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Toronto, September 27, 2013 – The Tim Sims Encouragement Fund and the Ontario Arts Foundation are pleased to announce the nominees of the annual Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Awards. This year’s nominees are… BRANDON ASH MOHAMMED DIANA BAILEY FRANCO NGUYEN NIGEL GRINSTEAD THE WEAKER VESSELS These five exceptional young comedians and comedy act will perform for […]

Applications are now available for the Canadian Heritage Endowment Incentives Component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund.   The program encourages donors to contribute to endowment funds supporting professional arts organizations. The Endowment Incentives Component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund is a program of the Department of Canadian Heritage that  provides matching funds of up to

Toronto, May 23, 2013 – The 2013 winners for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were revealed today at Etobicoke’s North Kipling Junior Middle School, where students gathered for a celebratory presentation.   Children’s picture book award A Hen for Izzy PippikBy Aubrey Davis (Toronto, Ont.) and illustrated by Marie Lafrance (Montreal, Que)Kids Can Press   Young adult / middle

Toronto, May 14, 2013– Rihab Chaieb and Neil Craighead from the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio are co-recipients of this year’s first prize of the Christina and Louis Quilico Awards.  Ms Chaieb and Mr. Craighead will each receive $4,000. Claire de Sévigné won the second prize of $3,000 and Ambur Braid won the third prize of $2,000.  The competition took place on May 13, 2013 in

Toronto, April 24, 2013 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the second biennial Christina and Louis Quilico Awards Vocal Competition featuring the rising young stars of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio.   The competition will take place on May 13, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre at the Four Seasons Centre

Toronto – April 15, 2013 –Costume and set designer, Julie Fox is the 2013 recipient of the $15,000 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design. The award is given annually to professional Canadian costume designers in Ontario in mid-career to further enrich their careers through research and travel.     Julie Fox is an award winning costume and set

oronto, April 10, 2013 – The 2013 short list for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was announced today. The 2013 winners will be announced at Etobicoke’s North Kipling Junior Middle School, 2 Rowntree Road, Etobicoke, ON at 1:00 p.m. on May 23, 2013.   ABOUT THE 2013 BOOKSThis year’s short list includes some of Canada’s

Toronto, April 4, 2013 – The recipients of the 2013 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards were announced today. The six recipients will be honoured by the K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation at an event at the Gladstone Hotel later in May. A prize of $8,000 was awarded in each of six artistic disciplines to: Dance    Meagan O’Shea, Toronto Film and

Economic Action Plan 2013 announced that the Endowment Incentive component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund will increase to a maximum benefit of $15 million over the life of the program, an increase of 50 per cent. The Endowment Incentive component of the Canada Cultural Investment Fund helps promote corporate philanthropy and private investment in

The Ontario Arts Foundation announced today $ 2.2 million in endowment income payments to 270 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 the Canada Cultural Investment Fund. “The annual income received