TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Overview
 Strategic Funding .................................................................................................................. 2
 Arts Discipline Funding ......................................................................................................... 3
 Loan Fund ............................................................................................................................. 4
 Operations ............................................................................................................................. 5
Preliminary Results of Increased Grants Funding ............................................................................. 6
2013 Allocations Summary ................................................................................................................ 7
Income Statement & Program Balances for the quarter ended December 31, 2013 ........................ 8
Strategic Funding 2013
 Partnership Programs .......................................................................................................... 9
 Strategic Partnerships ........................................................................................................... 10
 Strategic Allocations.............................................................................................................. 11
 Recipient Details ................................................................................................................... 12
Arts Discipline 2013
 Descriptions
o Annual & Multi-year Operating ................................................................................. 24
o Project ...................................................................................................................... 48
 Recipient Details
o Annual and Multi-Year Operating Allocations .......................................................... 74
o Project Allocations.................................................................................................... 81
o Appeals .................................................................................................................... 95
o Music Creation program ........................................................................................... 97
o Visual Artists program .............................................................................................. 98
o Media Artists program .............................................................................................. 99
o Writers program ....................................................................................................... 100
Rescinded Allocations ........................................................................................................................ 101
Board of Directors .............................................................................................................................. 102
Committees and Juries ...................................................................................................................... 103
INTRODUCTION
Toronto Arts Council’s 2013 allocation from the City of Toronto is $15,713,600, representing an increase
from the previous year of $4 million in the grants budget ($14,279,500) and $200,000 in the arts services
and operations budget ($1,434,100). The funding increase is already making a far-reaching impact on
TAC, Toronto’s artists and the city. It has allowed TAC to offer stability to existing organizations while
providing significant new support for culturally diverse arts organizations, emerging arts groups and
community-engaged arts projects, with a focus on the inner suburbs and youth.
TAC has developed its strategic priorities, and its approach to disbursing the new funding, in a way that it
is both responsive to the needs of the City’s evolving arts community, and to the City’s priorities.
In 2009, recognizing the City’s changing demographics and arts practices, TAC hosted a series of public
consultations, undertook a visioning exercise and developed a plan to guide the Board of Directors in
making decisions on how a significant increase to the grants budget would be allocated across programs.
Further city-wide consultations, held in conjunction with City Culture in April 2013, supported the
objectives of TAC’s funding plans as follows:
Arts Discipline Funding
 Growth & Sustainability: Begin to address major funding inequities in the operating
program, and address the funding gaps in the projects and individual programs.
Strategic Funding
 Community Connections: Enhance support for community engaged arts initiatives with a
focus on youth arts and expanded audience access in diverse communities and outside the
downtown core.
 Innovation & Partnership: Lead change through targeted funds, develop and encourage
partnerships, leverage timely opportunities, and encourage and be responsive to innovation.
TAC’s new funding initiatives are directly aligned with the City’s Principles for Use of New Funding
(Creative Capital Gains Update, May 2013). Our direction with all new funding initiatives has been
innovative, artist-centred and collaborative. We are committed to utilizing existing resources, assets and
knowledge to strengthen the capacity of the entire sector and to inspire new thinking around the arts.
Artist Centred: TAC has begun to address major funding inequities in the operating program, and
address historic funding gaps in the projects and individual programs. 50% of new funding has been
allocated to existing TAC programs, aimed at strengthening the sector. Additionally, our strategic
partnerships are creating exceptional paid opportunities for artists to share their work with new audiences
and communities, and develop their practice through community collaborations.
Asset-Based Community Development: The new funding has been a catalyst for supporting assetbased community initiatives. TAC’s strategic partnerships have created access for artists to existing
institutional resources, knowledge, and assets in local libraries, schools and heritage sites. Our Platform
A and ArtReach partnerships leverage existing grassroots expertise to reach youth and diverse
communities. TAC’s investment in partnerships are leveraged to maximize the resources available for
local arts activities. These investments create opportunities for communities to build the capacity and the
desire to develop future arts programs.
Collaboration: TAC new funding initiatives have fostered collaborations between artists and teachers,
principals, students, parents, library staff, heritage services, youth, settlement agencies and local
communities – across disciplines. Investments in Platform A, ArtReach and the Neighbourhood Arts
Network have created opportunities for exchanges, learning, and sharing of best practices. Our
partnership with Business for the Arts explored new models of partnering with the private sector. In
addition to fostering collaborative exchange between artists and communities, TAC’s partners bring
valuable business, marketing, and promotional resources to artistic collaborations.
Community Ownership: TAC’s partnerships have nurtured a dialogue with local communities at the
grassroots level, empowering local audiences to access arts programming in a meaningful and accessible
way. The new funding has allowed TAC to create programs that respond to the needs of local
communities, in many cases through the work of artists and organizations with a track record of living
and/or working in those communities. For example, Dwayne Morgan, an award-winning spoken word
artist and National Poetry Slam Champion, was the recipient of a three-month residency grant to work at
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Cedarbrae Library Branch in Scarborough, which is his own community. In another example of local
empowerment, FIXT Point performance company will create a theatre piece at Mimico Library created
through a process of community-engaged research.
Diversity: With a focus on rolling out programs to areas outside the core, and encouraging a greater
spread of programs across city wards, TAC is increasing access to diverse artists and audiences. An
increase to a music creation program saw a 153% increase in applications from artists outside the
downtown core and 57% of all applicants were applying to TAC for the first time. All of TAC’s assessment
committees and juries are selected to reflect the diversity of our City and its evolving arts practices.
Equity/Inclusivity: TAC’s funding helps to make the arts in Toronto accessible and affordable and
supports hundreds of programming activities that are free to the public. TAC’s delivery of programs with
partners working at the local and community level has created new points of access for emerging, youth
and community artists. Local arts activities outside the core increase access to the arts to traditionally
underserved communities, with several of our new funding initiatives providing arts activities to children,
youth and communities directly in their schools, libraries and community centres.
Excellence/Quality: Excellence is always a top priority for TAC, and our partners and clients are among
the most celebrated and recognized in the country. We continue to employ best practices and expertise
in peer-review adjudication and assessment to our partnership programs and strategic funding initiatives.
By creating opportunities in our public institutions and spaces, TAC encourages contemporary
perspectives and interpretations of these spaces that are both innovative and resonant. These
partnerships create opportunities, not just for artists, but for local communities to experience the vibrancy
and richness of Toronto’s arts in ways that are meaningful and resonant to their own lives.
Innovation: TAC’s Innovation and Partnerships priority has allowed us to test new ways of funding the
arts through partnerships and initiatives. Strategic investments have been made in new technologies that
will support increased revenue generation and audience building for the sector. Through strategic
funding, TAC has also had the opportunity to incubate new ideas and approaches that look to the future
of the sector by seeding new talent and creating access to funding for youth and diverse communities.
Transparency: TAC has undertaken community consultations, information sessions, and extensive
communications regarding strategic priorities and new funding initiatives.
OVERVIEW OF FUNDING STREAMS
STRATEGIC FUNDING
In response to increased investment from the city as well as consultations with the community, TAC
identified areas where strategic investment was required to address areas not covered through the core
discipline programs.
Community Connections: Enhance support for community engaged arts initiatives with a focus on
youth arts and expanded audience access in diverse communities and outside the downtown
core.
TAC’s adjudication process revealed that while the vast majority of organizations (80%) funded through
TAC arts discipline programs offer outreach and/or youth engagement programs, the scope of this work
has been limited due to lack of funding. Strategic investment in this area is allowing TAC to respond to
new initiatives, groups and artists as well as be a catalyst for increased activity among existing
organizations.
 Youth led arts projects is a funding priority
 Community engaged art projects in inner suburbs is a funding priority
 Culturally diverse youth arts organizations are being given enhanced opportunities to enter the
funding stream
 Outreach and community revitalization projects are eligible for additional funding
 Partnerships with Toronto’s civic institutions (libraries, historic sites, housing, parks, tourism,
settlement agencies, neighbourhood and community centres) are being forged or strengthened to
ensure greater neighbourhood access to arts programming.
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Innovation & Partnership: Lead change through targeted funds, develop and encourage
partnerships, leverage timely opportunities, and encourage and be responsive to innovation.
Develop new and innovative funding programs and partnerships offering artists and arts organizations the
ability to respond to exceptional opportunities and incubate new ideas, projects and initiatives. Funds are
being strategically allocated to act as a catalyst for increased provincial and national investment in
Toronto from all levels of government and the private sector. Options for targeted funding include
initiatives that:
 respond to exceptional one-time events and opportunities
 build local arts community capacity
 provide opportunity for funding interdisciplinary work
 provide seed or development funds for new and innovative artistic initiatives
 develop new platforms for national and international recognition of Toronto artists
 facilitate mentorship and professional development opportunities for arts professionals
 stimulate increased investment in Toronto arts through strategic inter-sectoral partnerships
Assessment and Allocations Process – Strategic Funding
Strategic funding initiatives are developed from ideas raised in public consultations or brought forward by
members of the arts community. An Advisory Group comprised of TAC committee chairs and other
representatives of the community reviews proposals (members are listed on page 63) and all
recommended allocations are approved by TAC's Board of Directors.
Following Board approval, all applicants receive a funding notification letter that provides information
about the funding recommendation and the terms and conditions.
Transparency, equity and diversity in the allocation and assessment process for all new funding initiatives
is of the highest importance to TAC. Extensive communications have been undertaken to inform the arts
community and the wider public about TAC’s strategic priorities and new funding initiatives. Peerassessed juries are comprised of individuals that reflect the geographical, cultural and artistic diversities
of the City. Where necessary, information sessions have been held to inform the community about new
programs.
ARTS DISCIPLINE FUNDING
Supporting the city’s artists and arts organizations through an established and effective granting program
has been Toronto Arts Council’s core business for 36 years. These discipline-specific programs provide
assistance for ongoing operations or for specific projects.
Operating funding provides ongoing support to arts organizations for both their operations and
programming. There are two streams of operating funding: multi-year and annual.
Applicants to a multi-year operating program submit financial and programming information for three-year
period. A funding level is recommended for the three-year period and is paid in annual installments,
subject to the availability of funds. Release of funds in years two and three is conditional upon receipt
and approval of financial and programming reports. Multi-year assessment reduces the administrative
workload of funded organizations by eliminating the annual application process and increases an
organization’s ability to engage in long-term planning by providing confirmation of funding for a three-year
period. An annual assessment stream remains available to organizations not eligible for the multi-year
stream and to organizations that prefer to continue with annual assessment.
TAC has aligned its multi-year schedule with that of Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts,
since most organizations that apply to TAC also apply to these funders. The rollout is staggered by
discipline over three years. TAC also worked with Ontario Arts Council on the development of our
respective multi-year applications and reporting requirements, in order to make it possible for
organizations to prepare material that can be submitted to both funders.
Project funding provides one-time support for specific projects. It is not meant to cover operating or
ongoing expenses. Project funding is provided to organizations and collectives and, through some
programs, to individual artists.
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Program Categories:

Community Arts: Operating funding and Project funding for organizations and collectives

Dance: Operating funding for organizations and Project funding for organizations, collectives and
individual artists

Large Institutions: Operating funding for organizations.

Literary: Operating funding and Project funding for organizations and collectives and the Writers
program for individual artists

Music: Operating funding and Project funding for organizations and collectives and the Music
Creation program for individual artists

Theatre: Operating funding and Project funding for organizations and collectives and the
Playwrights program for individual artists

Visual/Media Arts: Operating funding and Project funding for organizations and collectives and
the Visual Artists program and Media Artists program for individual artists
Assessment and Allocations Process – Arts Discipline Funding
All TAC arts discipline funding programs have an application form and an application deadline date.
When an application is submitted, it is processed and reviewed by staff to confirm eligibility. In some
cases, applicants meet with TAC staff to discuss their applications and/or to receive help with the
application procedure prior to adjudication.
Applications are then sent for review to the appropriate peer adjudication body. With two exceptions,
applications from organizations are reviewed by standing committees and applications from individual
artists are reviewed by juries. The exceptions are the Dance Projects program and the Large Institutions
program. Dance Projects is assessed by a jury because the program funds both organizations and
individual artists. Large Institutions is assessed by a jury because the only component of the program is
multi-year operating which requires assessment once every three years.
TAC has six standing committees that review applications from organizations: Community Arts, Dance,
Literary, Music, Theatre, Visual/Media Arts. Committees are chaired by members of the TAC board;
collectively the members represent a broad spectrum of artistic and cultural practices. All committee
members are volunteers with extensive professional experience in their fields and are selected through a
process of consultation with the arts community. All recommended allocations are approved by TAC's
Board of Directors. (Board and Committee members are listed on pages 62-63).
The Large Institutions, Dance projects, Music Creation/Recording, Visual Artists, Media Artists and
Writers/Playwrights programs are each adjudicated by a representative independent jury of professional
artists working within the respective discipline. Jury members are selected with the advice of members of
Toronto Arts Council arts discipline committees.
Both committees and juries follow a two-stage adjudication process for funding of organizations.
1. Assessment: Each applicant is assessed using publicly stated criteria. Based on this
assessment, each applicant is given a rating to establish an assessment priority ranking.
2. Allocation: The assessment priority ranking becomes a factor in decision of whether, in the case
of projects, to recommend funding, or whether, in the case of Annual Activity, to increase,
maintain or decrease an organization’s funding level. For Annual Activity, the percentage of
funding an organization is already receiving from TAC when compared to comparable
organizations is also a factor. Project funding to both organizations and individual artists is zerobased; i.e. past funding history is not a factor in determining whether or not funding is
recommended or the level at which the funding is recommended.
All funding recommendations are sent to TAC's Board of Directors for final approval. Following Board
approval, all applicants receive a funding notification letter that provides information about the funding
recommendation and, if applicable, information about the appeals process.
LOAN FUND
Toronto Arts Council administers a Loan Fund that provides short-term bridge financing to arts
organizations. The Loan Fund, a rotating fund of $175,332, is a program that puts the City of Toronto in
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the vanguard with respect to its support of the arts. Toronto is one of only three North American cities
and the only Canadian city to provide this much needed and very appreciated service to its arts
community. Two loans were made in 2013.
OPERATIONS
TAC’s operations grant supports staff salaries and benefits, offices, overhead, jury fees, adjudication
costs, websites, grants database and outreach tools. As TAC’s grants scope and responsibilities have
significantly increased, TAC’s operations responsibilities and costs are also increasing. With growing
public awareness of increased arts funding comes increased responsibility to evaluate the effectiveness
of new spending and programs offered to date, to plan for future implementation and to communicate the
results with City Council, the arts community and the public.
In 2013 Toronto Arts Council received an increase of $200,000 to its operations budget bringing the total
budget to $1,434,100 or 9.1% of its total budget. This increase has supported the following:
 The addition of 2 FTEs to grants staff allowing significant increase in outreach and evaluation
activities and the processing of a significant increase in grant applications (42% increase in 2013
over 2012).
 The study, selection and initial development of a new on-line grants management system that will
increase access to TAC grants, improve efficiency of the grant allocation process, and
significantly improve the reliability, availability and comprehensiveness of arts data.
 A significant increase in outreach events and grant writing workshops for artists and organizations
located in every neighbourhood of Toronto.
Working with limited operations resources, TAC has achieved great success addressing a major increase
to granting responsibilities at the lowest possible cost through partnerships with other organizations. By
the end of 2013, many of the new grants programs and funding streams described above were introduced
in partnership agreements where TAC shared adjudication and evaluation responsibilities. These
include: ArtsVest – a partnership with Business for the Arts that is providing 148 grants matched by
corporate support; ArtReach – a partnership program with ArtReach Toronto supporting 30 youth led arts
projects in 2013; Dare2Create – a partnership with TDSB and Prologue to the Performing Arts supporting
arts programming in Toronto schools; Artists in the Library – a partnership program with Toronto Public
Library supporting arts programming in Toronto libraries outside the downtown core; Animating Historic
Sites – a partnership program with Toronto Museum Services supporting arts programming in the city’s
historic sites; Platform A – a partnership program offering mentorship, bridging and microgrants to
community engaged artists and organizations and Pan Am Path – a partnership supporting community
engaged arts programming along the Pan am Path. In addition, the Toronto Arts Foundation, TAC’s
sister organization, invests $500,000 annually in arts research, networking and community connections
which further leverages the impact of TAC’s operations funding.
TAC Operations Growth 2012-2013
Number of new grants programs introduced:
Number of new applications received, 2013:
Number of new grants awarded, 2013:
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777 = 51% increase in the first year of new funding
328 = 48% increase in the first year of new funding
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF 2013 INCREASED GRANTS FUNDING
The final impact of increased grants funding will not be evident for two or three years as grant reports and
financial statements are available. However, early evidence clearly demonstrates a significant impact of
increased investment including the creation of new partnerships, increased access to funding by youth
and newcomer artists and an estimated $23 million in funds leveraged by TAC grants from other
sources.
Toronto Arts Council
Increased Funding 2013
250
221
200
148
150
100
52
50
0
# youth-led projects funded # new partnerships supported
# first time recipients
Millions
Toronto Arts Council
$ Value of Applications Received and Funded, in millions
$30
$25.81
$25
$20
$17.80
$17.00
$14.31
$15
$10.30
$10.27
$10
$5
$0
2011
2012
$ Value of Applications Received
2013
$ Value of Grants Funded
Toronto Arts Council
Numbers of Grant Applications Received & Funded
2,500
2314
2,000
1612
1537
1,500
1014
1,000
686
676
500
0
2011
2012
Applications Received
2013
Applications Funded
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2013 ALLOCATIONS SUMMARY
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED
2012
ALLOCATIONS AWARDED
2013
2012
2013
ARTS DISCIPLINE FUNDING
Operating
Community Arts
Dance
Large Institutions
Literary
Music
Theatre
Visual/Media Arts
Sub-total Operating
Projects
Community Arts
19
33
5
5
71
48
36
217
474,500
1,010,425
1,573,797
104,100
1,784,906
2,413,300
1,407,072
$8,768,100
91
19
634,020
33
1,131,200
5
1,910,650
5
132,100
66
1,983,423
52
2,913,970
35
1,852,630
215 $10,557,993
19
33
5
5
71
46
36
215
415,750
867,400
1,420,715
104,100
1,554,120
2,215,310
1,234,784
$7,812,179
19
32
5
5
66
48
35
210
517,750
1,014,350
1,686,000
123,100
1,752,100
2,505,325
1,557,500
$9,156,125
1,062,411
105
1,128,683
50
457,500
59
569,228
Dance1
Literary
Music
Theatre
Visual/Media Arts
48
385,765
65
543,300
20
138,950
26
179,500
13
72
128
48
76,981
445,187
1,116,285
319,790
14
88
148
56
75,507
591,713
1,347,208
407,607
10
47
50
27
49,450
175,550
294,160
96,000
11
59
51
36
50,507
275,467
351,900
143,750
Sub-total Projects
Total Organizations
400
617
$3,406,419
$12,174,519
476 $4,094,018
691 $14,652,011
204
419
$1,211,610
$9,023,789
242
452
$1,570,352
$10,726,477
Individual Artists
Dance
Composers
Visual Artists
Media Artists
Writers
27
156
290
153
291
210,470
738,369
1,262,000
956,555
1,614,000
64
344
345
146
310
496,330
1,978,000
1,579,000
978,896
1,699,000
10
55
86
39
75
67,000
183,000
329,000
224,000
396,000
23
60
82
46
90
139,000
300,000
383,000
265,000
492,000
1,209
$6,731,226
265
$1,199,000
301
$1,579,000
1,900 $21,383,237
684
$10,222,789
753
$12,305,477
917
$4,781,394
1,534
$16,955,913
0
0
0
0
0
0
51
67
1
803,001
1,340,000
105,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
5
1
105,000
100,000
105,000
1
0
1
0
0
20,000
0
25,000
0
0
79
148
1
4
32
785,075
500,000
100,000
300,000
31,870
1
0
1
0
0
20,000
0
25,000
0
0
30
148
1
4
32
300,000
500,000
100,000
300,000
31,870
ArtData Project
Friends of PanAm Path
Targeted Funding
TAPA mobile app
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
28
1
15,000
100,000
298,500
45,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
28
1
15,000
100,000
298,500
45,000
TOTAL STRATEGIC
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$45,000
414
$4,423,446
2
$45,000
261
$2,000,370
1,537
$17,000,913
2,314 $25,806,683
686
$10,267,789
1,014
$14,305,847
Total Individuals
TOTAL DISCIPLINE
STRATEGIC FUNDING
Partnership Programs
Animating Historic Sites
Artists in the Library
Dare to Create (TDSB)
Strategic Partnerships
ArtReach Toronto*
Business for the Arts (artsVest )*
Neighbourhood Arts Network
Platform A
Platform A microgrants
Strategic Allocations
TOTAL (all programs)
* Grants adjudicated by partner organizations
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TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL
Income Statement and Program Balances
For the Period Jan 01 to Dec 31, 2013
ADMINISTRATION
LOAN PROGRAM
Jan - Dec 2013
Actual
Budget
$
$
REVENUE
Allocation - City of Toronto
Interest
TACF - Operations Grant
Rescinded Grants
Special Project
Miscellaneous
EXPENSES
Leasehold Improvements
Grants and Awards
Bank Charges
Amortization expenses
Salaries & Benefits
Materials and Supplies
Furniture and Equipment
National Arts Database
Purchase of Services
Adjudication Costs
1,434,100
431
40,000
1,434,100
1,000
40,000
75,000
13,423
1,562,954
56,500
1,531,600
130,250
4,625
1,046,356
106,206
20,000
24,418
174,896
84,095
65,600
7,985
1,046,705
117,000
20,000
21,920
185,280
120,000
1,590,844
Jan - Dec 2013
Actual
Budget
$
$
CULTURAL PROGRAM
Jan - Dec 2013
Actual
Budget
$
$
14,241,900
38,479
14,241,900
38,479
19,500
19,500
(1)
TOTAL PROGRAMS
Jan - Dec 2013
Actual
Budget
$
$
15,676,000
38,910
40,000
19,500
75,000
13,423
15,862,832
15,676,000
39,479
40,000
19,500
56,500
0
15,831,479
65,600
14,305,847
1,130.11
7,985
1,046,705
117,000
20,000
21,920
185,280
120,000
0
0
14,299,879
14,299,879
-
-
14,305,847
1,130.11
-
14,305,847
1,130.11
-
-
-
130,250
14,305,847
1,130.11
4,625
1,046,356
106,206
20,000
24,418
174,896
84,095
1,584,490
0
0
14,306,977
14,306,977
15,897,821
15,891,467
(1)
Surplus (deficit) for period
-27,891
-52,890
0
0
-7,098
-7,098
-34,989
-59,989
Program Transfer
Balances, beginning of period
53,392
53,392
175,332
175,332
-5,432
-5,432
223,292
223,292
Balance, end of period
25,501
502
175,332
175,332
-12,530
-12,530
188,303
163,303
(1) contributions for renovation of the New Office and the Arts Space are capitalized for 5 years along with all associated costs, reflected in "Leasehold Improvements"
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STRATEGIC FUNDING 2013
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS
TAC initiated a number of new partnership programs in 2013 that encouraged collaboration between
artists and institutions, provided access to space for arts programming, and offered opportunities for arts
activities outside the downtown core. TAC’s partnership programs leveraged arts funding with
matching funds or in-kind resources. These programs created new opportunities for artists and
audiences at the local level, enhanced assets that are already available within the community. Each
partnership program was conceived as three-year initiative, with ongoing evaluation and communication
taking place annually to incorporate learnings into ongoing program design.
Animating Historic Sites
$105,000
Toronto Arts Council partnered with City of Toronto Museum Services to provide opportunities for artists
to re-imagine and animate five Toronto Heritage sites through engagement with their histories, local
contexts, and communities. The sites are Scarborough Museum, Gibson House, Montgomery Inn,
Todmorden Mills and Mt. Zion Schoolhouse, four of which are located outside the downtown core.
Programming Grants provide opportunities for curators/producers to present a series of programs and
events at one of the four Heritage Sites. Exploration Grants are smaller grants that provide the
opportunity for curators/producers to engage with community, landscape, volunteers and the site itself to
explore ideas for future projects. Museum services is contributing matching support in the form of space,
historical knowledge and research resources, extended hours, staffing, marketing and promotion. An
example of the far-reaching impact of this program can already be seen in Year One, which has seen
Keystone Theatre create a new 10-minute piece through a series of workshops with local youth in
Scarborough. The final theatre piece was performed five times at Scarborough Museum to public
audiences and was then performed as a curtain riser to Keystone’s main feature at the Toronto Fringe
Festival, an incredible opportunity for youth performers to have their work featured at a major international
event.
Artists in the Library
$100,000
Toronto Arts Council has partnered with Toronto Public Library (TPL) to facilitate the animation of five
library spaces outside the downtown core, increase arts access in local communities, and create new
work and collaborative opportunities for Toronto artists. The branches to be animated through 2013 funds
are: Cedarbrae, Downsview, Fairview, Mimico, and Oakwood Village. These community-engaged
residencies are in different arts disciplines, and were selected based on branch capacities and local
interests and needs. Toronto Public Library is contributing matching support in the form of space,
technical support, marketing, promotion, social networking platforms, and staffing. NOTE: Due to the
high level of interest and need for this program, TAC and TPL will be doubling our investment in 2014 and
adding five new libraries to the roster. The additional branches added to the program will be: Don Mills,
Hillcrest, Richview, Scarborough Civic Centre and York Woods.
Dare to Create Festival / TDSB
$105,000
Toronto Arts Council has partnered with Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Prologue to the
Performing Arts on the Dare to Create Festival, a four-week spring festival that included artist residencies,
mentorships and special arts presentation events. The Festival provided students with the opportunity to
explore their personal connections to the people, places, histories and happenings of their city through
art. TAC funding of this project went directly to the artists and arts organizations participating in the
festival. Festival activities in Year One included an Artist Residency Program, a “Dare to Dance” juried
program, a Student Conference at the Cedar Ridge Creative Centre (partnering with the City’s Cultural
Hotspots), a Visual and Media Arts Exhibition at Artscape Young Place, and mentored performances at
North York Centre for the Arts and Young Peoples’ Theatre. In Year One, over 5000 students
participated in this program; 63 artists were given mentorship and residency opportunities in 42 schools,
all of which were outside the downtown core. TDSB managed all programming activities and Prologue
administered the application process, in a highly successful collaboration that has resulted in expanding
of the TDSB artist roster from 22 to 63 artists. This is a 186% increase in the pool of artists the TDSB can
draw on for other annual arts activities in the schools, creating a lasting and meaningful impact on the
lives of artists and students.
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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
TAC developed a number of high-impact strategic partnerships that directly aligned with our priorities of
increasing community, youth, and diverse participant engagement, and of supporting increased growth
and sustainability to the arts sector. These partners bring specific expertise to TAC and provide valuable
grassroots connections to youth, diverse communities and training platforms. TAC’s investment in these
partnerships nurture a sense of community ownership and access to TAC’s new funding and foster the
development of the next generation of arts practitioners and leaders.
ArtReach Toronto
$300,000
Toronto Arts Council partnered with ArtReach Toronto to increase access and opportunities for cultural
participation for youth across the City. ArtReach brings its signature high-engagement approach to grant
making, which combines mentoring and capacity building assistance for the grant recipients, as well as
funding for their projects. Through its established networks which reach youth, it has enabled TAC to
streamline the process by which we engage and invest in Toronto’s emerging artists, youth and underserved communities.
Business for the Arts (artsVest™) $500,000
artsVest™ is a national sponsorship training and matching incentive program created by Business for the
Arts and funded in Toronto by the Toronto Arts Council and Canadian Heritage. artsVest™ is designed to
stimulate innovative business sponsorship and corporate engagement in arts and heritage. The program
helps build healthy, prosperous and creative communities across Canada by training small and mid-sized
arts and heritage organizations on how to forge successful, long-term partnerships with the private sector.
In addition, artsVest provides matching incentive grants for new sponsorships raised by participating
organizations to spark local business support of arts and heritage. In Phase One of TAC’s investment in
the program, 77 organizations were pre-approved and $1.2 million in sponsorship funds were raised, 60%
from first-time sponsors of the arts. 56 arts organizations from across disciplines and areas of the City
secured sponsorship and $330,000 in matching funds for a total economic impact of $1.53 million. In
Phase Two 71 recipients have been pre-approved, with 56% of organizations operating in priority
neighborhoods and/or outside of the downtown core. Phase Two program results will be tabulated in
2015.
Neighbourhood Arts Network (NAN)
$100,000
Toronto Arts Council is a partner with other agencies and organizations for the ongoing development of
the Neighbourhood Arts Network (NAN). Launched in 2009 and described as “the place where arts and
community engagement meet,” NAN has expanded to over 1400 members, including artists, arts
organizations, cultural workers and community agencies. From 2012 to 2013, NAN’s membership went
from 876 to 1212, an increase of 39%, demonstrating the organization’s growing position as a hub for the
City’s community arts sector. The network acts as a catalyst for new discussions and relationships,
facilitates capacity building and professional development, collects research and shares information, and
facilitates a shared vision around the place of arts in community development. NAN creates new
opportunities for emerging and diverse artists through their Vision awards, which recognize artistic
excellence and contribution to community, for professional newcomer artists and community-based arts
projects, and through extensive partnerships with local arts organizations and festivals on learning,
networking and arts animation activities. NAN is an initiative of the Toronto Arts Foundation. Additional
partners include BMO, Ontario Trillium Foundation, TELUS, TD Bank Group, Sketch, North LIP, Maytree,
CPAMO, Centre for Social Innovation, Humber College, Local Arts Service Organizations, City of Toronto
Cultural Services and OCAD and many others.
Platform A
($300,000 + $31,870 disbursed as micro-grants)
Platform A is a partnership involving four organizations that have pioneered work in the field of community
arts in Toronto: Arts for Children and Youth, Art Starts, Jumblies Theatre, and Sketch: Working Arts for
Street and Homeless Youth. The four organizations work in different areas of the city and have distinct
engagement practices. The aim of the Platform A initiative is to fuse the strengths and experiences of the
four organizations to support a shared vision of seeding sustainable, high-quality community arts practice,
and providing increased opportunities and access to the arts for youth and communities. The project is
creating new opportunities through shared platforms, mentorships, organizational bridge building, and
micro-grants and will test new models for collaboration and resource sharing in the youth and communityengaged arts sectors. Year One saw 147 applications for micro-grants, of which 32 were disbursed,
demonstrating the enormous need for seed funding at the community level. Micro-grant projects took
place in 20 Wards across the City, with 12 (38%) taking place in neigbourhoods outside the downtown
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core. A total of 44 mentorships took place as a result of this initiative, with an additional 14 paid
internships. The partners have each reported the positive impact of the program in increasing their
capacity to reach and mentor youth, who they continue to work with in different ways as they develop new
knowledge and skills. This initiative has tapped into the momentum and wider interest in community arts,
and fostered collaborations between the partners and larger organizations including Canadian Stage,
TIFF, OCADU, Tarragon Theatre and Canadian Opera Company to name a few. In one powerful
example of impact, SKETCH youth participants are working with George Brown College to design
curriculum around food, gardening and art. TAC is collaborating as a partner on the sharing of outcomes
and best practices in community-engaged arts practices that may inform future programs and initiatives.
STRATEGIC ALLOCATIONS
ArtData Pilot Project
$15,000
TAC has partnered with Laidlaw Foundation on the second phase of a data visualization program that will
map the cultural impact of 15 youth arts organizations in Toronto. Phase I of the ArtData project resulted
in a data visualization using information culled from five not-for-profit youth arts groups supported by the
Laidlaw Foundation and other funders: ArtReach, Manifesto, Sketch, Remix and Unity. Various data sets
from the sector were overlaid in an interactive way to reveal fresh narrative stories about urban youth and
the arts, a sector that is thriving in the City of Toronto. Phase II is mapping 10 additional
groups: Children’s Peace Theatre, Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre, Regent Park Focus,
Kapisanan Philippine Centre, CUE, Lost Lyrics, Arts for Children & Youth, NIA Centre for the
Arts, 106&York and the Asian Arts Freedom School. Children’s Peace Theatre will be the administrative
lead for Phase II.
Friends of the Pan Am Path
$100,000
Friends of the Pan Am Path (FOPAP) have undertaken an ambitious project to create and animate an 80
km trail across Toronto by connecting existing cycle and walking paths. The Path is intended to serve as
an active living legacy for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Para Pan Am Games. It will link neighbourhoods and
engage diverse communities across the city through opportunities for art, enriched public spaces, tourism
and local economic development. The Pan Am Path will provide programming opportunities for artists and
arts organizations across the City during TO2015; 11 of the 15 programming zones are located outside
the downtown core, with an equitable distribution of opportunities across Wards. 22 large-scale arts
projects will take place throughout the path during the Games, across the arts disciplines. TAC’s strategic
support of FOPAP recognizes the Path as an important arts and culture initiative designed to create new
opportunities for community-based arts activities, which will leverage the investment, marketing and
participation around the Games to build new audiences for their work.
Targeted Enhanced Funding
$298,500
TAC provided targeted funding to selected organizations that receive operating grants to support the
continuation or expansion of their work with children, youth and/or culturally diverse communities in
Toronto, specifically for activities taking place outside the downtown core. These grants are separate from
their operating grants and are intended to support the costs of the intensive work involved in this kind of
high-engagement work. In Year One, programming was delivered in 30 schools, and in 26 community
centres and outdoor spaces, in partnerships that utilized existing resources while supporting community
and local participation and expression. 70% of the activities took place in priority neighbourhoods, with
programming spread across a total of 23 Wards and 12 out of Toronto’s 13 priority neighourhoods.
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts: Performing Arts mobile app $45,000
TAPA, an arts service organization with over 175 professional theatre, dance and opera company
member, is developing an app that will be a mobile platform for all Toronto arts organizations. The goal of
the app is to provide Torontonians and tourists with an easy-to-use, on-the-go way of finding out what,
where and when performances are happening and to facilitate the purchasing of tickets. The goal of the
project is to help increase audience attendance and participation in arts and culture, particularly through
outreach to new and younger audiences. TAC is providing development funds for this new and innovative
initiative because it has sector-wide benefits.
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STRATEGIC FUNDING: RECIPIENT DETAILS
Animating Historic Sites
Programming Grant recipients

Kaeja d’Dance, Montgomery's Inn - One of Canada’s longest-standing contemporary dance
companies, Kaeja d'Dance, will engage the residents in communities surrounding Montgomery's
Inn to produce four original community dance creations inspired by the history of the inn. Works
featuring a cast of approximately 25 intergenerational community participants will be set within
different areas of the inn and the grounds and presented in three early evening performances in
the fall 2014. ($27,500)

Keystone Theatre, Scarborough Museum - Keystone Theatre will engage the Youth Team at
the Scarborough Museum in a multi-phase theatre project that will animate the space from April
through June 2014, getting them involved in everything from set design to staging. The work that
will be produced is created in the style of a silent film, responding to language barriers and the
demographic makeup of Scarborough Village, where over half of residents are immigrants and
over 26 languages are spoken. ($25,500)

Memories of the Future, Gibson House - Curators Noa Bronstein and Katherine Dennis will
bring together artists to respond to a theme through the creation of site and context specific
installations at historic houses and museums. Using the visual language of the present and
speculating on possibilities for the future, artists will expose, interpret and remember memories of
the past. The artists who will produce site specific projects that respond to the history of Gibson
House are: Robert Hengeveld, Matt Macintosh, Sara Angelucci, Eleanor King, and Department of
Unusual Certainties. Gibson House will also be activated through programming such as artist
talks and an artist-led tour of the neighbourhood. ($18,000)

Words in Motion, Todmorden Mills - Words in Motion creates and delivers innovative arts
programming that is rooted in and derived from the community, with storytelling at its heart. The
company will present Voices in the Valley, a theatrical presentation of the history of Todmorden
Mills from July through September, 2014. ($15,000)
Exploration Grant recipients

Alyssa Fearon, Scarborough Museum - Curator, arts programmer, and first generation
Canadian Alyssa Fearon will design a participatory arts-based program that will involve
community members in defining alternative ways of understanding the historic Scarborough
Museum, as well as redefining their own role as developers of their own community. This site
animation will be a platform to address the gaps and connections between newcomer, first
generation Canadians and local Indigenous populations within Scarborough.

