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Home News & Resources Updates Updates, FAQs and Resources 2020 COVID-19 Update for March 23, 2020

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Shoshana Wasser

Associate Director of Public Affairs and Communications

swasser@arts.on.ca

416-969-7434

Toll-free in Ontario: 1-800-387-0058

COVID-19 Update for March 23, 2020

March 23, 2020

We would like to reassure artists and arts organizations that OAC will be flexible and will work with grant recipients facing unanticipated expenses and changes related to COVID-19. We will not ask for repayment of grants for which related expenses have been incurred and will keep disbursing grant payments even in cases of altered events and plans. Our priority is to support Ontario art organizations, artists and arts professionals to get through this pandemic situation in strength and solidarity.

For a full list of COVID-19 news and changes, please see OAC’s COVID-19 update page, and full FAQs and Guidelines.

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For more than 60 years, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. The OAC reached 27.4 million people through events and arts education activities across the province in 2021-22. In 2023-24, OAC invested its grant program budget of $53.3 million in 219 communities across all 124 Ontario ridings, providing 2,149 grants to individual artists and 1,043 grants to organizations.