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Jennifer Morse, Miya Shaffer & Ellis Martin-Wylie, “L’envole,” BoucharDanse & Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre -photo Ömer K. Yükseker
TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee TAC Staff
WHAT WE DO Grant Programs Summary of Grants & Awards Grant Recipients - Organizations Grant Recipients - Individuals Impact of Arts Funding Toronto Arts Online
d’bi.young anitafrika, Tarragon Theatre -photo Cylla von Tiedemann
ACCOUNTING FOR IT Auditor’s Report Summarized Balance Sheet Summarized Financial Statement
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee TAC Staff
Toronto Arts Council (TAC) Toronto Arts Council (TAC) provides grants to outstanding artists and arts organizations that contribute to the cultural life of the City of Toronto. Committed to artistic excellence, innovation, and accessibility, TAC supports a wide spectrum of artistic endeavours and a range of activity that makes the City of Toronto one of the leading cultural centres in Canada. Founded in 1974 as an arm’s-length body of the City of Toronto, TAC employs a peer review policy to allocate grants to outstanding artists and arts organizations that contribute to the cultural life of the City of Toronto. TAC grant programs provide support to a broad cross-section of arts practice, reflecting the diversity of artists, arts communities and audiences that it serves.
Toronto Arts Council cultivates artistic talent, nurtures diverse voices, and animates the City of Toronto by supporting the creation, presentation and appreciation of great art. The Toronto Arts Council: • • • • • •
invests in artistic talent and organizational capacity to increase the city’s vitality and engage Toronto audiences is governed by artists, arts workers, arts supporters and civic leaders who are representative of Toronto’s diverse cultural communities and artistic practices creates opportunities for public access, participation and appreciation of art advocates on behalf of the City’s artists and works to increase public awareness of the value of art and to educate civic leaders on effective arts policy collaborates through its foundation (Toronto Arts Foundation) with public and private sector partners to increase resources and opportunities for artists supports cultural diversity in arts creation and presentation
“Acis and Galatea,” Opera Atelier - photo Bruce Zinger
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee TAC Staff
Message from the Chair It is my great pleasure to present Toronto Arts Council’s 2011 annual report. To live in Toronto is to live in the presence of arts and creativity. Home to the country’s largest community of artists, Toronto offers cultural inspiration in the form of performances, exhibitions, festivals and events throughout every season and in every neighbourhood. The value of Toronto’s arts activity far exceeds the experience of the audience member or the community participant; today civic leaders depend on the arts to brand Toronto internationally and business leaders rely on arts programming to attract investment and talent. We all depend on the arts to make the city liveable, approachable, vibrant and friendly. Toronto’s arts sector is a key reason why our city has been ranked fourth in the world for liveability for four years running (Economist Intelligence Unit “Global Liveability Report” 2012). Toronto Arts Council operates under an agreement with the City of Toronto to allocate city funds to Toronto’s artists and arts organizations. TAC’s disbursement of $10.3 million to 439 arts organizations and 237 individual artists in 2011 supported 15,000 arts events generating public participation from over 7.5 million people, including 1.5 million children and youth. TAC allocates the city’s funds with extremely low administration costs and we have done it effectively with rigorous standards of accountability.
John D. McKellar, Chair Toronto Arts Council
I am delighted to have a dedicated board team, led in 2011 by Karen Tisch, President, Jini Stolk, Vice President, Cindy Wan, Secretary and Randal Levine, Treasurer. Each of these members worked with me on the challenge of managing and accounting for our resources. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the significant contributions of those board members who departed at the end of 2011: Vice President Jini Stolk and Treasurer Randy Levine. They both completed six years contributing valuable time and expertise to the organization. I want particularly to thank TAC’s City Councillor Board members Ana Bailão, Shelley Carroll, Gary Crawford, John Filion and Mary Fragedakis who joined the Board in 2011. Finally, TAC’s wonderful staff led by Executive Director Claire Hopkinson is to be commended for offering invaluable support to TAC’s board and committees and working tirelessly on behalf of Toronto’s artists.
John D. McKellar, Chair
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Message from the President It is a great pleasure for me to serve as President of TAC and to work alongside hundreds of talented artists and cultural workers who contribute so much to Toronto. The dedication of our talented team and knowledgeable volunteers is a key ingredient to fulfilling TAC’s mandate of accessibility, transparency and fairness. Through attending hundreds of performances, exhibitions, readings and community-engaged arts events, hosting workshops and outreach sessions and convening the arts community on vital issues, we work hard to anticipate and stay abreast of developments in Toronto’s large and diverse arts scene. Although TAC provides support to some of Toronto’s largest arts organizations, the majority of TAC grants are modest. In 2011, 79% of the grants TAC allocated were under $15,000 and 70% were under $10,000. This translates to more intensive work for staff and volunteers as we provide direct service to applicants. Yet even small grants can assist and motivate artists and arts organizations to create or perform original works, to initiate new artistic collaborations, and to leverage the necessary additional investment to bring their creative projects to fruition. In turn, TAC-supported arts groups present hundreds of free events each year attracting millions of Toronto residents and tourists alike as spectators and participants. Toronto’s artists continue to subsidize the city and we are all the richer for their creative energy and vision. Toronto Arts Council is unique among arts councils in that the majority of its board members are working artists, and its grants to arts organizations are adjudicated entirely by volunteers. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the artists who have served on our board as chairs of arts discipline committees over the past year: Dallas Bergen and Gregory Oh, CoChairs of the Music Committee, Danis Goulet and Jessica Wyman, Co-Chairs of the Visual and Media Arts Committee, Ruth Howard, Chair of the Community Arts Committee, Moynan King and John Van Burek, Co-Chairs of the Theatre Committee, Andrew Pyper, Chair of the Literary Committee and Nova Bhattacharya, Chair of the Dance Committee. Toronto’s artists and residents owe them all a debt of gratitude for their generous contribution of time, energy and expertise.
Karen Tisch, President Toronto Arts Council Karen Tisch, President
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee TAC Staff
Executive Director’s Report Toronto is exploding with creativity, yielding important benefits to local residents, businesses and visitors. Toronto Arts Council, with funding from the City of Toronto, and guidance from the city’s artists, plays an important role in fostering this creative ecology. Our role is to invest City funds to generate maximum impact: • to identify and nurture emerging talent, • to help sustain the City’s galleries, festivals, theatres and concert halls, • to recognize dynamic new ideas and practices as well as the wealth of diverse cultural traditions, and finally, • to support the creative engagement of Torontonians through the arts. This past year Toronto’s investment in the arts held steady despite a challenging fiscal climate. Thousands of Torontonians joined the Friends of the Arts campaign in defence of TAC’s funds when they were threatened. A group of arts, civic and business leaders, of which I was pleased to be a part, developed the Creative Capital Gains report under the leadership of Councillor Michael Thompson. Toronto City Council reaffirmed its commitment to the arts in Toronto when it unanimously adopted the report in May 2011. Another 2011 highlight was the International Society of Performing Arts Congress in Toronto, the most successful ISPA Congress to date. As Co-Chair, I was delighted to welcome over 300 of the world’s leading arts managers and festivals to experience our wealth of talent and cultural infrastructure. TAC has been growing and expanding from a council with knowledge of the downtown core to one with supporters and volunteers located throughout the city assessing artists and arts organizations in every corner of every neighbourhood. TAC has been a leader in developing and implementing the city’s approved Community Arts Action Plan. Our collective expertise crosses scale, discipline and city geography. Every one of us - city councillor, city artist and resident alike, should take pride in these accomplishments.
