catherine, Guelph, $500 
Common Collective, Stratford, $750 
Fortin, Stephanie, Guelph, $700 
Friend, Amy, St. Catharines, $500 
Wunderink, Rachelle, Niagara Falls, $1,000 
 

Hamilton Artists' Inc., Hamilton
Number of Applications: 33
Total Requested: $55,488
Number of Grants Awarded: 13
Total Recommended: $7,423
 
Recipients
Apart But Together, Toronto, $500 
Chow, Jung Sing, Hamilton, $660 
Crossman, Adrien, Hamilton, $660 
El-Kassis, Magida, Toronto, $660 
Euler, Eric, Hamilton, $500 
Heaney, Laura, Hamilton, $623 
Kobayashi, Alison S. M., Toronto, $500 
Liaqat, Anam, Milton, $660 
McKay, Sami, Toronto, $500 
Mian, Shihab, Toronto, $500 
Squires, Deion, Toronto, $660 
Strub, Jonah, Toronto, $500 
Wang, Grace, Toronto, $500 
 

Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Number of Applications: 25
Total Requested: $38,894
Number of Grants Awarded: 11
Total Recommended: $7,000
 
Recipients
Aziz, Khadija, Ajax, $500 
Besedina, Tanya, Thornhill, $500 
Chambers, Tracey-Mae, Toronto, $500 
Drawing into Threads, Toronto, $1,000 
Fortin, Stephanie, Guelph, $500 
Galenkamp, Joel, Hamilton, $1,000 
Kim, Joon Hee, Oakville, $500 
McKenzie, Heidi, Toronto, $1,000 
Rataj, Amanda, Hamilton, $500 
Taylor, Bruce, Waterloo, $500 
Wagle, Abhishek, Markham, $500 
 

InterAccess, Toronto
Number of Applications: 12
Total Requested: $21,140
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,650
 
Recipients
bhardwaj, Deepikah, Toronto, $600 
Common Collective, Stratford, $700 
Dunning, Annie, Guelph, $850 
Ghaderi, Maziar, Toronto, $1,000 
Goodarznezhad, Kasra, Toronto, $500 
Wu, Lingxiang, Toronto, $1,000 
 

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $8,450
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Chang, Yan Wen, Guelph, $1,450 
Galbraith, Sylvia, Fergus, $1,050 
Prousky, Lauren, Kitchener, $1,250 
Stefanescu, Isabella, Waterloo, $750 
 

Latin American Canadian Art Projects, Toronto
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $14,615
Number of Grants Awarded: 8
Total Recommended: $5,400
 
Recipients
Dia de los Muertos Collective, North York, $720 
Hirmer, Lisa, Guelph, $500 
Martínez, Isabel M., York, $1,120 
Narine, Nadira, Toronto, $500 
Ramírez-Castillo, Ana-Raquel, Toronto, $500 
Triangle Collective, Toronto, $720 
Vanzella Yang, Klara, Toronto, $620 
Watermelon Seeds Collective, Toronto, $720 
 

Le Labo, Toronto
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $6,700
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,900
 
Recipients
Blundell, Nicole, Ottawa, $700 
Choisy, Samuel, Toronto, $2,000 
Cote, Martine, Toronto, $2,000 
Marois, Karole, Picton, $1,200 
 

MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $9,428
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $5,000
 
Recipients
Cunnington, Tanya, Rama, $1,000 
George, Gabriel, Sault Ste. Marie, $1,000 
Price, Jill, Barrie, $1,000 
Raffan, Geoff, Powassan, $500 
Smail, Lindsay, Washago, $500 
Wheatley, Erin, Gravenhurst, $1,000 
 

McIntosh Gallery, London
Number of Applications: 8
Total Requested: $12,460
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $4,450
 
Recipients
deBruyn, Steve, London, $1,500 
Esdaile, Andrew, Komoka, $600 
MacLean, Alex, London, $1,000 
Percival, Jo, Lucan, $500 
yu, mal, London, $850 
 

McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 10
Total Requested: $18,640
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $6,300
 
Recipients
Lin, Kejie, Richmond Hill, $2,000 
Paxton, Maureen, Hamilton, $750 
Saleem, Faseeh, Oakville, $800 
Samuel, Clare, Toronto, $2,000 
Trautrimas, David, Hamilton, $750 
 

Mercer Union, Toronto
Number of Applications: 32
Total Requested: $54,600
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $6,750
 
Recipients
Barbeau, Christophe, Toronto, $1,400 
Kang, Ivetta Sunyoung, Toronto, $500 
Morton, Ella, Toronto, $500 
Park, Ryan, Toronto, $500 
Patterson, Pam, Toronto, $600 
Rufelds, Miles, Toronto, $2,000 
Turgeon, Alex, Toronto, $1,250 
 

Cultivate Art Commons, Kingston
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $16,300
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $4,500
 
Recipients
Berman, Laura, Castleton, $500 
Climenhage, John, Peterborough, $500 
ferguson, david, L'Amable, $500 
Grip, Greta, Ottawa, $600 
Phillips, Daryl, Bancroft, $1,000 
Sarrazin, Jessica, Dalkeith, $1,400 
 

