City of Kingston Arts Fund - 2008 Project Grants List

The Project Grant program received 32 applications requesting a total of $387,190 in funding. Of these, 17 applications were successful, and $135,300 in funding was awarded to Project Grant applicants. The Project Grant Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order below with a short description of each Project:

organization	project title	funding awarded
Agnes Etherington Art Centre	SOLO Studio-Watch Series	$ 12,000
The Solo Studio-Watch Series of exhibitions and salons is intended to identify, present, and cultivate understanding and recognition of the work of emerging visual and media artists in Kingston. Following a research phase of studio visits by curator of Contemporary Art Jan Allen, eight artists will be invited to exhibit a single work in a focused exhibition in the Art Centre’s Etherington House Study, which will then be the centre of a salon discussion. The SOLO salons will explore themes in the work of emerging artists, while addressing Kingston as a context for artistic expression of economic, environmental and cultural change
Apple Crisp	Apple Crisp Music Festival	$ 6,000
Apple Crisp is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization which: presents a monthly, all-ages Music Series in alternative Kingston concert spaces; distributes a local arts magazine; manages a non-profit record-label, (Apple Crisp Records); and organizes an all-ages four day music festival for local student’s March Break. Apple Crisp is seeking funds to support musicians fees for our monthly music series, culminating in a four day music festival in March 2009. We are also seeking addition support to fund a special-edition Apple Crisp Zine which will feature a compilation CD of local musicians to help promote the concert series and festival.
Artel Collective	_____, Together [pronounced:"Comma Together"]	$ 7,000
Following the success of Welcome HERE, the Artel collective presents “_______, together”, a project furthering year one’s focus on creative sharing and collaboration by initiating interdisciplinary presentations by emerging Kingston-area visual and media artists with musicians, writers, performers and producers. Four principles guide activities and the ongoing strategies of the collective: PARTNERSHIP Facilitating collaborative production and presentation by emerging creators; PUBLIC PRESENTATION Promoting public access and providing exhibition support; COMMUNICATION e-Publishing/distributing artist-written reviews to elicit input and inspire discussion between artists and the community; CELEBRATION Presenting public symposiums/dinners and opening receptions to support meaningful sharing on “artistic life” in Kingston’.
Cantabile Choirs of Kingston	Cantabile Guest Conductors 08-09 Season	$ 6,000
The Cantabile Choirs have invited two guest conductors for the 2008-09 season. Elise Bradley (March ‘09) and Diane Loomer C.M. (April ‘09) will be in residence with the choirs for 5 days each during which time they will offer various workshops to the choristers in preparation for a concert.
CFRC 101.9 FM	CFRC 101.9 FM Into the Magic Sound-box	$ 4,000
The “Into the Magic Sound-box” series strives to engage the Kingston community with the powerful, intimate nature of radio through presenting sound performances featuring local artists who create non-core music’ and audio-based art and offering audio production workshops for under-privileged youth. Performances will travel to different locations in Kingston and be broadcast on CFRC to challenge the imagination of a diverse audience. Performances and workshops will foster a mentoring space for emerging youth artists and a collaborative space for artists from different disciplines, with the intention of encouraging collective artistic creation and awareness of audio art in Kingston.
Hope Theatre Projects	Summer 2009 Season in the Baby Grand	$ 18,000
In the summer of 2009, Hope Theatre will mount two productions in repertory at the Baby Grand Studio: Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” and Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” The company will employ a mixture of professionals (many of whom will be locally based or Kingston-connected), local amateurs, and students. We aim to establish professional, high-quality summer theatre in the Baby Grand, with broad appeal to Kingston residents and visitors. These comedies, one classical and one modern, both have strong track records of popularity in production elsewhere, will ensure the season’s success, and pave the way for more such summer theatre in the future.
Kingston Canadian Film Festival	The Local Short Prize	$ 10,000
The Local Short Prize competition will take place during our 2009 festival season and the winner will be announced at the 2009 festival, February 25 to March 1, 2009. The Prize will be a combination of cash and in-kind support for the winning filmmaker(s) to create a short film that will be produced in Kingston. The Prize will include $7,500 cash and in-kind support (mentoring, workshops, executive producer, and distribution support).
Kingston Jazz Society	2009 Kingston Jazz Festival	$ 7,000
The annual Kingston Jazz Festival, scheduled for Thursday October 1, 2009 to Sunday October 4, 2009 will bring top national/international award winning and emerging artists to the Baby Grand Theatre as well as After Hours sessions at downtown restaurants such as Aroma, and Megalos. In addition, the Festival will feature at least one educational workshop.
Kingston Symphony Association	Symphonic Discovery	$ 10,000
For several years, the Kingston Symphony Association has offered students throughout the community an opportunity to experience live orchestral music through our Symphony Education Partnership program. This is a program that increases cultural awareness in the Kingston region by stimulating an interest in classical music with grade four students as well as elementary school teachers, administrators, and parents. In addition, Queen’s University music education students and Kingston Symphony musicians are provided with an opportunity to work in area schools. This program has a solid foundation. In order to increase the impact of the program and expand the audience it currently serves, we would like to introduce a new interactive component to be titled ‘Symphonic Discovery’. This project will include new programming, curriculum development, and enhanced student and community participation.
Le Centre Culturel Frontenac	Artist in Residence	$ 8,000
The project proposed is to bring a professional artistic team into the Centre named “Artists in Residence”. During the teams stay they will offer our community workshops in which they will share their experiences and knowledge of creating tales for theatre. This year the Artists are intended to come from the organization “Creations In VIVO” who will create the tale called “C’est arrivé a Sainte-Utopie”. The team of four will consist of two professional artists, Stéphane Guertin and Jean-Marc Lalonde as well as a cameraman and sound technician.
Melos Choral Ensemble	Handel's 250th Anniversary: the 2009 Good Friday Performance of Messiah	$ 6,000
In keeping with its commitment to the performance of major works from the choral repertoire, Melos Choral Ensemble is intending to produce a complete presentation of Messiah by Georg Friedrich Handel with professional soloists and full orchestra. The concert will take place on April 10, 2009, which is within four days of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death. The presentation, which falls on Good Friday, will serve as an opportunity to educate the public about this popular work which was originally written for Lent/Easter rather than Christmas, the season with which it is now more commonly associated.
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre	Tone Deaf Festival	$ 8,500
Tone Deaf 7 is the 2008 installment of Kingston’s annual festival of experimental music and sound performance, produced by Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre. We present artists residing within and outside our region and have in the past successfully highlighted work of local new music composers, noisicians, turntablists, laptop improvisers, sound sculptors, and many others. Each year we choose interesting and unusual venues in which to present our events. Please see our website at www.tone-deaf.org, which currently has a placeholder for the 2008 festival and links to archives for previous years. Tone Deaf has been identified for three years and counting as a “Festival of Municipal Significance” by the City of Kingston.
Skeleton Park Music Festival	Skeleton Park Music Festival	$ 6,750
The Skeleton Park Music Festival is a free, volunteer run community arts festival that seeks to foster a sense of pride in the Kingston arts. The festival accomplishes this by informing both local citizens and Kingston tourists about leading and emerging Kingston artists. In order to continue to achieve these goals the festival is working towards financial independence by eliminating the two largest expenses. Through the purchase of a festival main-stage tent and stage (with the help of the City of Kingston Arts Fund), the festival hopes to be able to offer other Kingston arts groups access to these resources to further create a more supportive environment for the performing arts in the city at large.
St. George's Cathedral	Project Music 2009	$ 2,550
This application is for funding for “Project Music 2009 - St. George’s Cathedral”. We wish to present four Noonhour Concerts with groups of the finest professional musicians in our community during our Summer 2009 Series.
The Wellington Street Theatre	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$ 8,500
We are co-producing an original new Canadian musical ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’.
Theatre Kingston	Goblin Market	$ 10,000
Goblin Market is a dramatic interpretation of the 1862 Christina Rosetti poem of the same name. It has been hailed as an early investigation into female sexuality and its relation to the sexual mores of the Victorian era. Kingston-born actor Maev Beaty developed the piece at Toronto’s Equity Showcase Theatre in 2007 to widespread acclaim. Theatre Kingston has been given the opportunity to stage the first professional production of this incredible piece of theatre.
Union Gallery	Art Shift: An Intergenerational Project for Creative Exchange and Professional Development of Visual Artists	$ 5,000
“Art Shift” is a project for creative exchange and professional development for local established and emerging visual artists. It targets emerging artists who are in transition between post secondary education or basic training and professional practice and will provide a framework in which young artists are mentored by established artists to develop both practical and artistic aspects of their practice. The project consists of three components; a mentorship, a public presentation in the form of an exhibition at the Union Gallery and a publication. Mentors will be drawn from the existing pool of experienced artists in the Kingston region. Emerging artists will be selected by an adjudication process and matched with mentors. Artists will submit a proposal for a collaborative artwork for the exhibition and the publication will include an essay, images, and a DVD.