Claire Hopkinson Executive Director Toronto Arts Council
For their tremendous leadership of Toronto Arts Council, I would like to sincerely thank John McKellar, Chair, and Karen Tisch, President and echo their thanks to departing board and committee members. I would also like to acknowledge the advocacy and vision of Thomas Hendry whose work with Toronto Arts Council played a significant role in the development of cultural policy in Toronto.
Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee
Toronto Arts Council Board of Directors The Toronto Arts Council Board of Directors consists of up to 29 members. The Board consists primarily of professional artists with a deep knowledge of the arts in Toronto and particular expertise in one or more specific arts disciplines. Additional board positions are held by members who contribute an expertise in other areas, including law and finance, and another five positions are held by City Councillors who are appointed directly to the Board by the City of Toronto.
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John McKellar, Chair Karen Tisch, President Don Moffat, Past President Jini Stolk, Vice-President Cindy Wan, Secretary Randal Levine, Treasurer Curtis Barlow Councillor Ana Bailão Dallas Bergen Nova Bhattacharya
Alice Klein Linda R. Lewis Natalie Lue Ruth Howard Gregory Oh Devon Ostrom Andrew Pyper Priscila Uppal John Van Burek Jessica Wyman
Tafelmusik co-production with Banff Centre, Alison Mackay’s “House of Dreams” - photo Donald Lee
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Martha Burns Councillor Shelley Carroll Councillor Gary Crawford Melanie Fernandez Councillor John Filion Councillor Mary Fragedakis Matt Galloway Danis Goulet Ruth Howard Moynan King
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel
Arts Advisory Panel The Arts Advisory Panel was established in 2001 and is made up of national leaders of the arts in Canada, based in the City of Toronto, and provides an additional resource to Toronto Arts Council in representing the arts of the City. Membership represents expertise in literary, film, visual, dance, and music arts, as well as academia and business in the arts.
TAC Committees Advocacy Committee Margaret Atwood, C.C. Atom Egoyan, O.C. Mallory Gilbert, C.M. Norman Jewison, C.C. Molly Johnson, O.C. Karen Kain, C.C. David Mirvish, C.M. Sam Sniderman, O.C. Joyce Zemans, C.M.
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Toronto Arts Council remembers with deep appreciation, Sam Sniderman, former President of TAF Board, former Vice-President of TAC Board, and a member of the Arts Advisory Panel since 2001. He will long be remembered for his enormous contribution to the development of Canadian music and his remarkable volunteerism and patronage of the arts in Toronto.
“Migration” Red Sky Performance - Don Lee
Sam (the Record Man) Sniderman - photo Tom Sandler
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel
Toronto Arts Council Committees in 2011 Standing Committees representing various arts disciplines make recommendations to TAC’s board on grant applications and advise the board on policy issues relevant to their respective areas of expertise. Membership on these committees is comprised of artists and arts administrators practising in the relevant arts discipline, while committees are chaired by artists who sit on the TAC Board of Directors.
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Community Arts Ruth Howard, Chair Mahlikah Awe:ri Anna Camilleri Kim Crosby Rob Howarth Kevin Ormsby Alia Toor Dance Nova Bhattacharya, Chair Jessa Agilo-Copeland Lionel Félix Charmaine Headley Kate Holden Keiko Ninomiya Jon Reid
Large Institutions Jini Stolk, Chair Colleen Blake Cathryn Gregor Mervon Mehta Literary Andrew Pyper, Chair Farzana Doctor Robert Hough Maureen Hynes Music Dallas Bergen, Co-Chair Gregory Oh, Co-Chair Jane Hargraft Kathleen Kajioka Joseph Macerollo Caitlin Smith Richard Underhill Vineet Vyas Aisha Wickham
Theatre Moynan King, Co-Chair John Van Burek, Co-Chair Marjorie Chan Alex Fallis Camilla Holland Ravi Jain Richard Lee Beatriz Pizano Donna-Michelle St. Bernard Jordan Tannahill Visual Arts / Media Arts Danis Goulet, Co-Chair Jessica Wyman, Co-Chair Deanna Bowen Heather Keung Michael Klein Shauna McCabe
Patricia Guerrero, Toronto International Flamenco Festival - photo Quame Scott
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee TAC Staff
Advocacy Committee The Advocacy Committee, a collaboration of Toronto Arts Council and Toronto Arts Foundation, is a non-partisan group of arts leaders who come together to identify priorities and develop recommendations to TAC and TAF in arts advocacy strategy. Curtis Barlow (Co-Chair), Fort York Foundation Micheline McKay (Co-Chair), the Arts Advocate Nichole Anderson, Business for the Arts Maxine Bailey, Toronto International Film Festival Rose Bellosillo, Hot Docs Jack Blum, Reel Canada Martha Burns, actor Bev Carret, AGO Alice Klein, NOW Magazine Jacoba Knaapen, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts Che Kothari, Manifesto Community Projects Sally Lee, Soulpepper Theatre Brad Lepp, Luminato Festival Shannon Litzenberger, Metcalf Arts Policy Fellow Amy Mushinski, Canadian Opera Company Devon Ostrom, visual artist Colleen Smith, Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall Jini Stolk, Creative Trust Sally Szuster, Mount Sinai Hospital Dan Tisch, Argyle Communications John Van Burek, Pleiades Theatre Jessica Wyman, writer, curator
Ron Kennell and Maria Ricossa in “The Maids,” Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - photo Jeremy Mimnagh
“The Post Office,” Pleiades Theatre - photo Cylla von Tiedemann
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Council Message from the Chair Message from the President Executive Director’s Report TAC Board of Directors Arts Advisory Panel TAC Committees Advocacy Committee TAC Staff
Toronto Arts Council Staff Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director Susan Wright, Director of Operations Beth Reynolds, Director of Grants William Huffman, Associate Director and Visual & Media Arts Grants Officer; Literary Grants Officer Margo Charlton, Theatre Grants Officer Michael Du Maresq, Associate Theatre Officer / Acting Dance Officer Christy Di Felice, Music Grants Officer Soraya Peerbaye, Dance Grants Officer Andrew Suri, Community Arts Grants Officer Dewi Minden, Special Projects Manager and Executive Assistant Rachel Feldbloom, Grants Assistant Norma Garcia, Grants Assistant Michelle Parson, Office Manager Selvam Sridas, Finance Officer
TSoulful Messiah 2 - Ballet Creole - photo Peter Lear Tango Soul, What’s Classical, Harbourfront Centre
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Grant Programs Summary of Grants & Awards Grant Recipients - Organizations Grant Recipients - Individuals Impact of Arts Funding Toronto Arts Online
Toronto Arts Council offers grants programs to support Toronto-based artists and arts organizations. Funding is provided to arts organizations, collectives and individual artists through a range of programs in different artistic disciplines:
Community Arts Music
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Large Institutions Literary Visual/Media Arts
Operating grants provide ongoing support to arts organizations for both their operations and programming. In addition to the annual operating stream, a multi-year funding stream increases an organization’s ability to engage in long-term planning by providing confirmation of funding for a three-year period, while reducing the administrative workload of the annual application process. Project grants provide organizations, collectives and individual artists with time-limited support for specific projects.