Museum London, London
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $7,340
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $5,000
 
Recipients
Czupryna, Michael, London, $500 
deBruyn, Steve, London, $500 
Drummond, Eric, London, $2,000 
Lenny, Elizabeth, Komoka, $500 
Wilson, Anna, London, $1,500 
 

Nia Centre for the Arts, Toronto
Number of Applications: 24
Total Requested: $41,687
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $8,600
 
Recipients
Akolo, Emmanuel, Thorold, $750 
Bucknor, Alicia, Toronto, $500 
Chiguichon, Aisha, Oshawa, $500 
Ebanks Schlums, Debbie, Barrie, $700 
Edwards, Imani, Brampton, $500 
Maluka, Daniel, Toronto, $1,000 
Mars, Deon, East York, $750 
Nnebe, Kosi, Ottawa, $750 
Omokanye, Adetona, Toronto, $650 
Taylor, Nicole, North York, $500 
Thomas, Reynold, Brampton, $500 
Whyte, Erica, York, $500 
x, kalmplex, Toronto, $500 
 

Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines
Number of Applications: 25
Total Requested: $41,318
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $5,700
 
Recipients
Abel, Karen Miranda, Cambridge, $500 
Alimo, Marzi, St. Catharines, $500 
Andrews, Emily, Niagara Falls, $976 
Glabb, Chris, Port Colborne, $500 
Groat, Maggie, St. Catharines, $500 
Hirmer, Lisa, Guelph, $1,000 
Prousky, Lauren, Kitchener, $700 
Ring, Joanne, St. Catharines, $524 
Szoke, Donna, St. Catharines, $500 
 

Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $2,877
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $2,877
 
Recipients
Barber, Michael, Simcoe, $877 
Belcourt, Christi, Espanola, $2,000 
 

Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
Number of Applications: 25
Total Requested: $43,333
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $6,100
 
Recipients
Barbeau, Christophe, Toronto, $600 
DiCarlo, Emily, Toronto, $500 
Jacob, Luis, Toronto, $1,000 
Kubba, Sukaina, Toronto, $2,000 
Morton, Ella, Toronto, $500 
Swanson, Cole, Toronto, $1,000 
Wang, Grace, Toronto, $500 
 

SAW, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $6,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $3,000
 
Recipients
Belete, Emebet, Belleville, $500 
Bilaka, Heritier, Pickering, $1,000 
Blundell, Nicole, Ottawa, $1,000 
Lefebvre, Hélène, Ottawa, $500 
 

SAW, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 17
Total Requested: $28,385
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $5,900
 
Recipients
April, Tiffany, Manotick, $900 
Brave, Viktoria, Demorestville, $500 
Crombach, Nicholas, Lansdowne, $500 
Kwan, Donald, Westmeath, $1,000 
Kwan, Donald, Westmeath, $500 
Kwan, Ed, Ottawa, $500 
Kwan, Ed, Ottawa, $500 
Schmitt, Christopher, Ottawa, $500 
Stuart, Jon, Ottawa, $500 
Whittle, Shannon, Ottawa, $500 
 

South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), Toronto
Number of Applications: 29
Total Requested: $51,070
Number of Grants Awarded: 13
Total Recommended: $10,500
 
Recipients
Bandukwala, Nimra, Cambridge, $600 
Chan, Catherine, Guelph, $850 
Estabillo, Amada, Toronto, $1,500 
Ferdinands, Frances, Cobourg, $1,250 
Gonzales, Ella, Toronto, $500 
Lee, Sangmin, Toronto, $500 
McKenzie, Heidi, Toronto, $1,000 
Ocampo, Philip, Toronto, $500 
Peraza, Michelle, Etobicoke, $600 
Rafi, Eshan, Mississauga, $1,200 
Raphael, Billie, Toronto, $500 
Rehman, Amin, Toronto, $1,000 
Saleem, Faseeh, Oakville, $500 
 

Station Gallery, Whitby
Number of Applications: 41
Total Requested: $66,961
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $5,900
 
Recipients
Aram, Dara, Toronto, $500 
Atticus, Zach, Toronto, $750 
Farsi, Leila, Whitby, $900 
Greenway, Kate, Stouffville, $500 
Honey, Kat, Brampton, $500 
Li, Kit, Toronto, $750 
Min, Jihee, Bowmanville, $500 
Poletto, Paola, Toronto, $500 
Talwar, Vicky, Stouffville, $500 
Town, Lisa, Whitby, $500 
 

Tangled Art + Disability, Toronto
Number of Applications: 13
Total Requested: $23,229
Number of Grants Awarded: 8
Total Recommended: $6,900
 
Recipients
Angold, Lee, Kitchener, $500 
Brouwer, Olivia, Cambridge, $950 
duniam, lwrds, Toronto, $900 
Khalil, Jouy, Mississauga, $1,000 
Miller, Richard, Toronto, $550 
Q, Lisa, Sturgeon Falls, $800 
Rehal, Pree, Toronto, $1,250 
Virani, Aquil, Toronto, $950 
 

