News Release

Toronto, November 28, 2022 – The Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) are delighted to announce the launch of the Ray Ferris Innovation and Sustainability Grant, recognizing advances in theatrical design and the promotion of environmental sustainability in live theatre. Toronto-based theatre companies are eligible to apply for […]

Toronto, November 24, 2022 – The Ontario Arts Foundation and The Gordon Foundation are pleased to announce the 2022 grants from the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program: Acquisition Grants Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington $15,000 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton $18,000 Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo $6,000 Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough $4,900 Ottawa

Toronto, October 24, 2022 –  Afarin Mansouri (Toronto) is the recipient of this year’s $10,000 Kathleen McMorrow Music Award. The award recognizes the composition and presentation of contemporary classical music by Ontario composers. This award is in support of Mansouri’s new opera Zuleykha, which is sung in the Farsi language and features traditional Eastern music within the European

Toronto, October 11, 2022 – Miguel Hernandez Autorino (Peterborough) is this year’s recipient of the Laura Ciruls Painting Award. The $7,000 award is given annually to recognize an Ontario-based mid-career painter. About Miguel Hernandez AutorinoMiguel Hernandez Autorino is a Venezuelan artist and designer who immigrated to Canada in 2014 and is now living in Peterborough.

Toronto, October 3, 2022 – Thank you to all our generous donors who supported Gina’s Prize during our 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign in 2022! Gina’s Prize is going strong and is now accepting nominations for 2023. Eligibility Theatre artists from underrepresented genders which includes cis women, trans women, and non-binary folks who have acquired foundational

Toronto, September 13, 2022 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to announce that Katie Chin is the 2022 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.  Katie Chin was selected for the award by the faculty of Humber

Toronto, June 23, 2022 – Set and costume designer Anna Treusch is the 2022 recipient 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 Anna TreuschAnna Treusch works as a set and costume designer

Toronto, June 22, 2022 – The 2022 winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were announced today at North York’s Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School.  The winners were selected by two juries of young readers from the school – a jury of four students in grade 4 and one student from the grade 6 Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Toronto, April 26, 2022 – Today, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) and the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) released the shortlists for the 2022 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards.  The Schwartz Awards are the only Canadian literary award where student juries work together to choose the winning books. Student juries from Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School in North York, Ontario will debate the shortlisted

Toronto – April 5, 2022 – The Ontario Arts Foundation announced today that over $4.4 million in endowment income was paid to 258 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