Measha Brueggergosman & Michael Maniaci in “Clemenza di Tito,” Opera Atelier - photo Bruce Zinger
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WHAT WE DO 2011 Allocations Summary of Grants and Awards Grant Programs Summary of Grants & Awards
2011 ALLOCATIONS SUMMARY OF GRANTS AND AWARDS ORGANIZATIONS / COLLECTIVES
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Grant Recipients - Organizations Grant Recipients - Individuals Impact of Arts Funding Toronto Arts Online
1,612 applications for grants were submitted to TAC in 2011
Community Arts Dance Large Institutions Literary Music Theatre Visual/Media Arts Sub-total Operating
19 34 5 5 72 48 36 219
475,180 1,027,025 1,573,797 104,100 1,810,806 2,424,950 1,398,592 $8,814,450
19 33 5 5 72 46 36 216
399,690 871,050 1,420,715 104,100 1,549,617 2,221,630 1,234,784 $7,801,586
Projects Community Arts 1 Dance Literary Music Theatre Visual/Media Arts Sub-total Projects
115 64 19 79 143 50 470
1,225,476 524,230 110,883 475,680 1,249,920 353,910 $3,940,099
56 21 14 54 49 27 221
471,984 137,650 48,950 195,850 269,975 94,000 $1,218,409
TOTAL Organizations
689
$12,754,549
437
$9,019,995
70 118 279 138 316 921
540,681 555,591 1,330,000 846,910 1,724,000 $4,997,182
19 44 59 37 78 237
112,650 187,650 334,000 202,000 402,000 $1,238,300
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20,000 25,000 $45,000
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20,000 25,000 $45,000
1,612
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INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS Dance Composers Visual Artists Media Artists Writers TOTAL Individuals STRATEGIC INITIATIVES ArtReach Toronto Neighbourhood Arts Network TOTAL Strategic Initiatives TOTAL (ALL PROGRAMS)
RAW (Raging Asian Women) Taiko Drummers - photo Brian Carson
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439 arts organizations were supported by TAC in 2011
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106 & York Urban Arts Festival,180 Change Street,416 Festival Collective, 60 Painters, 88 Days of Fortune, A Space, Gallery, Abilities Arts Festival, Academy Concert Series, Acting Up Stage Theatre Company, Actor’s Playhouse Collective, adelheid dance, African Canadian Children’s Literary Festival, AfriCan Theatre Ensemble, Afro-Caribbean Dance Group, Against the Grain Theatre, Aldeburgh Connection, Alias Dance Project, Alliance Française de Toronto, Aluna Theatre, AMA Events Planning, Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto, Amici Chamber Ensemble, AMY Project, Anandam Dancetheatre Productions, Aradia Ensemble, Arraymusic, Art Bar Poetry Series, Art City in St. James Town, Art for Commuters, Art Gallery of York University, Art Metropole, Art of Time Ensemble, Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre, Artists Film Exhibition Group, Arts for Children and Youth, Arts Inter-Media, Arts4All Creative Society, Ashkenaz Foundation, Asian Arts Freedom School, Association of Artists for A Better World, Association of Improvising Musicians Toronto, Axis Music, Azure Rivers. b current, Bach Children’s Chorus of Scarborough, Ballet Creole, Ballet Jorgen, Batuki Music Society, Bell’Arte Singers, blackandblue dance projects, Bleecker Street Co-operative Homes, Bloor Improvement Group, Blue Balloon Productions, BoucharDanse, Box Collective, Break it Down Dance Inititives, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Burning Playgrounds, Cabaret Theatre Company, Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre, Cahoots Theatre Projects,Camera Strap Collective, Canada Clown, Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists, Canadian Art Foundation, Canadian Art Song Project, Canadian Children’s Dance Theatre, Canadian Children’s Opera Company, Canadian Film Centre,Canadian Film in the Schools, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Canadian Music Centre, Canadian Stage Company, CanAsian Dance Festival,Candles are for Burning Co., Canzine Arts Festival, CARFAC Ontario, Calos Bulosan Theatre, Cart/Horse Theatre, Casa Cultural, Colombiana, Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestra, Cedar Ridge Studio Gallery, Central Toronto Community Health Centre, Central Toronto Youth Services, Centre for Aboriginal Media, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Chappie Musical Project, Charles Street Video, Children’s Peace Theatre, Chimera Project, Chinese Artists Society of Toronto, Chinese Opera Group of Toronto, Choirs Ontario, Chris Langan Weekend, Cinefranco, Classical Music Consort, Clay and Paper Theatre, COBA Collective of Black Artists, Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie, Community Arts Guild, Community Folk Art Council, Company Theatre, Company Theatre Crisis, Contact Contemporary Music, Contact Toronto Photography Festival, Continuum, Corpus Dance Projects, Crooked Figure Dances, Crow’s Theatre Company, Da Capo Productions, Dance Immersion, Dance Matters Dance Produtions, Dance Ontario Association, Dance Umbrella of Ontario, Dancemakers, DanceWorks, Descant Arts and Letters Foundation, Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society, Diaspora Film Festival Group, Dixon Hall Music School, Documentary Organization of Canada Toronto, Chapter, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Dreamwalker Dance Company, Driftwood Theatre Group, Drum Artz Canada, Dusk Dances, Earthworks Community Music, Earwitness Productions, East Scarborough Storefront - Tides Canada Initiatives, Ecce Homo Theatre, Echo Women’s Choir, Edge of the Woods Theatre, Eight Fest Small-Gauge Film Festival, Eldritch Theatre, Elmer Iseler Singers, Ensemble Polaris, Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company, Esprit Orchestra, Etobicoke Centennial Choir, Etobicoke Community Concert Band, Etobicoke Handweavers & Spinners Guild, Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra, Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O’Connell, Events in Real Time, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan, Exchange Rate Collective, Exultate Chamber Singers, Factory Theatre, FADO Performance Inc., Flemingdon Neighbourhood Services, Force for Cultural Events Production Inc., Franco-fete de la communaute urbaine de Toronto, Franklin Carmichael Art Group, Friendly Spike Theatre Band, Fringe of Toronto, fu-GEN Theatre Company, Fujiwara Dance Inventions, FunkaBelly Collective, Gadfly, Gallery 44, Gay Heritage Project, GBSP Centre Corp (The Young Centre), Good Hair Day Productions, Greetings from Motherland, GUILD, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Harbourfront Centre, Hardworkin’ Homosexuals, Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company, High Park Choirs of Toronto, Horizons for Youth, Hot Docs Documentary Festival, hum dansoundart not just a dance company, I Furiosi Baroque Ensemble, IMPACT Indian Martial and Performance Art Collective of Toronto, Impossible Arts, Inner City Angels, Insideout Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Inc., InterAccess, International Bellydance Conference Canada, International Readings at Harbourfront, Ipsita Nova Dance Projects, Iranian Canadian Centre for Art and Culture, JAZZ.FM91 Inc., Jubilate Singers, Jumblies Theatre, JunctQin Keyboard Collective, Just Bgraphic, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Kaeja d’Dance, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Kaisoca Pass De Torch, Kapisanan Philippine, Centre, Keys to the Studio, Kitchen Band Productions, Koffler Gallery, Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra, Korean Dance Studies Society, La Petite Musicale of Toronto, Lab Cab Festival, Larchaud Dance Project, Larkin Singers, Las Perlas del Mar Productions Inc, Latin St. Music, Le Laboratoire d’Art, Le Théâtre français de Toronto, Le Théâtre La Tangente, League of Canadian Poets, Les Amis Concerts, Life Rattle, LIFT, Little Pear Garden Collective, Lost Lyrics, Lula Music and Arts Centre, MABELLEarts,MacGregor Park Art Club, Making Room Community Arts, Mammalian Diving Reflex, Manifesto Community Projects, Mariposa in the Schools, May Joan Collective, Mayworks, Menaka Thakkar Dance Company, Mercer Union , METRAC, Miss Caledonia Collective, Mixed Company, Modern Times Stage Company, MOonhORsE dance theatre, Mooredale Concerts, Morley/McCutcheon, Moveable Beast, Muddy York Arts, Muhtadi International Drumming Festival, Mural Routes Inc., Music Africa of Canada Inc., Music Gallery, Music Mondays Community Series, Music Toronto, Nagata Shachu, Nathaniel Dett Chorale, National Shevchenko Musical Ensemble, National Theatre of the