Partnership Matches Money Raised By Arts And Community Organizations
TORONTO, May 17 /CNW/ - The McGuinty government is supporting arts
education across the province by partnering with more than 100 arts and
community organizations through the Arts Education Partnership Initiative,
Minister of Culture Caroline Di Cocco announced today.
"The McGuinty government is investing in arts education to ensure the
success of our students," said Di Cocco. "Arts education is a necessity and
raises academic achievement in all areas."
"An arts education makes a big difference in helping children excel
intellectually, physically and emotionally," said Minister of Education
Kathleen Wynne. "By studying the arts - such as dance, drama, music, and media
and visual arts - students learn to work more effectively with others and
think more creatively and critically."
The Arts Education Partnership Initiative matches money raised by 119
arts and community organizations from private donors to support new or
enhanced arts education projects. The initiative is administered by the
Ontario Arts Foundation. Successful applicants were selected by a review team
managed by the Ontario Arts Council. The organizations have until March 31,
2008 to raise funds from the private sector.
"This program recognizes the important role of arts education in
Ontario," said Dr. Murray Frum, Chair of the Ontario Arts Foundation. "These
organizations' programs can help keep students in school, while building their
self confidence, problem solving skills and creativity."
"We are very encouraged to receive support for an arts education project
that we believe in so strongly," said Margaret Boyd, Executive Director of
Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound. "The matching funds will go a long way
towards turning a pilot project that brings professional musicians into Parry
Sound area classrooms an ongoing program."
Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the program in May 2006. The program
has a total of $4 million in funding support from the Ministry of Education
and the Ministry of Culture.This is just one more example of how, working together, Ontarians have
achieved results in arts education. Other initiatives include:
- Learning Through the Arts - A classroom-based initiative developed and
delivered by the Royal Conservatory of Music. Launched in 1994, this
innovative program provides teachers and community artists with
training and tools to integrate the arts into the learning process.
The province invested $2 million in Learning Through the Arts in
2005-06, with a further commitment of $1 million per year over the
next four years.
- The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) - Between April 2004 and March
2006 the OTF has awarded 138 grants worth over $10 million to arts
education initiatives throughout Ontario.
- The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) - From April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2006
the OAC has invested more than $2 million in the Artists in Education
and Aboriginal Artists in Education programs, where professional
artists provide hands-on creative learning workshops for young people
in the classroom. The OAC has also awarded nearly $2 million in grants
to arts education organizations and projects.
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ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
The following arts and community organizations were chosen to receive
funding from the Arts Education Partnership Initiative.
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1 519 Church Street Community Centre Toronto
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2 Agnes Etherington Art Centre Kingston
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3 Algoma Arts Festival Association Sault Ste. Marie
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4 Art Gallery of Peterborough Peterborough
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5 Art Gallery of Sudbury Sudbury
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6 Art Gallery of York University Toronto
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7 Art Starts Neighbourhood Cultural Centre Toronto
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8 Artheart Community Art Centre Toronto
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9 Arts for Children of Toronto Toronto
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10 Ballet Creole Toronto
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11 Blyth Festival Blyth
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12 Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre Toronto
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13 Canadian Art Foundation Toronto
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14 Canadian Children's Dance Theatre Toronto
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15 Canadian Children's Opera Chorus Toronto
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16 Canadian Music Centre Toronto
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17 Canadian Opera Company Toronto
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18 CanAsian Dance Festival Toronto
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19 CanStage - The Canadian Stage Company Toronto
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20 Carousel Players St. Catharines
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21 Children's Peace Theatre Toronto
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22 Choirs Ontario Toronto
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23 Cie Vox Théâtre Ottawa
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24 Community Arts & Heritage Education Project Thunder Bay
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25 DanceTheatre David Earle Guelph
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26 DanceWorks Toronto
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27 DareArts Foundation Palgrave
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28 Elmer Iseler Singers Toronto
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29 Equity Showcase Theatre Toronto
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30 Festival of the Sound Parry Sound
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31 Gardiner Museum Toronto
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32 Great Canadian Theatre Company Ottawa
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33 Halton Learning Foundation Burlington
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34 Harbourfront Corporation (1990) Toronto
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35 Hot Docs Toronto
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36 Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations Moose Factory
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37 Inner City Angels Toronto
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38 JM Drama Alumni Kitchener
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39 Jumblies Theatre Toronto
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40 Kaeja d'Dance Toronto
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41 Kingston Arts Council Kingston
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42 Kingston Symphony Association Kingston
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43 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery Kitchener
