City of Toronto Grants Department
Date: November 15, 2011
To: Mayor Rob Ford, Mayor of Toronto cc: Toronto City Council
From: Senior Grants Officer
Subject: Ford City Grants Fund Application from Toronto Arts Council
The Toronto Arts Council has applied to a new fund, the Ford City Grants Fund, which was created for granting funding to non-profit organizations. Successful bidders will receive up to a $50,000 grant to offset costs from their operations and expenditures.
This report serves to critically evaluate the Toronto Arts Council and determine whether it is worthy of receiving funding from the new Ford City Grants Fund. It will begin by providing a brief overview of the Toronto Arts Council and its
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The Toronto Arts Council's primary objectives include providing grants to outstanding artists and arts organizations. As such, the Toronto Arts Council's activities contribute directly to Toronto's cultural life and environment.
2. Benefits of arts and culture to Toronto’s Tourism industry
The local arts and culture scene supports Toronto's tourism industry, one of the key pillars of its economy.
The arts and culture sector (which is a subset of Toronto's Tourism industry) as a whole accounts for between 133,000 to 190,000 jobs and $9 billion of economic activity every year, comparable to other much-hyped sectors such as high-tech or biomedical (The Economic Importance of Culture to Toronto: Final Report, 2001).
Toronto is famous for its liberal, expressive arts, and the local performing arts scene has been in the spotlight many times and received numerous rewards (Henry, C., 2009). Every year, flocks of tourists are drawn in by world-renowned theatre events and festivals. Examples include (Toronto International Film Festival Inc., 2011):
* the Toronto International Film Festival, which draws in approximately 1.3 million visitors each season; and * the Canadian National Exhibition, which features 336 films from 64 different countries and draws in over 500,000 people annually, including numerous famous celebrities
The Toronto Arts Council's activities and funding helps
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This charity was founded in 1969 by activist Marianne Heller. It is one of the closest charities to the university as it focuses on helping children in inner-city Toronto. By donating to Inner City Angels the RBSA will be donating to a charity that focuses on promoting arts education and ‘hands-on’ training for inner city children who do not have the facilities to get an arts education. This foundation helps youths to realize their full creative potential by pairing them with arts organizations, educators and artists who educate them on the arts and work with them on creative art projects. This, ultimately, helps the youth with their personal development as they will be working in a communal environment with other youths. The organization’s various programs include; Graphic Stories, where artists assist youths in
Congress created The National Endowment for the Arts in response to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
Tourism is an endeavour sought by an individual or a party of individuals, which leads to a movement from one place to another with the idealism of a specific task, to visit a place or several places with the primary purpose of achieving entertainment and increasing knowledge of countries, cultures, and their history. The expression ‘largest industry in the world’ is universally used with mention to tourism, ensuring its recognition as the largest generator of wealth (over 11.7% of the global gross domestic product) and employment (7% of the world’s jobs); this shows that tourism is indeed an important industry that depends on culture and legacy.(Budeanu, 2002) Vancouver is feasibly one of the most prevalent tourist destinations in Canada
Partnering with the Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, the Cathedral Village Arts Festival, and FadaDance the Art Gallery of Regina presented a full day of free programming for our 2017 Open House. The AGR partnered with the CVAF, plus also successfully applied for Canada 150 funds in support of an contemporary dance piece performed in the gallery in response our exhibition Landforms. Additionally, our Canada 150 grant extended to funding a painting demo by exhibiting artist Mike Keepness in the NBCAC courtyard space. Some of the visitors sat watching and speaking with Mike over the full duration of Mike’s demo. Plus, our gallery full of visitors watching the FadaDance performance, people enjoyed connection to the paintings and the history of the landscape presented through dance.
The Open House event coincides with the Cathedral Village Arts Festival’s kick-off picnic. In 2016 the AGR extended our Open House partnerships to include the CVAF by co-hosting a FADA Dance performance in the Gallery space, thus drawing an even wider range of visitors into the AGR and the NBCAC. (The AGR shared the artist fees with the CVAF – both organizations promoted the event). The AGR and CVAF partnership also included the AGR hosting a Meet the Artists event in which artists involved with the festival gave talks on their work and CVAF projects. This is an ideal partnership as the Art Gallery of Regina is part of the vibrant Cathedral Area and we expect to continue this exciting partnership next
Toronto has one of the most diverse populations in the world with 49% of Toronto's population being born outside of Canada. Toronto has been said to be the third largest center for English-language theater, superseded only by London and New York. Toronto is also the home of over 50 ballet and dance companies, two symphony orchestras, six opera companies, and many theaters. Toronto is also home to many parades and festivals. Notably the Soctiabank Caribbean Carnival, formerly known as Caribana, and the Pride Week LGBT festival, which is one of the largest in the world and attracts more than 1 million people from all over the
The Old Toronto City Hall play an important role as one of the most important objects in Toronto. It is one of the oldest Site of governance in Ontario and displays the sophistication and sole, at the peak of an Era. This research paper will highlight the importance of the Old City Hall, providing quality points to explain why, it is one of the most important object in Toronto.
My commitment to arts management and policy developed through my extracurricular involvement in the performing arts and work as a Development Assistant at Primary Stages, an off-Broadway theatre company in New York City. I am applying for the MA in Arts Management, Policy, and Practice in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at the University of Manchester due to its emphasis on practical skills and work experience. Moreover, as I pursue a career as a performing arts manager, the university’s proximity to arts and cultural organizations will provide opportunities to engage with the competitive field of arts administration.
the different countries in the world and about 24, 00 to 265, 000 people each year come to Canada. The
contributing to the sociocultural and economic revitalisation of a community (Stanziola, 1999). Therefore, when implemented effectively, arts integration begets various beneficial outcomes for learners, and others within the educational and community environments and such benefits relate particularly well to concepts surrounding diversity and inclusion.
The Renaissance was truly one of the more prominent driving factors for the Grand Tour.
The Capital of Miami Beach has an uniqueness that is essentially allied to the sculptures, and today our diversion, invention and arts societies are tougher than ever. It is sincerely a key for global entertainment and cultural destination (Miamibeachfl.gov, 2015). Jointly, movies, television, commercial and fashion photography generated about $210 million in income in that zone. Latest movies filmed in the Greater Miami region include Donnie Brasco, Speed II, Out of Sight, and There's Something About Mary (City-data.com, 2015). The Department preserves and progresses quality agendas, that creates, fulfill and improve the City’s cultural associations and foundation, together with the Capital's ethnic and tourist activities, whilst endeavoring to stipulate year-round tourism activity that boosts the visitor’s involvement and the value of our residents life (Miamibeachfl.gov, 2015). Miami's beaches fascinate nearly 10 million visitors annually. Tourism endows billions of dollars in revenue to the economy of
Canada, a premier four- season tourism destination (Canadian Tourism Commission, 2013), offers incredible tourism experiences, therefore, Canada becomes one of the top ten countries in the world in respect of tourist arrivals, tourist spenders and tourist receipts (Jayawardena, 2003) Travel deficits grew in Canada yearly from $ 2 billion in 2001 to $17.8 billion in 2012 (see Table1); however, it results in decline to $1.4 billion in 2010 due to Winter Olympic (Deloitte, 2013).
film industry is the largest of any industries with India making the most number of movies per year than