March 28, 2025
Visitors look at books for sale at the Eden Mills Writers' Festival. (Photo courtesy of the festival) Read our March newsletter here. Our goal is to bring you a wide range of news and research highlighting Ontario's arts community, along with valuable resources for ...
February 20, 2025
Support local With our bird's-eye view of the province, the Ontario Arts Council wants to help you find Ontario-made arts and culture events, experiences and creations. Here are some ideas to get you started and to support local and made in Ontario .
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December 12, 2024
Dear colleagues,
I want to take a moment to thank you for your engagement with the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) this year. Before this year comes to a close, I want to share OAC’s 2024 Year in Review report . It’s thanks to your collaboration that we are able to build a v...
December 5, 2024
Children visit the Emergence exhibition at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston.
Pictured work: Norval Morrisseau, Sacred Medicine Bear , 1974, acrylic on canvas.
(Photo: Garrett Elliot) Read our December newsletter here. Our goal is to bring you a wid...
October 30, 2024
Toronto-based poet, dancer and performer Cassandra (My'z) Myers and Mississauga-based writer and spoken word artist Lisa Shen are the first recipients of the Lillian Allen Prize and Lillian Allen Emerging Artist Prize for spoken word poetry. The laureates of the inaugura...
October 10, 2024
Research findings announced at event with the Honourable Stan Cho, minister of tourism, culture and gaming, and Simon Foster, OAC chair Event hosted by the Aga Khan Museum, one of 12 organizations entering a contribution agreement funding model
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October 10, 2024
Among the ways we can measure the impact of the culture sector is its gross domestic product (GDP) – a measure of economic output and activity in a specific geographic region. Ontario, as a province, contributes $26.4 billion to Canada’s culture GDP – a full 45 per cent ! ...
October 10, 2024
OAC is entering into a contribution agreement funding model for organizations that are currently supported through OAC’s Major Organizations: Operating program. Two organizations supported by other OAC operating funding programs, but that meet the threshold for inclusion in ...
October 3, 2024
Folk singer-songwriter Leah Holtom is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC)’s Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for her song “ Face The Day .” (Listen on Spotify or Apple Music .)
Leah will receive the award during the Ontario Folk Music Awa...
September 27, 2024
For the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) commissions work from an Indigenous artist in Ontario to foster communal reflection on the day’s importance and themes. We believe that the arts are among the most powerful ways that we can lear...