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Toronto, July 15, 2025 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to announce that Verne Bird is the 2025 recipient of the $2,500 Tim Sims Encouragement Award.  The Tim Sims Encouragement Award honours a promising Canadian comedic performer who is in the early stages of their career.  Verne was selected for the award by the […]

Toronto, July 14, 2025 – 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

Toronto, June 13, 2025 – The 2025 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today during a school assembly at Birch Cliff Heights Public School in Scarborough, Ont. The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school – a jury of grade 4 students selected the

Toronto, May 28, 2025 – The Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) are delighted to announce that the Guild Festival Theatre is this year’s recipient of the $25,000 Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant. This annual grant recognizes advances in theatrical design and the promotion of environmental sustainability

Toronto, May 26, 2025 – Jazz pianist Marilyn Lerner is this year’s recipient of the $50,000 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award. This year’s award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of keyboard artistry. Lerner will be presented the award on June 1st at the Jazz Bistro where she will be performing

Toronto, May 15, 2025 – Today, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) released the shortlists for the 2025 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards. The Schwartz Awards are the only Canadian literary award where student jurors work together to choose the winning books. Student juries from Birch Cliff Heights

Toronto, May 13, 2025 – The Ontario Arts Foundation announced today that $ 4.8 million in endowment income was paid to 255 arts organizations across the Province of Ontario. This represents income earned on endowments created by arts organizations and funded jointly by the private sector and the government through two matching programs: the Arts

Toronto – March 10, 2025 – The Gina Wilkinson Prize Committee is pleased to announce that Keshia Palm is the recipient of the 14th annual Gina Wilkinson Prize. Gina’s Prize recognizes theatre artists from underrepresented genders which includes cis women, trans women, and non-binary people with a demonstrated body of work, who are recognized by

Toronto – February 20, 2025 – On Tuesday, February 18, the rising stars of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Canada’s premier training program for young opera professionals, competed in the seventh biennial Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, with Duncan Stenhouse claiming the First Prize of $5,000. Korin Thomas-Smith won the Second Prize of $3,000,

Toronto, December 17, 2024 – The Ontario Arts Foundation and The Gordon Foundation are pleased to announce the 2024 grant recipients from the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program: Acquisition Grants Art Gallery of Hamilton      $18,000Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University      $20,000Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery      $20,000Textile Museum of Canada