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Toronto – July 13, 2016 – The Ontario Arts Foundation announced this week it is making a special distribution of $250,000 to arts organizations holding an endowment under the Arts Endowment Fund Program at the Ontario Arts Foundation. The Ontario Arts Foundation Board Chair Anthony Graham said, “We are delighted to mark our 25th anniversary in 2016 in this way and to […]

Toronto, June 22, 2016 – The 2016 winners for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today at Toronto’s Scarborough Village Alternative Public School. The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school – a jury of grade 3 and 4 students selected the recipient of the Children’s Picture Book Award, and a jury of grade 7 and 8 students selected the recipient of

Toronto, May 17, 2016 – The Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Ontario Arts Foundation are delighted to announce Janal Bechthold  is the 2016 recipient of the Christopher Dedrick Award for Live Musicians in Media Soundtracks.    Janal Bechthold is a composer for film, TV, games, and interactive media, having worked on numerous scores including twelve television documentaries (SRC-Radio Canada,

Toronto, May 12, 2016 – The 2016 shortlist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was announced today. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Schwartz Children’s Book Awards – the only Canadian literary award where student juries work together to choose the winning books. This year’s winners will be chosen by student juries from Toronto’s Scarborough Village Alternative Public School. The announcement

Toronto, May 9, 2016 – Costume designer, Camellia Koo  is the 2016 recipient of the Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design.  The award is given annually to professional costume designers in Ontario in mid-career to further enrich their careers through research and travel.  In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the award, the annual prize money

Toronto, April 19, 2016 – The winners of the 2016 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards were announced today.The six winners will be honoured by the K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation at an event at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto later in May. A prize of $8,000 was awarded in each of six arts disciplines to: Dance   Penny Couchie, Nipissing First Nation

Toronto – March 15, 2016 – The Ontario Arts Foundation announced today $ 3.0 million in endowment income payments were made to 260 arts organizations across the Province of Ontario. The disbursements represent income earned on endowments created by arts organizations and funded jointly by the private sector and the government through two matching programs:  the Arts Endowment Fund, and

Toronto  – March 10, 2016 – The committee of the Gina Wilkinson Prize is pleased to announce that the 2016 fifth annual prize recipient is Kelli Fox of Toronto, Ontario. The announcement came on March 10 – Gina’s birthday. Ms. Fox was chosen from a list of 14 nominees from across Canada.  Kelli Fox is a Toronto-based actor with 30 years of

Toronto, January 19, 2016 – Orangeville artist Steven Volpe is this year’s recipient of the Laura Ciruls Painting Award. The $4,500 award is given annually to recognize an Ontario based mid-career painter. Steven Volpe has a Fine Arts degree from Queen’s University as well as a background in art education and graphic design.  His evocative figurative paintings lie somewhere between a parable and

Toronto, December 3, 2015 – Moyra Davey is the 2015 recipient of the $20,000 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of art photography. Moyra Davey is an internationally recognized Canadian visual artist who has made a significant contribution to contemporary photography. Over the past three decades,