Janine Marchessault, Zion Schoolhouse - Curator Janine Marchessault will undertake
historical and curatorial research to organize a site specific exhibition called Of Progress at the
Zion Schoolhouse. The goal is to invite eight Canadian artists in a variety of media to engage with
the history of the school and surrounding community to think about the question of progress
through changing forms of education. Through the story of the Zion Schoolhouse, this exhibition
will tell a history of this land to open the door for new understandings of the current ecological
crisis.

Kathleen McDonnell, Montgomery Inn - Playwright and musician Kathleen McDonnell will work
on the development of a site specific, participatory/interactive historical play with music for
staging at Montgomery Inn. The play will feature a choir, with singers drawn from the local
community. At this exploratory phase, the project will encompass two areas of work: research and
writing of a draft script, including musical components, and outreach to local communities to
explore the possibilities for participation, with emphasis on assembling a community choir.

Tapestry New Opera Works, Todmorden Mills - Tapestry New Opera Works will explore the
potential in creating a music-theatre/opera performance at Todmorden Mills with playwright
Hannah Moscovitch about the Brooks Bush Gang.

Single Thread Theatre Company, Gibson House - Single Thread Theatre Company will
undertake initial work on a site-specific play about the story of the Gibson family and Gibson
House, including research and exploratory work at the site with the actors, director and
playwright.
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Artists in the Library recipients

D’bi Young Anitafrika, Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre
d’bi.young anitafrika is an internationally celebrated African-Jamaican-Canadian dubpoet,
monodramatist, and educator. She is the published author of two collections of poetry, eight
plays, two dubpoetry albums, and The Sankofa Trilogy. d’bi is the recipient of two Dora Mavor
Moore Awards, among many others, and is the Program Designer and Facilitator of the Arts,
Activism and AIDS Academy – a recent project of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. ($20,000)

Dwayne Morgan, Cedarbrae Branch
Dwayne Morgan is a spoken word artist and the 2012 Canadian Festival of Spoken Word
National Poetry Slam Champion. He is founder of Up From the Roots entertainment, promoting
the artistic contributions of African Canadian and urban influenced arts. In 2013, Morgan was
honoured with a Star on the Scarborough Walk of Fame. He is the recipient of the African
Canadian Achievement Award, the Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in the Arts and three
Canadian Urban Music Awards. Dwayne has published seven books and recently started a
poetry slam pilot project with York Region District School Board. ($20,000)

FIXT POINT, Mimico Branch
Founded in 2006, FIXT POINT is a professional theatre and media company engaging
communities with site specific performance and audio art. Their goal is to preserve local heritage
and promote neighbourhood cultures through art and storytelling. Their acclaimed project The
Tale of a Town was produced as a full-length radio show for CBC Radio One and has toured
across Ontario, engaging hundreds of community members around the province. FIXT POINT
has produced widely acclaimed tours of original work around the world, including at the
Edinburgh Festival and the Prague International Festival. ($20,000)

Latoya Joy Lapps, Downsview Branch
Joy Lapps is a musician, composer and arts educator whose primary instrument is the soprano
steel pan. She has performed at festivals including Toronto’s Afrofest, Muhtadi’s International
Drumming Festival, and Antigua’s Moods of Pan Festival. Joy has released four recordings and
the self-titled EP Joy (2013). She has been nominated for a Harry Jerome Arts and Media Award
and the Caribbean Music and Entertainment Award. Joy is founder of Steel Pan Experience,
offering workshops and presentations to schools and communities across Toronto. ($20,000)

Rukhsana Khan, Fairview Branch
Rukhsana Khan is an award-winning author and storyteller who was born in Lahore, Pakistan and
immigrated to Canada at the age of three. She has published twelve books ranging from picture
books to short stories to teen novels. Her book Wanting Mor has and/or been shortlisted for
fifteen awards and her picture book The Big Red Lollipop was chosen by the New York Times as
one of the ten best illustrated books of 2010, and selected by New York Public Library as one of
the 100 Greatest Children’s Books in the Last 100 Years. ($20,000)
ArtReach Toronto recipients

4 Reasonz – Do What You Love (DWYL) is an intensive film and media-training project for ten
youth in the Jane and Finch/Sheppard community. Throughout the process of a collaborative
production, participants will undergo technical skill development workshops in script-writing,
audio, electronic field production and studio production. The project will culminate in a film
screening. ($10,000)

Blackness Between Us – Blackness Between Us is an arts project that will work with two
groups of Black youth from underserved communities to create a zine of writing and illustrations
that explore alternative ways of healing and building healthy relationships. ($7,500)

Blossom – Blossom is a fashion project for 15 young Muslim women in the Mount Denis &
Dixon area. The five-month project addresses bullying and media stereotypes of conservatively
dressed Muslim girls. It includes lessons in fashion illustration, hijab pin creation, sewing, pattern
drafting and fashion photography. The work created in the project will be presented in a fashion
show in the community. ($6,000)

Breaking the Cycle (BTC) – The Cycle of Cinemateque is a film project for five past graduates
of BTC Scarborough, an employment and gang exit strategy project. Over seven weeks,
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participants will develop skills in camera, script writing, editing, photo and graphic design. Each
participant will develop their own skit, two of which will be chosen by the group for production.
Additionally, they will create public service announcements (PSAs) about gang violence that will
be aired in schools, community centers and youth groups. ($10,000)

Broadway from the Block (BFTB) is a Jane and Finch based, youth-run showcase that provides
a stage to highlight the talent of youth in the area. The BFTB group will work to develop and
present a multi-arts showcase including music, dance, drama and comedy. ($7,500)

Canadian Roots Exchange – Digital Stories, Stories of Reconciliation is a storytelling and
video project that will work with 30 youth from Indigenous and newcomer (refugees and
immigrant) communities, and communities of colour. The project will use oral traditions to explore
themes of diaspora, identity, and community building and draw parallels between underserved
communities featuring a range of diversity. ($10,000)

Darrel Gamotin – Navigation (NAV) is a six-month, arts-intensive, cultural immersion project for
young Filipino men between the ages of 17 to 24. This multi arts project creates the space for
participants to start a dialogue with each other, receive mentorship from professional artists within
the community, have access to professional tools to hone their creativity, define their identity,
explore their community, and tell their stories on their own terms. ($10,000)

F-YOU: The Forgiveness Project – Grief - This writing project will be led by five youth who will
publish a book of youth-written memoirs around the theme of grief. The 30 youth whose works
are selected will participate in six workshops to develop their skills in storytelling, writing and
spoken performance. Outreach will target youth in the downtown core, Regent Park, Jane and
Finch and Rexdale who are coping with the impacts of loss and grief. (10,000)

FCJ Network – The Art Between Us will involve professional mentors providing 12 workshops in
each of the following arts forms: painting and drawing, theatre, and dance. The project will be led
by a youth network housed at the FCJ Refugee Centre, and offered to up to 60 newcomer and
refugee youth. Participants will develop pieces to be presented to the larger community at an inhouse event. ($10,000)

Fitzroy Facey – Anti-Violence Anthem Project is a twelve-week creative experience for 16-22
year old artists living in two underserved communities in Toronto. Youth from two communities
(representing the east and west sides of the city) will work together to develop a message of propeace and anti-violence. The group will then work alongside industry professionals to write and
produce a collaborative song. An accompanying short film will be created, directed by young
emerging filmmakers. ($10,000)

Friends in Trouble – Project Screw Face will provide 20 racialized youth, ages 16-29, with
artistic development opportunities in videography and filmmaking. Participants will create a
documentary examining the hostility in first time encounters among racialized males, commonly
known as "the screw face”. The film will be screened throughout priority neighbourhoods where
the group will host panel discussions around the topic. ($10,000)

Gashanti Unity – Portrait of a Lady: Courage -- In this project, 10 young Somali women will
broaden their exposure to culturally specific art history from East Africa, and around the world,
and then use this inspiration to create their own works. During the six-month project, participants
will have access to arts professionals and culturally relevant role models to explore the arts and
develop technical skills in photography and film. Participants will share their stories in an
exhibition and screening event. ($13,500)

Ill Nana – Right to Dance is an eight-week youth-led, dance intensive training project,
accompanied by a 16-week series of drop in classes. The classes will culminate in a public
showcase of ten LGBTTIQQ2S* youth participants’ solo, self-choreographed works. ($15,000)

It Gets Fatter – It Gets Fatter is a youth-led collective that promotes body positivity and critical
awareness of the harmful discourses that it counters. This project will provide a series of
photography, writing and digital storytelling workshops to eight to ten self-identifying fat people of
color across the GTA. The project will also include a retreat, and a public launch and showcase
for the works produced. ($10,000)

Jasmine Ali – Battlefield Project is a spoken word and hip-hop dance workshop series led by a
21 year old Regent Park community member, Jasmine Ali. 20 youth between the ages of 13 and
19 will participate in the sessions and plan a final event to demonstrate their new skills. ($10,000)

Justin Anderson – Champions is an after school project teaching the art of Taekwondo to ten
young men and women that are facing issues due to violence in the Malvern community. The
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project will offer training and workshops (in partnership with Breaking the Cycle) in integrity,
courage, and self-control while promoting anti-violence. The project will culminate in a showcase.
($9,500)

Keep Rockin’ You – Toronto B-Girl Movement is a skill building, empowerment and confidence
strengthening project for twenty-five young women. Sessions are two days per week and will offer
breaking classes, and discussions surrounding women in hip-hop. The group will also be
supported to attend and participant in public dance events. ($10,000)

LGBT Asian Youth Films – LGBT Asian Youth Films will provide ten to fifteen LGBTQ+
participants from East and Southeast Asian communities a safe space to share their stories and
passions, and challenge their barriers through film. Participants will attend workshops in writing,
script development, production and editing. Youth will create pieces that will be shared at a
screening and an online launch. ($10,000)

Mad Arts Collective – Making Scenes, a Play on Madness - The Making Scenes project was
developed in response to mainstream depictions of madness, and to arts production opportunities
that are inaccessible to artists of various abilities and needs. The project will be a space to
critique, commiserate, and create “mad media and art” on the group’s own terms. Participants will
be engaged through conversations, trips to galleries, and events that explore the theme of
madness. The project will culminate in the creation of a play and accompanying “docu-mental-ry”.
($10,000)

Malvern Family Resource Centre – Through My Eyes will bring together ten youth with high
functioning disabilities in Malvern. With the support of artists acting as mentors, participants will
work as a collective to tell their stories through the art of photography, visual arts and drumming.
The group will present and perform their works at three local events following the workshops.
($10,000)

Ismailova Theatre of Dance – Open The Door will provide a space for 10 youth to develop skills
in dance and theatre arts, culminating in a final showcase. Outreach will target newcomer youth,
and youth with financial need from the Russian speaking, as well as Latina, South Asian and East
Asian communities. ($10,000)

Oswaldo Quiroz – Supporting Latino Artists Through Education (SLATE) is a film-training
project for Hispanic males ages 16-24 who are interested in film, writing, acting, and music.
Outreach will target youth who are out of school or in probation, and living in the Jane and Finch
area. Throughout the 12 workshops, eight participants will work on two four-minute films that
explore the theme of culture. The project will also provide entry-level training assistance for
working on sets, with the goal of connecting youth to employment as production assistants.
($10,000)

Patch Project – Portfolio Development Project (PDP) is a youth-led, capacity-building project
for young newcomer artists residing in Toronto’s underserved communities. PDP will supports
participants to develop their art skills by transforming the walls around construction sites into
canvases that showcase their work to the public. ($10,000)

Patrick de Belen – Poetry is our Second Language (PSL) is a five-week, youth-led workshop
series that builds skills in poetry writing and spoken word performance among Filipino-Canadian
youth. This project was developed by spoken word artist Len Cervantes, and is now being revived
by a 21-year-old former participant. ($6,000)

Pomegranate Tree Group – Heartbeats: The IZZAT Project is an initiative that will explore the
spectrum of family violence (for example, forced marriage and “honour” related violence) through
12 workshops in theatre and community performance. The project will present their works in three
dinners and talk back performances. ($15,000)

Refuge Productions – In Search Of Our Stories is a film mentorship initiative for young women
ages 20-29. The project that will provide skill development opportunities through the production of
three short films focused on diasporic journeys. Participants will build their skills in the production
process by supporting the production of the first film, playing key roles in the making of the
second, and finally taking the lead on the third. ($10,000)

Rex Pride – Queer Media Arts Project (Q-MAP2): Voicing Out is a multi-arts project based in
Rexdale that will offer 5-20 LGBTQ+ youth access to multi arts programming that thematically
focuses on sexual orientation and gender identity. Participants will create pieces with messages
for social change in their community with the support of five mentors. ($15,000)
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Tangled Art and Disability – Outta Your Mind is a project for culturally diverse youth with
disabilities. “Krip-Crew” is a youth committee that will come together to spark the evolution of
Krip-Hop culture in Toronto. The committee will develop “Skillz Development”, a series of
intensive workshops in lyric-writing and beat-making with local artists. Finally, “Krip-Hop Nation:
Toronto” will be a performance and professional development series with Krip-Hop giants Leroy
Moore and Kounterclockwise. ($10,000)

Unapologetic Burlesque – Workshops and Showcase - Unapologetic Burlesque is a workshop
and skill share series with the goal of bringing burlesque back to its political roots, while
prioritizing consent, accessibility and representation. The project will be offering free skill share
workshops for youth to develop performances and create costumes, culminating in a sliding-scale
showcase. ($10,000)

Victoria Mejicano – The Community Crossover - Victoria Mejicano, a youth theatre performer
and a newcomer from the Dominican Republic, will lead 15 youth from the Latino, Somali and
Onkwehonwe communities in this four-month project. The Community Crossover will explore
themes of immigration and settlement through performance, which will culminate in a showcase
created and presented by the participants. ($10,000)
Business for the Arts (artsVest™) recipients
Phase One Recipients
Abilities Arts Festival
Acting Up Stage Theatre Company Inc.
Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Amici Chamber Ensemble
Angelwalk Theatre
Arraymusic
Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre
Arts for Children and Youth
ArtsSmarts/GénieArts
B.A.A.N.N Theatre Centre
Ballet Creole**
C.C.M.C Music Gallery
Cahoots Theatre Projects
Canadian Children's Opera Company
Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf
Canadian Rep Theatre
Choirs Ontario
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
Continuum Contemporary Music Ensemble
Dance Ontario Association
Dancemakers
Documentary Organization of Canada
Dreamwalker Dance Company
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Theatre**
Expect Theatre Inc.
Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography
Hannon-Shields Centre for Leadership & Peace O/A Children's Peace Theatre
Lab Cab Arts Festival
Le Laboratoire d'art - Le labo inc.**
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto
Literary Review of Canada
Lula Music and Arts Centre
MacBeck Studio Inc.,c/o DanceWorks
Manifesto Community Projects Inc.
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company of Canada
Nightswimming Repertory Theatre
Nightwood Theatre
No.9: Contemporary Art and the Environment
Ontario Crafts Council
Open Studio
$4,000.00
$9,000.00
$4,000.00
$1,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$5,000.00
$6,000.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$6,000.00
$2,100.00
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
$5,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,400.00
$6,000.00
$2,000.00
$600.00
$1,000.00
$6,000.00
$5,000.00
$2,000.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$3,750.00
$2,000.00
$1,600.00
$1,600.00
$1,950.00
$5,000.00
$1,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$2,500.00
$7,500.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
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Orpheus Choir of Toronto
Pax Christi Chorale
Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film & Video Festival
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Inc.
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
Regent Park Film Festival
Roseneath Theatre
Shakespeare in Action
Sinfonia Toronto
Small Theatre Administrative Facility
Small World Music Society
South Asian Visual Arts Centre**
Studio 180 Theatre
Talisker Players Chamber Music
The Canadian Society of Childres Authors, Illustrators and Performers
The Centre for Aboriginal Media O/A imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts
The Company Theatre for Cultural Exchange and Education
The Elmer Iseler Singers
The Esprit Orchestra
The Force for Cultural Events Production Inc.
The Glenn Gould Foundation
The Remix Project
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Theatre Columbus
Theatre Direct Canada
Theatre Gargantua Inc
Theatre Ontario
Toronto Animated Image Society
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Toronto Photographers Workshop
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival**
Toronto Summer Music Foundation
Volcano Non-Profit Productions Inc.
Wavelength Music Arts Projects
Whippersnapper Gallery Inc
Young Voices Toronto
Zata Omm Dance Projects
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$6,000.00
$2,000.00
$7,500.00
$5,000.00
$5,400.00
$6,000.00
$1,600.00
$7,500.00
$2,000.00
$7,500.00
$1,750.00
$2,000.00
$6,000.00
$4,000.00
$2,000.00
$6,000.00
$2,500.00
$2,000.00
$6,000.00
$4,000.00
$6,000.00
$2,500.00
$5,000.00
$6,000.00
$4,000.00
$2,000.00
$5,500.00
$9,000.00
$7,500.00
$2,000.00
$7,500.00
$4,250.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
Phase Two Recipients to be announced in September 2014.
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Platform A Micro-Grants
Arts for Children and Youth micro-grant recipients
 Ascend Art Collective: An art collective rooted in creativity, learning, sharing and enjoying the
creation of art. Through weekly workshops at the Ascend retail space facilitated by visual artist
Felicia Samuels, 7-10 youth will learn the basics of art creation, business development and event
planning, with the opportunity to engage the community and test the market with their creations
during a final showcase / pop-up shop. ($990)
 Basement Apartment Films: Basement Apartment is a collective of 5 emerging filmmakers from
priority areas of Toronto. The collective works together with the aim of mitigating the barriers faced
by economically challenged filmmakers to entering the film industry by creating opportunities for
emerging film makers to take their careers and professional development into their own hands. In
weekly meetings the members of the Basement Apartment collective will share resources, develop
skills and knowledge (through workshops, targeted mentorship and group work) and then apply
those skills to the promotion, production and distribution of a short film, which will be created with
additional crew members and mentors from the community. The short film will be screened at an
event at Cinecycle. ($1,000)
 Community Unite Project: By participating in a series of workshops (led by resident elders,
resident high school students, and two youth group coordinators), youth will learn how they can
create healthy community dialogues. They will each use this learning to make a personal leadership
statement pledging their involvement to their community on a self-designed ceramic plaque. The
project’s goal is to engage and inspire youth ages 6-15 living the Kennedy/Eglinton priority
neighbourhood and in the Birchmount/Eglinton area, to become more involved in their community.
The workshops, and a showcase of the final artworks, will take place in the community room of a
Toronto Community Housing building at 1021 Birchmount Road. ($1,000)
 Camelle D’andra Davidson: Visual Expressions is a community batik art program taking place in a
Toronto Community Housing building in the Glendower community (Birchmount/Finch), in which an
inter-generational collective of community artists will participate in weekly workshops to create
various pieces of batik art based on themes that best represent them as individuals or as a
community. They will develop artworks that tell a visual story about their community, city, life, history
and what they have learned. The artworks will be showcased and shared with the community in an
exhibition at the end of the program. ($890)
 Peta-Gaye Melissa Duff: Lost Dreams is an artist development program for young women between
the ages of 15-29 who would not have access otherwise to professional music services. Over 10
weeks, the program will engage 5 young women to develop as recording artists by participating in
full-day sessions at Sandbox Studios, in which they will gain performance and recording skills from 8
community artists acting as presenters and mentors. Community as audience. The program will
result in a recorded compilation of songs, which will be shared with the community. ($990)
 Fitzroy Anthony Facey: The 8:45:66 Initiative is a collaborative project bringing together three
generations, for a first-of-its-kind music program in the Malvern community. This initiative brings
together a father and sons trio (an 8-year-old child, a 25-year old youth and an adult), who will
collaborate to create and record 3 original songs. These songs will be shared with the seniors living
in Toronto Community Housing senior care facilities, during 3 interactive performances. Each
performance includes a hands-on music/instrument making session, and the seniors will be invited
to play their hand-made instruments along with the musicians during the performance. ($1,000)
 Junior Francois Lavagesse: The 16 Bars Jae Lejit Documentary will raise awareness about artistic
health, leadership and innovation through the creation of a documentary film/video that
demonstrates the hip hop artist Jae Lejit’s creative process and his method of fusing music, visual
imagery, and community-engaged artmaking. The film, which will include interviews from members
of the Victoria Village community, as well as a “soundtrack” featuring musical imagery from 10-15
AFCY artists, will be unveiled in a 2-week exhibition/screening at a film studio. ($1,000)
 Casandra Erica London: The Casandra London Network Youth Program is a community driven
initiative fusing together the art of theatre and journalism for diverse youth ages 19-28 making social
and political differences in marginalized areas. Over the course of three months, 8 youth will attend
weekly workshops (2.5 hrs each) where they will learn how to collectively create a play, produce an
online video news report, and develop an event to showcase their work in the community. ($1,000)
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Art Starts micro-grant recipients
 Nicole Little: Mixed media art installation using the artists own work, portraits created by
contributing Toronto artists and wildlife studies created by Toronto youth collaged together in a large
scale visual map representing the diversity of this city. ($1,000)
 Amefika Browne: An LGBTQ craft group called Krafty Queers who provide safe, sober, intergenerational spaces for people in the LGBTQ community to come together, connect and make art.
($1,000)
 Ananna Rafi: Addressing the issues of litter and public space in Flemingdon & Thorncliff Parks an
eco-activist public art project using recycles and found objects to create artistic sculptural planter
projects across the neighbourhood. ($1,000)
 Lindy Kinoshameg: First nations artist born on Manitoulin Island now living in Toronto looking to
create and exhibit a series of drawings/projection installation pieces surrounding the concept of
shape-shifting and documenting his growth from living on a reservation to an urban environment.
($1,000)
 Ohemaa Boateng: Engaging youthful parents who are currently in conflict with the law in artistic
workshops to create a recorded CD of singing, spoken words or read aloud literary works as well as
a handcrafted cover and companion booklet for their children) to help reconnect families while
encouraging artistic expression and literacy skills. ($1,000)
 Genito Muchochoma: Dance performance artist from Mozambique who wishes to choreograph a
full-length dance performance piece inspired by the life and history of Nelson Mandela. He hopes to
perform his piece around Toronto in schools, theaters and in connection with the African diasporic
community. ($1,000)
 Toronto Wordsmiths: A youth lead collective working together to provide ongoing creative writing
and literary workshops. The program will culminate in a reading from participants and launch of an
anthology zine. ($1,000)
 Khydup Gyatso: Addressing the issues of oppression through a variety of workshops the
participants will work with the artist to create a depiction inspired by their discussions and bring
together a visual narrative in the form of a graphic novel. ($1,000)
Jumblies Theatre micro-grant recipients

Alvis Choi: To conduct a creative research project with Chinese migrant workers about their change
of occupation due to migration, and its impact on their social status, income level, lifestyle and
health. ($1,000)

Ben Lee: To explore diverse food rituals and traditions and develop a festive event, with participants
from the Dufferin Grove Park Farmers Market and other community venues. ($1,000)

Faten Toubasi: To implement a 5-day visual arts project at the Arab Community Centre of Toronto,
with immigrant/refugee youth, creating images of home: in Toronto and original home. ($1,000)

Jun Yee Wang: For the developmental phase of the Story of Silk, an inter-generational project
taking place in Scarborough, using silk as a literal and figurative thread to bring together varied
cultures, ecologies and histories. ($1,000)

Lorenzo Pagnotta: To create a series of workshops for seniors living in the St. Clair and Glencairn
area that will use performance and visual arts forms to explore the intersection between fitness and
art-making. ($1,000)

Pam Snell: For the initial phase of creating a participatory video that will set the stage for a larger
Queering Families Project. ($1,000)

Tamar Swartz: To create a series of accordion books with seniors through an open-studio process,
at Parkdale Activity and Recreation Centre and/or another community venue. ($1,000)

Josephine Yudnara De Ridder Linarez: To create four weekly community-collaborative percussion
workshops resulting in a public performance in the Oakwood Village area. ($1,000)
Sketch micro-grant recipients

Salomeh Ahmadi: To create a photo series exploring Muslim women and non-Muslim women
wearing hijabs. This series will deconstruct the cultural perception of the hijab and the women who
wear them. ($1,000)
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Whitney French: To create a high quality literary magazine that features writing and artwork from
young women of colour. ($1,000)

Heather Fulton: To create photo-based series around the theme of memory loss and nostalgia,
using experimental forms of disintegration. ($1,000)

Jessica Jordon: To create a 10 minute hand-drawn animation (7200 frames) entitled Blossom that
will depict the emotional metamorphosis of womanhood through a feminist lens. ($1,000)

Richael Laking: To create a series of paintings exploring the representation of First Nations people
in pop culture and mainstream media. ($1,000)

Funmilola Lawson: To create an 8 song EP entitled Deep in the Game that captures life growing up
at Jane and Finch. ($1,000)

Steve Mantyka: To create an etching series of juxtaposing images of Mount Pleasant cemetery and
local coffee shops filled with life. ($1,000)

Dynesti Williams: To create a 5-song EP exploring themes of self-discovery, re-birth, despair, and
triumph. ($1,000)
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Targeted Enhanced Funding recipients

Aluna Theatre works in partnership with Casa Maiz, Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples and
Mujer to makes theatre more accessible for Latino Canadian audiences through touring
performances into suburban neighbourhoods and providing youth training programs in Jane and
Finch and Jamestown.
($15,000)

B current works in partnership with Toronto Public Library and Toronto Community Housing
Corporation to provide training workshops and access to the arts for youth in Jane and Finch,
Lawrence Heights and Weston Mount Dennis communities. Workshops are geared towards the
interest of the youth in each community. Guest artist facilitators are then engaged to instruct and
explore different mediums with participants. Workshops in the past have included graffiti art,
filmmaking, mask making, traditional African Dance, music recording, Urban/Hip Hop soundscaping, and drama/improv games. ($10,000)

Bach Children's Chorus of Scarborough develops a love of music and singing in children
through enjoyable learning and performing experiences. It is comprised of four separate choirs
with a total membership of approximately 200 children and youth between the ages of 6 and 24.
Rehearsals are held at Scarborough Bluffs United Church and the choir presents two annual
concerts at the George Weston Recital Hall in the Toronto Centre for the Arts. ($10,000)

The Canadian Children's Opera Company offers the OPERAtion KIDS program to introduce
children ages 8-13 to the world of opera. OPERAtion KIDS is offered as an after school program
in two locations, one in the east end and one in the west end of the city. and is also offered as a
6-week in-school program. Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience, knowledge or ability
and each workshop includes an introduction to acting, singing, prop-making, costumes, writing
scripts, creating sets and stage management. ($10,000)

Clay and Paper Theatre is known for its puppetry, pageantry and processional theatre in public
places. It will work in partnership with Success Beyond Limits, the Art Gallery of York University
and a youth group from the Jane and Finch area to develop and produce a community-based
parade in the Jane and Finch area that confronts the issue of poverty. The parade is part of a
larger project that illuminates social justice priorities defined by the community youth. ($10,000)

COBA, in partnership with the Malvern Family Resources Centre, will run a 12-week intergenerational program where participants will express themselves through movement and sound
using a traditional African Diasporic vocabulary. Students will work with an instructor and live
drummer to create their own stories; each participant's story will then be woven together to create
a final work that will be presented at the Malvern Multicultural Festival. ($15,000)

dance Immersion, in partnership with the Ngoma drumming ensemble, will provide weekly youth
dance and drum classes at the Driftwood Community Centre in the Jane/Finch neighbourhood.
2013/14 sessions will take place in September-December, January-April, and March-June.
($5,000)

Diaspora Dialogues will launch a new program that will nurture multiple emerging playwrights in
partnership with Toronto theatre companies. Five emerging playwrights from diverse
backgrounds will be partnered with theatre companies under the guidance of a dramaturge. The
theatres - Obsidian, Cahoots, Theatre Columbus, Buddies in Bad Times, and Native Earth - all
have distinct mandates addressing a spectrum of diversity. The program aims to be a hybrid of a
playwright's residency and a multi-theatre playwrights unit bridging socio-cultural identities. The
year long program would culminate in a public reading of each playwright's script at their
respective host theatres. ($15,000)

Dixon Hall Music School is home to over 260 students from the Regent Park, Moss Park and
St. Lawrence neighbourhoods. For as low as $3 per lesson, students receive individual
encouragement and attention from highly qualified and dedicated teachers in a welcoming,
friendly environment. Students can also rent instruments (pianos, keyboards, violins, drum sets
etc.) for as little as $3 per month. This unique experience of the arts is a lifeline for families from a
particularly low income area of Toronto. Acquiring and excelling at a new skill in turn promotes
self-esteem and builds a positive self-image. ($10,000)

Drum Artz Canada will conduct the Samba Youth Program for at-risk youth ages 14-18 in the
Jane-Finch neighbourhood. The program will deliver a series of educational world music and
percussion workshops in three schools, followed by an afterschool program open to the
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community. The focus of the program is on drumming, visual arts, singing, dance and the history
of various musical genres. ($15,000)

Dusk Dances will bring in two choreographers to work with youth over a 5 month period in three
public schools in the Weston Road/St Clair area. The youth will create a dance work that they will
perform at the Dusk Dances event in Earlscourt Park in 2014.
($20,000)

Etobicoke Community Concert Band will present a series of Concerts In-The-Park at
Etobicoke's Applewood Shaver House, featuring repertoire ranging from swing to jazz and from
military brass to broadway hits. All concerts are free of charge. ($10,000)

The Hanaford Street Silver Band Youth program gives young brass and percussion players,
ages 10-24, the opportunity to participate in one of three brass ensembles: the Youth Band, for
advanced highschool and university/college students; the Community Band, for intermediate
highschool students; and the Junior Band, for beginners, ages 10-14. Members have the
opportunity to participate in rehearsals, concerts, clinics, competitions, and recordings. The
program runs from September through April, and includes weekly rehearsals and concert
appearances, as well as an annual Young Artists Solo competition. Instruments are made
available free of charge to students who don't have their own. ($6,000)

Mammalian Diving will undertake a new youth-based mentoring project connecting their current
youth participants in Parkdale to youth in Jane and Finch, Lawrence Heights, Malvern and
Weston Mount Dennis. The aim is to help bridge the downtown / suburban divide. ($15,000)

Manifesto's School of Community & Culture will include visual arts, dance, music, fashion, and
arts education workshops designed to develop skills of emerging/mid-career artists and
underserved youth from across the city. It will also include workshops on business,
administration, and entrepreneurship in the arts, and eventually an on-the-job internship program.
In 2014, a calendar of approximately 30 workshops will be offered, prior to launching the school
with a physical space in 2015. ($20,000)

Mural Routes will offer the Continuum apprenticeship and mentoring program for emerging youth
artists, to give them practical, on-the-job experience in the field of mural art production. On-site
training will take place where Mural Routes projects are active. The pilot program, which runs
from June 10, 2013 to August 30, 2014, will mentor 8-10 participants. ($15,000)

Ontario Association of Art Galleries is developing a 3 year mentoring program for culturally
diverse public art gallery professionals who wish to prepare themselves for leadership roles.
($10,000)

Pan Trinbago offers an annual, intensive five-week steelband camp in the summer for at risk
youth. The free program exposes the young pannists to a variety of professional arrangers and
styles and moods in music. At the end of the five weeks, students participate in Pan Alive, Pan
Frenzy and Caribana. Pan Trinbago also has a year 'round program for youth that meets twice a
week. ($5,000)

Pleiades Theatre brings their Speak the Speech theatre workshops to schools and community
centres in neighbourhoods outside the downtown core, including Crescent Town, Eglinton EastKennedy Park, Jamestown, Kingston-Galloway, Malvern, and Westminster-Branson. The
program is delivered in French or English and includes collective creation, clown, mask, stage
combat and text work. Play Upon the Word is a parallel education program that provides drama
classes for adults in ESL courses. ($10,000)

The Power Plant will create a residency program for contemporary artists that will focus on
artistic projects that directly engage youth in the production in a sustainable manner. The Power
Plant will partner with community organizations in priority neighbourhoods - Jane and Finch,
Kingston Galloway, Lawrence Heights - to bring youth into the program. Youth programming will
also be delivered off-site, in the neighbourhoods themselves. ($15,000)

Regent Park School of Music provides high quality, affordable music education to youth in
Regent Park and other high priority areas of the city, including Parkdale, Jane & Finch, and
Lawrence Heights. Private lessons are available in piano, violin, viola, cello, guitar, voice, flute,
saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, and percussion. Students can borrow their instrument for free from
the school if they don't already own one. Group lessons are available in music theory, string
ensemble, choir and early childhood music. ($7,000)
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St. Christopher House Music School provides affordable, high quality music education to
students of all ages in the west-central core of Toronto. It offers lessons in theory, harmony,
piano, violin, viola, voice, guitar, flute, accordion, clarinet and recorder. In 2013/14, it will
introduce a new children's choir for students ages 7-13. Common Threads Kids is a result of a
long relationship with Common Thread Community Chorus. Students will learn a wide variety of
fun songs that build a sense of belonging, respect for diversity, and positive social change from a
youth perspective. ($2,000)

Storytellers School of Toronto (aka Storytelling Toronto) will undertake phase three of the
Village of Storytellers project in the Regent Park neighbourhood. The project was designed to
acknowledge, strengthen and celebrate storytelling in the community. The goals of the project are
for Regent Park residents to value sharing stories from their own backgrounds, cultures and
personal experiences and engage in activities to each learn to tell a story. ($10,000)

Theatre Direct Canada will continue The Firefly Project, a research project with pre-school
children that offers week long residencies in kindergarten classes in nine schools. Using
storytelling and story acting techniques, facilitators aid each child in telling their own story. The
stories are enacted by their classmates, then illustrated and published as a book for the
classroom. The work is conducted in neighbourhoods throughout the city, including Crescent
Town, and Flemingdon Park-Victoria Village areas. ($10,000)

Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) works closely with a number of leading youth
social service agencies to offer CitySPECIAL, a program that offers free tickets to disadvantaged
and at-risk youth for theatre, dance and opera performances, ensuring that the arts remain
accessible to all youth across the city, regardless of their social and economic background. TAPA
also offers a discounted ticket program for students that offers $5 tickets to select preview
performances. The program reaches participants in Crescent Town, Dorset Park, Eglinton EastKennedy Park, Jamestown, Jane and Finch, Kingston Galloway, Lawrence Heights, Scarborough
Village, Steeles L'Amoreaux, Weston Mount Dennis. ($5,000)

