City of Kingston Arts Fund 2012 Grant Recipients Announced
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For Immediate Release:June 20, 2012
City of Kingston Arts Fund 2012 Grant Recipients Announced
The Kingston Arts Council and the City of Kingston are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 City of Kingston Arts Fund Grants. The Grants were awarded in two categories, Operating Grants and Project Grants. As part of the Kingston Cultural Plan, and thanks to Kingston City Council, an additional $20,000 was invested in CKAF this year, and was proportionally divided 70 per cent for Operating Grants and 30 per cent for Project Grants. All CKAF applicants will be notified by mail as to the status of their grant request, and, in the case of the successful applicants, how they should proceed to redeem their grant.
Operating Grants
The Operating Grants Review Committee (voting) was comprised of Reena Kukreja, Michèle LaRose, Ian Malcolm, Marjan Mozetich and Bill Penner. The Chair of the Committee was Craig Walker. City Councillors Jim Neill and Liz Schell, Brian McCurdy, Cultural Director, and Colin Wiginton, Manager, Cultural Services, were non-voting members on the Operating Grants Committee.
The Operating Grant program received 13 applications requesting a total of $462,419 in funding. Of these, 10 applications were successful, and $345,500 in funding was awarded to Operating Grant applicants. The Operating Grant Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order below:
|
Organization |
Grant |
|
Agnes Etherington Art Centre |
$ 75,000.00 |
|
Cantabile Choirs of Kingston |
$ 26,000.00 |
|
Kingston Canadian Film Festival |
$ 25,000.00 |
|
Kingston Symphony Association |
$ 75,000.00 |
|
Kingston WritersFest |
$ 25,000.00 |
|
Le Centre culturel Frontenac |
$ 15,000.00 |
|
Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre |
$ 42,000.00 |
|
Reelout Arts Project Inc |
$ 20,000.00 |
|
Theatre Kingston |
$ 32,500.00 |
|
Union Gallery |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
TOTAL Operating Grant Funds Awarded in 2012: |
$ 345,500.00
|
Project Grants
The Project Grants Review Committee (voting) was comprised of Rebecca Anweiler, Peter Cassidy, Dympna McConnell, Andrea Robertson, and Sarah Garton Stanley. The Chair of the Committee was Craig Walker. City Councillor Lisa Osanic, Brian McCurdy, Cultural Director, and Colin Wiginton, Manager, Cultural Services were non-voting members on the Project Grants Review Committee.
The Project Grant program received 27 applications requesting a total of $303,779 in funding. Of these, 20 applications were successful, and $149,934 in funding was awarded to Project Grant applicants. The Project Grant Award recipients are listed in alphabetical order below:
|
Organization |
Project Title |
Grant |
|
ARTignite |
Allumage: An ARTignite Centrepiece |
$ 7,500.00 |
|
Blue Canoe Theatrical Productions Inc. |
Summer Arts Showcase |
$ 8,000.00 |
|
Corridor Culture Collective |
Corridor Culture |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
Fauxhemian Films Collective |
Fine and Hot |
$ 5,400.00 |
|
H'art School |
The Box: Artistic Directors |
$ 7,500.00 |
|
Impromptu Productions |
The Merry Wives of Windsor |
$ 3,000.00 |
|
Joe's MILL |
Joe's MILL 2012 Workshop Series |
$ 3,500.00 |
|
Kingston Blues Society |
Kingston Blues Society Monthly Jam |
$ 7,500.00 |
|
Kingston Chamber Choir |
Kingston Chamber Choir Presents: "Magnificat" |
$ 4,200.00 |
|
Kingston Community Ballet Association |
Celebration of Kingston Dancers |
$ 5,744.00 |
|
Kingston Community Health Centres |
Kingston Multicultural Arts Festival |
$ 14,600.00 |
|
Kingston Jazz Society |
Live @ Your Library Concert Series: The Kingston Jazz Composers Connection |
$ 11,400.00 |
|
Kingston Punk Productions |
Fun House Festival 2013 |
$ 6,500.00 |
|
Live Wire Music Series |
Live Wire Music Series Workshops + Music in Schools 2012-13 |
$ 5,000.00 |
|
Melos Chamber Choir & Orchestra |
Coronation Music Celebrating the Queen's Jubilee |
$ 4,800.00 |
|
OPIRG Kingston |
Push It! Hip Hop Series |
$ 6,000.00 |
|
SALON Theatre |
Macdonald Festival 2013 |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
The Artel |
No Concession, No Division |
$ 6,790.00 |
|
The Library Chronicles Collective |
The Library Chronicles |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
Tone Deaf Festival |
Tone Deaf 11 |
$ 12,500.00 |
|
TOTAL Project Grant Funds Awarded in 2012: |
$ 149, 934.00 |
About the City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF)
The City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF) was established by Kingston City Council in 2007 to support the arts and arts organizations and is administered by the Kingston Arts Council on behalf of the City. Each year the Kingston Arts Council submits a plan for the administration of the Arts Fund for approved by City Council.
Operating and Project Grants are awarded based on the decisions of two separate CKAF review committees that include members of Kingston’s various arts communities. In 2012 these committees met in May and their decisions were ratified by the Kingston Arts Council’s Board of Directors before being submitted for approval to Kingston City Council.
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For further information contact:
Ted Worth, Grants Director
Kingston Arts Council Grants Department
grants@artskingston.ca [or] 613-546-2999