World, Native Earth Performing Arts, Native Women in the Arts, Necessary Angel Theatre Company, New Adventures In Sound Art, New Harlem Productions, New Music Concerts, Nhapitapi Mbira, Nightswimming, Nightwood Theatre, North York Concert Orchestra, Northern Visions Independent Film & Video Association, Nufunk Concerts, Obsidian Theatre Company Inc. One Little Goat Theatre Company, Onsite [at] OCAD University, Ontario Association of Art Galleries, Ontario Crafts Council, Open Door Storytelling Project, Open Studio, Opera Atelier, Opera In Concert, Orchestra Toronto, Org. of Calypso Performing Artistes, Oriana Women’s Choir, Orpheus Choir of Toronto, Outside the March, PACT, Pan Trinbago Steelband Assoc. of Ontario, Paper Laced Productions, Paprika Festival, Parkdale Beauty Pageant Society, Pax Christi Chorale, Pea Green Theatre Group, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, PhemPhat Entertainment Group, PKM Jayanti Festival, Planet in Focus, Playwrights Guild of Canada, Pleiades Theatre, PofT Collective, Power Plant, Pratibha Arts, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, princess productions, ProArteDanza, Project X, Prologue to the Performing Arts,Public Recordings Performance Projects, Puppetmongers, Quantum Creations, Queen Of Puddings Music Theatre Co., QuipTake, Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers, Red Pepper Spectacle Arts, Red Sky Performance, Red Tree, Regent Park Film Festival Inc., Regent Park Focus, Regent Park School of Music, Remix Project, Rina Singha Kathak Dance Organization, Roseneath Theatre, Rowers Pub Reading Series Inc., Royal Conservatory of Music, Russian-Canadian Theatrical Community Centre, Salon du Livre de Toronto, Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace, San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre, Scaramella Concerts, Scarborough Bluffs Music, Scarborough Caribbean Youth Dance Ensemble, Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra, Scarborough Sweet Adelines, Schools Without Borders, Series 8:08, Seventh Stage Theatre Productions, Shadow Songs, Shadowland Theatre, Shakespearience Performing Arts, Sherbourne Health Ctr: SOY, Shinsedai Cinema Festival, Sinfonia Toronto, Sistering, Sketch, Small Theatre Administrative Facility, Small Wooden Shoe, Small World Music Society, Smile Company, Somali Business Development Centre, Somewhere There Creative Music Presentation, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Soundstreams Canada, South Asian Visual Arts Collective, Southern Currents / Corrientes Del Sur, Spectrum Composers Collective, St. Christopher House Music School, St. Stephen’s Community House, Starving Artists Collective, Stop Community Food Centre, Storytellers School of Toronto, Studio 180 Theatre Company, Subtle Technologies, Suburban Beast, SUM, SummerWorks Theatre Festival, Syrinx Concerts Toronto, Tafelmusik,Talisker Players Chamber Music, Tamala,Tapestry New Opera Works, Tarragon Theatre, Tellery,Tessellate Institute, Textile Museum of Canada, Theatre Archipelago,Theatre Centre, Theatre Columbus, Theatre Direct Canada, Theatre Gargantua, Theatre Ontario, Theatre Panik, Theatre Passe Muraille, Theatre Smash, Theatre Smith-Gilmour, Theatrefront Inc.,TheatreRun, THEWAVES, Throwdown Collective, Topological Theatre, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts,Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week, Toronto Animated Image Society, Toronto Blues Society, Toronto Book and Magazine Fair, Toronto Chamber Choir, Toronto Children’s Chorus, Toronto Consort, Toronto Dance Theatre,Toronto Downtown Jazz,Toronto Drama Troupe,Toronto Early Music Centre, Toronto Heritage Dance,Toronto International Flamenco Festival,Toronto Jewish Film Festival,Toronto Jewish Folk Choir,Toronto MasqueTheatre,Toronto Mendelssohn Choir,Toronto Opera Repertoire,Toronto OperettaTheatre,Toronto Photographers Workshop,Toronto Poetry Project, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival,Toronto Sinfonietta,Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival Group,Toronto Small Press Group,Toronto Summer Music Foundation,Toronto Tabla Ensemble,Toy Piano Composers,Tribal Crackling Wind for the Arts,Trigger Collective,Trinity Square Video,Tune Your Ride Collective,Typecast Dance Company, U.N.I.T. Productions,University Settlement Music School,Univox Choir Toronto ,UnSpun Theatre,Urban Non-violent Initiatives Through Youth, UYIRPPU: Progressive Tamil Women Artistic Organization, V Tape,Vesnivka Choir Inc., Via Salzburg, Victoria Scholars Men’s Choral Ensemble, VideoCabaret International,Videography 4 Kids, VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto, Volcano NonProfit Produtions Inc., Wavelength Music Arts Projects, Wedge Curatorial Projects, Whippersnapper Gallery, Window Collective, Women’s Art Resource Centre, Women’s Musical Club of Toronto, Working Women Community Centre, Workman Arts Project, XPACE Cultural Centre, Xxi ,Year Zero One,Young People’s Theatre, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Zata Omm Dance Projects
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WHAT WE DO Grant Recipients – Individuals Grant Programs Summary of Grants & Awards Grant Recipients - Organizations Grant Recipients - Individuals Impact of Arts Funding Toronto Arts Online
237 individual artists’ projects were supported by TAC in 2011
Byron Abalos / Andrea Mapili, Meryem Alaoui, Jaime Angelopoulos, Ellie Anglin, David Armstrong, Marcos Arriaga, Marie Beath Badian, Larra Baker, Joshua Barndt, Philip Beesley, Tyler Belluz, Cecilia Berkovic, Becky Blake, Jonas Bonnetta, Chris Bottomley, Lyndsie Bourgon, Jubal Brown, Bill Burns, Christopher Butcher, Rebecca Buttigieg, Sarah Cale, Julie Cameron-Gray, Lua Casu, Kate Cayley, Ernesto Cervini, Ka Nin Chan, Mitchell Chan, Chloe Charles, Anna Chatterton, Rita Chiarelli, Sarah Clifford-Rashotte, Joshua Cockerill, Stephanie Cormier, Brian Current, Chris Curreri, Diana Dai, Michael Davidson, Tara Davidson, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Kristen Delmage, Spy Denomme-Welch, Margaret DeRosia, Hardish Dhaliwal, Sarindar Dhaliwal, John Dickson, Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Katenen Dioubate, Andrew Downing, Jason Dressler / Lars Dressler, Igor Drljaca, Mark Dudiak, Mark Duggan, Paul Dunn, Phil Dwyer, Dave Dyment, Christine Estima, Jann Everard, Denniston Ewan, Stephen Fakiyesi, John Kameel Farah, Attila Fias, Jay Field, Marie France Forcier, Susanna Fournier, Nick Fox-Gieg, David Frankovich, Solomon Friedman, Kenny Fries, Tina Fushell, Ken Galloway, Stacy Gardner, Jenn Goodwin, Gisele Gordon, Laurie D Graham, Lauren Hall, Anitra Hamilton, Shari Hatt, David Hein / Irene Sankoff, Lee Henderson, Catherine Hernandez, Dan Hershfield, Alice Ping Yee Ho, Colm Hogan, Anna Humphrey, Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman, Makiko Ishihara, Roshanak Jaberizadeh, Maneli Jamal, Naomi Jaye, Shari Kasman, Peter Katz,Shelagh Keeley, Joseph Kertes, Sang Kim, Lauren Kirshner, Keiko Kitano, Brian Kobayakawa, Alon Kol, Jules Koostachin, Karen Kraven, Sholem Krishtalka, Karen Krossing, Nestor Kruger, Faith La Rocque, Rekha Lakra, Amy Lee Lavoie, Ryan Legassicke, Laura Legge, Michael Lewis, Yonah Lewis / Calvin Thomas, Micah Lexier, Barbara Lindenberg, Keith Lock, Angela Loft, Darrelle London, Samuel López, Kristie MacDonald, Don MacDougall, Paul MacDougall, Sue MacLeod, Coleen Macpherson, Azed Majeed, Kim Maltman / Roo Borson, Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Christopher Manson, Nahed Mansour, Jorge Manzano, Kelly Mark, Helen Marshall, Kiyomi McCloskey, Jon McCurley, Haley McGee, Kenneth McGoogan, Chris McKhool, Steve McOrmond, Rachel McRae, Richie Mehta, Radha Menon, Hazel Meyer, Allyson Mitchell / Fiona Smyth, Nuudi Mohamud, Kent Monkman, Motion, Jennifer Murphy, Amanda Nedham, Eroca Nicols, Keiko Ninomiya, Natasha Nuhanovic, Anders Oinonen, Wojciech Olejnik / Sarah Jane Gorlitz, Luis Orbegoso, Kevin Ormsby, Meagan O’Shea, Luke Painter, Brian Panhuyzen, Laura Paolini, Ryan Park, Sojourner Parsons, Roula Partheniou, Anna Passakas, Erik Patterson, Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Wagner Petrilli, Paulette Phillips, Alison Pick, Edward Pien, Beatriz Pizano, Sandy Plotnikoff, William Pollard, John Porter, Jeremy Proulx, Elyne Quan, Ben Randriamananjara, Jessica Reynolds, Mitch Robertson, Ray Robertson, Aimee Dawn Robinson, Carmen Romero, Erik Ross, Eric Beck Rubin, Jessica Runge, Julia Sasso, Ivana Santilli, Hassan Santur, Jacob Scheier, Dianne Scott, Don Scott, Seth Scriver, Mitra Sen, Elizabeth Shepherd, Promise Shepherd, Emil Sher, Tim Yun Tein Shia, Erin Shields, Adam Shier, Jonathan Chan Simpson, David Sobelman, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, Mark Stevenson, Nick Storring, Max Streicher, Amy Stuart, Suzanne Sutherland, Ian Swain, Cole Swanson, Christine Swintak, Jordan Tannahill, Jeannie Thib, Ian Thompson / Karen Hanson, Matthew Trafford, Phoebe Tsang, Marni Van Dyk, Kasia Juno Van Schaik, Joshua Van Tassel / Valery Gore, Sherri Vanderveen, Bageshree Vaze, Dan Vena, Brandon Vickerd, Halli Villegas, Shan Vincent de Paul, Daryl Vocat, Amar Wala, Betsy Walters, Ryan Ward, Bahia Watson, Blain Watters, Margaret Webb, David Widdicombe, Irene Whittaker-Cumming, Kate Wilson, Glen Wood / Danijel Margetic, Catriona Wright, Kate Yorga, Daniel Young, Ling Zhang, Sashar Zarif, Mark Zubek