University Settlement Music School provides affordable, high quality music education for
children and adults. In addition to individual lessons in piano, violin, viola, flute, clarinet, accordion
and drums, it has an adult and a children's choir, chamber music programs, and computer music
courses for intermediate and advanced players. ($6,500)

VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto provides singing opportunities for children and youth, ages 430, through its five choirs. Their Inclusion Program provides support for youth who have needs
which affect their ability to thrive in any area of their choral experience. Support is determined on
an individual basis by the Inclusion Coordinator and the chorister's Conductor. Needs of
choristers in the Inclusion Program tend to emerge from disabilities typical to any school
environment, such as Autism, Down’s Syndrome, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, and other physical
or intellectual disabilities. All choirs are inclusive to and provide support for youth who have
disabilities. ($11,000)

Young People's Theatre is working to deepen the level of engagement with schools from priority
neighbourhoods, inviting new schools to take part in Arts Impact (an outreach program that
packages heavily subsidized* tickets for 60 students - approximately 2 classrooms - to a YPT
show, with pre- and post-performance workshops in the classroom) and the active recruitment of
Member Schools in Lawrence Heights, Flemingdon Park-O'Connor, Crescent Town, Eglinton
East-Kennedy Park and Scarborough Village areas. Member Schools is a more intensive
program than Arts Impact, in that it involves all students in the school and provides more inclassroom workshops, plus enrichment programs related to research and exploration. *The ticket
subsidy for Arts Impact is 80% and for Member Schools it ranges from 25% to 100%, based on
needs of school. ($15,000)
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ARTS DISCIPLINE 2013
ANNUAL AND MULTI-YEAR OPERATING DESCRIPTIONS
A Space is an artist-run centre with a mandate to be politically engaged, issue/community based,
technically innovative, antiracist, anticensorship and accessible. The gallery develops programs that
support emerging artists, new artistic practices and work that is informed by a culturally specific aesthetic.
The organization also encourages public interest in the arts and provides a venue for communication
between artists and audience. A Space is one of a few established galleries in Canada dedicated to
community art as a defined artistic practice.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$62,000
Acting Up Stage Theatre Company produces, develops and promotes better understanding of
contemporary musical theatre. 2013/14 activities include productions of Once On This Island (Lynn
Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty) in association with Obsidian Theatre, a tour to Alberta of Do You Want What I
Have? A Craiglist Cantata (Bill Richardson/Veda Hille), a revival of Elegies: A Song Cycle (William Finn),
their annual musical concert at Koerner Hall, and a variety of mentoring and training initiatives.
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
Alameda Theatre develops and produces work by Latino Canadian artists. In 2013/14, they will hold their
sixth DeColores Festival of new works and Nueva Voz, a youth mentoring program.
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
Aluna Theatre Collective develops and produces culturally diverse performance work with a focus on
Latin Canadian and women artists. In 2013/14, they will produce the 2nd Panamerican Routes Festival a
biennial international interdisciplinary festival including productions of Quilchena (Tara Beagan), The
Architecture of Terrorism (collective creation), El Refugio de Freidel/Friedel's Refuge (Lillian Suarez
Henao) and La Maleta (Beatriz Pizano). They will continue development of new works and mentoring of
emerging artists and newcomer artists through their residency program.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$30,000
The Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, under the direction of Lydia Adams, is a 90-voice auditioned
choir known for its professionalism, musicality and diverse programming. It performs an annual fourconcert subscription series in the George Weston Recital Hall, presenting well-known artists in works by
Canadian and international composers.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$25,375
Amici Chamber Ensemble presents an annual four-concert series at the Glenn Gould Studio featuring
guest artists, performs in concerts produced by other organizations, commissions new works by Canadian
composers and undertakes education and outreach initiatives in Toronto schools.
ANNUAL OPERATING $18,000
Aradia Ensemble specializes in the performance of Baroque and Classical chamber, orchestral and
vocal repertoire on period instruments.
ANNUAL OPERATING $10,000
Arraymusic commissions and performs contemporary Canadian and international music, especially the
work of emerging composers. Activities include an annual season of concerts, an annual Young
Composers' Workshop; the operation of a permanent rehearsal studio and offices and a resident artists
program.
ANNUAL OPERATING $38,090
Art Bar Poetry Series hosts weekly readings at Q Space on College Street. Theme nights encourage
wider participation by emerging artists and engage audiences; the annual Music & Poetry Night, Black
History Night, and Discovery Night (featuring emerging and first-time poets) remain popular. A monthly
email promoting the initiative is distributed to more than 375 individual community members, publishers
and professional writers' organizations across the country.
ANNUAL OPERATING $7,000
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Art Gallery of York University is a university-affiliated public art gallery that provides exhibitions,
programs and related activities focusing on contemporary art. Its aim is to enrich the cultural and
intellectual environment of York University and the surrounding regions. The gallery maintains a
permanent collection and outdoor sculpture garden for the university. It generates circulating exhibitions
and undertakes an extensive award winning publishing program. Out There is a program through which
the gallery works with youth from Jane/Finch, resulting in programming in the gallery - Chronicles of the
Outspoken (2012) - and in the community - Artmaking and Performance for Social Justice (2013).
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$55,000
Art Metropole is a contemporary visual arts centre dedicated to a non-geographical notion of community.
The organization is committed to representing both local and international artists at varying stages of their
career. The distribution of artists' multiples and publications in a fashion that bypasses the museum and
gallery system is a prominent feature of the operations. They wholesale and retail artists' products,
represent artists' products at contemporary art fairs, in publications and on the web.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$38,000
Art of Time Ensemble is a chamber music collective that is committed to finding new ways of blending
classical music with other genres and other art forms in order to give it the contemporary relevance and
context it needs to find a broader audience. It presents an annual series of concerts at Harbourfront
Centre's Enwave Theatre.
ANNUAL OPERATING $40,000
Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre is a community-based arts program with headquarters at the
Yorkdale Mall and satellite projects all over the city. It works with professional artists in a variety of
artforms, bringing them together with people from the neighbourhood. It serves all ages with participants
from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All programs are free or low cost. Core programs include workshops,
youth projects, festivals, multi-media projects, community collaborations, and open studios.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$65,000
Artists Film Exhibition Group presents a year-round film and video exhibition screening program
dedicated to the presentation and appreciation of contemporary and historical film and video by local,
national and international artists under the name Pleasure Dome. At the core of its mandate is the
intention to make time based work accessible to as many sectors of the public as possible. The curated
programs feature both established and emerging creators working in shorter length or small format
pieces, nontraditional media and projects that bring together film and video with performance and
installation components. An emphasis is placed on seeking out work created by those in
underrepresented groups - people of colour, gay/lesbian, women and younger producers.
ANNUAL OPERATING $23,000
Arts for Children and Youth engage young people living in priority neighbourhoods in high quality and
accessible arts programming that is developed in collaboration with community and education partners.
AFCY positions arts programs in schools and neighbourhood venues as a means to build community and
empower marginalized children and youth as decision makers who can realize their full potential as social
contributors.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$37,000
Arts Inter-Media/Dance Collection Danse (DCD) is a national repository for Canadian dance archives.
Founded in 1974 by Lawrence and Miriam Adams, DCD manages the country's largest collection of
dance artifacts and documents - over 600 portfolios. The organization promotes dance in Canada through
costume and document exhibits, publications in print, audio-visual and digital media, and research,
education and advocacy. 2013/14 activities include digitizing their collections.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$31,000
Ashkenaz Foundation is dedicated to fostering an increased awareness in Yiddish culture through the
cultural arts. At the centre of the Foundation activities is the biennial Ashkenaz festival celebrating over
100 years of Jewish creativity in the Diaspora and featuring Yiddish artists from all over the world.
Musically, its roots are in traditional Klezmer music, but it has successfully melded with urban influences
of modern jazz, the influences of Spain, and hip hop.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$50,000
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b current presents works from the Canadian and international Black Diaspora focusing on alternative
productions and arts education programs. In 2013/14, it will remount Obeah Opera; hold afterRock, a
play development series that will feature 3 Parts Harmony (Raven Dauda); present their annual
rock.paper.sistahz festival; and offer a variety of training and mentoring projects plus community-based
events.
ANNUAL OPERATING $25,000
Bach Children's Chorus of Scarborough, under the direction of founding conductor Linda Beaupre,
develops a love of music and singing in children through enjoyable learning and performing experiences.
The choir presents two annual concerts at the George Weston Recital Hall in the Toronto Centre for the
Arts as well as offering training and touring opportunities to their members.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$18,500
Ballet Creole (BC) was founded in 1990 by Artistic Director Patrick Parson, and presents contemporary
dance works that testify to the heritage of African and Caribbean cultures as they interface with European
traditions. 2013/14 activities include a mainstage remount of Breaking Out and touring of their annual
holiday season production, Soulful Messiah.
ANNUAL OPERATING $23,750
Ballet Jorgen Canada (BJC) was founded in 1987 by Susan Bodie and Bengt Jorgen, with a mission to
advance the art of ballet and choreography through the artistic vision of Bengt Jorgen. 2013/14 activities
include production of a new dance film, and performances of The Velveteen Rabbit and Romeo & Juliet.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$90,000
Buddies in Bad Times is committed to the development and production of queer theatrical expression.
Their 2013/14 season includes: Pig (Tim Luscombe), Dinner at Seven Thirty (Theatre Rusticle), Damnee
Manon, Sacree Sandra (Michel Tremblay), The Wanderers (Kawa Ada), The Gay Heritage Project
(Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn and Andrew Kushnir), Hackerlove (Sky Gilbert), Quicksand (inDANCE), and
Me Talking to Myself in the Future (Marie Brassard). They will hold 35th Rhubarb Festival, Strange
Sisters Cabaret and Pride 14 events and continue their play development activities.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$137,000
Cabaret Company was founded to produce the works of Sky Gilbert and associate artists. In 2013/14,
they will produce the premiere of Hackerlove (Sky Gilbert) and continue work on development and
mentoring projects including Free Jane, GenderPlay, and Kitchen Party.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$13,000
The Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre offers low-cost instruction in music to more than 300
children and youth from Regent Park and Cabbagetown. CCAC offers programs in piano, violin, drums,
guitar, bass, saxophone and flute. They also offer a summer camp, and after school programs:
homework club, visual arts, karate, dance & photography. Through rentals to community groups and
local partnerships, the building is a hub of activity for local artists and arts organizations.
ANNUAL OPERATING $18,500
Cahoots Theatre Projects develops and presents new Canadian work that reflects Canada's cultural
diversity. In 2013/14, it will premiere The Wanderers (Kawa Ada) and continue its work on new play
development through their HotHouse series and other initiatives.
ANNUAL OPERATING $40,000
The Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists - Ontario Chapter (CADA-ON) was established in 1986 to
improve the economic status and working conditions of dance artists in Ontario. A membership-based
organization, it has chapters in Ontario and B.C. Of Ontario members, 75% live in Toronto. 2013/14
activities include diversity outreach to expand the reach of its services, including to the African diaspora,
urban dance, Flamenco, and South Asian communities.
ANNUAL OPERATING $13,250
Canadian Children's Opera Company introduces opera to children and youth through professional
musical and dramatic education and the performance of operatic and choral repertoire. The 2013/14
season includes semi-staged version of East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Winter Celebrations (a
concert featuring the junior choir divisions), and a tour of Dickens of a Christmas.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,500
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Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre (CCDT) was founded in 1980 as a professional repertory
company (with an accompanying training school) of children and young adults). They perform the works
of professional choreographers for children, youth and the general public under the leadership of artistic
director Deborah Lundmark and managing director Michael deConinck Smith. 2013/14 activities include
the presentation of their annual holiday program Wintersong, and the SolarDance educational outreach
project.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$45,000
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) was incorporated in 1972 as an artist-run centre
with a mandate to distribute and promote the work of independent filmmakers. The centre deals with
animation, drama, documentary and experimental work, and holds a collection of over 3,000 titles. These
are marketed worldwide to educational institutions, community groups, festivals, cinematheques,
repertory theatres, and broadcasters. The CFMDC provides financial return to artists through the sale and
rental of their work, and seeks to broaden the audience for Canadian independent film.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$48,000
The Canadian Music Centre promotes the works of Canadian composers and encourages the
performance and appreciation of Canadian music by maintaining a comprehensive library of published
and unpublished scores, tapes, CDs and books; offering educational programs to students and teachers;
and providing promotional and advocacy services.
ANNUAL OPERATING $70,000
Canadian Stage produces contemporary works from the Canadian and international repertoire. Its
2013/14 mainstage season includes Venus in Furs by David Ives; an Ex Machina production of Needles
and Opium by Robert Lepage, Helen Lawrence by Stan Douglas and Chris Haddock, London Road by
Alecky Blythe and Adam Cork; the Akram Khan Company production of Desh, choreographed and
performed by Akram Khan; and a Kidd Pivot production of The Tempest Replica, choreographed and
directed by Crystal Pite. Berkeley Street Theatre will feature Belleville by Amy Herzog, in association with
Company Theatre; Tribes by Nina Raine, in association with Theatrefront Productions; The Flood
Thereafter and Yukon Style by Sarah Berthiaume, translated by Nadine Desrochers; Winners and Losers
by Marcus Youssef and James Long, in association with Theatre Replacement, Neworld Theatre and
Crow's Theatre. The Shakespeare in High Park production will be The Taming of the Shrew and Macbeth
played in rep.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$820,000
The CanAsian Dance Festival presents traditional and contemporary dance by artists working in Asian
and Asian-influenced dance forms; commissions Canadian dance works, and produces professional
development activities. The 2013 Festival will be held April 27 to May 12 with mainstage, late-night,
student matinee, dance forum, workshop, and master class programming.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$18,000
CARFAC Ontario (Canadian Artist Representation Ontario/le front des artistes canadiens) acts as a
professional body for artists for the advancement of their common interest and assists in their
negotiations with individuals and institutions. Initiatives and core services include publications,
professional development and consultations, legal advice, a relief fund and a resource centre.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
Carlos Bulosan Theatre produces work that reflects the social and political issues affecting the Filipino
community and creation of new works by Filipino-Canadian artists. In 2013/14, they plan to work on play
development, launch a training program for directors and a new community-engaged arts program for
youth with Kapisanan Community Centre.
ANNUAL OPERATING $6,000
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra is a community orchestra that presents an annual five-concert
subscription series with pre-concert lectures at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto. It also
hosts an annual concerto competition for young musicians, and presents an annual free concert featuring
young artists at the Scarborough Civic Centre.
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery is volunteer-run gallery located within the city-owned Cedar Ridge Creative
Centre. Each year it organizes juried exhibitions of contemporary art, offers rental space to local artists,
operates a Sunday Open Studio for potters, and exhibits its permanent collection. It also collaborates on
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arts programming for youth in the East Scarborough area.
ANNUAL OPERATING $5,500
The Centre for Aboriginal Media produces the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival annually in
October, focusing on new film, video, radio, and new media works by emerging and established
Aboriginal artists. Programming includes annual retrospectives, curated programs, and showing of
significant groundbreaking and legacy works.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$55,000
The Centre for Indigenous Theatre is committed to the training and professional development of Native
performing artists from across Canada. They base their training on Indigenous knowledge, cultural
values, and traditions that inform contemporary expression of indigenous performing arts. In 2013/14,
they will present Girl Who Loved Her Horses (Drew Hayden Taylor) and White Buffalo Calf Woman (Rose
Stella); offer a wide range of workshops for students in their three year training program; continue a
variety of programs and initiatives to strengthen aboriginal performance training in Toronto and Canada;
and move into a new ArtScape facility on Shaw Street.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$34,000
Charles Street Video is a video production/post production facility for artists, and is dedicated to
providing its members with affordable access to a range of electronic media production tools, technical
support and training. The centre provides opportunities through residencies and a youth production
program. It also supports opportunities through workshops, orientations, scholarships, a newsletter, the
C$V program and sponsorship of screenings.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$54,500
Children's Peace Theatre, based at the Massey-Goulding historic site in Taylor Creek park, serves the
Crescent Town neighbourhood through a range of year-round and summer programs, including theatre
and visual arts workshops, conflict transformation workshops, and original theatre productions. Their
main participants are children and youth from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. Peace Camp is one
of their largest programs.
ANNUAL OPERATING $18,000
The Chimera Project was founded in 1999 as the vehicle for choreographer Malgorzata Nowacka. The
contemporary dance company describes its aesthetic as one informed by compelling themes and intense
raw physicality; their activities encompass creation, production, film, and education. 2013/14 activities
include the creation of new full-length works and educational tours to First Nations communities.
ANNUAL OPERATING $10,000
Chinese Artists Society of Toronto (CAST) promotes Chinese artists and culture through an annual
concert series that provides local artists with the opportunity to perform, preserves traditional Chinese art
forms and supports new compositions by Chinese Canadian composers.
ANNUAL OPERATING $13,000
The Chinese Opera Group of Toronto preserves the traditional performing arts of Beijing Opera in
Canada. Chinese opera is a unique art form that requires the combined efforts of visual artists, actors,
musicians and dancers to tell a collective story. In addition to mounting one fully staged Beijing opera
performance annually, the organization presents smaller lecture demonstrations and undertakes youth
training and mentoring initiatives.
ANNUAL OPERATING $10,000
Clay and Paper Theatre employs the elements of commedia dell'arte, pantomime, mask, puppetry and
pageantry to develop popular and processional theatre in public places. In 2013/14, they will produce
their summer show A Settler's Story: Our Last Best Hope; work on the development of Architecture XX
Project in collaboration with Kenyan artists; and stage their community-engaged events - Puppets on Ice,
Day of Delight, Night of Dread and the new Twelfth Night Show. In addition, they will continue mentoring
work with emerging artists and begin a partnership with Art Gallery of York University to work in the
Jane/Finch community.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
Collective of Black Artists (COBA) was founded in 1993 by co-artistic directors BaKari Lindsay and
Charmaine Headley, with musical director Richard Cumberbatch. They present traditional West African
and Caribbean dance and music, as well as contemporary work developed from an Africanist movement
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aesthetic. 2013/14 activities include production of their annual season performance and teaching their AFeeree movement system in Toronto classrooms.
ANNUAL OPERATING $30,000
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie (CLC) was founded by Laurence Lemieux and Bill Coleman. Their
mandate includes creative innovation and cultural participation; their projects often bring together
choreographers and dancers with diverse amateur artists and non-artists. 2013/14 activities include both
Coleman and Lemieux debuting new mainstage choreographies.
ANNUAL OPERATING $25,000
Contact Contemporary Music is dedicated to the creation, production and presentation of contemporary
music, with a focus on Canadian music, representing and recognizing diverse socio-cultural communities,
and the LGBT community. Their annual activity is centred around Intersection, their new music festival at
Yonge/Dundas Square.
ANNUAL OPERATING $7,250
Continuum presents concerts featuring the core ensemble of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and
percussion, as well as unusual instrumental combinations. The organization has been responsible for
commissioning and premiering over 100 new works from emerging and established Canadian and
International composers.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$21,000
Corpus Dance Projects, led by artistic director David Danzon, creates work combining dance, comedy
and physical theatre to create unique dance concepts presented in both traditional and unusual venues.
2013/14 activities include the creation of a new mainstage dance work, and continuation of their
community collaboration with Jamii called "The Esplanadians".
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$30,000
Crow's Theatre focuses on the development support, production and touring of new plays that "question
accepted truths about our history, our times and the communities in which we live." In 2013/14, they will
produce the Toronto premiere of Winners and Losers (Marcus Youssef/James Long), develop new works
by Damien Atkins and Annabel Soutar, and tour SEEDS (Anabel Soutar) to Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa
and Vancouver. They will continue work on their facility plans in Leslieville including a variety of arts
outreach projects to engage the neighbourhood.
ANNUAL OPERATING $34,000
dance Immersion was founded in 1994 to cultivate and provide presentation, networking and
professional development opportunities for dance artists of African descent and/or whose practices are
rooted in the African Diaspora. Vivine Scarlett is the founder, program director and curator. 2013/14
activities include their annual mainstage showcase presentation at Harbourfront Centre, and workshop
series with renowned African artists.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$25,000
Dance Ontario Association is a membership-based service organization dedicated to the advancement
of all forms of dance in Ontario. 2013/14 activities include completing a report from the Connecting the
Dots symposium, a three-year, cross-sectoral project connecting their members with leaders in all areas
of the dance field to identify community needs; and Dance Expeditions, a performance series for artists
(youth to senior, amateur, professional or community-based) whose dance fuses styles or elements that
represent diversity.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
The Dance Umbrella of Ontario (DUO), founded in 1988, assists and supports professional dance
creators in Ontario, providing subsidized arts management, administration and business services, as well
as a resource centre and advocacy. In 2013/14, DUO will undertake community consultations and
communications initiatives as they launch their new mission and vision.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$28,850
Dancemakers was founded in 1974, and presents a contemporary dance season as part of
Harbourfront's Next Steps series, a home season at the Dancemakers Centre for Creation, and various
other initiatives such as mentorships, pre-professional education, laboratories, and residencies. 2013/14
activities include celebration of their 40th anniversary during their season performances, with a focus on
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cross-disciplinary collaborations between emerging and established artists.
ANNUAL OPERATING $87,000
DanceWorks, a presenter of contemporary dance founded in 1977, supports the creation, production and
dissemination of choreography by independent dance artists and small-scale companies. 2013/14
activities include collaborations with dance Immersion and Series 8:08 for residencies, and presentations
of works by Toronto companies firstthingsfirst and Signal Theatre and by Vancouver company 605
Collective.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$55,000
Diaspora Dialogues supports the creation and presentation of new fiction, poetry and drama that reflects
the complexity of the city through the eyes of its richly diverse writers. Activities include a combined
mentoring/commissioning program, a multidisciplinary reading/performance series, professional
development seminars and artist-run workshops for youth.
ANNUAL OPERATING $30,000
Dixon Hall Music School provides affordable, high quality music education to young people from the
Regent Park neighbourhood. In addition to lessons in piano (classical and blues), guitar (classical and
folk), percussion, violin, saxophone and other orchestral instruments, the organization operates a March
Break camp, an overnight summer music camp, a summer music day camp and a Listening Library.
ANNUAL OPERATING $20,000
The Doris McCarthy Gallery at U of T is the only exhibition space in Scarborough dedicated to
contemporary art. Through interdisciplinary programming they encourage audiences to think critically and
to examine life. The DMG includes a wide diversity in programming including cultural and youth
programs. They produce catalogs and interpretive texts, including online audio guides and videos for their
exhibits. They have commissioned several permanent sculptural works on campus. In 2013 they are
opening a competition for artwork for the 2015 Pan and Para Pan Games for the Aquatic Centre. They
have been able to secure further funding for a lecture series. 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of DMG,
and they plan to increase their greater community involvement within the celebrations.
ANNUAL OPERATING $45,000
Dreamwalker Dance Company is the vehicle for dancer/choreographer Andrea Nann's inter-disciplinary
dance collaborations and arts education initiatives. 2013/14 activities include the continuation of Nann's
residency with the Young Centre, The Whole Shebang performance and literary regional projects for
youth education, and the creation of six new works.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$15,000
Drum Artz Canada is committed to making music and arts programming accessible to all people
regardless of age, class, race, (dis)ability or gender. With a range of educational programs headed by
professional artists, DAC encourages creative expression, team building, youth leadership and selfesteem. They run programs for kids, youth, adults and families that offer training in world music
drumming, steel pan, breakdancing, stilt-walking, and visual arts. Their Samba Kidz and Youth troupe
performs during community events across the city.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$17,000
Dusk Dances is an event curated by Sylvie Bouchard that presents dance in urban public parks at dusk.
Running independently since 1996, it also fosters community partnerships by conducting workshops and
commissioning young choreographers in priority neighbourhoods. The 2013 edition includes the flagship
6 day festival in Withrow Park featuring choreography from Susie Burpee, Throwdown Collective, and
Compania Carmen Romero.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$31,000
Echo Women's Choir specializes in music from village singing traditions from around the world,
performing both contemporary and traditional choral music. It presents two concerts each season at
Church of the Holy Trinity and performs at festivals and events produced by other organizations. Each
year it hosts two workshops with local experts in a particular folk tradition.
ANNUAL OPERATING $5,000
The Elmer Iseler Singers is a professional 20-voice chamber choir that commissions and performs new
works in addition to classical choral repertoire. It produces an annual five-concert subscription series in
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Toronto in addition to its many other engagements through collaborations with other arts groups.
ANNUAL OPERATING $34,000
The Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company (EESDC) was founded in 1982. Esmeralda has
been training Canadian artists in flamenco for thirty years through the affiliated Academy of Spanish
Dance; she now has an ensemble of dancers who perform with her and continue to train in Canada and
Spain. 2013/14 activities include The Art of Flamenco biennial symposium, and creation of a new
mainstage work.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$23,000
Esprit Orchestra commissions, performs and promotes new music by Canadian composers. It presents
a four concert subscription series at Koerner Hall. Their education program, Towards a Living Art,
provides study guides for teachers to accompany the student concert performances. Creative Sparks is a
mentoring project in new music creation, performance, appreciation and leadership which pairs
professional composers with students in the classroom over a number of weeks.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$84,500
Etobicoke Centennial Choir is a 48-member mixed voice choir serving West Toronto. It presents a 3concert subscription series at Humber Valley United Church that encompasses a varied repertoire of
classical and contemporary works, both sacred and secular.
ANNUAL OPERATING $4,750
Etobicoke Community Concert Band provides an opportunity for amateur musicians to perform diverse
and entertaining repertoire ranging from swing, to jazz and from military brass to broadway hits. In
addition to the concerts performed at Etobicoke Collegiate, the band accepts invitations for other
engagements and participates in a number of outreach activities.
ANNUAL OPERATING $6,500
Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra is a community orchestra that performs symphonic repertoire in its
annual five concert subscription series in a local school auditorium. It also accepts invitations to perform
at concerts produced by other organizations.
ANNUAL OPERATING $11,000
Exultate Chamber Singers is a 25-member mixed voice chamber choir that performs repertoire
spanning six centuries of sacred and secular choral music. It presents an annual four-concert subscription
series at St. Thomas' Anglican Church in Toronto and makes guest appearances in communities
throughout Ontario.
ANNUAL OPERATING $7,000
Factory Theatre develops, produces and promotes original Canadian theatre. Their 2013/14 season will
include: The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble (Beth Graham), Essential Questions (Priscila Uppal),
Beatrice & Virgil (Lindsay Cochrane), and BINGO! (Daniel MacIvor). They will continue their new play
development programs including Factory Wired 2014, a new play showcase.
ANNUAL OPERATING $158,000
FADO Performance Inc. is the only artist-run centre in English Canada dedicated specifically to
performance art. Their mandate is to advance the knowledge and appreciation of performance art and to
support the development and production of the art form through residencies, lectures, discussion,
exchanges, festivals, conferences, publications, workshops and classes.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$24,000
The Franklin Carmichael Art Group runs a community-based arts centre in north Etobicoke, promoting
the visual arts by providing art classes for children, teens, adults and seniors, supporting art exhibitions,
and sponsoring juried art shows for its members and the north Etobicoke community.
ANNUAL OPERATING $5,000
The Fringe of Toronto is dedicated to the promotion and prosperity of the independent theatre
community. It aims to provide affordable entertainment for audiences and development opportunities for
artists. In 2013/14, they will continue to present their annual 12 day, non-juried event in July and their
curated Next Stage Festival in January.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$77,000
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fu-GEN Theatre Company supports the development and production of work by Asian-Canadian artists.
In 2013/14 season they will develop new works: Three Years and Eight Months (Donald Woo), The
Boxing Show (Ravi Jain and David Yee), Nine Dragons (Jovanni Sy), Untitled Fu Manchu Play (Guillermo
Verdecchia and David Yee) and host an international artist exchange project with Theatre Replacement
(Vancouver), East/West Players (Los Angeles) and Ma-Yi Theatre (New York).
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
Fujiwara Dance Inventions was established in 1991 as a vehicle for the work of dancer / choreographer
Denise Fujiwara, whose contemporary dance practice is based in Butoh. 2013/14 activities include the
creation of a large site-specific work, and a commission for Dancemakers.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$17,000
Gallery 44 is an artist-run centre committed to the advancement of contemporary Canadian photography.
The gallery maintains a number of major program areas: a main gallery, member's gallery and exhibition
vitrines, photographic production facilities, and services to artists and young people through workshops
and education in the schools program.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$73,000
The Hannaford Street Silver Band is an award winning professional brass band and Resident Company
of Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Its mission is to honour the traditions of the brass band art
form and at the same time, place it in a contemporary context with a unique Canadian point of view.
HSSB also sponsors and administers three youth bands.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$28,000
Harbourfront Centre's mission is to nurture the growth of new cultural expression, stimulate Canadian
and international interchange, and provide a dynamic, accessible environment for the public to
experience the marvels of the creative imagination. Annual programs include the World Stage series of
international contemporary performance; the NextSteps dance series; HATCH and Fresh Ground, two
programs that foster the creation of new work; the signature summer festivals program; HarbourKIDS
providing interactive hands-on activity for children and families; Music with Bite music concerts for
families; and visual arts programs, including architecture and craft.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$265,000
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is an annual film festival (late April/early May)
that celebrates Canadian and international documentary film and video. The program features over one
hundred public screening programs and a conference comprised of workshops and panel discussions,
forums, awards and a videoteque. In addition to the festival, the organization presents Doc Soup, which is
a year round monthly screening and discussion series, and an international filmmakers exchange along
with an online marketplace initiative. The group recently launched a new programming headquarters at
the renovated Bloor Cinema.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$72,000
Inner City Angels provides quality arts education opportunities to Toronto school children led by
professional interdisciplinary artists. It runs creative multidisciplinary programs and workshops in Toronto
schools, provides support to artists and collaborates with Mariposa in the Schools on initiatives that bring
the arts into Toronto's inner city and priority neighbourhood schools.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$36,500
Inside Out Film & Video Festival presents the annual Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival
that exists to challenge attitudes and change lives through the promotion, production, and exhibition of
film and video by and about lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans persons of all ages, races and abilities. In
addition to the screening program, a series of professional forums and networking opportunities are
presented. The ten-day festival held in May has grown exponentially over its history and has become a
