June 18, 2014
Visual artist and author Christi Belcourt is the 2014 recipient of the Ontario Arts Council Aboriginal Arts Award . Created in 2012, this award celebrates the work of Aboriginal artists and arts leaders who have made significant contributions to the arts in Ontario.
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June 13, 2014
Karyn McCallum is the recipient of the 2014 Pauline McGibbon Award . It was presented at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards news conference at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts on June 2nd, 2014.
About Karyn McCallum Over the past decade, Karyn McCallum has des...
May 20, 2014
The 2014 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today at Aldergrove Public School in Markham.
The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from Aldergrove P.S. – five students in grades 3 and 4 selected the re...
May 1, 2014
The Ontario Arts Council’s (OAC) 50th anniversary year has come to an end. We have revised our logo by adding the tagline – an Ontario Government agency.
Over the past year, our collective efforts to highlight the importance of public funding of the arts were aligned wit...
April 29, 2014
More than 8,100 dancers, dance teachers and choreographers across Canada participated in the now concluded Yes I Dance survey. For International Dance Day , the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council are offering a sneak peek at preliminary survey ...
April 16, 2014
The 2014 shortlist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was announced today. The winners will be selected by students of Aldergrove Public School in Markham, Ontario, and will be announced there on Tuesday, May 20, 2014.
About This Year's Shortl...
March 19, 2014
“Now is the winter of our discontent…” I wish I could continue on to say “made glorious summer,” but, at time of writing, we are still in the grip of this seemingly endless winter. I hope that by the time you read this message, there will finally be signs of spring.
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February 27, 2014
The Ontario Arts Council today announced opera singer and educator Judith Forst as the 2013 recipient of the Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance . The $20,000 award is being presented at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ’s performance of Bee...
January 27, 2014
Renowned Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka is the 2014 recipient of the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Singing. The $20,000 award will be presented at a special event in conjunction with her role debut as Amelia in the Canadian Opera Comp...
January 21, 2014
The Ontario Arts Council’s (OAC) strategic planning process continues on schedule with a draft strategic plan to be submitted for approval to OAC’s board of directors followed by a public launch of the plan this spring.
This work is being greatly informed by Phase I of ...