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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.