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Nominations Open for the 2025 Gina Wilkinson Prize

Toronto, October 1, 2024 – Gina’s Prize is now accepting nominations for 2025 Gina Wilkinson Prize. ELIGIBILITY Theatre artists from underrepresented genders which includes cis women, trans women, and non-binary people who have acquired foundational training (from a training program or through experience) and have worked for at least 5 years are eligible for Gina’s […]

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Cecilia Livingston Awarded the Louis Applebaum Composers Award

Toronto, September 25, 2024 – Composer Cecilia Livingston is the recipient of this year’s Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year’s $15,000 award recognizes excellence for a body of work in the field of composition for theatre, music theatre, dance and opera. About Cecilia Livingston Cecilia Livingston specializes in composing for voice. She is composer-in-residence at

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Nadine Grant Honoured with the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design

Toronto, July 22, 2024 – Costume designer Nadine Grant is the 2024 winner of the $25,000 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design. The award is given annually to a professional costume designer in Ontario in mid-career to further enrich their career through research and travel. About Nadine GrantNadine is a costume designer, educator

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The Jini Stolk Creative Fellowship is now open for submissions

Toronto, July 15, 2024 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is now accepting nominations for the Jini Stolk Creative Fellowship. The Fellowship encourages the development of the field of arts management by providing $20,000 over two years ($10,000 each year) to an arts manager of a small to mid-sized Toronto arts organization. Nomination ProcessIndividuals must be

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2024 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards presented to Melissa Mollen Dupuis, Elise Gravel and Kevin Sands

Toronto, June 12, 2024 – The 2024 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today during a school assembly at John English Junior Middle School in Toronto, Ont. The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school – a jury of grade 4 students selected the

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Common Boots Theatre and Bad New Days are presented with the annual Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant

Toronto, May 28, 2024 – The Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) are delighted to announce that Common Boots Theatre and Bad New Days are this year’s recipients of the annual $25,000 Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant for their production of Last Landscape. This annual grant recognizes

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