August 30, 2024
Multidisciplinary Anishinaabe artist Dan Commanda receives the 2024 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2024 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award , recognizing and celebrating the outsta...
August 29, 2024
Dear OAC friends and colleagues, My name is Simon Foster, and it is with great enthusiasm and humility that I step into the role of chair of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC).
This is one of the most significant roles of my life, and I am profoundly aware of the impact our ...
August 21, 2024
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The Honourable Stan Cho , Minister of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, has announced that Simon Foster will be the next chair of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). Simon takes over from Rita Davies , whose nine-year term as OAC chair concl...
July 24, 2024
Guild Festival Theatre’s production of Alice in Wonderland at the Greek Theatre in Scarborough's Guild Park.
(Photo: Andrew Fleming Pictures) Read our July newsletter! Our goal is to bring you a wide range of news and impact stories highlighting Ontario's arts commu...
June 12, 2024
The 2024 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today during a school assembly at John English Junior Middle School in Toronto, Ont. The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school – a jury of grade 4 studen...
June 6, 2024
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June 5, 2024
The Arts Forward Framework is an initiative rooted in OAC’s strategic plan for 2022-27, Reset. Renew. Revitalize . This framework will respond to two of the key directions from the strategic plan – to further develop OAC’s funding approach , and to renew program design an...
May 28, 2024
Director and playwright Tawiah Ben M’Carthy is the recipient of the 2024 Pauline McGibbon Award . This award is presented to an Ontario-resident professional artist in the early stages of their career who has contributed to the well-being of Ontario’s theatre community, dis...
May 16, 2024
Today, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) released the shortlists for the 2024 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards . The Schwartz Awards are the only Canadian literary award where student jurors work together to ch...
April 30, 2024
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is pleased to share that Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) has confirmed that OAC will receive $60 million as its operating allocation for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
“We are delighted with the government’s affirmation of the ...