model for other like organizations around the world.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$45,000
InterAccess is an artist-run centre for electronic media arts. It explores the intersection of culture and
technology through the creation, exhibition and critique of electronic art forms and new communications
media. The centre's mission is to expand the cultural space of technology with extensive program
activities that support curated exhibitions, production projects, user groups, workshops, artist' talks,
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seminars, conferences, consulting services and a periodic electronic newsletter. In addition to
presentation and office space, the organization makes available a creation venue and resource centre.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$48,000
International Readings at Harbourfront is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary literature from
Canada and around the world. Annual programs include the International Festival of Authors,
YoungIFOA, the Authors program of weekly readings, ALOUD: A Celebration for Young Readers, and
Forest of Reading/Festival of Trees, a two-day event in May for youth and young adult readers in
partnership with the Ontario Library Association.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$140,000
The Jubilate Singers is a 35-voice chamber choir that performs an eclectic international repertoire sung
in original languages and from a wide range of choral traditions. They present an annual three-concert
subscription series at Calvin Presbyterian Church and two community concerts.
ANNUAL OPERATING $5,000
Jumblies Theatre, under the artistic direction of Ruth Howard, does collaborative theatre/art work with
community groups. It follows principles of inclusiveness, high artistic standards, collaboration,
unconventional staging, and a balancing of process and product. It works in the community through a
variety of forms, including long-term residencies, workshops, mentoring volunteers and apprentices, and
participation in seminars and conferences. There are three programming strands: Jumblies Projects
(creating new work); Jumblies Studio (training & mentoring artists); Jumblies Offshoots (maintaining
relationships and programs within communities where projects have taken place).
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$48,000
Kaeja d'Dance is a contemporary dance company formed in 1990 by Karen and Allen Kaeja, whose
choreography is characterized by its intense physical, imagistic approach. 2013/14 activities include the
Porch View Dances community engagement program and a mainstage concert.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$30,900
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre (KDT) was founded in 2001 as a vehicle for artistic director Santee Smith to
create, present and promote Aboriginal artistic expression as it intersects with new dance forms. Their
aesthetic is informed by traditional Iroquois and other dance forms, indigenous and otherwise. In 2009
they held their first Aboriginal Dance Training program, a summer intensive for professional dancers of
diverse backgrounds. 2013/14 activities include a full-evening program at Harbourfront as part of an
international collaboration, and the premiere The Honouring at Toronto's bicentennial ceremony for the
War of 1812.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$32,000
The Koffler Gallery is a public art gallery part of the Koffler Centre for the Arts. The gallery exhibits,
interprets and documents works of contemporary Canadian artists and programs of special interest to the
Jewish community. The gallery also organizes a public program and school age youth programs. They
will be moving into Artscape Youngplace in September 2013, they will be continuing their off-site
programming as well. They are looking forward to begin to manage spaces at the Vaughan JCC and
Bathurst JCC in the coming years.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$50,000
The Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra presents two concerts annually, featuring KoreanCanadian soloists and composers. The fall concert of the 2013/14 season will celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Korean Canadian diplomatic relations and will feature Korean composer and musician
Serin Hong. The spring concert will present young pianist Sunny Hyoseon Kim.
ANNUAL OPERATING $10,000
Korean Dance Studies Society was founded in 1987 and is dedicated to the promotion, creation and
production of traditional dance forms from Korea and other culturally diverse communities. 2013/14
activities include development of a new work, Arirang, in collaboration with Gangwon Provincial Dance
Company, and a symposium featuring South Korean artists to be held around International Dance Day
festivities.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$17,000
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Le Théâtre francais de Toronto is the only professional French-language theatre company in Toronto
producing plays from the Canadian and international French-language repertoire. In 2013/14, the
company season will include Toronto productions of Le fa le do (Luc Moquin), Les Préciuses ridicules
d'hier a aujourdhui (Moliere and others), Cher Menteur (Jean Cocteau translated by Jerome Kilty), Un
(Mani Soleymanlou) and Mes Singeries vocales (Bruce Coppens); works for young audiences (Les
Zinspirés 2.0 and L'Atelier); and Ontario tours and national tours of Zone (Marcel Dubé) and Le fa le do
(Luc Moquin).
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$107,000
The League of Canadian Poets is the professional organization for established and emerging poets in
Canada and its goal is to increase the public profile of Canadian poetry. With more than 700 members,
the League serves the poetry community and promotes a high level of professional achievement through
events, networking, projects, publications, mentoring and awards. Its library, one of one of the most
extensive collections of Canadian poetry in the country, is open to the public.
ANNUAL OPERATING $19,100
Les Amis Concerts presents an annual series of concerts featuring emerging young performers playing
works by contemporary Canadian composers as well as traditional chamber repertoire.
ANNUAL OPERATING $5,000
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) supports and encourages alternative and
independent filmmakers by providing affordable access to equipment and post production facilities,
discounted rates at labs and supply houses, production grants, workshops, seminars, artist talks, public
exhibitions and discussions, publication of a newsletter, crew location services and information services
on a variety of film production topics.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$63,000
Little Pear Garden Collective, led by artistic director Emily Cheung, develops and promotes Chinese
dance and opera in Canada via the creation, production and presentation of performances, lectures,
demonstrations, workshops, and symposiums. 2013/14 activities include a full-length evening show at
Asian Heritage Month and an increased number of school performances.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$13,000
Mammalian Diving Reflex strives to create intellectually challenging and theatrically rich presentations.
In 2013/14 the company will continue to present works from their repertoire; work on the development of
new pieces; and seek partnering and commissioning opportunities in Canada and internationally. Projects
in their repertoire include: Haircuts by Children, Monster Makers, Children Choice Awards and All the Sex
I've Ever Had. In addition, they will continue to work with their youth project, the Young Mammals, and
launch a consultancy wing.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$25,000
Manifesto Community Projects is a youth-led non-profit organization that cultivates youth arts in
Toronto through multidisciplinary arts-based workshops, internship programs, arts exhibitions and
community arts events. In September they hold their annual Manifesto Festival of Community & Culture,
a series of urban arts, music, visual arts, and dance events that showcases hundreds of emerging and
established artists to diverse audiences across the city. Their focus is on the youth arts sector in Toronto
and on art forms, including street art, inspired by hip hop culture. Their programming focuses on artistic
development, capacity-building, and youth engagement, and aims to cultivate positive change in the lives
of young people and their communities.
ANNUAL OPERATING $25,000
Mariposa in the Schools (MITS) provides performances and workshops to schools and community
venues in Ontario that reflects Ontario's diverse cultural heritage and celebrates traditional arts through
programs in world music, storytelling, dance, theatre, puppetry, and spoken word. Through partnerships
with other arts organizations and community groups, MITS also develops special projects in Toronto's
under-resourced neighbourhoods.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$17,000
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The Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts is an annual multidisciplinary arts festival held
in the month of May. The festival seeks to celebrate the culture of working people, forge new links
between professional artists and workers, showcase the art produced by innovative and emerging artists,
and provide a positive image of labour.
ANNUAL OPERATING $23,750
The Menaka Thakkar Dance Company was founded in 1978, and produces classical and contemporary
Indian dance works, primarily in Bharatanatyam and Odissi dance. Plans for 2013/14 include production
of new choreography, In Search of the Other Ganesh, and a new production for children and youth for
dissemination through Prologue to the Performing Arts.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$35,000
Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art, is committed to supporting artists through the
presentation and examination of Canadian and international contemporary visual art and related cultural
and critical practices. Established in 1979, the centre provides exhibition spaces and programs for the
presentation, interpretation, documentation and promotion of current artistic production. The centre
programs a main space and annex space in the rear; the facility also has an apartment for visiting artists
and eventual outdoor terrace for performances.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$64,000
Mixed Company develops and produces innovative and socially relevant forum-style theatre and makes
custom-created theatre projects for the broader community. In 2013/14 season, they will develop new
works for school audiences and offer school shows of Showdown 2.0 in French and English and Mixed
Messages. Their community programs will include works on elder abuse and youth facing barriers to
employment. In addition, they will offer training in Forum Theatre.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$18,825
Modern Times Stage Company produces new and classic plays with an emphasis on performance style
and a focus on theatrical traditions of the Middle East. In 2013/14, they will premiere a new collective
creation entitled Forgiveness and tour the work to Denmark.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$28,000
MOonhORse Dance Theatre was established in 1996 to support Claudia Moore in the pursuit of her
artistic journey, including creation, interpretation and commission of works. 2013/14 activities include
presentation of a new mainstage solo showcase, The Escape Artist, and the Older & Reckless
presentation series.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$10,300
Mural Routes works with artists, communities, and government agencies to encourage, promote, and
create public wall art. It educates, engages and enhances communities through public art murals and acts
as a service organization for mural artists and organizations interested in the creation of mural art.
Activities include commissioning murals in the Scarborough area, training young artists, co-hosting
forums/conferences devoted to mural art, and serving as an information clearinghouse for muralists and
community groups.
ANNUAL OPERATING $13,000
Music Africa promotes African music in Toronto through its annual Afrofest Festival of African Music held
in July and through Black Heritage Month concerts presented annually at the Gladstone Hotel in
February. The Festival has been held at Woodbine Park since 2012.
ANNUAL OPERATING $31,000
The Music Gallery is a centre for promoting and presenting innovation and experimentation in all forms
of music and for encouraging cross-pollination between genres, disciplines and audiences. It presents a
wide spectrum of artists who perform different forms and styles of music, including contemporary
classical, experimental pop/rock, jazz/improv and new world music.
ANNUAL OPERATING $79,000
Music Mondays Community Series presents free noon-hour concerts at Church of the Holy Trinity
weekly from May to September. This annual summer music program presents a diverse range of artists
and musical styles.
ANNUAL OPERATING $3,500
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Music Toronto presents classical chamber music at the Jane Mallet Theatre. Its 16 concert season
comprises four series: Quartets, Piano, Discovery (young artists) and Contemporary Classics.
ANNUAL OPERATING $86,500
The Nathaniel Dett Chorale is Canada's first professional choral group dedicated to Afrocentric music of
all styles, including classical, spiritual, gospel, jazz, folk and blues. The Chorale promotes awareness of
and interest in Afrocentric vocal music, in the spirit of African-Canadian composers R. Nathaniel Dett.
Activities include a three concert subscription series at the Glenn Gould Studio, educational activities and
touring.
ANNUAL OPERATING $21,000
National Shevchenko Musical Ensemble comprises the Shevchenko Choir, the Toronto Mandolin
Orchestra, and dancers. Although each group performs on its own, the main offering is a full concert that
includes the entire ensemble (choir, orchestra and dancers), presenting a varied program of folk, classical
and contemporary music.
ANNUAL OPERATING $7,500
Native Earth Performing Arts is dedicated to the creation, development and production of professional
artistic performance that expresses the Aboriginal experience. In 2013/14, they will produce Quilchena
(Tara Beagan) and co-host Panamerican Routes/Rutas Panamericanas Festival with Aluna Theatre.
They will continue their development work with Weesageechak Begins to Dance Festival, playwright in
residence program, and other mentoring activities.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$75,000
Native Women in the Arts is an organization for First Nations, Inuit and Metis women from diverse
artistic disciplines who share a common interest in culture, art, community and the advancement of
Indigenous people. It nourishes and transforms its community by pursuing the highest standards of
artistic excellence; by presenting high quality artists; and by offering professional development
opportunities to emerging artists.
ANNUAL OPERATING $16,500
Necessary Angel Theatre Company is dedicated to creating original work that challenges assumptions
and engages multiple points of view. In the 2013/14 season, they will tour Crash (Pamela Sinha) to
theatres in Canada, work on the development of What Makes A Man (Jennifer Tarver), Room (Emma
Donoghue), and I Killed Spalding Gray (Daniel MacIvor). They will mentor young directors and launch a
new youth theatre program in Weston Mount Dennis with Urban Arts.
ANNUAL OPERATING $67,000
New Adventures In Sound Art fosters awareness and understanding of experimental sound art in its
myriad forms of expression. It mounts three festivals annually, each focusing on different aspects of
sound art: SoundTravels is a summer-long event that explores the spacial dimension of sound art through
performance and installation; Deep Wireless Festival focuses on radio and transmission art; and
SOUNDplay creates opportunities for artists to integrate sound art practice with new media and other
artistic disciplines. It also participates in the annual international exchange art event - Art's Birthday.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$13,500
New Music Concerts, led by artistic director Robert Aitken, presents an annual series of concerts
featuring contemporary music by Canadian and international composers.
ANNUAL OPERATING $55,000
Nightswimming is a dramaturgical company founded in 1994 that commissions and develops new works
of theatre, dance and music. In 2013/14 their activities include: the premiere of Same Same but Different
(Anita Majumdar); tour of Blue Box (Carmen Aguirre), continued development work on Boys with Cars
(Anita Majumdar) and Wolf in the Voice and Why We Are Here (Martin Julien/Brian Quirt) plus
commissioning projects and support for playwrights in residence.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$17,000
Nightwood Theatre forges creative alliances among women of diverse backgrounds in order to develop
and produce innovative Canadian theatre. In 2013/14, they will produce The Carousel (Jennifer
Tremblay) and Free Outgoing (Anupama Chandrasekhar). In addition, they will work on the development
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of Unholy Path (Diane Flacks) and a new work by Anusree Roy, continue their play development
programs including Write from the Hip (for emerging artists) and the New Groundswell Festival, and lay
the groundwork for more national and international touring.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$73,000
The North York Concert Orchestra Society administers the North York Concert Orchestra and the
NYCO Chamber Players. The NYCO is a 55-member community orchestra that presents a four-concert
subscription series at the Centre for the Arts (St. Michael's College School). The NYCO Chamber
Players gives approximately eight annual concerts in seniors’ residences and schools. As part of its
season, it also hosts the NYCO Mozart Vocal Competition for singers aged 16-35.
ANNUAL OPERATING $2,735
Northern Visions Independent Film and Video Association produces the Images Festival of
Independent Film & Video, the most established and comprehensive festival for independent media
artists in Canada. The festival includes programs of mixed international and Canadian short films and
videos, feature-length screening programs, media-based performances, guest curated programs,
commissioned works, a spotlight Canadian artist project, a book publication, a Canadian tour, a
symposium, and a curated citywide exhibition of approximately thirty installation and new media artworks.
The annual festival is held in April.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$48,000
Obsidian Theatre Company produces plays by playwrights of AfriCanadian descent and the African
Diasporic canon. In 2013/14, they will produce The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble as a co-pro with
Factory Theatre and Once on This Island (Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty) as a co-pro with Acting Up
Stage Company. In addition, they will continue to support playwrights and artists through their play
development, mentoring and training programs.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$45,000
The Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG) encourages the ongoing development of public
nonprofit art galleries, art museums, artist-run centres and community galleries in Ontario. OAAG
maintains a resource centre, provides advisory services for its members, publishes reports and reference
guides, hosts an annual series of professional development workshops, annual conferences and an
awards program.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
Open Studio is an artist-run centre that supports and facilitates professional artists in the production of
print media projects and in the development of their professional endeavours. The centre's multifaceted
programming include a studio facility rental, visiting artists, scholarships, exhibitions, education activities,
collaborative printing, portfolio reviews, outreach tours, international perspectives, print sales and
archives.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$70,000
Opera Atelier creates new productions of opera and ballet from the baroque and early classical periods.
Works are presented in fully staged period production with orchestra on period instruments. An annual
two-concert subscription series is presented at the Elgin Theatre.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$75,000
Opera in Concert presents rarely-performed operas in concert format performed by young Canadian
singers. Its annual 4-concert subscription series is presented at the Jane Mallett Theatre.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$30,000
Orchestra Toronto is a community orchestra that presents an annual five-concert subscription series
with pre-concert lectures at the George Weston Recital Hall in the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
ANNUAL OPERATING $20,000
Oriana Women's Choir presents an annual three-concert subscription series at Grace Church-on-the
Hill, featuring new and established repertoire suited to the female voice. It also performs at diverse
events and venues around Ontario.
ANNUAL OPERATING $8,500
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The Orpheus Choir of Toronto is a 60-voice ensemble noted for performing adventuresome works
outside the mainstream choral repertoire. It presents an annual 4-concert series.
ANNUAL OPERATING $20,000
PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres) is a national trade and service organization
representing professional Anglophone theatres across the country. In 2012/13, they will continue their
core programs and services plus new professional development initiatives focused on artistic risk,
audience development and engagement, and international exchanges.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$5,000
Pan Trinbago Steeband Association of Ontario organizes concerts, workshops and festivals and runs
several youth programs, including the annual summer Steelband Camp. Annual performance events
include Pan Jazz and Pan Frenzy.
ANNUAL OPERATING $9,000
The Paprika Festival is an annual juried two-week festival featuring new theatre works by young artists
21 and under. The 13th festival will be staged at Tarragon Theatre in March 2014. In addition, they will
offer a variety of networking and mentoring programs during the year to prepare participants for the
festival.
ANNUAL OPERATING $13,000
Pax Christi Chorale is a 100 member community-based choir that performs classical choral works and
new music with an emphasis on Canadian repertoire. It presents an annual subscription series and
performs in concerts produced by other organizations. The Pax Christi Youth Choir is also presented at
the subscription concerts and performs with the adult choir for oratorio performances. Concerts take place
at Grace Church-on-the-Hill.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$15,000
Peggy Baker Dance Projects was established in 1991 to serve as a vehicle for Peggy Baker's
performances, choreography, and collaborations, particularly with musicians as equal partners, and by
engaging in commission projects for solos and duets. Today, the company focuses mainly on group
works. 2013/14 activities include production of a new company work, and creation of a commission for
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$22,500
The Planet in Focus: International Environmental Film & Video Festival promotes the use of film and
video as a catalyst for public awareness, discussion and appropriate action on the environmental health
of the plant. This is the only festival in Canada devoted to the aesthetic and thematic exploration of
environmental films and videos. The festival includes screenings, panel discussions, workshops,
programs for school children and youth and is held annually in September/October.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$23,000
Playwrights Guild of Canada provides a voice for Canadian playwrights on the national and
international level. Their activities include offering professional development opportunities, representing
playwrights at contract negotiations, promoting Canadian plays, administering awards, and acting as an
advocacy and resource centre.
ANNUAL OPERATING $23,000
Pleiades Theatre creates new Canadian translations of works from the national, international
contemporary and classical repertoire. In 2013/14, they will produce the first major revival since 1979 of
Damnée Manon, Sacrée Sandra (Michel Tremblay) in association with Buddies in Bad Times, and work
on several translation projects for future productions. In addition, they will continue to offer their Speak the
Speech arts education program in schools and Play Upon the Word workshops for ESL Classes.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
The Power Plant is a public gallery devoted exclusively to contemporary visual art. The gallery pursues
its activities through exhibitions, publications and public programming and is committed to the
dissemination of Canadian artworks in a national and international context. 2013/14 programming
includes a survey of significant works by Micah Lexier; Post Script: Writing After Conceptual Art, an
exhibition featuring painting, sculpture, installation and works on paper by more than 50 artists, raising
questions about how we read, look at, hear, and process language; a solo exhibition of work by Brussels38
based artist Jimmy Robert that will include a new performance work; and a solo exhibition by British
installation artist Mike Nelson.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$176,000
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art promotes the appreciation and understanding of contemporary
photographic media, digital arts and sound art. Through exhibitions, publications and related activities,
Prefix presents the work of contemporary Canadian artists and critically examines issues that affect the
dissemination of contemporary art in Canada. It operates a public gallery at 401 Richmond Street West
that includes a gallery as well as the only dedicated audio art gallery in Canada, a window gallery open to
the public corridors and a reference library of over 5000 titles. In addition to its exhibitions, the
organization also presents the Urban Field Speaker Series, a biennial visual arts conference and
publishes books through MIT press.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$30,000
princess productions was founded in 1995, and serves as a vehicle for artistic director Yvonne Ng's
activities as a choreographer, performer, instructor, curator and producer of contemporary dance. Its
artistic vision emphasizes a unique Canadian perspective, with multidisciplinary work that is influenced by
Ng's Canadian-Chinese identity. 2013/14 activities include presentation of the dance made in Canada/fait
au Canada biennial festival.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$18,000
ProArteDanza is a ballet/contemporary repertory dance company founded in 2002 and headed by artistic
director Roberto Campanella and artistic associate Robert Glumbek. Plans for 2013 and 2014 include
spring and fall home seasons, featuring works by Campanella, Glumbek and others; and the Summer
Intensive Program for youth.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$15,000
Prologue to the Performing Arts believes that the performing arts play a vital role in the development of
healthy, creative and responsible members of society and is dedicated to ensuring access to the
performing arts for all of Ontario's young people. Through a roster of individual artists and companies, it
facilitates the presentation of dance, theatre, puppetry, music and storytelling performances and
workshops locally, provincially and across Canada.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$30,000
Puppetmongers creates work that draws on puppetry and storytelling traditions from around the world
then places the work in a contemporary context. In 2013/14, they will continue development work on a
new show, Monger Memories, revisit and remount The Pirate Widow Chang, tour Cinderella at Muddy
York to schools, offer their annual Winter holiday show - Tea at the Palace and their March break show The Miller and his Wife and Brick Brothers Circus. In addition, they will continue to offer a variety of
training and mentoring activities including Fresh Ideas in Puppetry and June Intensive at Humber College.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
Red Pepper Spectacle Arts co-creates and facilitates multi-disciplinary collaborative art works at the
community level, with a focus on the First Nations community. Based in a studio in Kensington Market, it
produces the annual Festival of Lights; mentors and trains new community-based artists, particularly First
Nations youth and emerging Native artists; and facilitates programming in partnership with community
groups. It undertakes large and smaller-scale initiatives using story creation, mask making, movement,
mosaic, sculpture, pottery, printmaking, digital media design & technology, photography, textiles, theatre
design and more.
ANNUAL OPERATING $29,000
Red Sky, established in 2000 by artistic director Sandra Laronde, is dedicated to Aboriginal
contemporary performance in dance, theatre and music. 2013/14 activities include a Canadian tour of
new and remounted dance works, creation of a new family audience piece, and the launch of a
Community Partnership and Engagement program.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$33,000
Regent Park Film Festival is a multi-day festival designed to promote an 'active multiculturalism' and
encourage cross-cultural exchange. All the film festival screenings are free. It services the communities
of Regent Park, Moss Park, St. Jamestown and Cabbagetown. It is planning on reaching out through to
many inner city neighbourhoods in the coming years. The festival is dedicated to showing works that
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resonate with inner city culture and experiences. The festival includes approximately ten screening
programs plus workshops, master classes and panel discussions. The festival also presents work made
by residents of Regent Park along with installations of artwork and performances by Toronto creators.
The annual festival is held in November. Other than the festival the have all year programming including
school and community screenings, film/video workshops at no cost. They are an anchor organization at
Daniels Spectrum, have a versatile theater space for screenings and two editing suites.
ANNUAL OPERATING $20,000
Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre is a youth focused, community-based arts organization
that provides youth with sustained access to a range of media technology and training, including video,
photography, new media, music recording, radio and television broadcast. Serving neighbourhood youth,
residents and community groups, RPF aims to become a new media, radio and television arts broadcast
centre and neighbourhood arts hub for media arts training and production.
ANNUAL OPERATING $27,000
The Regent Park School of Music offers affordable high quality music lessons to youth in the Regent
Park and Jane/Finch neighbourhoods. In addition to individual instruction on instruments such as piano,
violin, guitar and clarinet, group classes are held for choir, string ensemble, music theory and early
childhood music.
ANNUAL OPERATING $20,000
Roseneath Theatre creates, produces and tours family and TYA theatre productions. In 2013/14, they
will produce and tour Wired (Green Thumb Theatre/Betty Quan), Dib and Dob and the Journey Home
(David Craig and Robert Morgan) and premiere of La Maleta (Bea Pizano). In addition, they will work on
the development of new TYA scripts, launch the National TYA Playwrights Unit and an Arts Education
Workshop Pilot Project.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$67,000
Scarborough Philharmonic is a community orchestra that presents an annual concert series at The
Salvation Army featuring both traditional classical repertoire and newly commissioned works. In addition
to full orchestra concerts, chamber concerts are presented at St. Paul's L'Amoreaux Anglican Church.
ANNUAL OPERATING $20,000
Series 8:08 was founded in 1992 as a service organization for the contemporary dance community that
supports choreographer career advancement through programming works in progress and professional
development workshops. 2013/14 activities include the annual Choreographic Performance Workshop
series, and partnership with Harbourfront World Stage for professional Alternative Technique Classes.
ANNUAL OPERATING $4,800
Shadowland Theatre creates community-based outdoor theatre and performance events with a distinct
visual style, using puppetry, mask and animated sculpture. Their large outdoor spectacles bring
community players together with professional artists. They also run youth arts workshops on the Island, in
schools, with residents of the Harbourfront neighbourhood, and throughout the city.
ANNUAL OPERATING $18,000
Sinfonia Toronto performs string orchestra and chamber orchestra repertoire ranging from baroque to
contemporary, in an annual 7-concert subscription series at the Glenn Gould Studio.
ANNUAL OPERATING $13,000
SKETCH provides arts programming within a wide array of artistic disciplines for street-involved and
homeless youth as an avenue for creating opportunities, community connections, and developing
employment and life skills for participants. SKETCH nurtures the artistic development and social
engagement of youth, and acts as a cultural haven for young people experiencing difficulty in their lives.
Their arts programming is led by professional artists and takes place in fully equipped multidisciplinary
arts studios and with community partners in non-arts environments across the city.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$65,000
Small Theatre Administrative Facility (STAF) is an arts service organization that offers affordable,
professional, administration and promotion services to small not-for-profit theatre ventures and
independent artists on a fee-for-service basis.
ANNUAL OPERATING $25,000
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Small World Music Society, under the direction of Alan Davis, is dedicated to providing increased
performance opportunities to local performers of traditional and world music. Activities include festivals
and workshops in a variety of Toronto venues.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$42,500
Smile Company brings professional Canadian musical theatrical productions to seniors who are unable
to attend regular presentations due to financial or physical limitations. In 2013/14, they will tour a revival
of Sweet Marie (Sharon Dyer/James Howard), premiere Gift of the Magi (Leslie Arden) and Art Meets
Havoc (William Orlowski); and produce an adaptation of Johnny Belinda.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$24,000
Soulpepper Theatre Company is an artist-founded, classical repertory company. The 2014 season will
include productions of R.C. Sheriff's Journey's End, Spoon River Anthology, a musical adaptation of
Edgar Lee Master's work by Mike Ross, Strinberg's Dream Play, adapted and created by Daniel Brooks
and Lorenzo Savolini, Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle, adapted and scored by Ross Manson and John
Millard, and Michael Shamata's adaptation of A Christmas Carol. The company will continue development
activity on new works and adaptations and offer youth outreach and access programs.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$285,000
Soundstreams Canada fosters the development of contemporary Canadian creation in the performing
arts through a variety of programming. The 2013/14 season includes five concerts presented at Koerner
Hall and will celebrate the music of Arvo Pärt, Flamenco, Canadian Choral works, and Bach's St.
Matthew's Passion; it will also feature Airline Icarus, a new Opera by composer Brian Current and
playwright Anton Piatigorsky.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$84,000
The South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC) facilitates year-round programming on behalf of emerging
and established South Asian visual artists. The organization is committed to the professional
development of contemporary visual artists by providing research opportunities, presentation, promotion
and dissemination of works of local and international scope through exhibitions, public programs and
publications. The organization does not have a permanent gallery space and programs in a number of
venues.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$40,000
Southern Currents is dedicated to the development and presentation of contemporary works by local
artists of Latin American origin or heritage; the presentation of Canadian works in Latin America and
elsewhere and international Latin works in Canada. It produces the Alucine Toronto Latino Film and
Video Festival annually in March, featuring national and international films and videos including fiction,
documentaries and experimental works, video installations, and workshops. In between festivals, the
organization tours programs of film and media works throughout Latin America, United States and
Europe.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$20,000
St. Christopher House Music School provides affordable, high quality music education to students of all
ages in the west-central core of Toronto. It offers lessons in theory, harmony, piano, violin, viola, voice,
guitar, flute, accordion, clarinet and recorder. It also runs a community choir for children and adults,
opera appreciation courses, in collaboration with the COC, and a multidisciplinary program called Suite
Life Arts for Youth.
ANNUAL OPERATING $24,000
Storytellers' School of Toronto (aka Storytelling Toronto) has been promoting the art of storytelling
through courses, workshops, and community events since 1979. Its largest public event continues to be
the annual Toronto Festival of Storytelling, which takes place over 6 days in March. Other programs
include the Storytent held every Saturday morning during the farmers' market at the Artscape Wychwood
Barns, the Legless Stockings concerts, and the Village of Storytellers: Regent Park project. Courses
offered range from introductory storytelling to master classes.
ANNUAL OPERATING $25,500
Studio 180 produces plays of social consequence often not well known to Canadian audiences. In
2013/14, they will stage the Toronto premiere of God of Carnage (Yasmina Reza) as part of the Mirvish
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season, the Canadian premiere of Cock (Mike Bartlett) at Theatre Centre, and continue to offer arts
education programs in the schools and post show Beyond the Stage.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$15,000
Subtle Technologies produces an annual multidisciplinary festival (late May/early June) that explores
the relationships between art, science and technology. The festival provides a forum for artists and
scientists to discuss, demonstrate and exhibit their work. Programming is developed using an open call
for proposals and through the research work of a hired, professional curator. The festival comprises
interdisciplinary performances, multimedia installation, mentoring demonstrations and a diverse lecture
series featuring scientists and artists presenting in one-hour segments. They also organize an
ArtScienceCamp for artists and scientists in the winter, and several workshops and screenings
throughout the year. The 2013 theme is Immortality.
ANNUAL OPERATING $16,000
SummerWorks Theatre Festival is Canada's largest juried festival of primarily new Canadian plays. The
2013 festival will feature local and national companies on stage at Factory Theatre, Theatre Passe
Muraille, Theatre Centre, Lower Ossington Theatre, and off-site performance locations. Their
programming also includes a Reading Series, late night music concerts and a multidisciplinary
performance series, in addition, they support emerging artists through their S.L.I.P. leadership program.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$40,000
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra is a professional Baroque chamber orchestra that performs on period