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44 Lakeshore Arts Etobicoke
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45 Latcham Gallery Stouffville
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46 Lindsay Concert Foundation Lindsay (City of
Kawartha Lakes)
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47 London Regional Children's Museum London
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48 Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People Toronto
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49 MacLaren Art Centre Barrie
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50 Mammalian Diving Reflex Toronto
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51 Mariposa in the Schools Toronto
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52 MASC Ottawa
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53 Mississauga International Children's Festival Mississauga
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54 Mixed Company Theatre Toronto
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55 Moonhorse Dance Theatre Toronto
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56 MOTUS O dance theatre Stouffville
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57 Museum London London
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58 Muskoka Lakes Festival Port Carling
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59 Nightswimming Toronto
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60 Nightwood Theatre Toronto
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61 Oakville Galleries Oakville
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62 Opera Atelier Toronto
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63 Opera Lyra Ottawa
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64 Orchestras Mississauga Mississauga
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65 Oshawa Symphony Association Oshawa
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66 Ottawa Art Gallery / La Galerie d'art d'Ottawa Ottawa
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67 Ottawa Bluesfest Ottawa
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68 Ottawa International Children's Festival de la
Jeunesse Ottawa
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69 Ottawa School of Speech and Drama (OSSD) Ottawa
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70 Ottawa Symphony Orchestra Ottawa
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71 Owen Sound Little Theatre Owen Sound
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72 Parent-Child Mother Goose Program Toronto
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73 PEN Canada Toronto
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74 Pleiades Theatre Toronto
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75 Prologue to the Performing Arts Toronto
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76 Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre Haliburton
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77 Regent Park School of Music Toronto
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78 Resurgence Theatre Company Newmarket
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79 Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto
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80 SAW Video Association Ottawa
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81 Shakespeare in Action Toronto
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82 Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation, Canada Niagara on the Lake
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83 Sheatre Kemble
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84 Silver Creek Music Foundation Toronto
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85 SKETCH Working Arts for Street-involved
and Homeless Youth Toronto
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86 Soulpepper Theatre Company Toronto
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87 Soundstreams Canada Toronto
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88 Station Gallery Whitby
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89 Strings Across the Sky Parry Sound
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90 Sudbury Symphony Orchestra Sudbury
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91 Tafelmusik Toronto
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92 Tarragon Theatre Toronto
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93 Te-Amim Music Theatre Toronto
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94 Textile Museum of Canada Toronto
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95 The Aldeburgh Connection Toronto
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96 The Esprit Orchestra Toronto
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97 The Factory Theatre Toronto
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98 The Foundation for the Recognition of
Excellence in Drama (F.R.E.D.) Toronto
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99 The National Ballet of Canada Toronto
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100 The Ottawa School of Art Ottawa
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101 The Peterborough Arts Umbrella Peterborough
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102 The School of Dance Ottawa
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103 The School of Toronto Dance Theatre Toronto
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104 The Stratford Festival of Canada Stratford
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105 The Toronto Symphony Toronto
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106 Théâtre de la Viellie 17 Ottawa
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107 Theatre Direct Canada Toronto
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108 Théâtre du Trillium Ottawa
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109 Théâtre français de Toronto Toronto
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110 Thousand Islands Foundation for the
Performing Arts Gananoque
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111 Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra Thunder Bay
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112 Toronto Foundation for Student Success Toronto
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113 Toronto International Film Festival Group Toronto
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114 Toronto Philharmonia (North York Symphony
Association) North York
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115 Toronto School of Art Toronto
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116 Tropicana Community Services Scarborough
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117 UrbanArts Community Arts Council Toronto
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118 Westben Arts Festival Theatre Campbellford
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119 Windsor Symphony Orchestra Windsor
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For further information: Mark Thompson, Minister's Office, (416)
325-4071; Janet Stubbs, Ontario Arts Foundation, (416) 969-7413; Guy Lepage,
Communications Branch, (416) 314-3497