Mark Duggan, Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan -photo Joseph Timar
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WHAT WE DO Impact of Arts Funding Grant Programs Summary of Grants & Awards Grant Recipients - Organizations
$10.3 million in grants were distributed to 674 arts organizations and individual artists in 2011
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7.5 million people attended TAC supported exhibitions, performances & festivals, 1.5 million of these, children & youth For every $1 TAC invested in an arts organization, $14.91 was generated in 2011 Other Government $5.11
Total dollars raised by arts organizations in 2011, compared to TAC investment
TAC$1.00 $42,859,900
Private Sector $4.73
$45,935,300
$46,306,714
Earned Revenue
Other Government
$9,064,995
Earned Revenue $5.07
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Over 25 thousand volunteers donated more than 540 thousand working hours to TAC funded arts organizations in 2011
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15 thousand performances, exhibitions and festivals were supported by TAC in 2011 Over 400 spaces in Toronto are maintained or supported by TAC funded arts organizations
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WHAT WE DO Toronto Arts Online Grant Programs Summary of Grants & Awards Grant Recipients - Organizations Grant Recipients - Individuals Impact of Arts Funding Toronto Arts Online
Toronto Arts Online is an excellent source of information listing all types of arts and cultural activity from performances to classes, literary events to fundraisers, art exhibits to museum collections that are happening in the City. In support of all members of the cultural community, TAO is offered as a free promotional service to artists and arts organizations across Toronto. Listings on TAO also appear on Live with Culture and are linked to TOTix. www.torontartsonline.org
Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada - photo Peter Lear
35% of the thousands of events listed on Toronto Arts Online are free to the public George Masswohl, Young People’s Theatre - photo Daniel Alexander
Red Sky Performance at National Aboriginal Achievement Awards - photo Aaron Pierre “Ganga,” Janak Khendry Dance Company - photo David Hou
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ACCOUNTING FOR IT Toronto Arts Council: Auditor’s Report Auditor’s Report Summarized Balance Sheet
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Summarized Financial Statements Prepared from the Audited Financial Statements December 31, 2011 Independent Auditors’ Report on Summarized Financial Statements To the Directors of Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation (operating as Toronto Arts Council) The accompanying summarized financial statements, which comprise the summarized balance sheet as at December 31, 2011 and the summarized statement of revenues, expenses and changes in program balances for the year then ended, are derived from the audited financial statements of Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation (operating as Toronto Arts Council) for the year ended December 31, 2011. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated June 20, 2011. Those financial statements, and the summarized financial statements, do not reflect the effects of events that occurred subsequent to the date of our report on those financial statements. The summarized financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Reading the summarized financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation (operating as Toronto Arts Council). Management’s Responsibility for the Summarized Financial Statements: Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Auditors’ Responsibility: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summarized financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, “Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements”.
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Opinion: In our opinion, the summarized financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of Toronto Cultural Advisory Corporation (operating as Toronto Arts Council) for the year ended December 31, 2011 are a fair summary of those financial statements, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Marinucci & Company Toronto, Ontario Chartered Accountants Licensed Public Accountants June 18, 2012
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ACCOUNTING FOR IT Toronto Arts Council: Summarized TORONTO CULTURAL ADVISORY CORPORATION (Operating as Toronto Arts Council) Auditor’s Report
Summarized Balance Sheet as at December 31
Summarized Balance Sheet Summarized Statement
Balance Sheet
2011
2010
$
$
ASSETS Current: Cash Short-term investments Amounts receivable Due from Toronto Arts Foundation Prepaid expenses
108,283 843,464 22,708 62,578 15,817
80,146 889,862 21,566 47,670 15,320
1,052,850
1,054,564
13,545
13,470
$ 1,066,395
$ 1,068,034
$
$
Capital assets, net
LIABILITIES Current: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Cultural Grants Program: grants payable
90,583 799,250
62,257 830,500
889,833
892,757
13,545 (13,310) 235
13,470 (15,880) (2,410)
174,245
172,900
2,082
4,787
176,562
175,277
$ 1,066,395
$ 1,068,034
PROGRAM BALANCES Operations Program: Invested in capital assets Unrestricted
Loan Program Cultural Grants Program
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ACCOUNTING FOR IT Summarized Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Program Balances
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Year ended December 31
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Summarized Statement of Revenues, Expenses and changes in Program Balances 2011
2010
REVENUES City of Toronto grants: Cultural Grants Program Operations Program Other grants and contributions Interest Miscellaneous
$10,241,870 1,234,070 126,090 23,532 37,500
$10,241,870 1,234,070 101,379 12,032 32,385
11,663,062
11,621,736
10,353,726 1,229,548 70,322 8,181
10,338,556 1,202,397 72,704 9,997
11,661,777
11,623,654
EXPENSES Grants and awards Administration Adjudication costs Amortization
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES
1,285
PROGRAM BALANCES, beginning of year PROGRAM BALANCES, end of year
(1,918)
175,277 $
176,562
177,195 $
175,277
3 Trish Lindström, “Dream,” Soulpepper Theatre -photo Cylla von Tiedemann
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TORONTO ARTS FOUNDATION 2011 ANNUAL REPORT WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Foundation Message from the Chair Executive Director’s Report TAF Board of Directors TAF Staff
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Foundation (TAF) Toronto Arts Foundation Message from the Chair Executive Director’s Report TAF Board of Directors TAF Staff
Toronto Arts Foundation is powered by a vision: Creative City: Block by Block, a commitment to connect every Toronto neighbourhood to the transformative power of artistic activity. Toronto Arts Foundation (TAF) is a non-profit charitable organization with the exclusive focus and unique strengths to design effective programs that unite art making and city building. Toronto Arts Foundation leverages the knowledge and experience of its sister organization Toronto Arts Council to spearhead initiatives to strengthen arts accessibility throughout the City of Toronto. TAF seeks to achieve increased social and economic benefits from the arts for our city, increased citizen participation in the arts, increased recognition of Toronto’s artistic excellence and increased financial investment in the arts. Toronto Arts Foundation is a knowledge centre, as well as a convener and catalyst at the forefront of collaborations between organizations committed to successful city-building.