instruments. Its annual ten-concert subscription series is presented at Trinity St. Paul's Centre. It also
presents three concerts during the season at the George Weston Recital Hall (Toronto Centre for the
Arts), one at Koerner Hall, and its annual Sing Along Messiah is presented at Massey Hall.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$160,000
Talisker Players Chamber Music is a 12-member instrumental ensemble that specializes in
collaborating with singers to present rarely-performed vocal chamber music. Although the emphasis in
repertoire is on new and recent music, concerts include music from all periods and styles. In addition to its
annual series of concerts presented at Trinity St. Paul's Centre, Talisker accepts invitations to appear
elsewhere and performs free community outreach concerts.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$13,000
Tapestry new opera works is dedicated to the creation, development and performance of new opera
and engages artists and audiences on subjects relevant to contemporary society. In addition to
development workshops, it has an annual production cycle generally comprises: Composer/Librettist
Laboratory, Opera Briefs, The Tapestry Songbook, a touring production and a mainstage production of a
full-length opera.
ANNUAL OPERATING $35,000
Tarragon Theatre develops and produces new theatrical work from across Canada. In 2013/14, they will
produce new works, remounts and adaptations: The Best Brothers (Daniel MacIvor), The Valley (Joan
MacLeod), Flesh and Other Fragments of Love (Evelyne de la Cheneliere), Marry Me - the songs of
Sondheim (Craig Lucas and Norman Rene), A God in Need of Help (Dean Dixon), The God That Comes
(Hawksley Workman), remount of The Double (Adam Paolozza, Afrif Mirabdolbaghi, Viktor Lukawski),
remount of The Ugly One (Marius von Mayenburg), Lungs (Duncan Macmillan) and Soliciting Temptation
(Erin Shields). In addition, they will continue a variety of play development programs.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$200,000
The Textile Museum of Canada is devoted to collecting, exhibiting and documenting ethnographic
textiles, and contemporary textiles in all media. The Museum has a collection of 12,000 artifacts and is
the foremost museum in Canada specializing in textiles. It develops and presents curated exhibitions of
the work of contemporary artists, artifacts from the collection as well as comprehensive outreach and
education programs to augment the exhibitions. Its curatorial model has expanded beyond the walls of
the museum with a phone app TXTileCIty. TMC is also moving forward with upcoming shows about
"smart" fabrics, and workshops on electronic arts.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$58,000
Company Theatre is an actor-focused company dedicated to examining and enhancing the art of
performance. In 2013/14 their plans include: a production of the Canadian premiere of Belleville by Amy
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Herzog, a workshop of their adaptation of Hamlet, and a reading of Lukas Barfuss' Oil.
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
The Theatre Centre is dedicated to developing and producing original innovative performance and
supporting artists creating alternative work. In 2013/14, they will move into their new space at the
Carnegie Library on Queen St. W. The space will open with The Library Project - a collaboration with
neighbourhood residents. They will continue their Resident Artist Programs and produce We Are Not
Afraid of the Dark (Tine Van Aerschot), This Clement World (Cynthia Hopkins), Small Axe (Project
Humanity), Cabaret Brise-Jour (L'Orchestre d'Hommes Orchestres). Their biennial Free Fall Festival will
feature new works by Daniel Brooks, Jani Lauzon, Denise Fujiwara.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$110,000
Theatre Columbus is committed to creating original shows combining a physical theatre tradition with
issues relevant to our time and place. In 2013/14, they will produce a new outdoor winter production, Just
Visiting (Haley McGee); create and broadcast A Walk in the Park, a collection of audio plays for podcast
and live performance; and focus on the development of new works.
ANNUAL OPERATING $41,000
Theatre Direct Canada presents compelling, inventive and uncompromising theatre for young
audiences. In 2013/14, they will tour Dib and Dob (David Craig/Robert Morgan), work on the
development of Once...and Then! (Lynda Hill and Linda Carson), and the creation of a new work for
autistic children Red Kite Blue Sky (Jacqui Russell). In addition, they will continue The Firefly Project, a
research project with pre-school children, and run outreach programs at their facility in the Wychwood
Barns.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$67,000
Theatre Gargantua is an artist-driven company that creates and produces new works with a
multidisciplinary focus. In 2013/14, they will tour Sacrifice Zone to Australia; begin development on a new
work, The Crypticus Project; develop and premiere The Shrapnel Project; and continue their mentoring
and skill development work with youth in at-risk neighbourhoods.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$15,000
Theatre Ontario is an association of community, educational and professional theatre organizations and
individuals dedicated to the development and maintenance of high quality theatre throughout the
province. They play a role as a bridge between different sectors of the theatre community and foster
public engagement in theatre. Their 2013 season of activities will include their ongoing work in the areas
of training, providing resources, and offering a central communications network. Each year they take on
special initiatives in addition to their core programming.
ANNUAL OPERATING $11,500
Theatre Passe Muraille develops and produces innovative and provocative Canadian theatre and
nurtures new artists and theatre companies. In 2013/14, their season will include: Giant: A Song Cycle
(Rob Kempson), Heaven Above, Heaven Below (Linda Griffiths), Same, Same but Different (Anita
Majumdar), remount of Crash (Pamela Sinha), Moss Park (George F. Walker), Critical Conditions
(Rosamund Small), Why We Are Here (Martin Julien and Brian Quirt). In addition they will continue to
support the development of new plays through their residency companies and artists, and will launch a
new project to support the development of administrators and producers from smaller companies.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$154,000
Theatre Smith-Gilmour is dedicated to the development and production of original works and
adaptations of existing texts. Their signature style involves physical interpretation of text performed on a
bare stage. In 2013/14, their plans include the continued development of Jean Valjean (adaptation of Les
Miserables) and a remount and tour of As I Lay Dying (adaptation of William Faulkner novel). In addition,
they will work on developing new works and mentoring emerging artists.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$41,000
Theatrefront is an ensemble of artists working together to develop a unique collaborative process. In
2013/14, they will produce Tribes (Nina Raine) and work on the development of Snow (Holly Lewis) and
The Orange Dot (Sean Dixon).
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
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Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) provides services to enhance the development of
professional theatre, opera and dance in Toronto and promotes and advocates on behalf of the sector. In
2012/2013, they will continue their advocacy and promotion work, operate the TOTix Booth, produce the
Dora Mavor Moore Awards and continue to undertake projects and special initiatives to increase
awareness of performing arts in Toronto.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$78,000
Toronto Blues Society promotes and presents blues in all its diverse styles to a wide audience and
provides a wide range of services to blues musician. In addition to offering a range of workshops and
educational outreach programs, TBS presents the Women’s Blues Revue, The Maple Blues Awards, the
Gladstone Blues Series.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$32,000
Toronto Book and Magazine Fair produces Word on the Street, Canada's largest, annual outdoor book
and magazine festival, a free, public event that provides an opportunity for audiences to interact with
Canada's vibrant writing and publishing communities. Its mandate is to unite the country in a national,
annual celebration of reading and writing, and to highlight the importance of literacy in the lives of all
Canadians. Featuring more than 250 book, magazine and literacy exhibitor booths in the festival
marketplace, the festival has several on-site performance venues programmed with authors, poets,
storytellers, and performers.
ANNUAL OPERATING $41,500
Toronto Chamber Choir is a 40-voice community choir that presents authentic performances of seldomheard Renaissance and Baroque choral music. It presents an annual 4-concert subscription series at
Christ Church Deer Park, comprising two full-length evening performances with guest soloists and
instrumentalists and two informal afternoon lecture-concerts followed by a reception during which choir
and audience mingle.
ANNUAL OPERATING $7,500
Toronto Children's Chorus is a treble voice choir that provides musical and educational opportunities
for children from six to seventeen. They annually present a varied subscription series and make guest
appearances at festivals and concerts produced by other organizations.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$38,000
Toronto City Opera (aka Toronto Opera Repertoire) is a community-based opera company that draws
both soloists and chorus members from the local community. It stages two operas from standard Italian
and French repertoire at the Bickford Centre Theatre.
ANNUAL OPERATING $4,800
Toronto Consort is a chamber ensemble specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance,
exploring new ways to bring early music to the modern audience. It presents an annual series of concerts
at Trinity St. Paul's Centre and performs throughout Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Europe.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$26,000
Toronto Dance Theatre was founded in 1968, and has been under the direction of Christopher House
since 1994. They are a contemporary dance ensemble dedicated to the creation and performance of
original Canadian choreography. 2013/14 activities include commissions from mid-career Torontonian
choreographers, and a remount of work by House.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$150,000
Toronto Downtown Jazz Society produces the annual Toronto Jazz Festival at Nathan Phillips Square
for 10 days in late June/early July and features a full spectrum of jazz styles that target all age groups and
musical tastes. Other festival-related concerts are also presented in clubs and other performance venues
around the city.
ANNUAL OPERATING $30,000
Toronto Early Music Centre promotes the performance and appreciation of medieval, renaissance and
baroque music through a variety of programs and member services. Annual activities include Musically
Speaking, a series of one-hour Sunday afternoon historical performances at Church of the Holy Trinity,
the annual Early Music Fair at Montgomery's Inn, workshops and music circles and workshops, and a
variety of services for the early music community.
ANNUAL OPERATING $4,200
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Toronto Jewish Film Festival features films that celebrate the diversity and history of the Jewish
experience around the world and strives to break down stereotypes and racial barriers. Both feature
length and shorts are presented. An itinerary of panel discussions and professional forums are offered in
conjunction with the screenings. The festival takes place annually in May at multiple locations.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$24,000
Toronto Jewish Folk Choir performs repertoire of current and traditional secular Yiddish music and also
commissions new works by Jewish-Canadian composers. It presents an annual spring concert,
participates in festivals and concerts produced by other organizations and also performs in seniors
residences.
ANNUAL OPERATING $5,800
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, established in 1894, maintains a tradition of choral music through its
repertoire which includes early Baroque masterpieces, large-scale oratorios, choral/orchestral works and
commissioned pieces, usually accompanied by full orchestra. In addition to its annual four-concert
subscription series, the TMC appears frequently as a guest with the Toronto Symphony and maintains
outreach activities.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$61,000
Toronto Operetta Theatre presents classic operetta and light opera through an annual subscription
series at the Jane Mallett Theatre in the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Through its productions the
company provides training and experience to young artists in the early stages of their careers.
ANNUAL OPERATING $23,000
Toronto Photographers Workshop (TPW) is an artist-run centre dedicated to promoting and supporting
photo-based artists' work through exhibitions and publications. TPW is committed to producing
catalogues for all exhibitions and to publish books on significant Canadian artists. The gallery houses an
important Resource Centre representing twenty-five years of archival collection and documentation of
photographic activity in Canada.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$65,000
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a festival that promotes the integrity and diversity of
Asian Canadian and Diasporic film culture, and nurtures the talent of new and emerging independent
Asian directors from Canada and around the world. The festival takes place annually in November at
downtown locations including some offsite gallery installations.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$45,000
Tribal Crackling Wind (TCW) was founded in 1999 as a vehicle for the work of multidisciplinary artist
Peter Chin. The mandate of the company is to produce events that integrate music, dance and design to
create contemporary rituals and ceremonies. 2013/14 activities include research and creation of an
extensive new work, Woven, and a Toronto Dance Theatre commission.
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
Trinity Square Video is an artist-run centre that provides access to production and post-production
facilities for individual artists and community organizations working on non-commercial video projects.
TSV supports the independent video community through subsidized equipment rentals, workshops, artistin-residency programs, and the presentation of artists' work.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$50,000
University Settlement Music School provides affordable, high quality music education for children and
adults. In addition to individual lessons in piano, violin, viola, flute, clarinet, accordion and drums, it has
an adult and a children's choir, chamber music programs, and computer music courses for intermediate
and advanced players.
ANNUAL OPERATING $23,500
V Tape was founded in 1980 and is Canada's largest distributor of video art. The organization has
developed into an information and distribution system for media works by artists and independents
committed to the cataloguing, exhibition, distribution, preservation and the future of media artworks. A
number of exhibition/presentation, curatorial development and educational programs are also presented.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$70,000
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Vesnivka Choir is a community-based women's choir that promotes the Ukrainian choral tradition,
including classical, folk and sacred music. With its affiliated male counterpart, the Ukrainian Male
Chamber Choir, and newly established boys choir, the Dudaryk Boys Choir of Toronto, it presents an
annual three-concert subscription series and participates in festivals and concerts produced by other
organizations.
ANNUAL OPERATING $8,000
Victoria Scholars is a male choral ensemble specializing in music from the renaissance, medieval,
baroque, classical and romantic eras. It presents an annual 3-concert series at Our Lady of Sorrows
Church, with each concert repeated at Blessed Sacrament Church. It also performs free Tenebrae
services annually, and makes guest appearances at concerts produced by other organizations.
ANNUAL OPERATING $6,600
VideoCabaret International brings Canadian history, tradition and contemporary times to life on the
stage through works that are music/video/theatre hybrids. In 2013/14, they will present The Great War at
the Young Centre; work on an adaptation of Rigoletto; further develop three new works - City for Sale, To
Be, and Mirajistan (Deanne Taylor); and continue to support artists through their Black Box Sessions and
workshops.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$60,000
Viva! Youth Singers of Toronto provides singing opportunities for children and youth ages four to thirty
through its five choirs. It presents two concerts each season at Trinity St. Paul's Centre and performs
frequently with other organizations and for community events.
ANNUAL OPERATING $13,000
Volcano creates original theatre that combines the strengths of live performance with elements from
traditions of other theatre cultures and media. In 2013/14, they will present A Beautiful View (Daniel
McIvor) in Toronto and tour communities in Ontario; premiere A Moveable Beast (Crooked Figure
Dances) at Commonwealth Games in Glasgow; and develop Infinity (Hannah Moscovitch), Until We Say
Yes (Deborah Pearson), and The Flying Child (Roland Schimmelpfennig). In addition, they will continue
work on a variety of training and mentoring initiatives including the Volcano Conservatory and
inFORMING CONTENT creation intensive.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$40,000
Why Not Theatre explores new forms of storytelling with a particular focus on the use of international
modes of theatre creation and a physical movement approach. In 2013/14 they plan to premiere Satyajit
Ray Project at the Young Centre, tour works from the their repertoire (Spent, Iceland, Brimful of Asha) to
India and locations in Canada, and work on the development of several works in progress including the
Kamagata Maru Project and the Castle Show.
ANNUAL OPERATING $15,000
Women's Art Resource Centre (WARC) was established in 1984 as an artist-run centre dedicated to the
advancement of artistic practice by contemporary Canadian women artists. WARC activities include an
exhibition program, maintaining a Curatorial Research Centre containing 2,600 artist slides and files,
organizing professional development workshops, conferences and seminars, developing educational
curriculum resource and outreach projects for professional artists and youth.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$37,000
The Women's Musical Club of Toronto presents Music in the Afternoon, an annual series of five
afternoon chamber concerts at Walter Hall. Concerts are complemented by the pre-concert lecture series,
Tuning Your Mind, which is presented in partnership with the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto.
ANNUAL OPERATING $2,500
Workman Theatre Project produces the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival annually in November,
presenting features and shorts about the facts and mythology surrounding mental health/illness and
addiction. Each film program focuses on different themes and includes panel discussions with filmmakers,
artists and people sharing professional and personal experience with mental illness and addiction. The
festival partners with a number of other organizations in Toronto and beyond.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$17,000
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Young People's Theatre presents theatre for young people and their families. Their multiyear cycle
includes co-productions with local and national companies and their own productions. 2013/14 season
will include A Story Before Time (Drew Hayden Taylor), Annie (adaptation of Little Orphan Annie), Jabber
(Marcus Youssef), nOOb (Christopher Duthie), Where the Wild Things Are (Presentation House),
Minotaur (Kevin Dyer), Emily's Piano (Mark Cassidy), Paper Song (Concrete Theatre). In addition, they
will continue to develop new TYA plays, run their Drama School and do outreach through their
Community Participation Program.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$311,000
YYZ Artists' Outlet is an artist-run centre for the exhibition and dissemination of contemporary art. The
centre is mandated to support and develop audiences for the most challenging ideas in current art
practice by presenting a diverse program of exhibitions, art books and special events. The gallery
features two exhibition spaces, one of which is currently devoted to the time-based arts, and a publication
lounge where books, catalogues and historical archives are made available to visitors for purchase and/or
research.
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
$65,000
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PROJECT FUNDING DESCRIPTIONS
20K Project will develop and re-imagine Jules Verne's classic novel 20,000 Leagues under the Sea as a
stage play. It is part of much larger transmedia project to raise awareness about 21st century global
concerns about water. The work is being co-produced with the 2015 Pan Am Games Arts & Culture
Program.
PROJECT
$10,000
60 X 60 Dance Toronto will present another installment of the 60X60 Dance Toronto showcase at the
Enwave Theatre (NextSteps Series) from June 2 to November 9, 2014. For this unique production, 60 1minute dance pieces are choreographed by Toronto dance artists and set to 60 1-minute original
Canadian musical compositions. The works are combined by macro choreographer, Viv Moore, and
presented in a non-stop 1 hour performance.
PROJECT
$6,000
106 & York Urban Arts Festival will develop and produce a four day multidisciplinary urban arts festival
at The Legion Hall on Weston Road and the West Side Arts Hub in September 2013. Two days of artist
development workshops will provide youth with mentorship in urban arts, including music, theatre, dance,
visual arts, spoken word/poetry, film, photography and fashion, followed by a high school showcase and
annual 106 and York Show. The project aims to support the development of young artists from Rexdale,
Jane-Finch, Weston Mount-Dennis and Lawrence Heights by providing a platform to showcase their
talents, and by promoting mentorship opportunities and the initiation of solo and collaborative
performances.
PROJECT
$10,000
Abilities Arts Festival will conduct the Frames of Reference II project, a 12 week master class for up to
6 photographers from the disability and deaf communities to work with documentary photographer
Vincenzo Pietropaolo. The project will take place at 401 Richmond from September 9 to December 2,
2013. It will culminate in the creation of a photographic catalogue and public exhibit of participants' work.
PROJECT
$8,000
Academy Concert Series will present three chamber music concerts at Eastminster United Church on
November 9, 2013, March 1, and May 10, 2014. They will also present a community concert at a
retirement home or school related to each of the concerts.
PROJECT
$1,000
adelheid dance projects will complete an additional creation phase of elsewhere, a full evening group
work by Heidi Strauss for five dancers, in preparation for a technical residency in Victoria. The work will
take place in December 2013 at the Theatre Centre, The Citadel, Dovercourt House, and Winchester
Street Theatre.
PROJECT
$7,000
African Canadian Heritage Association will conduct workshops for youth focusing on music and video
production at Centennial College in Scarborough from September 14, 2013 to May 31, 2014. The project
will culminate in a final performance in Malvern.
PROJECT
$10,000
African Women Acting will produce the AWA Festival in Regent Park from June 10 to June 16, 2013.
The project engages professional artists to lead dance, music and theatre workshops for emerging artists
from the Twansifueli and Naija Girls arts groups. The project culminates with a festival celebrating female
artists and African cultural heritage at Daniels Spectrum. Festival activities include African dance, music
and theatre workshops for the general public, performances by emerging and professional artists, and a
visual art exhibition.
PROJECT
$10,000
Afrihili Cultural Association of Ontario will produce the Akwaaba Ghana Festival, a two-day event
featuring music, dance, spoken word, drumming, food, and arts and cultural traditions of Ghanaian people
on August 16-17, 2013 at Ahenfie banquet hall and Earl Bales Park.
PROJECT
$3,500
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Against the Grain Theatre is a new company whose aim is to present both contemporary and standard
works in an inconventional manner. They will present Debussy's opera, Pelleas et Melisande in June
2014 at Factory Theatre.
PROJECT
$7,000
AIMToronto promotes and supports the work of creative improvising musicians in Toronto. It will present
a segment of its Interface series with NYC violinist Mark Feldman at U of T's Jazz Performance Space at
90 Wellesley Street on October 7, 2013.
PROJECT
$1,000
L'Alliance Française de Toronto will present its annual music programming - Cabaret-Chanson,
Classique de poche, Jazz en tête-à-tête, Pour Ie fun, Chansongs - and special programming (3 concerts)
between November 2013 and June 2014. All concerts will take place at the Pierre-Leon Gallery (Alliance
Française) except the Chansongs Series which will take place at The Royal Conservatory of Music.
PROJECT
$6,450
Amazing Cat Performances will conduct a series of poetry, music and theatre workshops and
performances for the Russian speaking community, taking place at Earle Bales Community Centre and
various locations in North York from November 1, 2013 to October 30, 2014. Project activities include
poetry club sessions where participants learn writing skills and techniques from professional writers, and
workshops and rehearsals with professional performing artists in preparation for five performance events.
The events will involve the presentation of literary works by Russian authors, poetry readings, and
musical and theatre performances.
PROJECT
$8,000
The AMY Project will conduct a summer performance intensive for young urban women taking place
from June 24 to August 25, 2013, culminating in a series of shows at Theatre Passe Muraille during the
Summerworks Theatre Festival.
PROJECT
$15,000
Anandam Dancetheatre Productions will undertake phase two of research for The Precipice Project, an
exploration of our relationship to public space, urban architecture and gravity. This phase is entitled
Glaciology, and makes use of the interior and exterior architecture of the Bata Shoe Museum. This latest
creation phase of the project will look to adapt the work for a traditional theatre setting. Work will take
place in the company's rehearsal studio, July 8-20, 2013.
PROJECT
$7,000
Arabesque Dance Company will produce Sawah, exploring the influences and uniqueness of Middle
Eastern dance as it intersects with ballet, jazz and African dance forms. The performance, choreographed
by Yasmina Ramzy, will take place at Fleck Dance Theatre in April 2014 as part of the NextSteps Series.
PROJECT
$9,000
The Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund helps build and sustain the integrity of live musicianship by
ensuring that young people are able to participate in advanced music training and education, and by
providing high quality performance opportunities for young musicians. The organization will present
Syncopation: Deep Roots, the continuation of a series of concerts and photo exhibits that document and
celebrate the history and contributions of Toronto's pioneering Black musicians, on February 16, 2014 at
Daniels Spectrum.
PROJECT
$4,500
Architect Theatre will develop The Pipeline Project a theatrical experience that examines our individual
and collective relationship to oil and gas through recorded interviews, rational arguments and a
breathtaking landscape created on stage. The work uses interviews conducted amongst Northern
Gateway Pipeline stakeholders.
PROJECT
$7,000
Ars Mechanica will produce Show and Tell Alexander Bell, a techno-magical immersion into Alexander
Graham Bell's desperate attempts to invent a machine in order to better communicate with those he held
most dear.
PROJECT
$2,500
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Art City in St. James Town will conduct the Art City 2014 Artist in Residence Program, taking place at
Art City from March 1 to June 30, 2014. Four resident artists will conduct storytelling, puppetry,
photography and printmaking workshops with children and youth participants from Art City, exploring the
themes of community, belonging, and friendship.
PROJECT
$6,400
Art for Commuters explores the urban screen, its relationship to the viewing public, and what
possibilities it holds for artists working in the public realm. It will screen Drift non-stop during Nuit Blanche
2013. Drift, by Marcin Ignac (Poland/UK) and Lorenzo Oggiano (Italy), takes inspiration from biological
organisms while embracing the plastic nature of synthetic processes.
PROJECT
$2,000
Article 11 will develop The Ministry of Grace by Tara Beagan in June/July 2014. After a mother's children
are taken to a residential school she flees to California where she ends up as the Tamed Heathen in an
evangelist ministry.
PROJECT
$7,000
Artists to Artists Foundation will curate a show entitled Common Threads that will be installed at the
Art/Work Gallery in June 2014.
PROJECT
$6,000
Arts4All Creative Society will conduct the Tapestry Series project taking place at the Davenport Perth
Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre and Pelham Park Gardens from November 4, 2013 to
June 27, 2014. The stories of local seniors will be shared with pre-school aged audiences through the
presentation of three original storytelling plays and a storybook tapestry, all created in collaboration with
Davenport Perth community members and Arts4All artists.
PROJECT
$12,000
Asian Arts Freedom School will offer a series of writing and performance workshops for Asian/Pacific
Island youth from across the city, taking place at the Glad Day Bookshop from June 1 to October 31,
2013. Participants, including youth from all ethnic backgrounds taking part in coalition building workshops,
will create individual and collective writing pieces to be presented at AAFS performance events.
PROJECT
$11,000
Association of Artists for A Better World will present the Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival, a free
family festival, at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel, February 13-16, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,000
Axis Music will provide free violin, cello and piano workshops for 18 children and youth at the
Gordonridge Community Centre in Eglinton East-Kennedy Park from November 1, 2013 to July 15, 2014.
The project overcomes economic barriers to music instruction and composition by engaging residents
through weekly one-on-one, group and guest artist workshops, developing their instrumental and
compositional skills. Participants will perform compositions during three recitals for the Gordonridge
community, and attend classical music concerts.
PROJECT
$12,000
Azure Rivers will engage in a second phase of development of their new work Madam Mao by Janet Lo
and Paul Thompson in October 2013. This solo show is based on the life of Madame Mao Jian Qing, the
wife of Chairman Mao Zedong. The work focuses on her quest for power and her role as a feminist in
China incorporating elements of dance and music.
PROJECT
$5,000
Bain Arts Collective will conduct the Home Made Stories project, creating site-specific performances
involving dance, puppetry, music and art installations in celebration of the Co-op's 100th anniversary, and
taking place at Bain Apartments Co-operative from July 1 to September 25, 2013.
PROJECT
$15,000
Baobab Afrikan Arts will present Mandingue Summit, a five-day West African dance and drum festival
that celebrates traditional Mandingue culture with workshops and performances led by masters. The
festival will take place at Daniels Spectrum, September 13-29, 2013.
PROJECT
$8,000
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Danielle Baskerville will complete development work on Close My Eyes, a full evening contemporary
dance theatre duet choreographed by D.A. Hoskins for Danielle Baskerville and Luke Garwood. Work will
take place at The Citadel, October 1-28, 2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
Batuki Music Society is a presenter of African music and arts. Its mandate is to encourage local African
musicians to participate in Toronto's diverse arts and culture scene through live music shows, visual arts
displays, and festivals. It will present Songs of My Mother: A Celebration of African Women at Daniels
Spectrum on September 28, 2013.
PROJECT
$6,300
blackandblue dance projects will present 4 performances of Speak, Love, a new evening-length duet
choreographed by Sasha Ivanochko for Ivanochko and Brendan Wyatt, at the Winchester Street Theatre
in December 2013.
PROJECT
$8,000
Black Hammer Group will present The Ballad of Weedy Peetstraw at SummerWorks 2013. A backwoods
boy sells his soul to the devil in exchange for supernatural prowess on the banjo in this comic postmodern
bluegrass opera.
PROJECT
$3,500
Blood Orange Theatre will present Somebody Else by Sarah Miller-Garvin a play about a woman
confronting a childhood secret that forces her to re-examine her actions.
PROJECT
$2,000
Bluemouth Inc. will develop Stay (a) Wake! A Field Guide to Strip Poker in November/December 2013.
The work brings together disparate ideas and looks for connections between an Australian walkabout, an
Irish wake, poker games, and the seven stages of grief.
PROJECT
$10,000
Angela Blumberg will create a new dance work inspired by Ann Carson's poem And Reason Remains
Undaunted. The choreographic work will look at ways of translating Carson's poem into a physical realm,
and will take place as part of her residency at the Toronto Heliconian Club from January 6 to April 30,
2014.
PROJECT
$6,000
Body Percussion Festival will present an international array of dance and movement artists that use the
body, footwork or instruments as extensions of the body, in a percussive way. The festival, organized by
Viv Moore and Soraya Peerbaye, will take place in May 2014 at Harbourfront Centre’s Brigantine Room.
PROJECT
$8,000
BoucharDanse will partner with Théâtre La Tangente to present 7 performances of a full evening
production as part of NextSteps at Harbourfront's Enwave Theatre in October 2014. Works to be
presented are the world premiere of L'éternel voyage by Sylvie Bouchard and the Toronto premiere of
L'Implorante by both Bouchard and Théâtre La Tangente.
PROJECT
$9,000
Bound2Create will present Dirty Butterfly in November 2013 at Aki Studio. This startling drama by
Jamaican British playwright Debbie Tucker Green explores voyeurism, power, guilt and the collateral
damage of domestic abuse and racial economic divide.
PROJECT
$9,000
The Box Collective will present public reading/performance events at the Rivoli in October 2013 and
February and June 2014. The thematic events feature an eclectic mix of poets, writers, performance
artists, visual artists, playwrights, filmmakers, activists, philosophers, scholars, and musicians.
PROJECT
$3,300
Butcher Gallery will produce All-Terrain, a three part artist/curator performative action series that will
take place between July 2013 and Spring 2014. The concept is to relocate the gallery from indoors to
outdoors; each show will be mounted outdoors, documented and dissambled in one day. The primary
dissemination of the series will be through gallery-made multiples, documentation and the gallery website.
PROJECT
$4,000
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Michael Caldwell will create a contemporary dance choreography for five dancers, based on the theme
of loneliness. Work will take place at The Citadel, November 4-22, 2013.
PROJECT
$7,000
Canada Clown will present the annual Toronto Festival of Clowns at Pia Bouman School. The 5-day
event will bring together clowns and physical artists of all disciplines to showcase their work.
PROJECT
$8,000
Canadian Film in the Schools administers the Reel Canada project, a touring film festival taking place at
Toronto high schools and middle schools between October 2013 and June 2014. It presents a curated
program of feature films, documentaries, animated programs and shorts in Toronto schools. Its purpose is
to raise awareness around Canadian film within the high school population. Films are programmed by
students with assistance from the project organizers. Complementing the screenings is a series of
lectures and other activities.
PROJECT
$4,000
Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives Gallery will present the exhibition Body Politic: Political Bodies
taking place June 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014. For the 40th Anniversary of the CLGA, the Archives will
present an historical and contemporary look at the Toronto gay newspaper The Body Politic (1971-1987)
and how it has shaped LGBTQ communities in Canada.
PROJECT
$3,500
Canadian Rep Theatre will produce Pacamambo by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Shelley Tepperman,
at the Citadel in January/February 2014. This poetic and magical work addresses transformation from life
to death, from innocence to experience, and from anger to understanding.
PROJECT
$9,000
CANORAA Inc. will present the Latin-Afro-South Asian Festival and workshop series, taking place at Lula
Lounge, Gallery 1313 and the Wychwood Art Barns from March 2 to June 4, 2014. The festival will
present music and dance works and a video and visual arts exhibition, exploring common elements and
influences between Latin American, African and South Asian cultures. Project activities include a series
of percussion, printmaking, dance, and flamenco guitar workshops open to members of the three cultural
communities and the general public.
PROJECT
$10,000
CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators, and Performers) will hold Packaging
Your Imagination, its annual professional development conference, at the Lakeshore Campus of Humber
College on November 9, 2013. As a pilot project, lectures and workshops will be streamed online in order
to increase accessibility, and there will be an evaluation component to determine areas of success in this
venture and aspects that require improvement.
PROJECT
$8,000
Canzine Arts Festival will produce the annual Canzine Festival of Independent Culture at 918 Bathurst
Cultural Centre on October 20, 2013. Canada's largest festival of alternative culture and publications, it
includes readings, seminars, zine exhibitions, workshops, panels discussions, art installations and
performances. This event brings together creators working in a variety of media and promotes the
exchange of ideas and products. The conference will be preceded by the Canzine Symposium on
October 19th, a one day zine maker conference that will allow zine creators to hone their skills and
network with peers.
PROJECT
$5,000
Cardinal/Kantor will present Clifford Cardinal's Stich in October 2013. The play is about an internet porn
superstar who suffers from psychological abuse and consequently makes bad life choices.
PROJECT
$10,000
Caribbean Chorale of Toronto will develop and present a musical theatre production that tells the
twenty year story of the Chorale since its founding in 1993. Beginning in November 2013, Artistic Director
Luther Hansraj will lead workshops and rehearsals for Chorale members at several locations, including
the Church of St. Michael the Archangel, and St. Hilda's Anglican Church, with the final presentation
taking place at the Rembrandt Banquet Hall in Scarborough on May 10, 2014.
PROJECT
$9,000
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Lua Casu will create Hybrid, a work that speaks to the challenges and benefits of mixing of races,
cultures, identities, and values in present day Canadian society. Work will take place at Joy of Dance