 

City of Kingston Arts Fund - 2008 Operating Grants List

The Operating Grant program received 12 applications requesting a total of $424,500 in funding. Of these, 9 applications were successful, and $300,000 in funding was awarded to Operating Grant applicants. The Operating Grant Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order below:

The Operating Grant Program is designed…
• To support the continued stability, flexibility and leveraging capacity for diverse funding opportunities for key arts organizations fulfilling a significant role in the Kingston community;
• To foster dynamic artistic life in the City of Kingston;
• To support the development of artists’ work in Kingston, and to provide artistic experiences for audiences, thereby enhancing the civic identity, quality of life, economic prosperity and reputation of the City;

Operating Grants will support core expenses and programming costs.

Organization	Funding Awarded
Agnes Etherington Art Centre	$ 75,000
Cantabile Choirs of Kingston	$ 25,000
Kingston Canadian Film Festival	$ 20,000
Kingston Symphony Association	$ 70,000
Le Centre Culturel Frontenac	$ 20,000
Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre	$ 30,000
Reelout Arts Collective, Inc.	$ 10,000
Theatre Kingston	$ 30,000
Union Gallery	$ 20,000

If you have questions about the Grants Program please contact Ted Worth, Grants Director at the Kingston Arts Council Grants Department at 613-546-2999 or grants@artskingston.com.