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Cultura Festival, North York - photo Markus Fehr
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WHO WE ARE Message from the Chair Toronto Arts Foundation Message from the Chair Executive Director’s Report TAF Board of Directors TAF Staff
I am honoured to serve as Chair of the Toronto Arts Foundation alongside a dedicated team of Board Members, talented staff and energetic volunteers. Over the course of the last year the Toronto Arts Foundation has served as an important voice for the arts community, leading the conversation on the value and impact of the arts in Toronto. Under the inspiring leadership of Executive Director, Claire Hopkinson, the Foundation has advanced its strategic initiatives by achieving greater recognition for the talented artists and arts organizations across the city through the Toronto Arts Foundation Awards, building the capacity of the Neighbourhood Arts Network and its 800 members across the city, developing the North York Arts hub and partnering with significant institutions to carry out the Arts Impact Study. The Toronto Arts Foundation provides opportunities for strategic investment in the arts sector and we are grateful for the support of our major partners: The Minto Group, City of Toronto, RBC, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Government of Ontario and the Toronto Arts Council. To realize our exciting vision of city building through the arts, we rely on these relationships and look forward to introducing new donors and sponsors to our vision and impact in the years ahead. Toronto is an increasingly creative city. The work of the Toronto Arts Foundation will help all neighbourhoods benefit from this achievement.
Susan Crocker, Chair
Susan Crocker, Chair Toronto Arts Foundation
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WHO WE ARE Executive Director’s Report Toronto Arts Foundation Message from the Chair Executive Director’s Report TAF Board of Directors TAF Staff
Toronto Arts Foundation experienced important growth and development in 2011, clarifying both its unique strengths as well as its complementary role as a sister organization to Toronto Arts Council. Timely initiatives such as the Neighbourhood Arts Network (NAN) have demonstrated that strategic investment in the arts contributes meaningfully to city building. Building connections, building capacity, and sharing knowledge has led to a number of exciting interventions. Our Arts Impact Study is a catalyst for far reaching conversations with local artists and community leaders in Malvern, St. James Town and Weston-Mount Dennis about the importance of the arts and its sustainability in underserved neighbourhoods in Toronto. Toronto Arts Foundation completed the run of the First Impressions series – a wonderful initiative with Heritage Toronto and RBC which shared the stories with TTC riders of five artists who decided to make Toronto their home: Arsinée Khanjian, Keiko Kitano, Dáirine Ní Mheadhra, Andrew Moro, and Trichy Sankaran. It is a great pleasure to work with new Toronto Arts Foundation Chair, Susan Crocker and board member Jill Black who have both been tremendously generous with their time, energy and intellect as we move forward with exciting strategic directions for the Foundation.
Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director
Claire Hopkinson Executive Director Toronto Arts Foundation
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WHO WE ARE Toronto Arts Foundation Board of Directors Diana Bennett, Chair (until June 2011) Susan Crocker, Chair (from June 2011) Cindy Wan, Secretary Randal Levine, Treasurer David A. Angelo Curtis Barlow Jill Black Randy Dalton Sara Diamond Gerald George Linda R. Lewis Micheline McKay Don Moffat Janice Price Karen Tisch
Toronto Arts Foundation Message from the Chair Executive Director’s Report TAF Board of Directors TAF Staff
Toronto Arts Foundation Staff Claire Hopkinson, Executive Director Susan Wright, Director of Operations William Huffman, Associate Director Margo Charlton, Research Manager Yvette Lam, Community Partnership Manager Skye Louis, Neighbourhood Arts Network Coordinator Jason Maghanoy, Community Investment Manager Dewi Minden, Special Projects Manager and Executive Assistant Michelle Parson, Office Manager Selvam Sridas, Finance Officer
SKETCH Working Arts - photo Sonya Reynolds
SKETCH Working Arts - photo Sonya Reynolds
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WHAT WE DO Signature Initiatives of Toronto Arts Foundation TAF Initiatives Neighbourhood Arts Network North York Arts Arts Awards First Impressions Research & Publications Volunteer Network
Toronto Arts Foundation is committed to giving voice to the arts, turning up the spotlight on Toronto’s artists and arts organizations, and connecting communities to the arts throughout the city. Through its signature initiatives, Toronto Arts Foundation makes a direct impact on the cultural life of the city, helping fund and create innovative programs that award excellence, cultivate artistic potential, engage community members and create lasting legacies for the City of Toronto.
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Red Dress Productions partnership with Bleecker Street Co-op - photo Katie Yelland
Live at the Square, Manifesto Festival - photo Lisa Wong
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WHAT WE DO Neighbourhood Arts Network TAF Initiatives Neighbourhood Arts Network North York Arts Arts Awards First Impressions Research & Publications Volunteer Network
The Neighbourhood Arts Network (NAN) connects artists, arts organizations, cultural workers and community agencies working throughout the City of Toronto, from North York to the downtown core, and from Etobicoke to Scarborough. NAN offers professional development workshops, networking opportunities, research, advocacy and promotion through live gatherings as well as the virtual online network. In addition to the many workshops and networking events in 2011, NAN initiated Culture Days @ Library in partnership with Toronto Public Library and Culture Days, matching more than 85 artists with 48 library branches; launched the New Connections series for newcomer artists; and published the Arts & Equity Toolkit, later to be included in the 2012 publication Pluralism in the Arts in Canada: A Change is Gonna Come by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives edited by Charles Smith.
“NAN membership has more than doubled to include over 800 members by the end of 2011. This means that hundreds of community-engaged artists and cultural practitioners working in neighbourhoods across the city are finding each other, exchanging information, collaborating and overcoming isolation through the NAN network.”~ Skye Louis, NAN Coordinator
Neighbourhood Arts Network Malvern Youth Arts Info Session “Arts Impact Study” - photo Margo Charlton
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WHAT WE DO North York Arts TAF Initiatives Neighbourhood Arts Network North York Arts Arts Awards First Impressions Research & Publications Volunteer Network
In January – March 2011 Toronto Arts Foundation conducted extensive research and community consultations in the North York area. North York has a population of over 635,000, contains some of the most affluent neighbourhoods as well as some of the most in need, is one of the most diverse areas of Toronto and is home to an active arts community. One of the recommendations in the resulting report Arts North York, Fostering Arts Engagement in North York gave rise to Toronto Arts Foundation’s creation of a new arts hub: North York Arts (NYA). In collaboration with Neighbourhood Arts Network, City Councillors, Toronto’s Culture Division, community partners and businesses, NYA fosters arts programming and facilitates engagement in the local community. Lila Karim came on board in August 2011 as the inaugural Managing Director charged with leading this exciting new development.