studios from August 15, 2013 to March 30, 2014.
PROJECT
$7,000
Central Toronto Youth Services (CTYS) will conduct the Transcend 2014 project, taking place at CTYS
from November 13, 2013 to June 23, 2014. Transgender youth under the age of 24 will work with lead
artists Syrus Marcus Ware and Tristan R. Whiston using different art forms, including visual art, writing,
poetry and digital media, to explore gender and identity. The project culminates in a public showcase of
works created by the youth.
PROJECT
$15,000
Marie-Josee Chartier will present a series of mixed programs of short works that she choreographed
and directed, involving a group of ten dancers and actors. Work on the petites danses "mini festival"
production will take place from January 20 to February 1, 2014 as part of her residency at the Tank
House Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts.
PROJECT
$7,000
The Chinese National Musician Xu Ruhui Foundation will present the Xu Ruhui Centennial Symphony
Concert featuring music of late Shanghai composer Xu Ruhui, at the PC Ho Theatre on June 20, 2014.
PROJECT
$5,000
Clawhammer Theatre Company will develop The Show That Smells, a puppet show about sex, love,
ambition, wrestling with the devil, and falling from grace by Gil Garratt and Gemma James-Smith, from
November 2013 to January 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
Chocolate Woman collective will develop Side Show Freaks & Circus Injuns by Monique Mojica and
LeAnne Howe. The work will explore two characters from the Side Show era - the snake charmer/dancer
and the he/she persona. The structure of the piece is based on effigy mounds and earthworks found
throughout Turtle Island.
PROJECT
$5,000
Choirs Ontario promotes, supports and celebrates choral music across the province. It will hold its
annual Youth Choir camp at the University of Toronto, August 16-25, 2013. The choir's final performance
takes place at Grace Church on-the-Hill.
PROJECT
$4,000
The Christie Pits Film Festival is a four night curated festival of feature length and short films presented
in outdoors at Christie Pits Park between June and November. The screenings in the park are free, and
encourage audiences who may not see great works of film due to barriers such as cost, location and
unfamiliarity. This year the festival features a program of short films by Toronto filmmakers that will be
screened prior to the features.
PROJECT
$1,000
Citizen Theatre Collective will develop a physical theatre image-based piece exploring intimacy and
inspiration using Franz Kafka`s Letters to Felice as source material. Development work will take place at
Zuke studio in September 2013.
PROJECT
$7,000
Community Arts Guild will conduct the research and development phase of the Campfires project,
taking place at Cedar Ridge Creative Centre and other East Scarborough locations from January 6 to
June 28, 2014. Working from oral history and inspired by the image of campfires and the theme of
legacies, the project will engage artists of the Community Arts Guild and residents of KingstonGalloway/Orton Park in multi-arts explorations and workshops, culminating in a two-week long interactive
gallery installation at Cedar Ridge.
PROJECT
$13,000
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Compania Carmen Romero is offering the Flamenco Legacy workshop series, an 8-day intensive dance
and music cultural exchange with legendary Spanish artist La Tati, at Mad for Dance Studios, January 2230, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,000
Contact Toronto Photography Festival presents a series of large-format, photo-based public installations
by Canadian and international artists to animate exterior city spaces as a complement to the exhibitions
presented in both public and private galleries that comprise the annual festival in May. A program of
related lectures and panel discussions provides a forum for discussion and debate, exploring the thematic
focus of the festival.
PROJECT
$4,000
The Contrary Company will develop a work about a group of women undergoing cancer therapies. The
group will work collectively incorporating movement, voice and sound design into the theatre piece.
Development work will take place at PT studio in September 2013.
PROJECT
$8,000
The Convergence Ensemble will present a concert of creative jazz and improvised music to celebrate
the release of Live in Saskatoon at Gallery 345 on November 17, 2013.
PROJECT
$950
Louis Laberge-Cote will begin the initial research of a new solo work for himself, including a mentorship
with Ted Robinson and vocal training sessions with Fides Krucker. The work will take place from January
6 to August 31, 2014 at the Winchester Street Theatre and Centre Q.
PROJECT
$6,000
Creation Company will develop Ian Kamu’s Nora, an exploration of mental illness within communities of
colour, in November/December 2013.
PROJECT
$4,850
Tanya Crowder's HOWDARESHE (xchange) includes the creation and presentation of new
commissioned work and creative and professional exchanges by artists from Toronto and Montreal Darryl Tracy and Lina Cruz. The Toronto segment will take place at Dovercourt House in April 2014.
PROJECT
$4,000
CUE-Sketch will conduct the Underground Art Detective Mission project taking place at Sketch Working
Arts, East Metro Youth Services, LAMP Community Health Centre and various other locations in Toronto
from September 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014. Lead artists will work with marginalized youth to create
multidisciplinary art projects.
PROJECT
$13,750
Dance Matters Dance Productions produces a curated community-based performance series featuring
original choreographies from dance artists of all disciplines, artistic perspectives and cultural influences.
The series, headed by Tanya Crowder, will take place at the Scotiabank Studio Theatre - Pia Bouman
School, from November 1, 2013 to May 15, 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
Design Exchange will present This is Not a Toy: Artists and Designers at Play. This exhibition,
catalogue, and outreach program explores urban vinyl toys as contemporary art objects and soci/political
signifies through the work of 44 artists and 4 themes form historical to contemporary.
PROJECT
$4,000
The Diaspora Film Festival is a showcase for independent Canadian and international artists dealing
with the concept of diaspora. It will take place October 31 to November 5, 2013 at Innis Town Hall,
Carlton Cinemas and Arta Gallery. The aim of this festival is to expose Toronto audiences to films by
filmmakers that are culturally poignant and not readily accessible through the mainstream.
PROJECT
$4,000
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Diasporic Genius (Tides Canada Initiatives Society) will conduct the Telling Stories into Form project,
a 16 week storytelling, visual arts and narrative movement program for residents of Thorncliffe Park,
taking place at the East York Town Centre in Thorncliffe Park from January 1 to June 1, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,500
The Dietrich Group will redevelop and present Land of Fuck (a fable), a dance work by D.A. Hoskins for
nine performers exploring the theme of evolution. The performances will take place in April 2014 at the
Winchester Street Theatre.
PROJECT
$8,000
DOC Toronto will present the Documentary Masters Series from November 2013 to spring 2014 at
various locations in Toronto.
PROJECT
$3,000
Dos Mundos Arts and Media will conduct the Pan-American Bridges project, a series of multidisciplinary
arts workshops and talks, showcasing Pan-American art forms by local artists, and taking place during the
Uma Nota Festival of Tropical Expressions, October 18-20, 2013.
PROJECT
$7,570
Drag Musical Collective will facilitate a community theatre project taking place at the 519 Community
Centre from July 1 to September 31, 2013, during which queer and trans youth of colour and aboriginal
youth will work with professional artists to create a 45-60 minute drag musical to be performed at The 519
and Buddies In Bad Times Theatre.
PROJECT
$10,000
Driftwood Theatre’s 2014 Bard's Bus Tour will feature The Tempest by William Shakespeare and
Shakespeare's Will by Vern Theissen in Todmorden Mills and Withrow Park in the summer of 2014. Both
works feature the motif of the sea and explore the issue of isolation.
PROJECT
$10,000
Dylan Bell and the Autonomous Collective is a new ensemble comprised of Dylan Bell
(voice/piano/bass/guitar/looping), Justin Abedin (guitars), George Koller bass/dilruba/voice) and Ben
Riley (drums/percussion/voice). Representing the virtuosity and versatility of the Toronto jazz and original
music scene, the ensemble will present two concerts on November 15, 2013 at the Jazz Bistro and March
15, 2014 at Hugh's Room.
PROJECT
$2,000
East End Music Project will offer subsidized weekly music lessons for children and youth, taking place at
the Church of the Resurrection on Woodbine Avenue from January 21 to May 30, 2014. Programming
will consist of guitar, vocal ensemble and piano lessons delivered by professional musicians during both
group and private sessions, culminating in a collaborative performance event.
PROJECT
$6,000
Ecce Homo Theatre will develop Brushfire or Untitled (Wojnarowicz is dead) by Alistair Newton in
February 2014.The work is based on the life and work of visual artist, poet, playwright, photographer,
filmmaker, political rabble-rouser and early AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
PROJECT
$6,000
Eight Fest Small-Gauge Film Festival will take place at Polish Combatants Hall (SPK), January 24-26,
2014. The festival screens films shot in 8mm and other small-gauge formats. In addition to screenings, it
will include workshops and artist talks.
PROJECT
$7,250
Eldritch Theatre will present Frankenstein's Boy by Eric Woolfe at Theatre Direct's studio in February
2014. This new play for live actors, also features magic and puppetry, and combines the tropes of Gothic
horror, Grand Guignol and romantic fantasies of 1930's movies.
PROJECT
$10,000
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Elspeth Heyworth Centre For Women will host visual artist Minal Kulkani in a year-long residency
taking place at their location on Finch Avenue West from November 15, 2013 to November 14, 2014.
Minal will work with appoximately 50 seniors, women and youth, teaching them painting and drawing
techniques and facilitating the creation of individual and collaborative works.
PROJECT
$10,000
Ensemble Polaris explores new perspectives on music from the Scandinavian and Baltic countries,
Scotland and Canada, as well as original, Nordic-inspired repertoire. The ensemble will present A Polaris
Cabaret on April 11, 2014 at the 918 Bathurst Street arts space.
PROJECT
$3,500
Etobicoke Handweavers & Spinners Guild will provide opportunities for its members to increase skills
and artistry with professional textile artists who come as guest speakers and workshop leaders. The skills
development sessions will take place from September 3, 2013 to June 30, 2014 and cover a broad range
of crafts including basketry weaving, dying fabric and yarns, spinning, fabric design, felting and needlefelt.
PROJECT
$1,200
Events in Real Time will develop Untitled Alien project, an interdisciplinary theatre work where fictional
alien worlds are collectively created through a performer-driven process. The work incorporates theatre,
music, dance and video while addressing questions about language and communication. Development
work will take place in July 2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
Eventual Ashes will conduct multidisciplinary arts workshops for queer youth of colour and Indigenous
youth, taking place at the Glad Day Bookshop from November 1, 2013 to March 30, 2014. Participants
will learn skills in music, writing, film, dance and theatre and create their own performance pieces that
combine at least two disciplines. The project culminates in a performance at Buddies in Bad Times
Theatre.
PROJECT
$10,000
Expres Arte will conduct the Identidad project, a community theatre program for 13 Latin American youth
from Jane-Finch to explore themes of identity and culture, taking place at Casa Maiz Latin American
Cultural Centre in Jane-Finch from July 15 to September 15, 2013.
PROJECT
$7,808
The Feint of Hart Collective will develop Henri Faberge's Feint of Hart, an original multimedia theatrical
production combining scripted theatre, music, improvisation and video projections to explore themes of
gender, repressed sexuality and corruption of power. Development work will take place at Videofag in
June/July 2013.
PROJECT
$8,000
FibreWebs Collective will conduct the We Are Part of the Fabric project, taking place at the Sherbourne
Health Centre from February 3 to June 28, 2014. Professional fabric artists will facilitate a series of 20
fibre-arts workshops involving spinning, weaving and storytelling, and explore the theme of
connectedness with queer identified youth participants. The project will culminate with an exhibition of
participants' work at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre during Toronto World Pride in June 2014.
PROJECT
$8,000
Franco-fete de la communaute urbaine de Toronto will present Franco-Fete at Dundas Square, June
21-23, 2013. The weekend event is an annual celebration of francophone culture in Toronto and it will
feature a range of musical styles for all ages in the square and two bistros.
PROJECT
$5,000
Fruit Loopz Collective will facilitate the Fruit Loopz Art and Mentorship Project, taking place at the
Sherbourne Health Centre and the Griffin Centre from November 1, 2013 to May 1, 2014. Collective
members and guest artists will work with a collaborative of youth service agencies to provide spectrum
youth with multidisciplinary arts workshops, including storytelling, photography and video production,
performance art, zine and comic book creation. The project will culminate in exhibitions at the AGO,
Native Earth Performing Arts and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
PROJECT
$13,000
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Gadfly will present 7 performances of a new full-length, multidisciplinary contemporary street dance work
titled Aforismo at The Citadel in November 2013. The work incorporates urban contemporary dance with
video and original music.
PROJECT
$8,000
The Gallops will develop a contemporary interpretation of Aeschylus' The Oresteia with a cast of
emerging and mature artists. The work will integrate movement, music and design elements to explore
themes of violence, revenge while asking moral questions. Development work will take place in October
2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
Luke Garwood will undertake the initial creation phase for a new work called The Windows. It will be a
silent movie styled dance piece that will become a site specific work made for computer browser/pop up
windows. Work will take place at The Citadel, December 2, 2013 to April 25, 2014.
PROJECT
$6,000
Geetanjali Music and Dance Group will develop and produce the Inspirations 2013 multicultural arts
event, convening professional artists across artistic disciplines in celebration of Asia's first Nobel
Laureate, Rabindranath Tagore. Development workshops and rehearsals will take place starting in
August at Thistletown and Gord and Irine Risk Community Centres and York University. The final event
will take place at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on November 9, 2013.
PROJECT
$10,000
Gendai Gallery will undertake a year-long thematic research, discussion, screening series and
publication kit investigating the notion of Model Minority. There will be four screenings and four
workshops presented between December 2013 and June 2014.
PROJECT
$7,000
Gimme One Riddim will present the expanded second phase of their Jamaican ska-themed production
for Harbourfront's NextSteps series. Work on the choreography by Natasha Powell and Jasmyn Fyffe will
take place from December 3, 2013 to March 26, 2014, with the performances taking place March 27-29,
2014.
PROJECT
$7,000
Greater Toronto Chapter of the NAJC will produce the Japantown Festival taking place at 730 Queen
West from September 20 to October 6, 2013. The event involves the creation of a large-scale mural on
the exterior of Sanko's Trading Company, a hub for the Japanese Canadian community.
PROJECT
$10,000
The Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra is a 50-member ensemble with a mandate to develop the
skills of musical students, amateur, and professional musicians in Toronto by providing orchestral
performance opportunities. It will present four concerts as part of its subscription series and one outreach
concert. The series' concerts will take place on December 7, 2013, and February 14, April 12, and May
17, 2014 at Calvin Presbyterian Church and the Columbus Centre. The outreach concert will take place
at Briton House on December 1, 2013.
PROJECT
$1,000
GREX was formed by Alex Samaras in 2010 as a vehicle for voice-focused collective music creation. The
Collective will present two concerts at the Glenn Gould Studio, April 25-27, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,500
Groundwater Productions will develop The Apple by Erin Shields in February/March 2014. A
contemporized version of the Genesis story of Original Sin examines how a narrative implants itself on
the communal subconscious.
PROJECT
$4,200
group of twenty-seven is a full classical chamber orchestra that performs concerts of rarely heard, older
works, and new Canadian works. It will present four concerts - November 15, 2013 at Grace Church onthe-Hill, February 7 and April 6, 2014 at Church of the Holy Trinity, and May 16, 2014 at Berkeley Church.
PROJECT
$8,000
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Parul Guptal will undertake the creation of a sixty-minute Kathak piece that will focus on communication
and improvisation between the Kathak dancer and Tabla player. Work will take place at Sagrario Pilates
Studio, June 10 to October 6, 2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
Hand Eye Society will present a one-day festival of video games with word or writing components at the
Toronto Reference Library featuring a game-making workshop, game showcase and discussions of the
creative design on November 16, 2013.
PROJECT
$4,000
Hardworkin' Homosexuals will present the Explain Yourself live performance book launch at Club 120
on September 14, 2014 to celebrate the publication of Compulsive Acts, a book of critical essays and
interviews about the work of Sky Gilbert.
PROJECT
$4,000
Hope and Hell Theatre will develop Life, death and the blues, an autobiographical concert/theatre hybrid
by Raoul Bhaneja. The work explores the musical genre of the blues through live performance and multimedia. Development work will take place at Theatre Passe Muraille in August/September 2013.
PROJECT
$3,500
D.A. Hoskins will undertake the initial in-studio research and development of a new interdisciplinary
dance work that explores the theme of perception through aesthetic. This two week process will solely
develop material within the dance aspect of the work and will engage seven dance artists at The Citadel,
June 10-21, 2013.
PROJECT
$8,000
IFT will produce Nightmare Dream by Motion at the Campbell House Museum in January 2014. This
intimate, site specific presentation explores the African encounter with the "other."
PROJECT
$12,000
Illumine Media Project will conduct a five day filmmaking camp and six month filmmaking program for
youth from St. Jamestown and Regent Park, taking place at the Wellesley Community Centre and various
neighbourhood locations from December 20, 2013 to June 30, 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
IMPACT will develop a storytelling project based in the Ponnivala folk story of South India using the
South Asian movement-based art forms of Banethi and Kalari, and conducted in collaboration with youth
participants at the Malvern Family Resource Centre, Regent Park Boys & Girls Club and the Thorncliffe
Neighbourhood Office from January 15 to June 30, 2014.
PROJECT
$9,000
Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT) is a collective of five composers with a mission to
create works that bridge Canadian and Iranian culture through music and art. It will present Arash the
Archer, an operatic adaptation of the eponymous Persian myth at the Fleck Dance Theatre on July 18,
2013 as part of the Tirgan Festival at Harbourfront Centre.
PROJECT
$5,000
Jamii Esplanade will conduct the Esplanade Sculptural Photo Exhibit project, taking place at the St.
Lawrence Community Centre and local parks from January 1 to July 31, 2014. The project engages
professional artists and residents of the Esplanade in a collaborative process to create outdoor sculptural
photo exhibits in Crombie Park, Berczy Park and Market Lane Park as part of the 2014 CONTACT
Photography Festival.
PROJECT
$10,000
Jeng Yi is a drum and dance group that has a mandate to present innovative compositions and stage
shows based on the performing arts of Korea. It will present The Jeng Yi Comeback Show in winter 2013
at the Fleck Dance Theatre.
PROJECT
$3,150
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Jewish Music Week in Toronto is a week-long festival of musical events and lectures that celebrates the
many recognized styles of Jewish music such as Klezmer, Cantorial, Sephardic, Israeli pop and Yiddish
theatre. In addition, the Jewish contribution to Jazz, Broadway, Classical, Big Band and the music of
Jewish Hollywood songwriters is also highlighted. This includes. The festival will take place during the
week of May 18-25, 2014 at various locations across the City.
PROJECT
$9,000
Jeunesses Musicales of Ontario encourages the pursuit of music among young people and assists
emerging performers and composers to develop their careers. JMO will present two concerts at the
Brigantine Room on February 17 and May 19, 2014 as part of the Music With Bite concert series,
produced in partnership with Harbourfront Centre.
PROJECT
$2,000
Molly Johnson will commission choreographer Sabina Perry to re-create a dance-theatre solo for her
using Perry's choreographic score, Funeral for My 20's. The creation work will take place from January 1
to January 17, 2014 at hub14.
PROJECT
$3,000
JunctQin is an ensemble of pianists that introduces audiences to contemporary keyboard repertoire. It
will present FIVE, a concert celebrating the ensemble's fifth year at Gallery 345 on May 30, 2014.
PROJECT
$2,100
Kaisoca Pass de Torch will offer a sixteen week calypso and soca instructional program for children and
youth from June 1 to October 1, 2013 at Berner Trail Community Centre in Malvern. The workshops will
cover storytelling, the history of calypso, poetry writing, calypso music, singing, and dance, culminating in
learners performing their own compositions and songs with dance before an audience. They will run a
beginner and an intermediate/advanced program concurrently, and will produce a CD showcasing the
learners' work.
PROJECT
$10,000
Kala Nidhi Fine Arts of Canada will present New Directions in Indian Dance: the Kala Nidhi Festival at
the Fleck Dance Theatre, March 13-16, 2014. It will explore new trends in Indian dance through
performances and symposia with live streaming between Toronto and outside locations.
PROJECT
$10,000
Kapisanan Philippine Centre will produce the KULTURA Filipino Arts Festival at its facility in Kensington
Market and various Toronto venues, August 9- 23, 2013. This multidisciplinary festival features live music,
spoken word performances, culinary arts, play readings, two art exhibits, and multi-arts workshops and
programming, all led by Filipino-Canadian youth. For 2013 they are continuing the themes of
Pamahiin/Ritual, exploring Filipino superstition and related rituals, and Sariling Duende or 'unique spirit
inside you' through re-imagined portraits of the Filipino-Canadian.
PROJECT
$10,000
Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects will create La Bas, choreographed by Jennier Dallas and dancer
Joanie Audet, from November 15, 2013 to January 15, 2014 at Dovercourt House studios. The first
presentation of the work will take place at the Fleck Dance Theatre for Dance Ontario's DanceWeekend
in January 2014.
PROJECT
$5,000
Kristy Kennedy has commissioned a solo for herself, to be choreographed by Sasha Ivanochko, inspired
by the music and personas of David Bowie. The work on this initial creation phase will take place at The
Citadel from December 9, 2013 to January 17, 2104.
PROJECT
$5,000
Benjamin Landsberg will undertake a one-month creation period for a new full-length contemporary
dance work that will explore some of his questions around shifts in the global perception of
homosexuality. Work will take place at the National Ballet School studio and Winchester Street Theatre
studio, July 1-31, 2013.
PROJECT
$5,000
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The Larkin Singers is a 16-member mixed-voice choir dedicated to choral music. It will present its threeconcert subscription series at Church of the Holy Trinity on November 23, 2013, January 25 and April 5,
2014.
PROJECT
$2,500
Las Perlas del Mar Productions will conduct the Artistic Expressions project, taking place at their
Rushton Road location, Wychwood Barns, Gallery 44, and the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre from January
6 to June 15, 2014. The project involves video production, photography, storytelling and painting
workshops for marginalized Hispanic women and men, led by professional artists from the Hispanic
community, and culminates with an exhibition of works created at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre.
PROJECT
$7,000
The Latin American Art Projects will be holding their sixth Latin American Speaker Series with four talks
from February 2014 to April 2014.
PROJECT
$3,000
Latin St. Music will conduct a free Cuban music program for children and teens, taking place at
Oakwood Library and Chalkfarm Community Centre from July 3 to August 28, 2013. The project involves
a series of Cuban percussion workshops, culminating in a public performance.
PROJECT
$8,000
Le Laboratoire d'Art is a Francophone media arts facility that focuses on research, production,
innovation, collaboration and outreach. Le Labo will present the Franco-Ontarian Aesthetic Development
and Sustainability Project, a collaborative project that will provide professional workshops and networking
opportunities to Le Labo members and francophone/francophile artists supporting Toronto's FrancoOntarian aesthetic. The workshops will include artistic development, graphic design and specific media
practices, with some focusing on youth.
PROJECT
$5,000
Le Théâtre La Tangente will produce americandream.ca by Claude Guilmain at Theatre Glendon in June
2013. The multi-media work is the third part of a trilogy and focuses on a family birthday celebration full of
facile conversation disguising a group of tormented people.
PROJECT
$10,000
Brandy Leary will create a new solo dance work, drashta, applying contemporary perspectives to the
Indian movement vocabularies of Kalari and Chhau. The development work will take place from
November 1, 2013 to January 30, 2014 at the Collective Space.
PROJECT
$5,000
Li Delun Music Foundation promotes Western and Chinese classical musics. The organization will
present An East Meets West Concert of Favourite Classics on January 4, 2014 at George Weston Recital
Hall.
PROJECT
$3,000
Life of a Craphead presents a monthly performance show called Doored at Double Double Land from
November 2013 to October 2014. Curated by Amy Lam and Jon McCurley, the series features new
performance works by visual artists.
PROJECT
$3,000
Life Rattle will present the 20th annual Totally Unknown Writers Festival at the Rivoli on November 6,
2013, featuring an evening of readings by ten new writers representing a variety of cultures and
experiences. Participants are selected by a collective of writers and editors who have worked with the
organization. The program is intended to reflect the range and variety of Toronto communities - the
organization provides expertise to inexperienced writers in order to prepare them for a live reading.
PROJECT
$3,500
Litmus Theatre Collective will produce a collective collaboration, Birth of Frankenstein, in the debate
room at Hart House in November 2013. The work is an investigation of the act of creation that parallel's
the classic novel and the historical influences that lead Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein.
PROJECT
$11,000
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Shannon Litzenberger will present a 12 hour cyclical episodic performance installation featuring 8
contemporary choreographers and over 50 professional and amateur performers at the Gardiner Museum
as part of Toronto's Nuit Blanche on October 5, 2013. Everyday Marvels, based on Lorna Crozier's
poetry, will feature 16 miniature vignettes exploring the everyday objects interpreted in the poems.
PROJECT
$6,500
Long Winter is a monthly series of inter-arts, multi-media events where programming is offered in four
rooms simultaneously, focusing primarily on musical performances from acts that often employ the use of
visual and dance collaborations. In addition to music, a central feature of Long Winter events is the
involvement and exhibition of other art forms, including performance, installation and visual art, film
screenings, puppetry, spoken word and poetry, video games, and panel discussions and storytelling.
Events will take place once a month between November 2013 and March 2014 at the Great Hall.
PROJECT
$6,000
The Loyan Foundation will engage visual artist David Kibuuka to conduct the Modern Batik Art
Workshop project, taking place at Carmine Stefano Community Centre in North York from March 10 to
June 27, 2014. Participating youth aged 14-24 will learn a range of batik art techniques, create original
batik art pieces, and learn how to market their work.
PROJECT
$8,000
Lula Music and Arts Centre produces community festivals and events that celebrate and promote the
dance and music of world cultures, particularly South America and Caribbean. The organization will
present LULAWORLD 2014 at Lula Lounge, May 6-18, 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
MABELLEarts will develop and produce A Light in Mid Winter, a neighbourhood parade and community
arts celebration to take place in Central Etobicoke, from November 4, 2013 to February 28, 2014. The
project involves ongoing multi-disciplinary arts workshops with people of all ages living at Mabelle, and
the event will feature spectacle-based theatre, outdoor installations, culturally specific movement and
music performances, video projections, costume design and portraiture created in collaboration with
Mabelle residents.
PROJECT
$12,000
MacGregor Park Art Club will offer a skateboard design and creation workshops for local students and
youth, taking place at MacGregor Park and Ecole Secondaire Toronto Ouest from December 1, 2013 to
July 15, 2014. Working with visual artists Lissa Brunet and Gordie Wornoff, participating youth will make
their own skateboards and design a skateboard park for the school. The project culminates in an
exhibition of works created at MacGregor Park during the Canada Day long weekend.
PROJECT
$6,000
Maniac Star, comprised of composer/conductor Brian Current, librettist Anton Piatigorsky and soprano
Carla Huhtanen will mount a performance of Airline Icarus at Daniels Spectrum, June 3-8, 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
Maracatu Mar Aberto will conduct the Beats on the Block project from June 3 to September 30, 2013.
During workshops held at Clay & Paper Theatre, Island Woolworks Studio and Toronto Kiwanis Boys and
Girls Club, community participants will work with MMA member musicians and partnering dancers and
costume designers to create a production informed by the traditions of Maracatu that will be performed at
the 2013 Cabbagetown Festival.
PROJECT
$10,000
Median Contemporary will present and facilitate Art Spin from June to September 2013. The project
comprises bicycle-led tours of public, commercial and artist-run galleries in combination with site-specific
art installations and multidisciplinary performances by local artists.
PROJECT
$4,000
The Mermaid Collective will produce Nik Beeson and Richard Sanger's Dive, an original sonic-theatre
work, in a cabaret setting at The Citadel in February 2014. It is an adaptation of Lighea, a story written by
mid-20th Century Italian author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
PROJECT
$10,000
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Mix Mix dance collective will remount the 60-minute street dance piece, Jack Your Body, as part of the
Next Stage Festival at the Factory Theatre from December 1, 2013 to January 19, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,500
Mooredale Concerts presents a unique combination of professional and youth concerts designed to
attract families, students, and senior citizens. It will present 10 concerts at Koerner Hall, Walter Hall,
MacMillan Theatre and Laidlaw Hall, Upper Canada College between November 25, 2013 and June 1,
2014.
PROJECT
$4,000
A Moveable Beast will present A Moveable Beast in collaboration with Volcano Theatre. This
multidisciplinary production combines classical music, original composition and sonic experimentation,
with projected video, and movement in an examination of Canadian hybrid identity in the 21st century.
Performances will take place at the Daniels Spectrum, April 11-27, 2014.
PROJECT
$3,000
Muhtadi International Drumming Festival includes the festival launch at Wychwood Green Art Barns on
June 6, 2013, and festival programming and workshops at Woodbine Park, June 8-9, 2013. The festival
will feature numerous Toronto-based drumming groups that represent cultural traditions from around the
world and feature a range of percussion forms, including steel pan, kit drums, djembe, congas, taiko, and
others.
PROJECT
$10,000
Musica Reflecta, under the leadership of pianist and conductor Anastasia Tchernikova, is a chamber
orchestra collective (string quartet, woodwind quintet, pianist, and a handful of composers) that aims to
present new works, and rearrange classics for the 'newly formed mini-orchestra'. In collaboration with
Love Nation, Musica Reflecta will present Continuous Events Clapping Optional in January 24, 2014 at
St. Barnabas Anglican Church.
PROJECT
$2,400
Nagata Shachu, a professional taiko drum group, will present its 15th anniversary concert at the Enwave
Theatre on November 22- 23, 2013. In addition to taiko drumming, the concert will feature melodic
instruments such as the shinobue (bamboo folk flute), shakuhachi (end-blown flute), shamisen (threestringed plectrum), and voice, as well as dance and movement.
PROJECT
$7,000
Neitgeist will produce Truth/Dare: A Satire (with dance) in June 2014 as part of World Pride. A staged
reading of the 1991 documentary film Truth or Dare is juxtaposed with original live and multimedia
elements.
PROJECT
$8,000
New Harlem Productions will develop A Song for Tomorrow by Christina Wong between November
2013 and January 2014. Weaving Cantonese and English, the play tells the story of the sacrifices new
Canadians make to find love and happiness.
PROJECT
$2,500
NIA Centre for the Arts will conduct the Masters@Work project, a three part series of creative writing,
theatre and poetry workshops for young emerging artists working from an African-Canadian perspective,
and taking place at their Oakwood Village location from March 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. Workshops
will be led by prominent African-Canadian artists Trey Anthony, Wendy Braithwaite and Lawrence Hill.
PROJECT
$7,000
Jacob Niedzwiecki will mount 8 performances of Jacqueries, a contemporary dance work for 5 dancers
that starts with a heist and ends with a show trial, linking performers and audience with synchronized
sound through a custom mobile phone app, as they move seamlessly together through indoor and
outdoor public and private spaces. The work will be produced at a location near Bay and Dundas from
June to October, 2013.
PROJECT
$9,000
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No. 9 will present a public art exhibition - We Must Cultivate Our Garden - by Nathan Coley (UK) at the
Evergreen Brickworks. The work is an illuminated 30ft long text piece that will be installed on top of a
building so that it can be seen from the Don Valley Parkway.
PROJECT
$3,000
Nobody's Theatre will produce Scheherazade by Johnnie Walker in January 2014 at Factory Theatre as
part of the Next Stage Festival.
PROJECT
$5,000
on the MOVE is an annual career planning and networking conference for emerging dance artists, which
facilitates their transition into the dance profession. The events, organized by several dance
organizations, will take place at Daniels Spectrum between November 1, 2013 and April 30, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,000
Ontario Crafts Council will present the exhibition Surface and Symbol: recent Beadwork by Jean
Marshall in their gallery from August 8 to September 28, 2013. This curated solo show of work by an
Aboriginal artist explores beading as an expressive medium conveying ideas about identity.
PROJECT
$6,000
Open Book Foundation will host a Toronto Literary Salon event on November 7, 2013, featuring writers
who have written on the theme of fatherhood. Salon events provide a chance for the reading public to rub
shoulder with local writers, exchange ideas about the issues of the day and expand their knowledge of
the literary talent in their midst.
PROJECT
$2,000
Open Door Storytelling Project will present the Mosaic Storytelling Festival at St. David's Anglican
Church Parish Hall, every second Sunday afternoon from January to April 2014 The festival showcases
storytellers that reflect the diversity of the neighbourhoods and storytelling traditions (Greek, African,
Celtic, Turkish, Jewish, Islamic, South Asian, Persian). It seeks to underscore the importance of local
history, lost stories and how these can assist in building a sense of community.
PROJECT
$2,667
Open Roof Films Entertainment, Inc. will present the fourth annual Open Roof Festival at the Open
Roof Theatre (25 Dockside Drive) each Thursday between June 20 and August 22, 2013, featuring artists
such as Diana, The Woodchopper's Association, Evening Hymn, Omhouse, Pursuit Grooves, Vernce,
Modern Superstitions, Most People, Del Bel, and Cookie Duster.
PROJECT
$4,000
The Organization of Calypso Performing Artistes will present the Calypso Riddims Music Series, a
new music series dedicated to producing and presenting calypso music in all its forms. The three-day
concert series will take place at Daniels Spectrum, July 12-14, 2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
Kevin Ormsby will create and present Until Then...Now, a selection of his previous contemporarydiasporic works, for dance Immersion from January 1 to April 3, 2014 at the National Ballet School and
Enwave Theatre.
PROJECT
$8,000
Outside the March will produce Vitals by Rosamund Small in May 2014. Performed in a site-specific
location, the play, based on interviews with EMS workers, tells the story of a Toronto paramedic dealing
with a disturbing emergency.
PROJECT
$12,000
Pan Arts Network will present Autumn Leaves of Steel, a showcase featuring steelpan solo artists, at the
PC Ho Theatre at Scarborough Chinese Cultural Centre on November 2, 2013. Prior to the event, PAN
will present pan masterclasses in schools with pan programs.
PROJECT
$4,000
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Paradigm Productions will present Stencil Boy and Other Portraits by Susanna Fournier at The Next
Stage Festival in January 2014, exploring interconnectedness and tension between artists' real worlds
and the invented world of their paintings.
PROJECT
$5,000
Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society will present the 15th Annual Parkdale Film + Video Showcase taking
place June 18-21, 2013 at venues in Parkdale. The festival will feature the work of film and video makers
living in the neighbourhood and continues its outdoor screening and installation initiatives. A program of
workshop for children and newcomers will be presented at Parkdale Public Library.
PROJECT
$5,000
Parkdale Village Arts Collective will present the exhibition Telling: An Audio Survey of Parkdale in
November 2013. This exhibition of public space installations will integrate visual art and sound recordings
