September 23, 2021
Musician Julie Title is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC)’s Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for her song " Ghost ." The award will be presented on Saturday, September 25 , during Folk Music Ontario (FMO)’s virtual Awards Weekend. Abou...
September 17, 2021
The Francophone Arts Team is here to help you! The Francophone Arts team will hold virtual office hours to answer questions about Francophone project programs with upcoming September and October deadlines. More information is available here .
Please note that the office...
August 20, 2021
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is developing a new strategic plan that will guide our work over the next five years. An important step in our consultations is to gather information from the arts community through a survey, . We hope that you will share your th...
August 17, 2021
Elder and language-keeper Barbara Nolan is the recipient of the 2021 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award . This award, created in 2012, celebrates the work of Indigenous artists and arts leaders who have made significant contributions to the arts in Ontario.
In ...
June 30, 2021
It has been a year like no other. Throughout COVID-19, OAC staff have worked long hours to respond to the arts community so hard hit by the pandemic. Where we could adapt our activities, we did so to meet the needs that emerged as a result of COVID-19.
In recognition of the...
June 22, 2021
Toronto, June 22, 2021 – The 2021 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF).
The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from Admiral Collin...
June 16, 2021
Franco-Ontarian director Dillon Orr is the recipient of the 2021 Pauline McGibbon Award . The announcement was made this morning during the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA)’s Dora Ancillary Awards Presentation , which was held online on TAPA’s YouTube ch...
June 16, 2021
Jani Lauzon is the recipient of this year’s John Hirsch Director’s Award . The announcement was made this morning during the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA)’s Dora Ancillary Awards Presentation , which was held online on TAPA’s YouTube channel .
A...
June 9, 2021
Today, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) released the shortlists for the 2021 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards . The Schwartz Awards are the only Canadian literary award where student jurors work together to choose the ...
May 5, 2021
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) invites arts communities across the province to join in OAC’s next strategic planning process. Over the next eight weeks, Overlap Associates (Waterloo) will lead us through a range of activities to explore:
how OAC’s granting programs ...