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Danielle Knibbe receives 2020 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award
October 20, 2020
Toronto-based singer-songwriter Danielle Knibbe is this year’s recipient of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC)’s Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for her song Footnote . The award will be presented on Friday, October 23, during Folk Music Ontario (FMO)’s virtual ...
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OAC launches search for Director of Research, Policy & Evaluation
October 5, 2020
After leading Ontario Arts Council's (OAC) arts research activities for more than 10 years, Kathryn Townshend, Director of Research, Policy and Evaluation , has decided to step down in December 2020 . The job posting for her replacement has an October 30, 2020 application...
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COVID-19 Update for September 17, 2020
September 17, 2020
OAC is producing several informational videos for potential applicants to the new Arts Response Initiative . The videos feature OAC staff in a Q&A format. They use various scenarios to address the three program categories for Individuals , Groups and Collectives and Orga...
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COVID-19 Update for September 1, 2020
September 1, 2020
Given the ongoing evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and changing public health guidelines for travel and public gatherings, OAC will be revising the Touring Projects program so that it can better serve the Ontario arts sector. As such, OAC has made the decision to suspen...
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OAC Launches Arts Response Initiative
August 11, 2020
The Ontario Arts Council's (OAC) new $1.6 million Arts Response Initiative (ARI) will help Ontario artists and arts organizations respond to challenges posed by the pandemic. Program details and applications are now available here .   What will the Arts Response In...
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COVID-19 Update for August 11, 2020
August 11, 2020
The Ontario Arts Council's (OAC) new $1.6 million Arts Response Initiative (ARI) will help Ontario artists and arts organizations respond to challenges posed by the pandemic. Program details and applications are now available .   What will the Arts Response Initiative sup...
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Geneviève Painchaud appointed to Ontario Arts Council board of directors
July 13, 2020
Geneviève Painchaud , a bilingual communications and real estate professional from Ottawa, has been appointed to the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) board of directors. “I am very pleased that Geneviève has joined the OAC board of directors,” said Rita Davies, OAC Chair . “S...
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Nicole Testa, Annie Boulanger and Kelley Armstrong honoured with 2020 Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards
July 8, 2020
The 2020 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 Canada’s National Ballet School . A...
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Ontario's First Poet Laureate - Call for Nominations
July 7, 2020
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario has started the process of inviting nominations for a Poet Laureate for the province. The Poet Laureate of Ontario Act (In Memory of Gord Downie) was passed unanimously in the Legislature in December 2019.  Applications for the positio...
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Mary Anne Barkhouse receives the 2020 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award
June 25, 2020
Visual artist Mary Anne Barkhouse is the recipient of the 2020 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 reco...
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