City of Kingston Arts Fund 2011 Grant Recipients Announced
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: June 22, 2011
City of Kingston Arts Fund 2011 Grant Recipients Announced
The Kingston Arts Council and the City of Kingston are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 City of Kingston Arts Fund Grants. The Grants were awarded in two categories, Operating Grants and Project Grants. As part of the Kingston Cultural Plan, and thanks to Kingston City Council, an additional $50,000 was invested in CKAF this year, and was proportionally divided 70%/30% between Operating Grants and Project Grants. All CKAF applicants will be notified by mail as to the status of their grant request, and, in the case of the successful applicants, how they should proceed to redeem their grant.
Operating Grants
The Operating Grants Review Committee (voting) was comprised of Rebecca Anweiler, Jason-Emery Groën, Andrea Robertson, Gordon Smith and Maurice Smith. The Chair of the Committee was Craig Walker. City Councillors Rick Downes and Liz Schell, Brian McCurdy, Cultural Director, and Colin Wiginton, Manager, Cultural Services, were non-voting members on the Operating Grants Committee.
The Operating Grant program received 12 applications requesting a total of $427,860 in funding. Of these, 10 applications were successful, and $335,000 in funding was awarded to Operating Grant applicants. The Operating Grant Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order below:
|
Organization |
Grant |
|
Agnes Etherington Art Centre |
$ 75,000.00 |
|
Cantabile Choirs of Kingston |
$ 24,000.00 |
|
Le Centre culturel Frontenac |
$ 18,000.00 |
|
Kingston Canadian Film Festival |
$ 25,000.00 |
|
Kingston Symphony Association |
$ 75,000.00 |
|
Kingston WritersFest |
$ 20,000.00 |
|
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre |
$ 39,780.00 |
|
Reelout Arts Inc. |
$ 14,360.00 |
|
Theatre Kingston |
$ 32,500.00 |
|
Union Gallery |
$ 11,360.00 |
|
TOTAL Operating Grant Funds Awarded in 2011: |
$ 335,000.00 |
Project Grants
The Project Grants Review Committee (voting) was comprised of Cliff Edwards, Kate Graff, Sadiqa Khan, Susan Lord, and Bill Penner. The Chair of the Committee was Craig Walker. City Councillors Rick Downes and Rob Hutchison, Brian McCurdy, Cultural Director, and Colin Wiginton, Manager, Cultural Services were non-voting members on the Project Grants Review Committee.
The Project Grant program received 30 applications requesting a total of $361,006 in funding. Of these, 18 applications were successful, and $145,000 in funding was awarded to Project Grant applicants. The Project Grant Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order below:
|
Organization |
Project Title |
Grant |
|
Burlesque Youniversity |
High Voltage Burlesque |
$ 3,775.00 |
|
CFRC 101.9 FM |
CFRC Radio Residencies Program |
$ 9,650.00 |
|
Corridor Culture |
Corridor Culture |
$ 8,500.00 |
|
Curious You |
Pretty Pieces |
$ 5,000.00 |
|
H’art School |
The Day of Abled Artists Project |
$ 15,000.00 |
|
Joe’s MILL |
Joe’s MILL Concert Workshop Series |
$ 6,375.00 |
|
Kingston Chamber Choir |
Kingston Chamber Choir Presents: “Messiah” |
$ 3,500.00 |
|
Kingston Community Health Centres |
Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival |
$ 15,000.00 |
|
Kingston Interval House |
Kingston International Women’s Week 2012 |
$ 6,000.00 |
|
Kingston Jazz Society |
Live @ your Library – Concert Series: Jazz Around the Corner and Around the World |
$ 6,000.00 |
|
Kingston Punk Productions |
Fun House Festival 2012 |
$ 5,000.00 |
|
Live Wire Music Series |
Live Wire Music Series – 2011-2012 |
$ 5,000.00 |
|
Museum of Health Care at Kingston |
Friendly Fire |
$ 5,250.00 |
|
OPIRG Kingston |
Push It: OPIRG Kingston’s Hip Hop Festival |
$ 6,000.00 |
|
Purple Dragon Puppet Troupe |
Puppet Cabaret |
$ 13,000.00 |
|
The Gallery Association of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre |
Kingston Artists’ Profile Project |
$ 7,000.00 |
|
Tone Deaf Festival |
Tone Deaf Festival 2011 |
$ 14,950.00 |
|
xcurated |
APP Kingston |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
TOTAL Project Grant Funds Awarded in 2011: |
$ 145,000.00 |
|
About the City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF)
The City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF) was established by Kingston City Council in 2007 to support the arts and arts organizations and is administered by the Kingston Arts Council on behalf of the City. Each year the Kingston Arts Council submits a plan for the administration of the Arts Fund for approved by City Council.
Operating and Project Grants are awarded based on the decisions of two separate CKAF review committees that include members of Kingston’s various arts communities. In 2011 these committees met in May and their decisions were ratified by the Kingston Arts Council’s Board of Directors before being submitted for approval to Kingston City Council.
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For further information contact:
Ted Worth, Grants Director
Kingston Arts Council Grants Department
grants@artskingston.com [or] 613-546-2999