Lila Karim, Managing Director North York Arts
Cultura Festival -photo Markus Fehr
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WHAT WE DO Toronto Arts Foundation Awards TAF Initiatives Neighbourhood Arts Network North York Arts Arts Awards First Impressions Research & Publications Volunteer Network
The Toronto Arts Foundation Awards captures the cultural legacy of the city by celebrating those helping to write its cultural history. Through its awards portfolio, Toronto Arts Foundation has honoured many of Toronto’s finest artists and arts organizations, including: Governor General Award Nominated Playwright Anusree Roy, Soulpepper Founder Albert Schultz, Manifesto Community Projects, Theatre Director Weyni Mengesha, internationally acclaimed flute virtuoso Robert Aitken, renowed jazz singer Molly Johnson, Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre and more. The awards, presented as part of the annual Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch, welcome the entire spectrum of Toronto’s creative community to celebrate the arts and the cultural contributions of business and civic leaders, as well as artists of all disciplines. Finalist Portrait Series In 2011, Toronto Arts Foundation launched its Finalists Portrait Series, a stunning collection of portraits capturing each of the Finalists in their creative element. These beautiful stills were created by Denise Grant Photography, and were featured online on the NOW Magazine website, as well as at the Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch as part of a branded art installation.
Finalist Reza Jacobs -photo Denise Grant
2011 Award Winners
“I was absolutely floored when the TAF selected me to be the recipient of the Emerging Artist Award. The money allowed me to continue work on my feature-length screenplay Wild Medicine; I was able to travel to Thunder Bay to make connections with the community, scout locations, and stage a live reading of the screenplay starring high school students from remote communities.” ~ Adam Garnet Jones
Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre (Arts for Youth Award) Adam Garnet Jones (RBC Emerging Artist Award) TD Bank Group (Toronto Arts & Business Award) Jane Marsland (Margo Bindhardt and Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award) Trichy Sankaran (Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Music and Dance) MC Anne-Marie MacDonald, Alan Convery (for TD Bank Group), Trichy Sankaran, Michael deConinck Smith & Deborah Lundmark, Adam Garnet Jones, Jane Marsland with Claire Hopkinson at Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch
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2011 Featured artists Arsinée Khanjian, Actor Keiko Kitano, Dance Artist Dáirine Ní Mheadhra, Co-Artistic Director of Queen of Puddings
First Impressions is a joint project of Toronto Arts Council and Heritage Toronto which celebrates Toronto’s arts community and our diverse heritage. Through images and storytelling, First Impressions pays tribute to the impact of immigration on the wealth of artistic practice in the City. Featuring local contemporary and historic artists, 18 posters were exhibited on TTC subway cars and buses throughout Toronto from September 2009 through December 2011. Generously sponsored by RBC, posters were designed by The George Partnership with photographs by Giulio Muratori.
“Some of my family came from overseas, some were always here. Miners, bricklayers, factory workers - they built community through hard labour. I arrived in Toronto in 1988, to an inspiring industry of artists committed to their disciplines. Through our work we honour our past and work for the future. Our children know that life is art - and they can live it here.” ~ Andrew Moro, Red Pepper Spectacle Arts
Andrew Moro, Artistic Director of Red Pepper Spectacle Arts Trichy Sankaran, musician
Arsinee Khanjian -photo Giulio Muratori
Parmela Attariwala and Keiko Kitano
Giulio Muratori photography, Gerald George Design
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WHAT WE DO Research, Reports and Publications TAF Initiatives Neighbourhood Arts Network North York Arts Arts Awards First Impressions Research & Publications Volunteer Network
Toronto Arts Foundation and Toronto Arts Council are committed to sharing information and documenting best practices in the City and around the world through various publications and reports. In partnership with other non-profits, academic institutions, and foundations, TAF and TAC conduct research studies which gather information about the impact of the arts in the city, and propose strategies to further the Creative City: Block by Block vision, to connect every Toronto neighbourhood to the transformative power of artistic activity. Arts Impact Study In 2011 TAF launched the Arts Impact Study to explore how residents interact and engage with the arts at a local level in three distinct Toronto neighbourhoods: Malvern, Weston - Mt. Dennis, and St. James Town. In partnership with Art Starts, OCADU and York University the project is part of a three-year community based research initiative led by TAF Research Manager Margo Charlton and funded by a grant of $160,559 from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
“The arts need to filter into everything that this community does, it’s perfect for expression and building community. Arts have been instrumental for my family - it’s in everything, everything we do.” ~ Femi James, Director, The S.P.O.T. (Success Power Opportunity Teamwork) Youth Arts Centre, Malvern Lisa Simpson & Magda Aurturo, Arts Impact Study & Smart Development Banner Contest
Arts North York: Fostering Arts Engagement in North York A study identifying the needs of the cultural community in North York also took place in 2011. The resulting report Arts North York, Fostering Arts Engagement in North York led to Toronto Arts Foundation’s creation of North York Arts. Arts & Equity Toolkit After a year of conducting interviews, workshops and community conversations, the Neighbourhood Arts Network, in partnership with Manifesto Community Projects, produced an Arts & Equity Toolkit, a compilation of resources, interviews and case studies on the topic of arts and equity in Toronto. The study was funded by Ontario’s Cultural Strategic Investment Fund. The toolkit will be included in the publication Pluralism in the Arts in Canada: A Change is Gonna Come by the Canadian Centre for Policy Awareness by Charles Smith in 2012. Metcalf Arts Policy Fellowship The Metcalf Arts Policy Fellowship, supported by Metcalf Foundation, John D. McKellar Foundation and Business for the Arts, provided a two-year opportunity for Arts Policy Fellow Shannon Litzenberger to pursue rigorous research, deepen her knowledge and broaden her network in arts policy work in Toronto. Shannon’s findings have been documented in her blog “The Arts Policy Diaries” at www.shannonlitz.wordpress.com
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WHAT WE DO Toronto Arts Volunteer Network TAF Initiatives Neighbourhood Arts Network North York Arts Arts Awards First Impressions
Volunteers are a driving force behind the success of the arts in Toronto. Volunteers increase their knowledge, develop their skills, and broaden their networks through volunteerism in the arts. The Volunteer Network receives calls for volunteers from arts organizations across the city and relays these opportunities to over 1000 arts volunteers through the Toronto Arts Volunteer Bulletin.
