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The Government of Canada Invests More than $4 Million in Arts and Culture in Alberta Français


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Aug 25, 2019, 15:00 ET

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Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), announces support for local festivals, cultural infrastructure, arts presentation and more

EDMONTON, Aug. 25, 2019 /CNW/ - Arts, culture and heritage organizations across Alberta will continue to prosper and offer arts programming, festivals and celebrations year round, in modernized and well-equipped facilities, thanks to ongoing, dedicated support from the Government of Canada.

Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), today announced funding totalling $4,010,697 for 47 organizations across the province. He made the announcement on behalf of the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism.

This support has been provided through the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage (BCAH) program, the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) and the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF).

Funded projects include the Enoch Cree Nation's annual pow wow celebration, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival and the City of St. Albert's new arts space. Fringe Theatre Adventures, which produces the world-renowned Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, has received $75,000 through the CCSF and $858,000 through the CAPF, for a total investment of $933,000.

Budget 2019 announced more than $50 million to support a wide range of artistic and cultural events, including performance series, festivals and celebrations throughout Canada. Eligible organizations have received supplemental funding as a result of these increased investments, which include $14 million over two years for the BCAH program and $16 million over two years for the CAPF.

Budget 2017 also announced an additional $300 million for the CCSF over a 10-year period, starting in 2018–2019, to further support creative hubs and other cultural spaces. This additional investment is a part of the social infrastructure component of the Investing in Canada Plan.

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"Arts and culture are important for cultivating innovation, improving social well-being and fostering inclusion. Our government is pleased to provide funding to organizations across Alberta that promote arts and culture in our communities. These increased investments demonstrate our ongoing commitment to supporting cultural infrastructure, our creative economy, and our gifted artists and creators as they entertain, inspire and engage with Canadians from all walks of life."

—The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism

"As a proud Albertan and arts aficionado, I have seen first-hand the impact that this kind of support creates in our communities. Today's announcement recognizes 47 cultural organizations that work diligently to promote civic engagement, increase accessibility, create safe spaces for artists to practice and perform, and stimulate our imagination and inner creativity. From Grand Prairie to Fort McMurray, Jasper to Lloydminster, there is something for everyone! I am especially delighted to share this news during the 38th annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, one of the most successful of its kind in the world."

—Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre)

"This funding received through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund will enable the City of St. Albert to build upon our commitment to excellence in arts programming and expand into a new performing arts space to further support artists and other industry professionals in our community. This new space will provide artists and patrons alike with increased access to arts in the community. Thank you to the Government of Canada for their investment in the City of St. Albert's new performing arts space, supporting excellence in professional artistic practices in our community."

—Her Worship Cathy Heron, Mayor, City of St. Albert

"As the largest and longest running fringe theatre festival in North America, and as a cultural hub of local creative activity throughout the year, we are incredibly grateful for the Government of Canada's bolstered support for the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, our yearly operations and—new this year—an upgrade to our audio systems in the ATB Financial Arts Barns. The funds provided through the Canada Arts Presentation Fund and the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund will ensure that we can continue providing quality support to more than 2,000 artists and 850,000 Fringers who frequent our festival and the Arts Barns each year."

—Adam Mitchell, Executive Director and Producer, Fringe Theatre Adventures Society

"Enoch Cree Nation would like to acknowledge and thank the Government of Canada for its recent contribution to our 27th annual pow wow celebration. There was a time in Canadian history when our traditional and cultural practices were banned and outlawed. Today, the pow wow allows participants and performers (even members of the audience) a way to reclaim and honour our rich and vibrant culture as Indigenous Peoples. While at the pow wow, many can attest to the deep-seated feelings of pride, joy and interconnectedness that is felt when the traditional drum beat fills the pow wow arbour. The pow wow celebration is a means of bringing our Indigenous People together in community and reconciliation as we drum, sing and dance! It also allows our community members, both young and the young at heart, to get involved in the community through volunteer opportunities, and by experiencing our culture and traditions first-hand."

—Candace Persson, Fund Development Analyst and Grant Writer, Enoch Cree Nation

Quick Facts

The Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage program provides funding to increase opportunities for local artists, artisans, heritage performers or specialists to be involved in their community through festivals, events and projects. It also allows local groups to commemorate their local history and heritage.

The Canada Arts Presentation Fund provides financial assistance to organizations that professionally present arts festivals or performing arts series (arts presenters) and organizations that offer support to arts presenters.

The Canada Cultural Spaces Fund supports the improvement of physical conditions for arts, heritage, culture and creative innovation. The Fund supports renovation and construction projects, the acquisition of specialized equipment and feasibility studies related to cultural spaces.

