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Clelia Farrugia and Soraya Peerbaye named new Theatre and Dance Officers
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Visual artist Kent Monkman receives the Artist award the 2017 Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts. (Photo: Bard Azima)
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Remapping the Illegitimate Border (Countering the Legacy of the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent)
, an installation piece by artist Dylan Miner in collaboration with Indigenous and Latino Youth of Waawayeyaattanong, the Autonomous Windsor-Detroit Borderlands, at the Art Gallery of Windsor during the
Border Cultures: Part One (homes, land)
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Photographer Nadya Kwandibens (
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Clelia Farrugia and Soraya Peerbaye named new Theatre and Dance Officers
Alexandra De Gasperis appointed to board of directors
OAC launches search as Theatre and Dance Officers announce retirements
Board of directors appoints Carolyn Vesely, new CEO
Upcoming changes to applicants' artistic examples in Nova
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Small-press publisher Paper Rocket displays assorted books during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library. (Photo courtesy of Toronto Public Library)
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Open Data
Transparency and accountability to the arts community, the government and the public are important values that guide the work of the Ontario Arts Council (OAC).
As part of the Government of Ontario’s
Open Data Directive
OAC is pleased to provide lists of past grants, awards and assessors along with other data in machine readable formats (.csv).
On this page you will find links to the various datasets that are currently available in this “open data” format. (For a list and summary information about all current OAC datasets see our
Data Inventory
.) We will be adding data from other years – as well as including other types of data – as they become available.
We welcome your feedback at
info@arts.on.ca
.
Grants
Ontario Arts Council 2017-18 Grants List
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council 2016-17 Grants List
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council 2015-16 Grants List
(Data Dictionary)
Awards
Ontario Arts Council Awards and Chalmers Program 2017-18
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Awards and Chalmers Program 2016-17
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Awards and Chalmers Program 2015-16
(Data Dictionary)
Assessors
Ontario Arts Council Assessors 2017-18
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Awards and Chalmers Program Jurors 2017-18
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Assessors 2016-17
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Awards and Chalmers Program Jurors 2016-17
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Assessors 2015-16
(Data Dictionary)
Ontario Arts Council Awards and Chalmers Program Jurors 2015-16
(Data Dictionary)
OAC Regions
The following file shows how OAC’s eight regions link to Statistics Canada’s standard Census Divisions (i.e. counties, districts and regional municipalities).
Ontario Arts Council Regions
OAC Expense Information
As an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, OAC is subject to the Government of Ontario’s Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses Directive. Expenses are posted by quarter.
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (July – September 2018)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (April – June 2018)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (January – March 2018)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (October – December 2017)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (July – September 2017)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (April – June 2017)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (January – March 2017)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (October – December 2016)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (July – September 2016)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (April – June 2016)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (January – March 2016)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (October – December 2015)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (July – September 2015)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (March – June 2015)
Ontario Arts Council Travel, Meal and Hospitality Expenses (January – February 2015)
Disclosure of Contracts
The Ontario Arts Council provides information on contracts with a value greater than $10,000.
Ontario Arts Council Disclosure of Contracts (from April 1, 2015)