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Living Solo / Being Social – Social Aspects of Arts Participation
April 8, 2019 – More and more Canadians are living alone. In 2016, for the first time, one-person households became the most common type of household in Canada, surpassing couples with children. Should this be seen as a concern or as an opportunity for performing arts organizations, whose offering i...Read More
What is Linked Open Data? And How Could it Make your Life Easier as a Performing Arts Professional?
March 26, 2019 – Day to day work in the performing arts involves a lot of information exchanges among creators, production companies, presenters and, eventually consumers. What if some of this information was no longer stored on your hard drive, but made available in real time to anyone whose day to...Read More
Budget 2019 Will Deliver More Arts Events in Canadian Communities
March 19, 2019 – The Canadian Arts Coalition (CAC) is pleased to see the government commit to a $16 million increase of the Canadian Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) over two years in the 2019 Federal Budget as well as an impressive amount of other increases for the sector. The CAC advocated for this t...Read More
Now Accepting Expressions of Interest to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
March 6, 2019 – Expressions of Interest are now open for support to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 17 – 23 August, 2019.
Arts Presenting Impacts Both Creators and Communities
February 27, 2019 – Performing arts presenters are a vital component of their communities and the overall arts ecology, according to a new research report by the Canadian Arts Presenting Association and Hill Strategies Research.
CAPF Increase : Support Builds Up as Federal Budget Approaches
February 13, 2019 – Last month, we reported that 12 Members of Parliament had written to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Finance to express their support for an increase to the Canada Arts Presentation Fund. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the Canadian Arts Coalition and o...Read More
Taking Bold Steps to Foster Digital Collaboration in the Live Performing Arts
February 4, 2019 – CAPACOA and its partners are launching a vast digital literacy and transformation initiative for the performing arts sector. Building off of shared metadata strategies and prototypes, the Linked Digital Future initiative will seek to evolve radically new collaboration mindsets in ...Read More
Open Letter: Performing arts presenters need better support
January 21, 2019 – Ah, winter! For many Canadians, the season would surely be synonymous with hibernation were it not for the exceptional contribution of the arts – and of culture in general – during the cold season. With only a few days to go before the opening of numerous events throug...Read More
Performing Arts Attendance Held Steady in 2016
January 14, 2019 – Hill Strategies released the awaited report on Canadians’ Arts, Culture, and Heritage Participation in 2016. It found that about two-thirds of Canadians attended an arts performance or festival in 2016 (68%, or 20.0 million Canadians).
Notes from the Hippest Place in the World
December 13, 2018 – By Nadia Ross – Every time I mentioned that I was facilitating a panel on the stunning re-birth of the contemporary library and what we, in the oh-so dour performing arts industry might learn from them, people would reply: “yeah, libraries are where the cool people hang out”.
Another Step Towards an Increase to the CAPF
December 10, 2018 – After the resounding success of Arts Day on Parliament Hill, support for an increase to the Canada Arts Presentation Fund is now coming from the Standing Committee on Finance.
Arts Day, Weeks and Months
November 30, 2018 – Are you ever done building audiences? Never. The same goes with arts advocacy.
CAPACOA launches new International Market Development Committee and initiatives to develop opportunities for Canadian artists and enhance reciprocal exchanges
13 November 2018 – Today, CAPACOA announces the formation of its International Market Development Committee, a sector-led consultative and coordinating entity that will strive to develop opportunities for Canadian artists and enhance reciprocal exchanges with key markets.
Downward Slope?
November 5, 2018 – Attendance at performing arts facilities is down from 71% to 60% according to the Access and Availability Survey. Yet, other cultural facilities such as libraries have profoundly transformed their user experience and are now reaping surprising benefits. Are there lessons to be lea...Read More
New Zealand and Australia Performing Arts Tour
October 15, 2018 – New Zealand and Australia Performing Arts Tour Our kiwi partners, the Performing Arts Network of New Zealand (PANNZ), are working with the Adelaide Fringe in South Australia to offer an exiting programme for international presenters to travel to both New Zealand and Australi...Read More
The Cultural Participation of New Canadians
October 15, 2018 – Immigration is changing Canada’s demographics. Fast. It is also changing cultural participation and perceptions about culture.
Doctors can soon prescribe visits to museum.
October 12, 2018 – As we learned in various studies, Art Heals. That’s the philosophy behind a new initiative from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which will allow doctors to soon be able to prescribe a visit to a museum.
Let’s Increase Funding for Arts Presentation
October 9, 2018 – The federal government has increased funding to the Canada Council for the Arts and has launched the Creative Export Strategy. However, the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) remains under-funded and over-subscribed. This lack of funding affects our entire touring and presenting ...Read More
PD for Dance Artists from Indigenous and Racialized Communities: Announcing the First Cohort!
August 23, 2018 – CanDance, La danse sur les routes du Québec, and Ontario Presents are proud to welcome Aicha Bastien-N’Diaya, Andrea Pena, Aria Evans, Ivanie Aubin-Malo, Natasha Powell and Nova Bhattacharya in the first cohort of skills development in dance touring and distribution.
Visa Refusal Rates and New Biometrics Requirement Are About to Seriously Impede Artist Mobility
July 19, 2018 – An article in The Globe and Mail confirmed a worrying trend: visitor visa refusal rates are soaring. Moreover, visa applicants will soon be required to provide biometrics. Although visitor visas are not required of all visiting artists, those who do will now have to overcome major ad...Read More
Streamlining of International Taxation: One Step Forward, Two Steps Forward
July 10, 2018 – Last month, the Canada Revenue Agency announced a new simplified taxation process for non-resident artists. As we pointed out, this simplified process is a step in the right direction, but more streamlining is still needed.
Minister of Canadian Heritage Launches Creative Export Strategy
June 27, 2018 – On Tuesday, the Minister of Canadian Heritage officially launched Canada’s Creative Export Strategy, and she outline how she will invest the $125-million over 5 years allocated by the federal government in the 2017 federal budget.
Culture Track Canada Offers Both Reassuring and Game-Changing Insights on Cultural Participation
June 21, 2018 – After the Arts and Heritage Access and Availability survey, the arts sector can rely on another major audience survey to figure out what the heck is going on with cultural participation in Canada.
The Canada Revenue Agency Simplifies International Taxation in Response to Sector Recommendations
June 11, 2018 – The Canada Revenue Agency has put in place a simplified income tax process for non-resident artists and athletes. This administrative change is a direct outcome of advocacy carried by the Performing Arts Tax Working Group.
Cultural Diplomacy, among other Studies on Parliament Hill
June 5, 2018 – The Canadian Arts Coalition published a comprehensive update on parliamentary studies on culture. One of these studies could be particularly important for anyone involved in international tours and market development.