The Muse: Douglas Family Art Centre, Kenora
Number of Applications: 4
Total Requested: $5,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,200
 
Recipients
Carpick, Betty, Thunder Bay, $1,000 
Church, Gayle, Thunder Bay, $1,500 
Cosgrove, Julie, Thunder Bay, $1,000 
Ehman, Shayne, Thunder Bay, $1,700 
 

Thinking Rock Community Arts, Thessalon
Number of Applications: 8
Total Requested: $11,878
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,200
 
Recipients
Bravo, Enrique, Barrie, $564 
Greavette, Amanda, Gravenhurst, $1,768 
Margetson, David, Cobalt, $1,434 
Schultze, Gillian, Sudbury, $1,434 
 

Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay
Number of Applications: 6
Total Requested: $7,687
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $6,100
 
Recipients
Boshkaykin, Gene, Thunder Bay, $1,560 
Czank-Mayor, Judy, Thunder Bay, $540 
Petrick, Laura-Lynn, Fowler, $1,500 
Smith, Denise, Thunder Bay, $1,500 
Sutherland, Nicole, Thunder Bay, $500 
Winkworth, Anne, Thunder Bay, $500 
 

Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
Number of Applications: 3
Total Requested: $4,512
Number of Grants Awarded: 3
Total Recommended: $4,100
 
Recipients
Civiero, Kate, Berkeley, $934 
Comber, Becky, Holland Centre, $1,588 
Nam, Bianca, Tara, $1,578 
 

Varley Art Gallery, Markham
Number of Applications: 26
Total Requested: $42,882
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $6,000
 
Recipients
Bowie, D'Andrea, Whitchurch-Stouffville, $1,000 
Fard, Raha, Aurora, $1,000 
Gebrehiwot, Anthony, Scarborough, $1,000 
Kempster, Coryn, Toronto, $500 
Khemadasa, Anupa, Toronto, $500 
Lahde, Kristiina, Toronto, $500 
Poletto, Paola, Toronto, $500 
Stochmal, Patrick, Newmarket, $500 
Zhang, Zhan, East York, $500 
 

Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto
Number of Applications: 15
Total Requested: $25,353
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $7,100
 
Recipients
DeLalonde, Emily, Smith Falls, $500 
Guo, Anran, Hamilton, $500 
Macdonald, Warren, Toronto, $500 
McKay, Sami, Toronto, $1,500 
Paez, Izzy, Toronto, $1,984 
Peivandi, Pegah, Toronto, $1,136 
Wu, Clara, Markham, $980 
 

White Water Gallery, North Bay
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $12,275
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $5,400
 
Recipients
Durbano, Tyler, Barrie, $1,450 
Price, Jill, Barrie, $700 
Read, Janet, Innisfil, $2,000 
Weir, Reed, McKellar, $1,250 
 

Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford
Number of Applications: 2
Total Requested: $4,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 2
Total Recommended: $4,000
 
Recipients
Brascoupe, Mairi, Ottawa, $2,000 
Johnston, Bangishimo, Kitchener, $2,000 
 

City of Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock
Number of Applications: 7
Total Requested: $10,547
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $3,800
 
Recipients
Arauz, Alejandro, Brantford, $1,750 
Chang, Yan Wen, Guelph, $550 
Davis, HAUI™, Stratford, $1,000 
He, Christopher, Waterloo, $500 
 

Workman Arts, Toronto
Number of Applications: 30
Total Requested: $55,405
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $7,900
 
Recipients
Breslin, Michelle, Toronto, $600 
Cole, Nathan, Toronto, $500 
Cosentino, Candace, Mississauga, $500 
DiCarlo, Emily, Toronto, $550 
Free, Kayla, Toronto, $650 
Greczny, Barbara, Toronto, $600 
Hagos, Wintana, Toronto, $500 
Lahav, Gillian, Toronto, $550 
Margueritte, Ava, Ottawa, $900 
Miller, Richard, Toronto, $500 
Sewell, Dana, North York, $500 
Subramanian, Dinesh, Toronto, $500 
Todd, Lynda, Peterborough, $500 
Whist, Georgia, Toronto, $550 
 

YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto
Number of Applications: 70
Total Requested: $114,109
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $8,200
 
Recipients
Fortin, Rebecca, Ashburn, $700 
Guo, Anran, Hamilton, $500 
Ha, Insoon, Toronto, $500 
Hunter, Timothy, Toronto, $500 
Jacob, Luis, Toronto, $500 
mora, jesus, Toronto, $500 
Pierce, Sasha, Toronto, $1,000 
Polinsky, Amy, Toronto, $500 
Purchase, Doris, Toronto, $500 
Raz, Rotem, Toronto, $500 
Shermet, Chance, Toronto, $500 
Squires, Deion, Toronto, $500 
Yee, Lan Florence, Toronto, $1,000 
Zhang, Zhan, East York, $500 
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For more than 60 years, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. The OAC reached 27.4 million people through events and arts education activities across the province in 2021-22. In 2024-25, OAC invested its grant program budget of $52.2 million in 204 communities across 123 Ontario ridings, providing 1,969 grants to individual artists and 1,030 grants to organizations.

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