as a means of exploring the history and changing character of Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood.
PROJECT
$2,500
People Project (Tides Canada Initiatives) will conduct the Leaving Evidence workshop series and
multimedia archiving project for spectrum youth, taking place at the Glad Day Bookshop and the 519
Church Street Community Centre from November 1, 2013 to August 1, 2014. The project involves a
series of multimedia arts workshops with a focus on documentary photography and video production,
apprenticeship sessions for young artists, a culminating community event and exhibition of works
produced, and an online digital archive to document the project.
PROJECT
$12,000
Philippine Women Centre of Ontario will conduct Our Voices: A Portrait Series Project, taking place at
the Magkaisa Centre from June 1 to December 30, 2013. This youth-led initiative will employ photo-based
visual arts techniques as educational tools to explore issues of settlement and integration as faced by the
Filipino Canadian community in Toronto.
PROJECT
$8,000
The Plasticine Poetry Series Association runs a monthly reading series at Pauper's Pub, featuring
invited readers and an open-mic session. The purpose of the series is to introduce established writers to
new audiences and to provide a supportive environment in which emerging writers can read from their
work. The series will run the third Sunday of each month from July 2013 to June 2014.
PROJECT
$3,440
Play It Again Productions will develop and present Death Married my Daughter, at the Toronto Fringe
Festival in July 2013. The play utilizes Shakespeare's characters, Desdemona and Ophelia, to denounce
the relationship between men and women, women and power and the injustices they have faced.
PROJECT
$2,000
pounds per square inch performance will create two new dance works as part of the Art of Peace
Project, to be performed in site specific peace gardens in Toronto. Gerry Trentham's creation work will
take place from April 7 to September 28, 2014 at Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre studios.
PROJECT
$6,000
Pratibha Arts promotes and presents Indian classical arts in Canada. It will present a five-series
program in collaboration with Harbourfront Centre featuring the collaboration of diverse cultural music and
dance forms. Each program will be designed and commissioned specifically with the idea of highlighting
a common element among artistic styles. The series, called Spectrum, will take place June 29 to
September 1, 2013 and will be free of charge.
PROJECT
$5,000
QuipTake will develop and present I, Racist by Adam Lazarus, a story that explores racism and its many
grey areas using storytelling, songs, movement and bouffon.
PROJECT
$2,100
Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers (RAW) is an all-women taiko collective. It will present
Movement: a Percussion Cycle, a concert for full Taiko drumming ensemble at the Betty Oliphant
Theatre, December 7-8, 2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
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Rainbow Association of Canadian Artists will conduct the Spectra project taking place at the 519
Community Centre and Bishop Marrocco Auditorium from December 1, 2013 to July 6, 2014. The project
involves a showcase series, professional development workshops, one-on-one mentoring and group
recording opportunities for emerging singers and songwriters who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender or as straight-allies (LGBTA).
PROJECT
$9,000
REAson d'etre dance productions will create a new modern dance piece, It's a Boy, set on 9 artists of
different ages, to explore the vulnerabilities men face in our society. The work will take place at Ballet
Jorgen Studios between July and December 2013.
PROJECT
$7,000
Red Dress Productions artists Anna Camilleri and Tristan Whiston will facilitate the first phase of the
Winchester Park Public Art Project that will engage neighbourhood residents in the development of a
large-scale three dimensional public artwork. The project will take place at the Bleecker Street Cooperative and various locations in the Winchester Park Neighbourhood from August 15 to December 15,
2013.
PROJECT $8,000
Red Slam Collective will conduct Da Jump Off!: 4 Directions Urban Arts Experience project, a series of
interdisciplinary urban arts workshops, taking place at Art City in St. James Town from October 15, 2013
to February 15, 2014. Red Slam artists will work with Art City's children and youth participants to explore
the Four Directions of the Medicine Wheel through graffiti writing, break dancing, beat making and
MC'ing. The project will culminate in a showcase of participants' work for the wider community to be held
at Daniels Spectrum in Regent Park.
PROJECT
$8,000
The Remix Project will conduct the Academy of Creative Arts project, taking place at their arts facility in
Liberty Village from November 15, 2013 to October 31, 2014. During the project, 15 youth aged 15-24
from underserved communities across the city will participate in career development workshops and be
mentored by professional artists in a range of artistic mediums, including illustration and fine arts, graphic
arts and web design, photography, and video. The project culminates in a graduation event showcasing
participants' work.
PROJECT
$15,000
Renaissance Canadian Theatre will develop Bachelor Man by Winston Kam in February 2014. Based
on historical fact, the play explores the lives of Chinese immigrant men and how immigrant families were
affected by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.
PROJECT
$3,000
Renaissance Projects will present Kelly and the Kellygirls in concert at Revival on October 24, 2013,
featuring songs from their upcoming album, The Deep Ending. The band is known for its fusion of ska,
reggae, swing, flamenco, mariachi, as well as having a dynamic and theatrical live performance style.
PROJECT
$3,000
Right Path Community Centre will conduct the Oshun Ra project taking place at Body's Inc. Studio in
Jane-Finch from November 15, 2013 to June 15, 2014. During the project, youth of African and AfroCaribbean ancestry from Jane-Finch will participate in a series of visual arts, drama, dance, music and
poetry workshops led by professional artists, and develop a final performance based on the Oshun Ra
story to be presented at the North York Civic Centre.
PROJECT
$6,500
Roarshaq is Mark Godfrey (bass), Joel Visentin (piano), Jeff LaRoche (sax, clarinet), and Derek Gray
(drums, percussion). As an ensemble, they are dedicated to creating original works in the field of jazz
and improvised music. The ensemble will undertake a development workshop to rehearse new works
from November 18 to December 6, 2013.
PROJECT
$2,050
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Rosedale Winds is a woodwind quintet comprised of five emerging musicians who are interested in
establishing a strong collaborative relationship between emerging composers and professional musicians.
They will present two concerts at Gallery 345 in October 2013 and April 2014, featuring rarely performed
Canadian woodwind quintet repertoire.
PROJECT
$1,500
The Rowers Reading Series is a monthly reading series that showcases the work of Canadian poets
and fiction writers with an emphasis on established creators and exceptional emerging artists from
publishing houses of all sizes. Readings takes place the first Monday of each month from November 2012
to June 2013 at The Victory Cafe on Markham Street.
PROJECT
$5,100
The Royal Conservatory of Music, Performing Arts division, will present three concerts that are part of
the Italian music series La Dolce Musica. The concerts will take place at Koerner Hall on November 2,
December 7 and December 15, 2013.
PROJECT
$7,500
Jessica Runge will produce and perform the Festival of Possibilities, including an informal public
presentation and workshops. The project investigates the relationship between content and context, and
integrates the work of five choreographers: Susie Burpee, Deborah Dunn, Susanna Hood, Heidi Strauss,
and Runge herself. The development and presentation work will take place from January 1 to December
30, 2014 at Intergalactic Arts Co-op (Artscape Youngplace).
PROJECT
$7,000
The Ryerson Image Centre will present the exhibition Ghost Dance: Activism and Resistance in
Indigenous Art, curated by Steven Loft, from September 18 to December 15, 2013. The exhibition, which
seeks to explore the intersection of historical events and artistic practice, will include a film program, artist
talks, panel discussion and a publication.
PROJECT
$6,000
Salon du Livre de Toronto will present the 21st annual Toronto French Book Fair at the Bram & Bluma
Appel Studio at Toronto Reference Library, December 4-7, 2013. In addition to providing the opportunity
for French-language publishers and distributors from Ontario, Quebec and Europe to display their wares
and share information, the fair creates a festival-like atmosphere through readings, performances, book
signings and panel discussions. An education component, designed to promote reading to younger
generations, features workshops for school groups.
PROJECT
$5,500
San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre will produce the Inti Raymi Festival at Christie Pits
Park, June 22-23, 2013. The festival features folk music from Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, El
Salvador, Brazil, the Caribbean and the music of First Nations people in Canada.
PROJECT
$4,000
Anjelica Scanurra will perform Danzas Sagradas, a one-hour contemporary/flamenco solo inspired by
the Picasso's painting Guernica, at Harbourfront Centre's Studio Theatre as part of NextSteps,
September 27-28, 2013.
PROJECT
$5,000
Scaramella Concerts will present a three-concert chamber music series on period instruments at Victoria
College Chapel, University of Toronto, on November 30, 2013, February 1 and April 12, 2014.
PROJECT
$1,000
Scarborough Caribbean Youth Dance Ensemble will hire Tamla Mathews to lead a series of African
and Afro-Caribbean dance classes for children and youth at Berner Trail Community Centre in Malvern
from November 1, 2013 to June 28, 2014. Participants will be introduced to African and Afro-Caribbean
dance, have the opportunity to learn from guest artists, and perform for their local community.
PROJECT
$9,000
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The Scarborough Film Festival enhances the cultural dynamic of Scarborough through the art of
international films and multicultural cinema. The second Scarborough Film Festival will take place June 38, 2014.
PROJECT
$2,500
Shakespeare in the Ruff will present a re-imagined version of Shakespeare's Richard III in Withrow Park
in August 2013. The company will conduct outreach to engage all communities in the Riverdale
neighbourhood and will continue their mentoring work of young aspiring theatre artists through the Young
Ruffians program.
PROJECT
$10,000
Sherbourne Health Centre: SOY (Supporting Our Youth) will conduct two arts initiatives for LGBT
youth from January 11 to June 30, 2014. Pink Ink involves 12 weekly sessions at the Yorkville Public
Library, where participants develop their creative writing, practice performing their work, integrate
movement and group pieces into their performances, and culminates with the creation of zines presented
at a launch event. SHIFT involves 12 weeks of photographic instruction, mentoring and skills
development for the youth, with sessions at Gallery 44, outings to sites across the city, a gallery hop in
Queen West, and culminates in an outreach exhibit.
PROJECT
$6,000
Single Thread Theatre will workshop Mackenzie House Story by Alex Dault at Mackenzie House in June
2013. This found space work tells the story of William Lyon Mackenzie from divergent personal and
historical perspectives.
PROJECT
$6,500
The Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Association, Toronto will mount One Stroke at Metro Hall, May 12-16,
2014. This group exhibition features the work of Master Tam Shek-Wing and 17 other artists on his 80th
lunar birthday.
PROJECT
$7,000
The Sir WIlliam Campbell Foundation is charged with the preservation of Campbell House and has
included contemporary art programming in the space since 2011. It will present House&Home, a
contemporary art intervention at the Campbell House Museum, curated by Katherine Dennis and
featuring work by Cindy Blazevic, Gwenessa Lam and Zoe Kreye. The work will be exhibited from
September 1 to October 31, 2013.
PROJECT
$3,500
Sistering will host writer Lauren Kirshner and guest artists to lead the Sister Writes program at the BloorGladstone Branch of the Toronto Public Library from June 15, 2013 to June 15, 2014. This creative
writing workshop series will enable twenty marginalized women to write about their realities using various
literary styles. Participants will publish their writing in the program magazine, Roots to Branches, and
present their work to the public through readings at the magazine launch and at local community centres.
PROJECT
$13,000
Small Wooden Shoe will develop the collective creation, The Radio Variety Show, January 6 to February
22, 2014. A live audience will watch the creation of a radio show including dramas, guest spots and
interviews.
PROJECT
$10,000
Zoja Smutny will create Rose Porn, comprising 12 brief solo dances and 12 accompanying songs. The
solos will be developed with specific performers in mind, who will later receive a "manual" with a
choreography and its song. The performer can then interpret the work as they see fit, and will later be
brought together with the other soloists for a group presentation. The creation work will take place from
February 1 to April 30, 2014 at Dancemakers and Studio 363.
PROJECT
$5,000
South Riverdale Community Health Centre will host ceramic artists Paul Stewart and Juliana Pivato
from January 3 to May 3, 2014 to provide service users from the Health Centre's programs with ceramic
arts workshops at the centre and the Crescent Town Community Club. The project will culminate in an
exhibition of participants’ work.
PROJECT
$6,000
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Spectrum is a collective of Toronto composers with a shared vision for creating and presenting creative
music in Canada. The collective's music uses an approach rooted in jazz and creative music to create a
unique genre of crossover chamber music. It will present three concerts as part of its 2013/2014 season
at the Annex Theatre on November 21, 2013, January 24 and April 17, 2014.
PROJECT
$6,000
St. Stephen's Community House will host resident artists Sara Sniderhan and Peter Mitchell to conduct
the Kensington Art Academy project, offering visual arts classes for youth in grades 7-12, taking place at
their Kensington Market location from November 4, 2013 to June 30, 2014. The project will culminate
with a group exhibition at Ingram Gallery.
PROJECT
$13,000
Stolen From Africa, a national youth led non-profit organization that promotes awareness of Black
Diaspora and Indigenous cultural histories through education, fashion, music and the arts, will work with
100 emerging youth artists from Jamestown, Jane-Finch, Weston-Mt. Dennis, Kingston-Galloway, and
Malvern on the SavingOurSelves (SOS) project. The project will take place from August 1, 2013 to June
30, 2014 and will involve a series of multi-media arts development retreats and culminate in a
performances and exhibit to be held at the AGO.
PROJECT
$15,000
Story Planet will conduct free story workshops for school children and youth ages 6-18 from across the
city, taking place at their writing centre in Bloordale Village from November 8, 2013 to June 20, 2014.
Led by professional writers and visual-media artists, each workshop involves participants in collective
story writing and illustration, culminating in a finished storybook for each participant.
PROJECT
$12,000
StudioFeed Toronto will present the second annual Sound in Motion (SIM) festival, a four-day event
celebrating the electronic and eclectic music ecosystem in Toronto, featuring workshops, interactive
installations, short film screenings, and live performances by electronic artists. The event will take place at
Global Village Backpacker Hostel (back patio), Bata Shoe Museum, Coronation Park, Polish Combatants
Hall, and the Music Gallery, July 11-14, 2013.
PROJECT
$6,000
Suburban Beast will produce Concord Floral by Jordan Tannahill in March 2014 at The Theatre Centre.
The work is a multimedia-driven adaptation of Boccaccio's Decameron, set in Vaughan and featuring a
cast of ten teenagers from Toronto's suburbs.
PROJECT
$7,500
SuiteLife Arts For Youth will conduct the StArt Youth Presenting Art project to develop and produce a
multidisciplinary youth arts festival, taking place at the Scarborough Village Community Centre and
Theatre from July 22 to August 24, 2013. The project provides young emerging artists with opportunities
to showcase their work, and to participate in a series of workshops in a range of artistic disciplines
including theatre, singing, dance, spoken word, fine arts, photography, and short film/video.
PROJECT
$8,000
The Supernaturalz collective will bring the b-boy community together in a festival to explore the Torontoborn Threading movement style with workshops, panel discussions, a battle, and a performance. The
festival will take place at Simply Swagg Dance Studio and other locations in late August 2013.
PROJECT
$5,000
Supine Collective will develop The Supine Cobbler (a Canadian Western for girls) by Jill Connell. This
multidisciplinary work is in the genre of contemporary westerns about female outlaws. Development will
take place at the Pia Bouman Theatre in October 2013.
PROJECT
$10,000
Linnea Swan will create a new interdisciplinary solo work, SOS, exploring the themes of isolation and
loneliness through the hilarious and harrowing lens of online dating. The work will take place from
December 2, 2013 to January 4, 2014 at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts and Dancemakers Centre for
Creation.
PROJECT
$6,000
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Syrinx Concerts Toronto will present a series of five Sunday Salon concerts at Heliconian Hall from
December 2013 to May 2014, as well as an 80th birthday concert celebrating the career of Walter
Buczynski. Each concert comprises music by traditional classical composers and a featured Canadian
composer either from an existing work or a commissioned piece for the performer(s).
PROJECT
$5,000
Team Vector will hold Vector: Game + Art Convergence, a festival and symposium centred on
contemporary art practice and its intersections with the medium of digital games, at a variety of venues
including OCAD University and Videofag, February 20-23, 2014.
PROJECT
$7,000
Team Vector will hold Vector: Game + Art Convergence, a festival and symposium centred on
contemporary art practice and its intersections with the medium of digital games, at a variety of venues
including OCAD University and Videofag, February 20-23, 2014.
PROJECT
$7,000
Theatre Asylum will produce 2 short plays by playwright Maria Irene Fornes that explore themes of
poverty and self-delusion: The successful life of 3 and Mud. Production will take place in November
2013.
PROJECT
$14,000
Theatre Brouhaha will produce Dead Mouse by Toronto playwright Kat Sandler in October 2013. The
play is about a multi-generational family living under one roof in Toronto; an exiled relative returns to a
family gathering with a dark secret.
PROJECT
$3,500
Theatre Collider will develop Pinky Swear by Christopher Duthie in November/December 2013. This
TYA play is about a nude photo of a teenage girl going viral on social media at a high school and how the
virtual simulacrum has very real consequences in the physical world.
PROJECT
$5,000
Theatre Museum Canada will exhibit a booth at the CNE in August 2013 showcasing theatre pioneers
Tom Hendry, Susan Rubes, Paul Thompson, and Vera Cudjoe. There will also be mask-making for
children and other archival material highlighting Canada's theatrical heritage.
PROJECT
$2,500
TheatreRun will develop Double Bill: Shostakovich, or Three Days in Red & Italian Mime Suicide in May
2014. Two short works based on the lives of two artists (a Russian composer and an Italian mime) use
movement, gesture and music to explore the intersection of the political and the personal.
PROJECT
$3,000
Theatre Smash will produce a remount The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg at Tarragon Theatre in
January/February 2014. This biting and hilarious satire examines the nature of beauty and image.
PROJECT
$4,500
The Thin Edge New Music Collective is a Toronto based contemporary chamber music ensemble that
aspires to bring innovative and challenging 20th and 21st century music to audiences. It will present
Premieres II, a program of newly commissioned works by 5 emerging composers from Canada, England
and the USA. The program will be presented at Tapestry/Nightwood New Work Studio on June 8, 2013.
PROJECT
$1,067
Throwdown Collective will create a new 10-minute work that will investigate how the performers play
with time and expectations to create different perspectives in the eyes of the viewer. This new work will
be presented at the dance:made in Canada festival in August 2013.
PROJECT
$7,000
The Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week will take place at Daniels Spectrum, April 22-24, 2014.
The festival comprises five integral elements: photography and video exhibition, performance series,
video screenings, site-specific installations, artist talk series. This year's festival, titled State of Us, will
explore the notion of being.
PROJECT
$4,500
69
Toronto Animated Image Society will offer a lecture, workshop and production series entitled Cycle and
Re-cycle: The Art of Animation from January to August 2014. The program will empower diverse artists
and general public with inspiring animation lectures, screenings, and workshops to access the required
tools to create their own animation work.
PROJECT
$4,000
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, a celebration of comics, graphic novels and their creators, comprises
readings, panel discussions, interviews, and workshops in addition to an exhibition and vendor fair, at the
Toronto Reference Library and other venues, May 9-11, 2014.
PROJECT
$8,000
The Toronto Dance Community Love-In will run several dance development activities, including eight
professional workshops, the Summer Love-In intensive, the Teaching Space Program, community
meetings, and the presentation series, ps: We Are All Here. The activities will take place from November
1, 2013 to July 31, 2014 at Dovercourt House.
PROJECT
$7,000
Toronto Heritage Dance will present five nationally important contemporary dance works by Toronto
choreographers in a program that spans several decades of dance development in Toronto. The work will
take place in October of 2013 at the Winchester Street Theatre.
PROJECT
$3,000
The Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, in partnership with the Inclusive Media and
Design Centre (IMDC) at Ryerson University, will offer training, expertise, and equipment to selected film
and video makers to make their artistic work more accessible. The artists will be selected from the
Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts Festival, imagineNATIVE, and Toronto Reel Asian film festivals.
The project will run from June 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014.
PROJECT
$4,000
Toronto International Flamenco Festival will present its 7th annual festival at Ryerson Theatre, the
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre and the Bloor Cinema in October 2013. The festival contributes to the
development and awareness of flamenco in Canada through its presentation of international and
Canadian Flamenco artists in performance, workshops in dance, singing and guitar, and flamenco film
screenings.
PROJECT
$5,000
Toronto Masque Theatre is dedicated to the performance of masques and works inspired by the spirit of
the masque. It will present The Myth of Europa at Trinity Saint Paul's Centre on April 25-26, 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition will present the Art Now: Art Relief public installation program taking
place at Nathan Phillips Square, July 5-7 2013. Presented during the annual outdoor art exhibition, this
initiative is designed to be inclusive of installation, sculpture, performance,and video based work. A threeperson curatorial team will select work from the results of an open call to the visual arts community. The
installations happen in various parts of the square and can be interactive.
PROJECT
$1,500
The Toronto Palestine Film Festival takes place at Bloor Cinema, AGO, Jackman Hall and Bell
Lightbox, September 27 to October 5, 2013. Approximately 10 programs representing 25 films will
highlight the evolving Palestinian narrative and introduce a Canadian audience to new work.
PROJECT
$2,000
Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Group will produce their 9th Festival of Sketch Comedy at Lower
Ossington Theatre and The Comedy Bar in March 2014. The festival will feature troupes from Canada
and United States, provide networking opportunities for sketch comedy performers, and professional
development workshops for festival artists and the general public.
PROJECT
$7,000
70
Toronto Summer Music Foundation will present a series of eleven Mentors and Fellows concerts as
part of the 2013 festival, featuring ensembles comprised of young talented musicians at the start of their
professional careers - participants in the TSMF Academy - and their mentors, who include: Mark Fewer,
Axel Strauss, Paul Coletti, Chris Costanza, Andre Laplante, Jonathan Crowe, Martin Beaver, Steven
Dann, Marc Coppey.
PROJECT
$8,000
Toronto Urban Dance Symposium (TUDS) is a forum to educate both professional and emerging urban
dance artists about available resources, industry best practices, employment standards and professional
opportunities. The fourth annual symposium will be held at Winchester Street Theatre and studios in
November 2013 and will include workshops with guest instructors, panel discussions, battles,
performances, and the Street Dance Awards Gala.
PROJECT
$8,000
TorQ Percussion Quartet is an ensemble that is committed to adding to percussion repertoire and
performance and promoting music education in schools. It will present three concerts: November 20,
2013 (at Arraymusic), March 19-20, 2014 (at the Tranzac), and May 9 (at Church of the Holy Trinity).
PROJECT
$9,000
The Toy Piano Composers is a collective of seven composers who present new music in a welcoming
and engaging environment. They will present Tension/Resolution at Heliconian Hall on April 26, 2014.
The concert will feature 6 Canadian premieres for harp and ensemble by the Toy Piano Composers
alongside Daniel Brophy's award-winning work The Red Sky, with performances by guest harpist Angela
Schwarzkopf and members of the Toy Piano Composers Ensemble.
PROJECT
$4,000
Tropicana Community Services will conduct the Speckz-tacular Dance Program, a 26 week dance
program focusing on urban and Caribbean dance, taking place at their Scarborough Youth Resource
Centre from January 6 to July 4, 2014. Working with choreographer Kay Ann-Ward, participating youth
aged 12-24 will learn a range of dance styles, including hip-hop, funk, dancehall, contemporary, ballet
and jazz, and have the opportunity to perform at community events and compete in local dance
competitions and showcases.
PROJECT
$12,000
Tune Your Ride Collective will present the Toronto Bicycle Music Festival, a free outdoor music festival,
along Toronto's waterfront on September 7, 2013. The festival moves from park to park throughout the
day, starting at Trinity Bellwoods Park, moving to Bellevue Square Park (Kensington), and closing at
Christie Pits Park. All electricity for the festival is produced by audience members using locally
assembled, bicycle-powered sound systems.
PROJECT
$2,500
Turtle House Art/Play Centre will conduct a multi-disciplinary arts program for refugee chldren aged 412 and their parents/guardians from January 18 to June 14, 2014. The program will take place at two
locations where refugee needs are identified, Forest Manor Public School in North York and Gateway
Public School in Flemingdon Park-Victoria Village. At each location, lead artists will engage participants
through 8-weeks of painting, drum-making, percussion and ceramic arts workshops, culminating in an
open house event in celebration of participants' work.
PROJECT
$13,000
U.N.I.T Productions will produce Of Mice and Morro and Jasp, a clown adaptation of Steinbeck's novel
about being down on your luck, at Factory Theatre in January/February 2014.
PROJECT
$10,000
UNITY (Urban Non-violent Initiatives Through Youth) will integrate graffiti art activities into their urban
arts UNITY Festival taking place at Yonge-Dundas Square and various Toronto venues from July 17 to
July 20, 2014. Project activities include the commission of graffiti art works by professional artists,
demonstration of live graffiti art during each day of the festival, and a graffitti art workshop at Daniels
Spectrum for the general public.
PROJECT
$9,000
71
Univox Choir Toronto is a mixed-voice community choir for young adults. The repertoire comes from a
wide variety of styles and languages, including music from the Renaissance, choral classics,
contemporary music, spirituals and international folk songs. It will present three concerts during the
2013/14 season: December 14 at Christ Church Deer Park, March 22 at the Miles Nadal JCC, and June
10 at Revival.
PROJECT
$7,500
Bageshree Vaze will work with mentor Christopher House to create Ritual, a new contemporary Kathak
dance work that will be presented at the Canasian Kickstart Festival in April 2014 at Winchester Street
Theatre.
PROJECT
$4,500
Wavelength Music Arts Projects will present six series at a variety of Toronto venues between February
and June 2014: Wavelength Music Festival "FOURTEEN", Wavelength @ Images Festival, Wavelength
Artist Incubator Showcase, and 2014 Development Nights and Record Release Events.
PROJECT
$10,000
Wedge Curatorial Projects will present an exhibition of photographs by Jonathan Blak, An Intimate
Portrait: Toronto and Jamaica, at the Gladstone Hotel, February 1-28, 2014. The exhibition examines
performance within Caribbean youth culture from the perspective of a photographer who has been
involved in the rise of the Jamaican and Toronto art and music industries, and had witnessed several
intersections in between.
PROJECT
$1,500
Whippersnapper Gallery will present Sidewalk Screening featuring 27 videos by emerging artists.that
will be projected daily between 4:00 pm and 4:00 am from the gallery's front window onto Dundas Street,
from December 2013 to February 2014.
PROJECT
$3,000
WIAprojects will present Babble (Babel), a cultural and language intervention in the traditional halls of
Hart House, November 4-11, 2013 and February 3-10, 2014. This research and performance initiative
will be a dialogic cacophony with artists Berenicci Hershorn, Margaret Dragu, Christine Brault and Helene
Vosters.
PROJECT
$4,000
The WOW Project will create The Woman on Woman project, an investigation of queer female
representation in theatre, between November 2013 and April 2014. The project will include readings of
Ann Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Susan G. Cole’s A Fertile
Imagination, and d'bi young’s andrognye, and presentations of Mel Hague’s Theatrical Essay and Brief
History of the Dyke.
PROJECT
$4,250
The Wychwood Clarinet Choir provides a place for clarinet players of all ages and stages to play
musically together, opportunities for each player to play any part, and extends general musical knowledge
and clarinet technique, WCC will present two ticketed concerts at St. Michael's and All Angels Church on
November 17, 2013 and May 25, 2014, two community access performances on December 15, 2013 at
location TBA, and April 22, 2014 at Christie Gardens, and Clarinet Day at the Faculty of Music, University
of Toronto on February 1, 2014.
PROJECT
$3,000
Xpace Cultural Centre will present five exhibitions of work by emerging artists in their Project Space,
from November 2013 to June 2014.
PROJECT
$2,000
Year Zero One will present the QueersTOry, a mobile app and walking tour designed for smartphones
that will chronicle the layered histories and achievements of Toronto's queer communities. This project
will identify 20 historically significant sites and ask Toronto artists to create media pieces based on the
historical narrative that will be presented on the audience's smartphones. The project will coincide with
World Pride 2014.
PROJECT
$6,000
72
The Young Centre for the Performing Arts will present the Canwest Cabaret Festival, a weekend of
songs and stories taking place October 24-17, 2013. Fifty performances will be presented in the Young
Centre's four main performance spaces over the three days of the festival. Theatres will be arranged in
nightclub fashion with cabaret tables and chairs.
PROJECT
$8,000
Young Voices Toronto (formerly known as High Park Choirs of Toronto) trains young voices and
develops a love of choral music among choir members. YVT will present Water and Light, a special
Spring Concert in May 2014 at the George Weston Recital Hall.
PROJECT
$8,000
Sashar Zarif will continue the development of two solo dances that will further his work on Mugham, a
centuries-old integrated art of poetry, dance and music. Work will take place at The Citadel, July 17 to
August 23, 2013.
PROJECT
$7,000
Zata Omm Dance Projects will present 4 performances of vox:lumen at the Enwave Theatre in March
2015 as part of World Stage. The work is a parable about the human consumption of critical resources,
focusing on the importance of generating light in our lives.
PROJECT
$9,000
73
ARTS DISCIPLINE RECIPIENT DETAILS
ANNUAL OPERATING GRANTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
COMMUNITY ARTS
Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre
Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery
Children's Peace Theatre
Franklin Carmichael Art Group
Manifesto Community Projects
Mayworks
Mural Routes Inc.
Native Women in the Arts
Red Pepper Spectacle Arts
Regent Park Focus
Shadowland Theatre
Total Community Arts Annual Operating
2012
Allocation
14,500
5,000
13,000
4,500
12,000
23,750
11,000
15,500
29,000
30,000
16,000
174,250
2013
Request
25,000
6,000
18,000
6,000
45,000
25,000
18,000
25,020
29,000
45,000
21,000
263,020
2013
Allocation
18,500
5,500
18,000
5,000
25,000
23,750
13,000
16,500
29,000
27,000
18,000
199,250
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
DANCE
Ballet Creole
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists
Chimera Project
COBA Collective of Black Artists
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
Dancemakers
Public Recordings Performance Projects
Series 8:08
Tribal Crackling Wind for the Arts
Total Dance Annual Operating
23,750
11,250
10,000
19,575
10,000
87,000
0
9,600
15,000
186,175
40,000
15,000
15,000
30,000
25,000
87,000
15,000
13,000
20,000
260,000
23,750
13,250
10,000
30,000
25,000
87,000
0
4,800
15,000
208,800
1
2
3
4
5
LITERARY
Art Bar Poetry Series
Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society
League of Canadian Poets
Storytellers School of Toronto
Toronto Book and Magazine Fair
Total Literary Annual Operating
7,000
15,000
19,100
25,500
37,500
104,100
7,000
30,000
19,100
28,500
47,500
132,100
7,000
30,000
19,100
25,500
41,500
123,100
74
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
MUSIC
Amici Chamber Ensemble
Aradia Ensemble
Arraymusic
Art of Time Ensemble
Canadian Music Centre
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra
Chinese Artists Society of Toronto
Chinese Opera Group of Toronto
Contact Contemporary Music
Dixon Hall Music School
Echo Women's Choir
Elmer Iseler Singers
Etobicoke Centennial Choir
Etobicoke Community Concert Band
Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra
Exultate Chamber Singers
Jubilate Singers
Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra
Les Amis Concerts
Music Africa of Canada Inc.
Music Gallery
Music Mondays Community Series
Music Toronto
Nathaniel Dett Chorale
National Shevchenko Musical Ensemble
New Music Concerts
North York Concert Orchestra
Orchestra Toronto
Oriana Women's Choir
Orpheus Choir of Toronto
Pan Trinbago Steelband Assoc. of Ontario
Regent Park School of Music
Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra
Sinfonia Toronto
St. Christopher House Music School
Tapestry New Opera Works
Toronto Chamber Choir
Toronto City Opera
Toronto Downtown Jazz Society
Toronto Early Music Centre
Toronto Jewish Folk Choir
Toronto Operetta Theatre
University Settlement Music School
Vesnivka Choir Inc.
Victoria Scholars Men's Choral Ensemble
VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto
Women's Musical Club of Toronto
Total Music Annual Operating
2012
Allocation
12,000
7,000
38,090
13,000
60,000
11,000
9,000
6,250
7,250
20,000
5,000
29,570
4,750
6,500
7,000
5,000
5,000
6,000
5,000
15,000
79,000
3,500
91,500
21,000
5,000
55,000
2,735
18,000
7,000
11,000
9,000
15,000
18,000
7,940
24,000
35,000
7,500
6,000
13,000
5,250
5,800
19,000
23,500
8,000
6,600
9,000
2,500
781,235
2013
Request
18,000
10,360
48,090
41,000
80,000
15,000
15,000
10,000
16,000
20,000
5,000
34,943
7,000
7,500
11,000
8,000
5,000
15,000
5,000
35,000
84,250
4,500
91,500
21,000
7,800
60,000
11,355
30,000
8,500
20,000
9,000
22,000
21,000
15,000
26,000
45,000
7,500
9,000
31,000
5,250
6,000
30,000
38,000
14,000
10,000
13,000
2,500
1,050,048
2013
Allocation
18,000
10,000
38,090
40,000
70,000
15,000
13,000
10,000
7,250
20,000
5,000
34,000
4,750
6,500
11,000
7,000
5,000
10,000
5,000
31,000
79,000
3,500
86,500
21,000
7,500
55,000
2,735
20,000
8,500
20,000
9,000
20,000
20,000
13,000
24,000
35,000
7,500
4,800
30,000
4,200
5,800
23,000
23,500
8,000
6,600
13,000
2,500
781,235
75
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1
2
3
4
THEATRE
Acting Up Stage Theatre Company
AfriCan Theatre Ensemble
Alameda Theatre Company
b current
Cahoots Theatre Projects
Carlos Bulosan Theatre
Crow's Theatre Company
Driftwood Theatre Group
Factory Theatre
Fixt Point Theatre
Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company
Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Paprika Festival
Playwrights Guild of Canada
Small Theatre Administrative Facility
The Company Theatre
Theatre Columbus
Theatre Ontario
Theatrefront Inc.
Why Not Theatre
Total Theatre Annual Operating
VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS
Artists Film Exhibition Group
Doris McCarthy Gallery
Regent Park Film Festival Inc.
Subtle Technologies
Total Visual/Media Arts Annual Operating
TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING
2012
Allocation
10,000
0
0
20,000
30,000
12,000
24,000
0
155,775
0
0
65,000
10,000
22,000
20,000
0
41,000
11,500
10,000
0
431,275
2013
Request
15,000
13,500
15,000
40,000
40,000
15,000
60,000
12,000
160,000
10,000
15,000
70,000
20,000
24,000
25,000
20,000
50,000
11,500
15,000
15,000
646,000
2013
Allocation
15,000
0
15,000
25,000
40,000
6,000
34,000
0
158,000
0
0
67,000
13,000
23,000
25,000
15,000
41,000
11,500
15,000
15,000
518,500
23,000
21,000
10,000
14,000
68,000
26,000
50,000
30,000
20,000
126,000
23,000
45,000
20,000
16,000
104,000
1,745,035
2,477,168
1,934,885
76
MULTI-YEAR OPERATING GRANTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
COMMUNITY ARTS
Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre
Arts for Children and Youth
Drum Artz Canada
Inner City Angels
Jumblies Theatre
Mariposa in the Schools
Prologue to the Performing Arts
Sketch
Total Community Arts Multi-Year Operating
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
DANCE
Arts Inter-Media
Ballet Jorgen
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre
CanAsian Dance Festival
Corpus Dance Projects
dance Immersion
Dance Ontario Association
Dance Umbrella of Ontario
DanceWorks
Dreamwalker Dance Company
Dusk Dances
Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company
Fujiwara Dance Inventions
Kaeja d'Dance
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
Korean Dance Studies Society
Little Pear Garden Collective
Menaka Thakkar Dance Company
MOonhORsE dance theatre
Peggy Baker Dance Projects
princess productions
ProArteDanza
Red Sky Performance
Toronto Dance Theatre
Total Dance Multi-Year Operating
1
2
3
4
5
LARGE INSTITUTIONS
Canadian Stage
Harbourfront Centre
International Readings at Harbourfront
Power Plant
Soulpepper Theatre Company
Total Large Institutions Multi-Year Operating
2012
Allocation
65,000
12,000
14,000
36,500
38,000
15,000
20,000
41,000
241,500
2013
Request
70,000