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“The arts have a particular power to bring people together ~ volunteer opportunities in the arts are about building bridges between cultural differences, building community through a common purpose.� ~ Dewi Minden, Special Projects Manager, Toronto Arts Foundation
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ACCOUNTING FOR IT Friends and Partners of Toronto Arts Foundation in 2011 Major Partners & Friends Corporate Friends
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Aeroplan, Architects Alliance, AXA Art Insurance Company, BMO Financial Group, Cannon Design, Carpenter’s District Council of Ontario, Centennial College, City of Toronto, C.J. Graphics Inc., Concord Adex Developments Corporation, Dancap Productions Inc., Denise Grant Photography, Diamond & Schmitt Architects Inc., George Brown College, G+ International, GreatWest Life Assurance Company, Heathbridge Capital Management, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, MacMillan LLP, NOW Magazine, OCAD University, Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, Ontario Media Development Corporation, Ryerson Theatre School, Scotiabank Group, Sheridan College, Sun Life Financial, TD Bank Group, The Arts Advocate, The Dalton Company Ltd., The Drake Hotel, The Globe and Mail, University of Toronto, Westjet, York University Faculty of Fine Arts
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A. Joel Adelstein, Andrea Alexander, David Angelo, Curtis Barlow, John Beckwith, Avie J. Bennett, Diana Bennett & Spencer Lanthier, Jill Black, Lisa Balfour Bowen, William H. Broadhurst, Martha Burns, Vanessa Buttimer, Mitchell Cohen, Eric Colleary, Susan Crocker, Rita Davies, Douglas A. Davis, Jane Deluzio, Mary Lou Dickinson, John Dunlap, Gino Falconi, Alex Fallis, Graham Farquharson, Roger Garland, Nathan Gilbert, Jenny Ginder, Brenda Guilfoyle, Beverly Harris, Maggie Hayes, Peter Herrndorf, Ruth E. Hood, Claire Hopkinson, Donald K. Johnson O.C. LL.D., Barry Joslin, Suzanne Lake, Linda Lewis, Greg Linehart, Sam Marinucci, Alan Menkes, Don Moffat, Phillip Nimmons, Arlene Paculan, Michelle Parson, John Pattison, James B. Pitblado, Sandra Pitblado, Lola Rasminsky, Sandra Shaul, David Silcox, Phillip Silver, Selvam Sridas, Jini Stolk, Barbara Stymiest, Heather Swanson, Andrew Todd, Kim Tomczak, Cindy Wan, Susan Wright
“Along with other critical initiatives, Toronto Arts Foundation recognizes the special contribution of organizations and individual artists. Because we know that all Award finalists are incredibly deserving, we choose to make an annual contribution to ensure the runners up in the Arts for Youth Award also benefit.” ~ Diana Bennett and Spencer Lanthier
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Summarized Financial Statements Prepared from the Audited Financial Statements December 31, 2011 Independent Auditors’ Report on Summarized Financial Statements To the Directors of Toronto Arts Foundation The accompanying summarized financial statements, which comprise the summarized balance sheet as at December 31, 2011 and the summarized statement of revenues, expenses and changes in program balances for the year then ended, are derived from the audited financial statements of Toronto Arts Foundation for the year ended December 31, 2011. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements in our report dated June 12, 2012. Those financial statements, and the summarized financial statements, do not reflect the effects of events that occurred subsequent to the date of our report on those financial statements. The summarized financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Reading the summarized financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of Toronto Arts Foundation. Management’s Responsibility for the Summarized Financial Statements: Management is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Auditors’ Responsibility: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summarized financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, “Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements”. Opinion: In our opinion, the summarized financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of Toronto Arts Foundation for the year ended December 31, 2011 are a fair summary of those financial statements, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. Marinucci & Company Toronto, Ontario June 26, 2012
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ACCOUNTING FOR IT Toronto Arts Foundation: Summarized Balance Sheet Major Partners & Friends
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Summarized Balance Sheet as at December 31
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ASSETS
2011
2010
Summarized Balance Sheet Summarized Statement
Current: Cash Amounts receivable Prepaid expenses
$
34,087 67,986 47,834
$
10,103 47,151 4,529
149,907
61,783
1,203,804
1,414,475
521
730
$ 1,354,232
$ 1,476,988
$
$
Investments Capital assets, net
LIABILITIES Current: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Deferred revenues
87,609 45,276
75,601 26,803
132,885
102,404
521 11,778 223,934
730 11,778 291,703
236,233
304,211
732,321 238,747 14,046
776,348 275,595 18,430
1,221,347
1,374,584
$ 1,354,232
$ 1,476,988
PROGRAM BALANCES General Program: Invested in capital assets Externally restricted Unrestricted
Other Programs: Arts North York Program Muriel Sherrin Program William Kilbourn Program Nova Bhattacharya, “Isolated Incidents” -photo John Lauener
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SummarizedStatement StatementofofRevenues, Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Program Balances Summarized Expenses and Changes in Program Balances Year ended December 31 2011
2010
343,908 145,650 88,635 1,000 31,085 12,523 216
$ 1,006,433 143,772 7,300 14,025 1,913 1,345
623,017
1,174,788
120,000 81,346 477,488 11,036 5,600 209
95,000 86,201 217,320 6,922 2,800 208
695,679
408,451
(72,662)
766,337
Summarized Balance Sheet Summarized Statement
REVENUES Grants and donations Arts Awards Partnership Development Grant - SSHRC Management fees Interest, dividends and unit trust distributions Realized gain (loss) on sale of investments Endowment income
$
EXPENSES Grants and awards Arts Awards Purchase of services Investment management fees Management fees Amortization
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES OVER EXPENSES PROGRAM BALANCES, beginning of year
1,374,584
529,972
REALIZED LOSS (GAIN) ON SALE OF INVESTMENTS
(12,523)
(1,913)
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
(68,052)
80,188
PROGRAM BALANCES, end of year
$ 1,221,347
$ 1,374,584
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EDITOR & WRITER Dewi Minden GRAPHIC DESIGN Amanda Kaffka ADDITIONAL WRITING Susan Wright COPYEDITING Michelle Parson
PHOTOGRAPHY Daniel Alexander Young People’s Theatre pg 17 Brian Carson RAW Taiko Drummers pg 13 Margo Charlton Arts Impact Study pg 27 Markus Fehr Cultura Festival pg 22, 28 Lila Karim pg 28 Denise Grant Claire Hopkinson pg 6 Reza Jacobs pg 29 Harbourfront Centre Harbourfront Centre pg 9, 11, 14 David Hou Janak Khendry Dance Company pg 17 Attariwala & Kitano pg 30 Ken Jones Doris McCarthy Gallery pg 19 Fatima Kazmi Art Starts pg 32 John Lauener Queen of Puddings pg 2 Nova Bhattacharya pg 37 Peter Lear Ballet Creole pg 11, 21 Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada pg 17 Don Lee Tafelmusik & Banff Centre pg 7 Red Sky Performance pg 8 Charmaine Lurch Inner City Angels pg 36 Leah Maghanoy Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch pg 33 Laya Mainali Acrylic pg 16 Manifesto Community Projects Circle Research, Manifesto Festival pg 15 Jeremy Mimnagh Buddies in Bad Times Theatre pg 10 Joseph Morgan Hot Docs Bloor Cinema pg 18 Giulio Muratori Arsinee Khanjian pg 30 First Impressions pg 30 Aaron Pierre Red Sky Performance pg 17 Sonya Reynolds SKETCH Working Arts pg 25 Tom Sandler Sam Sniderman pg 8 Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch pg 29, 33, 35 Quame Scott Toronto International Flamenco Festival pg 9 Joseph Timar Mark Duggan pg 15 Toronto Skyline pg 9 Cylla von Tiedemann Tarragon Theatre pg 2 Pleiades Theatre pg 10 Soulpepper Theatre pg 20 Lisa Wong Manifesto Festival pg 26 Katie Yelland Red Dress Productions & Bleecker Street Co-op pg 26 Ömer K. Yükseker BoucharDanse & CCDT pg 1, 39, 40 Bruce Zinger Opera Atelier pg 3, 12 Anonymous Chi Ping Dance Group pg 7 City of Toronto pg 23 The People Project pg 24 Neighbourhood Arts Network pg 27 Smart Development pg 31 Red Dress Productions & Bleecker Street Co-Op pg 32 Arts for Children & Youth pg 22, 24, 28
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Jennifer Morse, Miya Shaffer, Calder White and Ellis Martin-Wylie in L’envol by BoucharDanse - photo Omer K Yukseker