August 24, 2023
Penny Couchie is the recipient of the 2023 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 recognition of this honour, P...
July 4, 2023
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has introduced two-factor authentication to log into Nova, our online grant application system. This is a standard feature now used by many organizations to verify users’ identity when they are signing into an online platform.
The first fact...
June 27, 2023
OAC theatre officer Clelia Farrugia will be stepping down from her current role next month to join the Canada Council for the Arts as a program officer for the Arts Across Canada and Arts Abroad section in August.
Clelia joined OAC in 2015 as the interim associate Franco...
June 9, 2023
OAC is honouring the memory of former Indigenous Arts Officer, Sara Roque, who passed away on June 7, 2023. From 2007 to 2015, Sara brought both passion and compassion to her role in support of Indigenous artists and arts organizations.
Over her OAC career and beyond, Sa...
May 29, 2023
Theatre designer Samantha McCue is the recipient of the 2023 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, displays ...
May 26, 2023
Toronto, May 26, 2023 – The 2023 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today during a school assembly at Jesse Ketchum Junior and Senior Public School . The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school –...
May 15, 2023
Loree Lawrence
Multi and Inter-arts and community-engaged arts officer Loree Lawrence is leaving her position to run a commercial art gallery and pursue her own arts practice. Loree began as community and multidisciplinary arts officer when she started at the Ontario Arts...
May 11, 2023
Over the course of the 2023-24 fiscal year, we will provide periodic updates on the implementation of the directions outlined in OAC's new strategic plan, Reset. Renew. Revitalize.
Further develop our funding approach to build strength and relevance
The OAC is impl...
May 10, 2023
Amber Yared
Cross-Sectoral Associate Officer
Amber Yared is serving as c ross- s ectoral o fficer for one year, filling in for Myron Kozak , who is currently on leave with the Canada Council for the Arts’ Research, Measurement and Data Analytics Section . ...
May 3, 2023
Today, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) released the shortlists for the 2023 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 winning...