KINGSTON
ARTS COUNCIL
"The Kingston Arts Council (KAC) promotes
the production,
presentation and appreciation of the arts in Kingston and
the region."
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The Kingston Arts Council is a registered non-profit organization,
founded in 1963 to rescue the Grand Theatre from demolition.
The organization has been funded by the City of Kingston
until
1998. From 2003 a Trillium Grant allowed the council to grow
and hire two staff members -an Executive Director and
an Office
Aministrator. Operations until August 2007 were
funded by the Healthy
Community Fund and the Community Foundation
of Greater Kingston. the KAC is currently
supported by an operating grant from the Ontario
Arts Council.
In June 2007 the Council agreed to partner with the City
of Kingston in taking charge
of the arts portion of the Healthy
Community Fund , administring and adjudicating these
grants to the community. These City
of Kingston Arts Funds grants (CKAF) are described
in more detail on the grants
pages of this
site.
Executive
Margaret Hughes, President
Julian Brown, Acting Past President
Larry House, Vice President
Molly Higginson, Treasurer
Marcia Shannon, Secretary
Alan Grant, Executive Director at Large
KAC Board of Directors 2007-2008
Julian Brown
Sally Chupick
Alan Grant
Michele Larose
Molly Higginson
Larry House
Margaret Hughes
Alison Migneault
Elspeth Murray
Anna Robertson
Liz Schell
Marcia Shannon
Michael Shumate
Mary Syrett
Committees
Advocacy Committee,
Jessica Rovito,Secretary
Fundraising Committee, Alison Migneault
Grants Committee, Ian Hodkinson
Strategic Planning Committee, Michele La Rose
Staff
Joan Sutherland, Office
Administrator; Webmaster
Ted Worth, Grants Director; Bookkeeper
Jennifer Radford Gibson, Grants Administrator
Projects
Annual
Juried Art Salon
Kingston Portrait Prize, Julian Brown
Kingston Arts Council Gallery, Sally Chupick
Street Address
126 Wellington St., Suite no. 3
Kingston, Ontario
(corner of Wellington St. and Johnson St. in the historic Masonic
Temple building, now home to the Wellington St. Theatre; enter by the Johnson
St. door)
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 1005
Kingston, ON
K7L 4X8
Phone:
613.546.2787
Hours:
The Council's Gallery and Offices are always open to
the public Monday through Friday between 1P.M. and
5P.M. Please ring the KAC bell on the side of the
door if it is closed. The ground floor is shared office space. The KAC
Gallery is on the second floor. The entrance is on Johnson
St. directly opposite the Kingston Frontenac-Public Library.
Arts Umbrella Organization
umbrella group
umbrella organization
An organization that represents and supports separate smaller
bodies with common interests.
As an arts umbrella, the KAC does not make art, literature,
archecture, crafts, design, music or theatre, but seeks
to support in every way possible the work of those arts professionals,
amateurs, students, and other members of the arts community
who do.
There are several ways the council serves the arts community.
Advocacy
The KAC works with those who play a role in the success
of the arts community in Kingston, seeking to support
the quality of artistic
work produced here and its importance to the city.
Further to this activity, the Advocacy Group of KAC has
begun to offer information to decision-makers at the City
of Kingston
on issues pertaining to the arts, including increased funding
for the arts.
Read the KAC Advocacy Report
Projects
The EAC helps nurture and raise awareness of the arts through
special projects and partnerships in community initiatives.
Some of these are:
Juried Arts Salon - Read
Report of 2004 Art Salon
Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture
Gardening Festival - Read
Report of Gardening Festival of 2004
Birch Bark Canoe Building Project -View
photos
Kingston Arts Council Gallery
KISS Project - Read overview
T.C.C. Cummings Project
Website Presence and Arts News
Our site will be increasingly used to market local organizations
and individual arts interests. Your input
is welcome.
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