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Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

Canada Arts Presentation Fund

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Investing in Canada Plan

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Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage

City

Organization

Project

Amount

Edmonton

Western Carnival Development Association

Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival

$54,625

Edmonton

Arts on the Ave Edmonton Society

Kaleido Family Arts Festival

$100,985

Edmonton

Common Ground Arts Society

Found Festival 2019

$24,200

Edmonton

Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta

Honouring Our Treaty Gathering 2019

$61,000

Edmonton

The Free Will Players Theatre Guild

Freewill Shakespeare Festival

$48,400

Edmonton

Thousand Faces Festival Association

Thousand Faces Festival

$11,200

Enoch

Enoch Cree Nation

Enoch Cree Nation 27th Annual Pow Wow Celebration

$102,500

Fort Saskatchewan

Josephburg Agricultural Society

Christmas in the Heartland

$12,100

Jasper

Friends of Jasper National Park Association

Canada's Parks Day

$25,300

Lacombe

Lacombe Regional Tourism and Marketing Association

Lacombe Culture & Harvest Festival

$8,000

Sturgeon County

Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres

Pow Wow

$41,100

Vegreville

Vegreville Cultural Association

46th Vegreville Ukrainian Pysanka Festival

$22,800

Whitecourt

Whitecourt and Woodlands Performing Arts Society

Party In The Park 2019

$27,300

TOTAL:

$539,510

Canada Arts Presentation Fund

City

Organization

Project

Amount

Camrose

Camrose Performing Arts Centre Management Council

Presentation Season

$16,500*

Edmonton

Alberta Book Fair Society

LitFest

$12,100*

Edmonton

Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta

Touring Network Support

$49,500*

Edmonton

Azimuth Theatre Association

Expanse Festival

$11,000*

Edmonton

Brian Webb Dance Company

BWDC 2018/19 and 2019/20 Seasons

$75,900*

Edmonton

Citadel Theatre

Beyond the Stage

$48,000*

Edmonton

Edmonton Chamber Music Society

Summer Solstice Music Festival

$13,200*

Edmonton

Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society

Edmonton Folk Music Festival

$600,000

Edmonton

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival Association

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival

$93,500*

Edmonton

Edmonton Jazz Festival Society

TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival / EJFS Outreach Initiatives

$55,000*

Edmonton

Edmonton Jazz Society (1973)

Yardbird Suite

$22,000*

Edmonton

Edmonton Poetry Festival Society

Edmonton Poetry Festival

$5,500*

Edmonton

Francis Winspear Centre for Music

Live at the Winspear

$27,500*

Edmonton

Fringe Theatre Adventures Society

2018–2022 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Fringe Theatre Season, Fringe Spotlight, and Chinook Series

$858,000

Edmonton

Mile Zero Dance Society

Mile Zero Dance presents three performance series: Dirt Buffet Cabaret; MZD Salon Series; Dance Crush

$19,800*

Edmonton

Nextfest Arts Company

NEXTFEST

$26,400*

Edmonton

Rapid Fire Theatre Society

Improvaganza

$8,800*

Edmonton

Regroupement Artistique Francophone de l'Alberta

Production and modernization of the tool Apprenti Diffuseur

$35,250

Edmonton

Works International Visual Arts Society

The Works Art & Design Festival; The Art & Design in Public Places Program

$119,900*

Edmonton

Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre Society

Canoe Theatre Festival

$16,500*

Fort McMurray

Keyano College

Professional Artist Presenter Series

$33,000*

Fort Saskatchewan

Shell Centre
(City of Fort Saskatchewan)

2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Shell Theatre Performance Series

$27,500*

Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival

Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival

$7,150*

Leduc

Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts (City of Leduc)

2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2021,
2021–2022 seasons

$18,700*

Lloydminster

Vic Juba Community Theatre Board

Dr. H. A. McDonald Season

$24,200*

Sherwood Park

Strathcona County

Festival Place Professional Artists Season

$77,000*

Spruce Grove

Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre (City of Spruce Grove)

Horizon Stage Professional Series

$49,500*

St. Albert

City of St. Albert

2018–2019 and 2019–2020 Arden Theatre Season Program

$77,000*

St. Albert

Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children's Festival Society

2018-2019-2020 Northern Alberta International Children's Festival

$104,500*

Stony Plain

Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Society

Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival

$9,900*

TOTAL:

$2,542,800

*Note: Recipient may receive additional supplemental consideration over this amount

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

City

Organization

Project

Amount

Calgary

Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project

Inside Out Accessible Theatre Space Equipment

$12,000

Calgary

Decidedly Jazz Danceworks

Theatre Equipment

$75,000

Camrose

Camrose Performing Arts Centre Management Council

Final Fit-up, Specialized Presenting Equipment and Safety Project

$73,465

Edmonton

Citadel Theatre

Schocter Theatre Accessibility

$75,000

Edmonton

Fringe Theatre Adventures Society

Arts Barns Audio System Replacement

$75,000

Edmonton

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre Society

Fire Alarm System Upgrade

$9,316

Hinton

Home for Fine Arts Society of Hinton

Technical Equipment

$5,283

Leduc

Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts (City of Leduc)

Specialized Equipment Maclab Centre 2019

$74,500

Spruce Grove

Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre (City of Spruce Grove)

Horizon Stage Technical Improvements

$63,208

St. Albert

City of St. Albert

St. Albert New Arts Space

$465,615

TOTAL:

$928,387

SOURCE Canadian Heritage

(media only): Simon Ross, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism, 819-997-7788; Media Relations, Canadian Heritage, 819-994-9101, 1-866-569-6155, [email protected]

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