50,000
25,000
38,000
60,000
18,000
30,000
80,000
371,000
2013
Allocation
65,000
37,000
17,000
36,500
48,000
17,000
30,000
65,000
315,500
26,000
77,000
41,850
13,400
24,000
22,000
15,150
28,850
49,000
12,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
30,900
20,000
11,325
11,000
23,000
10,300
15,000
14,000
10,000
10,000
146,450
671,225
31,000
110,000
51,850
18,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
28,850
60,000
15,000
35,000
23,000
20,000
40,000
32,000
20,000
15,000
40,000
15,500
23,000
18,000
15,000
35,000
150,000
871,200
31,000
90,000
45,000
18,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
28,850
55,000
15,000
31,000
23,000
17,000
30,900
32,000
17,000
13,000
35,000
10,300
22,500
18,000
15,000
33,000
150,000
805,550
820,000
201,775
111,200
141,240
146,500
146,500
870,000
400,000
150,000
190,650
300,000
300,000
820,000
265,000
140,000
176,000
285,000
285,000
77
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
MUSIC
Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto
Bach Children's Chorus of Scarborough
Canadian Children's Opera Company
Opera Atelier
Opera In Concert
Pax Christi Chorale
Toronto Children's Chorus
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
Total Music Multi-Year Operating
THEATRE
Aluna Theatre
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Cabaret Theatre Company
Centre for Indigenous Theatre
Clay and Paper Theatre
Fringe of Toronto
fu-GEN Theatre Company
Le Théâtre français de Toronto
Mammalian Diving Reflex
Mixed Company
Modern Times Stage Company
Native Earth Performing Arts
Nightswimming
Nightwood Theatre
Obsidian Theatre Company Inc.
Pleiades Theatre
Puppetmongers
Roseneath Theatre
Smile Company
Studio 180 Theatre Company
SummerWorks Theatre Festival
Tarragon Theatre
Theatre Centre
Theatre Direct Canada
Theatre Gargantua
Theatre Passe Muraille
Theatre Smith-Gilmour
VideoCabaret International
Volcano Non-Profit Productions Inc.
Young People's Theatre
Total Theatre Multi-Year Operating
2012
Allocation
25,375
18,500
20,500
58,760
25,500
9,250
28,000
60,900
246,785
2013
Request
25,375
25,000
22,500
75,000
30,000
15,000
38,500
61,000
292,375
2013
Allocation
25,375
18,500
20,500
75,000
30,000
15,000
38,000
61,000
283,375
15,000
119,200
12,000
32,000
16,500
72,000
11,000
101,000
22,000
18,825
15,000
63,000
14,000
63,350
39,500
17,000
19,000
57,000
22,500
10,000
30,000
190,000
82,000
63,000
11,075
151,275
41,000
54,800
32,000
301,000
1,696,025
30,000
170,000
14,000
40,000
35,000
90,000
20,000
126,500
30,000
28,000
30,000
75,000
20,000
88,690
45,000
20,000
25,000
71,250
28,000
20,000
50,000
200,000
150,000
80,000
25,000
181,530
45,000
75,000
40,000
330,000
2,182,970
30,000
137,000
13,000
34,000
20,000
77,000
20,000
107,000
25,000
18,825
28,000
75,000
17,000
73,000
45,000
20,000
20,000
67,000
24,000
15,000
40,000
200,000
110,000
67,000
15,000
154,000
41,000
60,000
40,000
311,000
1,903,825
78
1
2
3
4
VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS
Art Gallery of York University
Koffler Gallery
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
Textile Museum of Canada
Total Visual/Media Arts Multi-Year Operating
TOTAL MULTI-YEAR OPERATING
2012
Allocation
33,000
50,000
17,000
35,000
135,000
2013
Request
72,000
65,000
52,000
95,000
284,000
2013
Allocation
55,000
50,000
30,000
58,000
193,000
3,137,035
4,301,545
3,786,250
79
MID-CYCLE MULTI-YEAR OPERATING GRANTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
1
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
MUSIC
Ashkenaz Foundation
Continuum
Esprit Orchestra
Hannaford Street Silver Band
New Adventures In Sound Art
Small World Music Society
Soundstreams Canada
Tafelmusik
Talisker Players Chamber Music
Toronto Blues Society
Toronto Consort
Total Music Mid-Cycle Multi-Year
THEATRE
PACT
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts
Total Theatre Mid-Cycle Multi-Year
VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS
A Space Gallery
Art Metropole
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
CARFAC Ontario
Centre for Aboriginal Media
Charles Street Video
FADO Performance Inc.
Gallery 44
Hot Docs Documentary Festival
Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Inc.
InterAccess
LIFT
Mercer Union
Northern Visions Independent Film & Video Association
Ontario Association of Art Galleries
Open Studio
Planet in Focus
South Asian Visual Arts Collective
Southern Currents / Corrientes Del Sur
Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Toronto Photographers Workshop
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Trinity Square Video
V Tape
Women's Art Resource Centre
Workman Arts Project
YYZ Artists' Outlet
Total Visual/Media Arts Mid-Cycle Multi-Year
TOTAL MID-CYCLE MULTI-YEAR
2012
Allocation
30,000
16,000
82,500
28,000
13,500
27,500
64,000
140,000
5,000
27,000
19,000
452,500
2013
Request
50,000
25,000
125,000
36,000
20,000
60,000
84,000
161,000
15,000
37,000
28,000
641,000
2013
Allocation
50,000
21,000
84,500
28,000
13,500
42,500
84,000
160,000
13,000
32,000
26,000
554,500
5,000
73,500
78,500
5,000
80,000
85,000
5,000
78,000
83,000
62,000
27,172
38,000
16,312
28,000
54,500
23,000
68,000
28,000
32,000
43,800
58,500
62,000
42,000
12,000
65,000
12,000
23,000
18,000
12,000
61,000
25,000
50,000
52,000
37,000
7,500
65,000
1,022,784
1,553,784
63,000
40,000
50,000
30,000
60,000
60,000
30,000
96,000
100,000
50,000
48,180
87,750
67,500
55,000
25,000
70,000
30,000
50,000
21,600
30,000
66,000
50,000
55,000
80,000
40,000
20,000
67,600
1,442,630
2,168,630
62,000
38,000
48,000
20,000
55,000
54,500
24,000
73,000
72,000
45,000
48,000
63,000
64,000
48,000
20,000
70,000
23,000
40,000
20,000
24,000
65,000
45,000
50,000
70,000
37,000
17,000
65,000
1,260,500
1,898,000
80
PROJECT ALLOCATIONS
COMMUNITY ARTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
COMMUNITY ARTS
106 & York Urban Arts Festival
Abilities Arts Festival
African Canadian Heritage Association
African Women Acting
Afrihili Cultural Association of Ontario
Amazing Cat Performances
AMY Project
APUS Coop Theatre
Art City in St. James Town
ArtHeart Community Art Centre
Arts Access Fund
Arts4All Creative Society
Asian Arts Freedom School
Axis Music
Bain Arts Collective
Bells and Barking
Black Lily Arts Collective
Camera Strap Collective
Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture
CANORAA Inc.
CANORAA Inc.
Caribbean Chorale of Toronto
Central Toronto Youth Services
Community Arts Guild
Community Matters Toronto
Conoser
CUE-Sketch
Davenport Arts Community
De-Railed Theatre Collective
Diasporic Genius - Tides Canada Initiatives Society
Dos Mundos Arts and Media
Drag Musical Collective
East End Music Project
Elizabeth Fry Toronto
Elspeth Heyworth Centre For Women
Etobicoke Handweavers & Spinners Guild
Eventual Ashes
Everybody's Theatre Company
Expect Theatre Inc.
Expres Arte
F_RMlab
Family Service Toronto
FibreWebs Collective
Foodshare Toronto
Franklin Horner Community Centre
Fruit Loopz Collective
Geetanjali Music and Dance Group
Girls Rock Camp Toronto
Glenn Gould Foundation
2013
Request
10,000
8,000
10,000
10,000
3,500
10,000
15,000
2,500
8,000
7,955
10,000
15,000
11,000
15,000
15,000
7,450
8,200
8,000
10,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
7,800
14,625
13,750
15,000
10,600
10,020
7,570
10,000
8,000
8,000
15,000
1,200
12,000
8,000
15,000
7,808
8,000
5,000
9,950
5,800
15,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
2013
Allocation
10,000
8,000
10,000
10,000
3,500
8,000
15,000
0
6,400
0
0
12,000
11,000
12,000
15,000
0
0
0
0
0
10,000
9,000
15,000
13,000
0
0
13,750
0
0
4,500
7,570
10,000
6,000
0
10,000
1,200
10,000
0
0
7,808
0
0
8,000
0
0
13,000
10,000
0
0
81
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
COMMUNITY ARTS
Greater Toronto Chapter of the NAJC
Illumine Media Project
IMPACT Indian Martial and Performance Art Collective of
Toronto
In Forma Theatre
Iranian Canadian Centre for Art and Culture
Jamii Esplanade
Kaisoca Pass De Torch
Kapisanan Philippine Centre
Kennedy House Youth Services Inc.
Kuriou Foundation
Las Perlas del Mar Productions Inc
Latin St. Music
Loyan Foundation
MABELLEarts
MacGregor Park Art Club
Making Room Community Arts
Maracatu Mar Aberto
Mood Disorders Association of Ontario
NIA Centre for the Arts
NOW HEAR THIS! Artists' Collective
People Project - Tides Canada Initiatives
Philippine Women Centre of Ontario
Photographers Without Borders, Inc.
R.I.S.E. Edutainment
Rainbow Association of Canadian Artists
Red Dress Productions
Red Slam Collective
Regent Park Youth Theatre Program
Remix Project
Right Path Community Centre
Russian Library & Community Information Centre
Scarborough Bluffs Music
Scarborough Caribbean Youth Dance Ensemble
Second Base Youth Shelter
Sherbourne Health Ctr: SOY
Sistering
Social Circus Circle
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
SPEAKout Organization for the Arts and Community
Awareness
Square Circle HQ - Social Circus Program
St. Stephen's Community House
Stolen From Africa
Story Planet
SuiteLife Arts for Youth
Tamarind Eco Art Projects
Toronto Disability Art and Performance Project (TDAPP)
Toronto Writers' Collective
Tropicana Community Services
Turtle House Art/Play Centre
2013
Request
10,000
15,000
2013
Allocation
10,000
10,000
10,585
15,000
10,000
14,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
9,000
9,500
8,000
15,000
8,000
15,000
10,000
15,000
8,700
14,560
12,000
8,000
7,950
14,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
4,300
15,000
8,000
8,000
15,000
10,000
15,000
7,500
13,000
15,000
7,780
7,780
9,000
0
0
10,000
10,000
10,000
0
0
7,000
8,000
8,000
12,000
6,000
0
10,000
0
7,000
0
12,000
8,000
0
0
9,000
8,000
8,000
0
15,000
6,500
0
0
9,000
0
6,000
13,000
0
0
6,000
9,800
15,000
15,000
15,000
14,000
8,000
10,000
15,000
8,000
15,000
15,000
0
0
13,000
15,000
12,000
8,000
0
0
0
12,000
13,000
82
100
101
102
103
104
105
COMMUNITY ARTS
Uncommon Collective
Urban Non-violent Initiatives Through Youth
Warden Woods Community Centre
We Are One Jazz Project
Whippersnapper Gallery
Youth Film and Media Training Network (POV)
Total Community Arts Projects
2013
Request
8,000
10,000
8,000
15,000
10,000
7,500
1,128,683
2013
Allocation
0
9,000
0
0
0
0
569,228
83
DANCE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
DANCE
3degrees
adelheid dance
Aer Time
Alias Dance Project
Alias Dance Project
Anandam Dancetheatre Productions
Arabesque Dance Company
Arabesque Dance Company
Baobab Afrikan Arts
blackandblue dance projects
Blue Ceiling Dance
Body Percussion Festival
Body Percussion Festival
BoucharDanse
Brazil Dance World Inc
Compania Carmen Romero
Compania Carmen Romero
Dance Matters Dance Productions
Dance Media Group/Dance Current
Desna Ukranian Dance Company of Toronto
DeviationDance
Dietrich Group
Femmes du Feu
Find the Floor Dance Collective
Flamenco de cerca/Flamenco up close
Gadfly
Gimme One Riddim
Hercinia Arts Collective
House of Nuance
Ipsita Nova Dance Projects
Janak Khendry Dance Company
Jasmyn Fyffe Dance
Jazz Hub
Just Bgraphic
Kala Nidhi Fine Arts of Canada
KeepRockinYou
Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects
Kemi Contemporary Dance Projects
Kokus Productions
Kokus Productions
Larchaud Dance Project
Leading From The Hip Collective
Love Flows Down
Mix Mix Dance Collective
Mix Mix Dance Collective
Moving Company Performance Projects
Musi-ciel (60 X 60 Dance)
Newton Moraes Dance Theatre
Now, For Instance
2013
Request
4,500
8,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
7,020
9,000
9,000
10,000
8,500
5,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
10,000
8,000
7,780
8,000
10,000
7,750
3,900
7,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
4,000
7,000
10,000
7,130
8,000
8,000
10,000
7,500
9,000
6,860
10,000
10,000
7,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
5,480
2013
Allocation
0
7,000
0
0
0
7,000
0
9,000
8,000
8,000
0
0
8,000
9,000
0
0
4,000
10,000
0
0
0
8,000
0
0
0
8,000
7,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10,000
0
0
5,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,500
0
6,000
0
0
84
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
DANCE
Now, For Instance
On the MOVE
pounds per square inch performance
Public Recordings Performance Projects
REAson d'etre dance productions
Remote Creations
Supernaturalz
Throwdown Collective
Toronto Dance Community Love-In
Toronto Heritage Dance
Toronto International Flamenco Festival Inc.
Toronto Urban Dance Symposium
Typecast Dance Company
Tziporah Productions
wind in the leaves collective
Zata Omm Dance Projects
Subtotal Dance Projects - organizations
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
Acorn, Amanda
Acorn, Amanda
Alaoui, Meryem
Anderson, Meredith
Baskerville, Danielle
Blackwood, Shavar
Blumberg, Angela
Blumberg, Angela
Caldwell, Michael
Casu, Lua
Chartier, Marie-Josee
Crowder, Tanya
Crowder, Tanya
Dell, Jesse
Duggan, Brittany
Evans, Aria
Fobister, Waawaate
Forcier, Marie France
Garwood, Luke
Guerra, Anthony
Gupta, Parul
Hampton, Amy
Herrera, Consuelo
Hilliard, Kate
Hilliard, Kate
Hoskins, Darryl Arthur
Irwin-Childs, Sion
Jaberizadeh, Roshanak
Janmekha, Jarucha
Johnson, Molly
Kennedy, Kristy
Kiel, Hanna
Kimmons, Vanessa Jane
2013
Request
5,480
4,000
8,000
6,000
8,000
3,400
10,000
9,000
8,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
10,000
543,300
2013
Allocation
0
4,000
6,000
0
7,000
0
5,000
7,000
7,000
3,000
5,000
8,000
0
0
0
9,000
179,500
8,000
7,000
10,000
10,000
7,000
10,000
8,000
7,700
8,000
8,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
5,600
5,000
8,000
8,000
7,000
7,600
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
3,850
3,850
8,000
7,000
8,000
10,000
3,460
8,000
10,000
8,000
0
0
0
0
6,000
0
0
6,000
7,000
7,000
7,000
0
4,000
0
0
0
0
0
6,000
0
6,000
0
0
0
0
8,000
0
0
0
3,000
5,000
0
0
85
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
DANCE
Laberge-Cote, Louis
Landsberg, Benjamin
Leary, Brandy
Lindenberg, Barbara
Litzenberger, Shannon
Makonnen, N.Tsehaie
McCowan, Jennifer-Anne
Mena, Sebastian
Mensah, Elsie
Morse, Lanto
Murray, Catherine
Nankervis, Kate
Niedzwiecki, Jacob
Norman, Tracey
Norman, Tracey
Ormsby, Kevin
O'Shea, Meagan
O'Shea, Meagan
Pantin, Nicola
Runge, Jessica
Scannura, Angelica
Singha, Rina
Smutny, Zoja
Soto, Carla
Spaziani, Andrea
Suri, Ashima
Suri, Ashima
Swan, Linnea
Vaze, Bageshree
Wild, Daniel
Zarif, Sashar
Subtotal Dance Projects - individual artists
Total Dance Projects
2013
Request
8,000
8,000
5,000
8,000
10,000
5,500
8,000
7,500
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
4,550
8,500
8,000
10,000
8,000
10,000
8,000
7,990
7,990
6,300
4,540
7,400
8,000
496,330
2013
Allocation
6,000
5,000
5,000
0
6,500
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9,000
0
0
8,000
0
0
0
7,000
5,000
0
5,000
0
0
0
0
6,000
4,500
0
7,000
139,000
1,039,630
318,500
86
LITERARY
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
LITERARY
1st Planet Productions Water Source Creative
Box Collective
CANSCAIP
Canzine Arts Festival
Hardworkin' Homosexuals
Life Rattle
Open Book Foundation
Open Door Storytelling Project
Plasticine Poetry Series Association
Rowers Pub Reading Series Inc.
Salon du Livre de Toronto
Small Talk Collective
This Magazine
Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Total Literary Projects
2013
Request
8,000
3,300
8,000
5,000
4,000
3,500
5,000
2,667
3,440
5,100
8,000
3,500
8,000
8,000
75,507
2013
Allocation
0
3,300
8,000
5,000
4,000
3,500
2,000
2,667
3,440
5,100
5,500
0
0
8,000
50,507
87
MUSIC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
MUSIC
416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Collective
416 Toronto Creative Improvisers Collective
Academy Concert Series
Against the Grain Theatre
Alliance Française de Toronto
Archie Alleyne Scholarship Fund
Association of Artists for A Better World
Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto
Batuki Music Society
Canadian Art Song Project
Canadian Men's Chorus
Chinese National Musician Xu Ruhui Foundation
Choirs Ontario
Chronosynclastium
Classical Revolution Toronto
Convergence Ensemble
Dande Showcase
Dylan Bell and the Autonomous Collective
E.S. Experiment
Ensemble Polaris
Essential Opera
Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan
FAWN Opera
Franco-fete de la communaute urbaine de Toronto
Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra
Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra
GREX
group of 27
I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble
Inspired Productions
Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT)
Jeng Yi
Jeunesses Musicales Ontario
Jewish Music Week
JunctQin Keyboard Collective
Larkin Singers
Li Delun Music Foundation
Long Winter
Lula Music and Arts Centre
Majlis Multidisciplinary Arts
Maniac Star
Mooredale Concerts
Moveable Beast
Muhtadi International Drumming Festival
Musica Reflecta
Nagata Shachu
Open Roof Films Entertainment Inc.
Org. of Calypso Performing Artistes
Pan Arts Network
2013
Request
8,000
8,000
4,000
10,000
6,500
4,500
5,000
4,300
6,500
4,000
10,000
10,000
4,700
10,000
5,950
1,700
10,000
2,500
10,000
4,500
5,775
10,000
5,000
10,000
2,750
7,000
9,000
8,000
5,000
5,320
10,000
3,150
4,000
10,000
2,153
3,000
4,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
9,000
10,000
10,000
2,523
7,000
5,000
6,000
10,000
2013
Allocation
0
0
1,000
7,000
6,450
4,500
4,000
1,000
6,300
0
0
5,000
4,000
0
0
950
0
2,000
0
3,500
0
0
0
5,000
0
1,000
4,500
8,000
0
0
5,000
3,150
2,000
9,000
2,100
2,500
3,000
6,000
10,000
0
10,000
4,000
3,000
10,000
2,400
7,000
4,000
6,000
4,000
88
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
MUSIC
Penthelia Singers
Pocket Concerts
Pratibha Arts
Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers
Renaissance Projects
Rezonance Baroque Ensemble
Roarshaq
Roma Art Centre
Rosedale Winds
Royal Conservatory of Music
San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre
Scaramella Concerts
Spectrum Composers Collective
StudioFeed Toronto
Suggakanz Entertainment Collective
Syrinx Concerts Toronto
Tamala
The Young Centre (GBSP Centre Corp)
Thin Edge New Music Collective
Toronto Beach Chorale
Toronto Concert Orchestra
Toronto Concert Orchestra
Toronto Masque Theatre
Toronto Sinfonietta
Toronto Sinfonietta
Toronto Summer Music Foundation
Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra
TorQ Percussion Quartet
Toy Piano Composers
TRANZAC
TrypTych Productions Vocal Theatre Inc.
Tune Your Ride Collective
Univox Choir Toronto
Vespera Ensemble
Wavelength Music Arts Projects
Windermere String Quartet
World Fiddle Day Toronto
Wychwood Clarinet Choir
Young Voices Toronto
Total Music Projects
2013
Request
2,500
4,808
5,000
10,000
6,500
6,171
4,944
10,000
3,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
6,500
8,000
10,000
7,500
5,000
10,000
1,067
2,500
8,000
10,000
10,000
6,800
6,000
10,000
8,472
9,320
4,000
4,510
2,000
2,500
7,500
10,000
10,000
3,000
7,300
3,000
8,000
591,713
2013
Allocation
0
0
5,000
6,000
3,000
0
2,050
0
1,500
7,500
4,000
1,000
6,000
6,000
0
5,000
0
8,000
1,067
0
0
0
10,000
0
0
8,000
0
9,000
4,000
0
0
2,500
7,500
0
10,000
0
0
3,000
8,000
275,467
89
THEATRE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
THEATRE
20K Collective
Ahuri Theatre
Ahuri Theatre
Angelwalk Theatre
Appledore Productions
APUS Theater
Architect Theatre
Ars Mechanica
Art & Lies Productions
Article 11
Azure Rivers
Back Burner Productions
Beaver Theatre
Black Hammer Group
Blood Orange Theatre
Bloomsbury Collective
Bluemouth Inc. Presents
Bound to Create
Bound to Create
Camila's Bones Collective
Canada Clown
Canadian Rep Theatre
Canadian Rep Theatre
Cardinal/Kantor
Carrying on Collective
Cart/Horse Theatre
Chocolate Woman Collective
Circlesnake
Citizen Theatre Collective
Clawhammer Theatre Company
Colectivo Maiz
Connective Tissue
Contrary Company
Convection Productions
Creation Company
Crowning Monkey
Crow's Feet Physical Theatre
Cue6 Theatre Company
Desperate Road Collective
Drifts Live Collective
Driftwood Theatre Group
Ecce Homo Theatre
Eldritch Theatre
Electric Sheep Project
Epic and Everyday
Events in Real Time
Eventual Ashes
Fault Line Theatre
Feint of Hart Collective
2013
Request
10,000
12,000
15,000
4,000
3,500
5,000
7,000
9,000
14,800
10,000
5,000
6,450
10,000
4,500
3,500
11,600
10,000
15,000
15,000
10,000
8,000
9,000
12,000
10,000
15,000
4,000
10,000
7,000
7,000
10,000
10,000
3,000
8,000
5,000
4,850
3,500
8,000
7,000
10,000
10,000
15,000
8,000
15,000
5,700
15,000
10,000
7,000
7,000
10,000
2013
Allocation
10,000
0
0
0
0
0
7,000
2,500
0
7,000
5,000
0
0
3,500
2,000
0
10,000
0
9,000
0
8,000
0
9,000
10,000
0
0
5,000
0
7,000
10,000
0
0
8,000
0
4,850
0
0
0
0
0
10,000
6,000
10,000
0
0
6,000
0
0
8,000
90
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
THEATRE
Fixt Point Theatre
Foreign Accent Syndrome Collective
Funny Face Productions
Gallops
God is in the Dairy
Groundling Theatre
Groundwater Productions
Guild Festival Theatre
HH Theatre Collective
Hope and Hell Theatre Company
Hopscotch Collective
IFT Theatre
Independent Theatre Project
Inque& Quille Productions
Jaybird Productions
Kadozuke Kollektif
Keystone Theatre
KJV Collective
Le Théâtre La Tangente
Lester Trips Theatre
Litmus Theatre Collective
Malach Production Collective
Manic Productions
mcguffin company
mcguffin company
Mermaid Collective
MMM Collective
MMM Collective
Moveable Feast
Moyo Theatre
Neitgeist
New Harlem Productions
New Toronto Theatre
No Drop Productions.
Nobody's Business Theatre
Orisa Collective
Outside the March
Pandemic Theatre
Paradigm Productions
Parry Riposte Productions
Perfectly Norma Productions
Planet 88 Productions
Play It Again Productions
Playwright Project
Project: Humanity Inc.
Proud Productions
QuipTake
Reanaissance Canadian Theatre Company
Red One Theatre Collective
Red Snow Collective
Renaissance Canadian Theatre Company
2013
Request
15,000
6,500
8,694
6,000
5,000
15,000
4,200
15,000
5,964
5,000
15,000
15,000
5,000
5,000
2,000
15,000
12,000
6,650
15,000
10,000
11,000
15,000
8,655
7,000
7,000
13,500
10,000
4,000
10,000
15,000
15,000
9,000
4,000
2,000
5,000
10,000
12,000
6,000
5,000
3,000
15,000
5,000
10,000
7,000
15,000
9,000
10,000
10,000
4,000
10,000
7,500
2013
Allocation
0
0
0
6,000
0
0
4,200
0
0
3,500
0
12,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
10,000
0
11,000
0
0
0
0
10,000
0
0
0
0
8,000
2,500
0
0
5,000
0
12,000
0
5,000
0
0
0
2,000
0
0
0
2,100
0
0
0
3,000
91
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
THEATRE
Savage Heart Collective
Savage Theatre
Shakespeare In Action
Shakespeare in the Ruff
Single Thread Theatre Company
Small Wooden Shoe
SmorgasBORG
Sometimes Y Theatre
Stop and See Collective
Stuck in the Mud Productions
Subtle Vigilance Collective
Suburban Beast
Suck and Blow Collective
Suck and Blow Collective
Supine Collective
Tamil Literary Garden
Templeton Philharmonic
Tetrault Arts Productions
Theatre 20
Theatre 20
Theatre Asylum
Theatre Brouhaha
Theatre Collider
Theatre Four Four
Theatre Museum Canada
Theatre Sasa
Theatre Smash
Theatre Zou
TheatreRun
Theatreworks Productions
Things Fallin' Apart
Three Peasants Theatre
Threshold Theatre
Threshold Theatre
Tomorrow's Eve Theatre
Toronto Laboratory Theatre
Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Group
Torrent Productions
Triangle Pi Productions
U.N.I.T. Productions
Unit 102 Actors Company
Videofag
West End Theatre Company
Whetstone Productions
Will Shakes Love's Spear
Women & War Project
WOW Project
Written on Water Theatre
Total Theatre Projects
2013
Request
3,500
10,000
15,000
10,000
6,500
10,000
4,000
12,000
3,500
6,810
10,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
8,000
6,280
7,000
15,000
15,000
15,000
5,000
6,900
15,000
2,500
15,000
7,000
10,000
6,000
10,000
7,500
10,155
7,500
5,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
7,000
10,000
15,000
10,000
10,000
7,000
9,000
10,000
7,000
10,000
1,347,208
2013
Allocation
0
0
0
10,000
6,500
10,000
0
0
0
0
0
7,500
0
0
10,000
0
0
0
0
0
14,000
3,500
5,000
0
2,500
0
4,500
0
3,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7,000
0
0
10,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,250
0
351,900
92
VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS
519 Church Street Community Centre
Art for Commuters
Artery Bazaar
Artists to Artists Foundation
ArtsXplosion Cultural Society
Butcher Gallery
Canadian Film in the Schools
Canadian Gay and Lesbian Archives
Christie Pits Film Festival
Contact Toronto Photography Festival
Design Exchange
Diaspora Film Festival Group
Digital Promises/Material Presence
Documentary Organization of Canada, Toronto Chapter
Eight Fest Small-Gauge Film Festival
Elsewhen
European Union Film Festival
Gendai Gallery
George Brown College School of Design
Hand Eye Society
Institute for Community Inquiry
Intergenerational LGBT Artists Residency
Latin American Art Projects
Latino Canadian Cultural Association
Le Laboratoire d'Art
Life of a Craphead
Little Red Lighthouse Collective
Median Contemporary
No Foundation Gallery
No. 9
North Korean Human Rights Film Festival
Ontario Crafts Council
Ontario Jewish Archives
Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society
Parkdale Village Arts Collective
Pix Film Productions
ReelWorld Film Festival
Ryerson Image Centre/Ryerson University
Scarborough Film Festival
Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Studies Assoc. in North America
Sir William Campbell Foundation
Team Vector
Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week
Toronto Animated Image Society
Toronto International Deaf Film & Arts Festival
Toronto Korean Film Festival
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Toronto Palestine Film Festival Collective
Toronto Silent Film Festival
2013
Request
8,000
3,300
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
6,258
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
5,000
8,000
8,000
4,500
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
6,499
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
5,000
4,500
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
5,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
5,000
4,500
2013
Allocation
0
2,000
0
6,000
0
4,000
4,000
3,500
1,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
0
3,000
7,250
0
0
7,000
0
4,000
0
0
3,000
0
5,000
3,000
0
4,000
0
3,000
0
6,000
0
5,000
2,500
0
0
6,000
2,500
7,000
3,500
7,000
4,500
4,000
4,000
0
1,500
2,000
0
93
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
VISUAL/MEDIA ARTS
Wedge Curatorial Projects
Whippersnapper Gallery
WIAprojects
Workparty
XPACE Cultural Centre
XPACE Cultural Centre
Year Zero One
Total Visual/Media Arts Projects
2013
Request
8,000
7,000
8,000
8,000
3,500
3,550
8,000
407,607
2013
Allocation
1,500
3,000
4,000
0
2,000
0
6,000
143,750
94
APPEAL RECOMMENDATIONS – FEBRUARY/MARCH 2013
Projects
1 APUS Co-op Theatre
2 Supernaturalz
3 Toronto Heritage Dance
4 Inspired Productions
5 Ars Mechanica
6 Inque & Quill Productions
7 Kadozuke Kollektif
8 Play it Again Productions
9 QuipTake
10 Christie Pits Film Festival
11 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Operating
Community Arts
Regent Park Focus
TOTAL
2012
2013
Pre-Appeal
Appeal
Grant
Request
2,500
10,000
10,000
5,320
9,000
5,000
15,000
5,000
10,000
8,000
8,000
Recommendation
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Recommendation
0
5,000
3,000
0
2,500
0
0
2,000
2,100
1,000
1,500
45,000
27,000
3,000
30,000
2013
Total
Grant
0
5,000
3,000
0
2,500
0
0
2,000
2,100
1,000
1,500
30,000
20,100
95
APPEAL RECOMMENDATIONS – AUGUST 2013
2013 Operating Appellants
Regent Park Focus
Total Operating
2013 Project Appellants
416 Toronto Creative
1 Improvisers Collective
2 Academy Concert Series
3 Ahuri Productions
4 APUS Co-op Theatre
5 Ars Mechanica
6 Artists to Artists Foundation
7 Christie Pits Film Festival
Diasporic Genius -Tides
8 Canada Initiatives
9 Funny Face Productions
Greater Toronto
10 Philharmonic Orchestra
11 HH Theatre Collective
12 Inque & Quill Productions
13 Inspired Productions
Jeunesses Musicales
14 Ontario
15 Kadozuke Kollektif
16 Little Red Lighthouse
17 Mix Mix Dance Collective
18 New Harlem Productions
Parkdale Village Arts
19 Collective
Perfectly Norma
20 Productions
21 Play it Again Productions
22 QuipTake
Renaissance Canadian
23 Theatre Company
24 Scaramella Concerts
25 Supernaturalz
26 Tanya Crowder
27 Tetrault Arts
28 TheatreRUN
29 Toronto Heritage Dance
Toronto Outdoor Art
30 Exhibition
31 Torrent Productions
32 Tracey Norman
33 Videofag
34 World Fiddle Day Toronto
Total Project
TOTAL
2012
Allocation
30,000
30,000
2013
Request
Pre-Appeal
Recommendation
Appeal
Recommendation
2013
Total Allocation
45,000
45,000
27,000
27,000
3,000
3,000
30,000
30,000
8,000
4,000
15,000
2,500
9,000
8,000
8,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,000
0
0
2,500
6,000
1,000
0
1,000
0
0
2,500
6,000
1,000
10,020
8,694
0
0
4,500
0
4,500
0
7,000
5,964
5,000
5,320
0
0
0
0
1,000
0
0
0
1,000
0
0
0
4,000
15,000
8,000
10,000
9,000
0
0
0
0
0
2,000
0
0
4,500
2,500
2,000
0
0
4,500
2,500
4,500
0
2,500
2,500
15,000
5,000
10,000
0
0
0
0
2,000
2,100
0
2,000
2,100
7,500
6,000
10,000
8,000
7,000
6,000
10,000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,000
1,000
5,000
4,000
0
3,000
3,000
3,000
1,000
5,000
4,000
0
3,000
3,000
8,000
10,000
8,000
10,000
7,300
274,798
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,500
0
0
0
0
52,100
1,500
0
0
0
0
52,100
55,100
96
MUSIC CREATION AND AUDIO RECORDING (September 3, 2013 deadline)
Creation
Allison Au
Melanie Brulée
Harley Card
Ka Nin Chan
Katarina Curcin
Brian Current
Michael Davidson
Jason Drakes
JD Era
John Kameel Farah
Mike Ford
Bret Higgins
Layah Jane
Majid Jordan
Jadea Kelly
Joy Lapps
Junia-T
Alexina Louie
Kirk MacDonald
Dylan Mamid (Zeds Dead)
Afarin Mansouri Tehrani Moghaddam
Aline Morales
Gregory Lee Newsome
Mary-Margaret O'Hara
Juliet Palmer
Donné Roberts
Promise Shepherd
Ian Thornley / Tasson Tyler
Tona
Ken Whiteley
$4,000
$3,000
$3,000
$5,000
$3,000
$2,500
$4,000
$4,000
$3,500
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$2,500
$3,000
$5,000
$3,000
$3,000
$2,325
$4,000
$3,000
$3,000
$2,000
$4,000
$5,000
$4,000
$3,000
$3,000
TOTAL (60 allocations):
$300,000
Recording
Kervin Barreto
Sean Bellaviti
Duane Blackburn
Brooke Blackburn
Jane Bunnett
Devin Cuddy
Sienna Dahlen
Cheka Dioubaté
Rebecca Everett
Attila Fias
Sticky Green
Michael Herring
Alice Ping Yee Ho
Aaron Jensen
Ian Kamau
Calvin Longley
Selina Martin
Jory Nash
Joe Oliva (Eh440)
Ryan Oliver
Frankie Payne
Tim Posgate
4th Pyramid
Bobby Rice
Robert Rosenman
Andrew Sheppard
Casey Sokol
Ian Swain
Kumle Thomas
Saidah Baba Talibah
$8,000
$6,655
$5,000
$8,000
$10,000
$6,000
$5,880
$5,500
$4,000
$7,000
$1,750
$9,000
$9,000
$10,000
$9,000
$3,500
$10,000
$8,000
$10,000
$4,250
$2,700
$5,000
$5,000
$7,000
$5,000
$7,000
$8,940
$5,000
$5,000
$9,000
97
VISUAL ARTISTS (October 1, 2013 deadline)
Level 1 ($3,000)
Basil AlZeri
Jaime Angelopoulos
Alex Bierk
Andreas Buchwaldt
Angel Chen
Graham Curry
Robert Donnelly
Benjamin Edelberg
Chloe Ellingson
Sarah Febbraro
Elisa Julia Gilmour
Julie Gladstone
Leah Gold
Claire Greenshaw
Brett Gundlock
Alexandra Haagaard
Neil Harrison
Jared Herda
Kate Jackson
Jeremy Jansen
Laurie Kang
Sarah Keenlyside
Beverly Koski
Nick Kozak
Christopher Lacroix
Lulu Ladron de Guevara
Mark Laliberte
Ryan Legassicke
Maria Flawia Litwin
Kristie MacDonald
Janet Macpherson
Samantha Mogelonsky
Gideon Naf
Rob Nicholls
Susy Oliveira
Ryan Park
Michael Parsons
Rajni Perera
Derrick Piens
Meghan Price
Jonathan Scott
Anuta Skrypnychenko
Jessica Vallentin
Nikki Woolsey
Naomi Yasui
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
Total Level 1 (45 allocations)
$135,000
Level 2 ($5,000 or $8,000)
Michelle Bellemare
Daniel Bergeron
Bill Burns
Sarah Cale
Chikonzero G Chazunguza
Chris Curreri
Rocky Dobey
Nahum Flores
Heather Goodchild
Insoon Ha
Sadko Hadzihasanovic
Gita Hashemi
Robert Hengeveld
April Hickox
Marla Hlady
Raffael Iglesias
Luis Jacob
Shelagh Keeley
Kris Knight
Surendra Lawoti
Michael Maranda
Jennifer Murphy
Louise Noguchi
Anders Oinonen
Luke Painter
Frances Patella
Elizabeth Pead
Amin Rehman
Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai
Eugenio Salas
Jon Sasaki
Greg Staats
Derek Sullivan
Aaron Vincent Elkaim
Daryl Vocat
Jeffrey Chong Wang
Dale Scott Waters
$5,000
$5,000
$8,000
$5,000
$8,000
$5,000
$8,000
$5,000
$5,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$5,000
$8,000
$8,000
$5,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$8,000
$5,000
$8,000
$5,000
$5,000
$8,000
$8,000
$5,000
$5,000
$8,000
$8,000
$5,000
$8,000
$5,000
$5,000
Total Level 2 (37 allocations):
$248,000
TOTAL (both levels – 82 allocations): $383,000
98
MEDIA ARTISTS (November 4, 2013 deadline)
Level One (up to $4,000)
J Adam Brown
$4,000
Andrea Bussmann
$4,000
Jake Chirico / Chloe Sosa-Sims
$4,000
Noelle Elia
$4,000
Zachary Finkelstein / Kalli Anderson
$4,000
David Fono / Byron Laviolette
$4,000
Hugh Gibson
$4,000
Tanya Kan
$4,000
Margaret Krawecka
$4,000
Pascal Langlois
$4,000
Erin Lewis
$4,000
Elisia Mirabelli
$3,000
Kire Paputts
$4,000
Aaron Phelan
$4,000
Meghan Remy
$4,000
Lina Rodriguez
$4,000
Brett Story
$4,000
Jordan Tannahill
$3,000
Carla Veldman
$4,000
Alexander Abu Daniel Sawma Williams $4,000
Total (20 allocations)
$78,000
Level Two (up to $10,000)
Phillip Barker
Rodrigo Barriuso
Philip Beesley
Phillippe Blanchard
Esther Buckareff / Barbara Greczny
Ulysses Castellanos
SoJin Chun
Solomon Friedman
Sarah Galea-Davis
Christy Garland
Gloria Kim
Sharon Lewis
Azed Majeed
Christof Migone
Richard Mongiat / David Sylvestre
Kathleen Mullen
Laura Mullin / Chris Tolley
Jim Munroe
Randall Okita
Justine Pimlott
Nicholas Pye
David Ridgen
Jeffrey Round
Tamara Z Sanowar-Makhan
Michelle St. John
Sean Wainsteim
Total Level Two (26 allocations)
$10,000
$8,000
$10,000
$8,000
$5,000
$ 5,000
$ 7,000
$ 6,000
$ 7,000
$10,000
$ 5,000
$10,000
$7,000
$ 6,000
$ 6,000
$7,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$7,000
$5,000
$7,000
$7,000
$8,000
$6,000
$187,000
TOTAL (both levels – 46 allocations): $265,000
99
WRITERS PROGRAM (June 15, 2012 deadline)
Level One ($2,000)
Graham Arnold
Brendan Bowles
Jay Brown
Louis Cruz
Leesa Dean
Eufemia Fantetti
Sarah Fletcher
Veronica Fredericks
Kathy Friedman
Iris Gershon
Laura Hartenberger
Ava Homa
Thea Lim
James Lindsay
Brooke Lockyer
Mark Manner
Nico Mara-McKay
David Miller
Jessica Moore
Joanna Reid
Alana Trumpy
J Wallace
Julia Zarankin
Lindsay Zier-Vogel
Level 1 Playwrights ($2,000)
Sandra Cardinal
Jill Connell
William Ellis
Miriam Fernandes
Susanna Fournier
Qasim Khan
Julia Lederer
Tanya Suvenarini Lena
Laura McKay
Jessica Moss
Marilo Nunez
Rob Salerno
Clinton Walker
Christina Wong
Total Level 1 (38 allocations):
$76,000
Level Two ($8,000)
Najwa Ali
Robert Benvie
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall
Dennis Bock
Anna Camilleri
Margaret Christakos
Laura Clarke
Rosemary Counter
Dani Couture
Megan Crewe
Andrew Daley
Stacey May Fowles
Susan Glickman
Anna Humphrey
Ann Ireland
Sandra Kasturi
Greg Kearney
Ben Ladouceur
Sue MacLeod
Pash Malla
Helen Marshall
Maria Meindl
Peter Norman
Brian Rigg
Naben Ruthnum
Brett Savory
Martha Schabas
Jacob Scheier
Sarah Selecky
Alexandra Shimo-Barry
Karen Solie
Cordelia Strube
Moez Surani
Suzanne Sutherland
Kate Taylor
Robert Ward
Marlene Webber
Adrienne Weiss
Patricia Westerhof
Paul Yee
Level 2 Playwrights ($8,000)
Nicolas Billon
Kate Cayley
Lisa Codrington
Don Hannah
Hannah Moscovitch
Aurora H Stewart
Jordan Tannahill
Andrew Templeton
Bobby Theodore
Evan Tsitsias
Robert Tsonos
Paula Wing
Total Level 2 (52 allocations): $416,000
TOTAL (both levels – 90 allocations): $492,000
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RESCINDED ALLOCATIONS
When an organization is unable to comply with conditions on its funding or is unable to proceed with the
project for which it received funding, the allocation is rescinded and the funds added to the current year’s
budget for disbursement. If the rescinded allocations were awarded in previous years, these funds
become added revenue for the current year budget. If the rescinded allocations are part of the current
year budget in the first place, there is no increase to the budget when the allocations are rescinded.
Allocation Year – 2011
Quantum Creation
$4,000
Allocation Year – 2012
Andrew Pink
Play
Trip the Light Fantastic
$8,000
$2,500
$5,000
Total Rescinded Allocations
$19,500
Quantum Creations was recommended a 2011 Theatre Project grant in the amount of $4,000 to
produce A Singularity of Being by T. Berto at the Walmer Centre Theatre. However, after a number of
delays, the organization cancelled the project. The TAC Board of Directors rescinded the allocation and
added the funds to the 2013 budget.
Andrew Pink was recommended a 2012 Visual Artist grant in the amount of $8,000. Although Andrew
was a Toronto resident when he applied to the program on October 1st, he moved to Montreal before the
results were announced on December 4th. The move is permanent, and since he is no longer a Toronto
resident, he is not eligible to receive a grant from TAC. The TAC Board of Directors rescinded the
allocation and added the funds to the budget for the 2013 budget.
Play, a collective comprised of multimedia artists Tom Kuo and pianist/composer Lee Pui Ming, was
recommended a 2012 Music Project grant in the amount of $2,500 for an installation that was to take
place at Gallery 345. The collective was unable to raise sufficient funds to move forward with the project
and returned the grant. The TAC Board of Directors rescinded the allocation and added the funds to the
2013 budget.
Trip the Light Fantastic was recommended a 2012 Dance Project grant in the amount of $5,000 to
create an interactive dance and multi-media work. Due to scheduling conflicts and other circumstances,
the collective cancelled the project and returned the grant. The TAC Board of Directors rescinded the
allocation and added the funds to the 2013 budget.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS (as at December 31, 2013)
Chair
President
Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
John D. McKellar
Karen Tisch (to December 9, 2013)
Nova Bhattacharya (from December 9, 2013)
Don Moffat (to December 9, 2013)
Cindy Wan
Harold Chmara
Curtis Barlow (to December 9, 2014)
Councillor Michelle Berardinetti
Dallas Bergen
Janet Carding
Aileen Carroll
Councillor Gary Crawford
Susan Crocker
Matt Galloway
Danis Goulet (to December 9, 2013)
Josh Grossman
Richard Hill (from December 9, 2013)
Ruth Howard
Lauren Howes (from December 9, 2013)
Seema Jethalal
Moynan King
Louis Laberge-Côté (from December 9, 2013)
Linda R. Lewis
Chris Lorway (from December 9, 2013)
Natalie Lue (to December 9, 2013)
Councillor Josh Matlow
Devon Ostrom
Councillor John Parker
Andrew Pyper
Colleen Smith
Priscila Uppal
John Van Burek
Councillor Adam Vaughan
Jessica Wyman (to December 9, 2013)
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COMMITTEES
Community Arts
Ruth Howard Chair
Elle Alconcel
Kim Crosby
Spy Dénommé-Welch
Cara Eastcott
Greg Frankson
Gordon Mack Scott
Tamala Matthews
Dance
Nova Bhattacharya Chair (to 12/09/2013)
Louis Laberge-Côté Chair (from 12/09/2013)
Lionel Félix
Charmaine Headley
Kevin Ormsby
Jon Reid
Cindy Cin-Ling Yip
Literary
Andrew Pyper Chair
Farzana Doctor
Tasleem Thawar
Music
Dallas Bergen Co-Chair
Josh Grossman Co-Chair
Lawrence Cherney
Jeanie Chung
Cynthia Hawkins
Jose Ortega
Aisha Wickham
Theatre
Moynan King Co-Chair
John Van Burek Co-Chair
Keith Barker
Leah-Simone Bowen
Marjorie Chan
Lisa Codrington
Shawn Kerwin
Sarah Meurling
John Millard
Jordan Tannahill
Visual Arts/Media Arts
Danis Goulet Co-Chair (to 12/09/2013)
Jessica Wyman Co-Chair (to 12/09/2013)
Lauren Howes Co-Chair (from 12/09/2013)
Richard Hill Co-Chair (from 12/09/2013)
Russell Brohier
Francisco-Fernando Granados
Shauna McCabe
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JURIES
Dance Projects (February deadline)
Roshanak Jaberi
Louis Laberge-Côté
Jo Leslie
Diana Reyes
Malar Varatharaja
Dance Projects (August deadline)
Michael Caldwell
Peter Chin
Malgorzata Nowacka
Patrick Parson
Cindy Yip
Large Institutions Jury
Colleen Smith Chair
Philip Akin
Cathryn Gregor
Mark Hammond
Steven Loft
Music Creation & Audio Recording
Stewart Goodyear
Brian Kobayakawa
Paco Luviano
Michie Mee
Shakura S’Aida.
Visual Artists: Level 1
Katherine Dennis
Lili Huston-Herterich
Tamara Toledo
Jim Verburg
Visual Artists: Level 2
Pamela Edmonds
Keesic Douglas
Libby Hague
Heather Haynes
Media Artists
Sarah Goodman
Gye-joong Kim
Lalita Krishna
Jeff Wright
Artists in the Library
Kai Ner Maa Pitanta
Chris Tolley.
Syrus Marcus Ware.
Heather Mathis
Animating Historic Sites
Golshan Abdmoulaie
Rhonda Corvese
Paola Poletto
Karen Black
Robert Kerr
ArtReach Grant Review Team
Aden Abebe
Norman Alconcel
Nicole Cajucom
Femi Lawson
Joanna Duarte Laudon
Memo
Patrice Njoh
Erica Pulfer
Milo (Aemilius) Ramirez
ADVISORY
Strategic Funding Advisory Group
Nova Bhattacharya
Danis Goulet
Seema Jethalal
Chris Lorway
Natalie Lue
Colleen Smith
Jini Stolk
Karen Tisch
John Van Burek
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