Toronto Craft Alert

Need I say more? If you are a TCA reader, you understand the importance of art and culture to a vibrant and thriving city. Read on to find out more about this initiative, put forward by Friends of the Arts, an alliance of Toronto-based arts groups. Most importantly, sign the petition and have your say!

Photo courtesy of Jumblies Theatre

Send a Message to Protect the Arts!
Please take 30 seconds to add your name to the Friends of the Arts [...]

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Celebrating a crafty victory with Awards For Nothing by the sweetie pie press

I am tardy in sharing this with you, but there is still time to get together your application for the Ontario Arts Council’s revamped Craft Projects grants, due October 17, 2011.

As some of you may know, I had the privilege  of conducting a review of the craft sector for the OAC so that they could gain a clearer understanding of present-day craft practices and re-evaluate their Craft Projects [...]

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Image Courtesy of the FEAST Toronto Blog

Most people who know me know that my two favourite things in the whole wide world are art and food. Needless to say these two events/fundraisers caught my eye when perusing the latest Instant Coffee broadcast in my inbox. Micro-funding seems to have become a hot topic in the world of art and design over the past year and a bit, no doubt as a [...]

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As a member of the ArtsVote Facebook Group, I received the note below from them outlining their campaign priorities for 2010.  Really interesting to note that Toronto’s arts and culture funding  ($18 per Torontonian) falls significantly below Vancouver ($26) and Montreal’s ($33).  Shame shame.

Looking forward to the ArtsVote Report Card in Sept. to help me decide how to vote!

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Hello Artsvote Fans, Folks and Friends,

ArtsVote Toronto 2010 is working to elect candidates who are committed to making Toronto a world-class hub for arts and culture. The highly anticipated ArtsVote Report Card, to be [...]

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An experiment in microfunding for the arts, tinygrants facilitates short term, creative interventions through the distribution of small grants to artists at any stage in their career. tinygrants promotes collaboration, participation, curiosity and awareness amongst a broad range of artists and audiences.

Applications are now available and can be downloaded from www.tinygrants.ca in the “How to Apply” section. Please read the FAQ to learn more about this microgranting model.

Applications are due no later than 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 22, 2009.

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The Ontario Arts Council has a couple of grants that you really should know about (and apply for) as a practicing craft artist or collective/org.  TCA has received funding from the Collectives/Orgs grant for the past couple of years and has grown tremendously as a result.  If you’ve never applied for a grant before and think you aren’t fancy enough, please keep in mind that we were just a personal blog when we started out and had never applied for a grant previously.  As long as you meet the criteria you have a [...]

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