Ontario Arts Foundation
390 Bay Street, Suite 1206 M5H 2Y2 Toronto, ON, Canada

Congratulations Ming Wong on receiving this year's Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design! The award is given annually to a professional costume designer in Ontario in mid-career to further enrich their career through research and travel. Ming is incredibly excited for the time when travel is safe and can put this award to good use! This year marks the 15th anniversary of the awards. #oafawards Photo credit: The Color Purple, 2019 - Amber Tomlin, Sarah Nairne, Jameela McNeil, Maiko Munroe, Masini McDermott - photo by Ian Jackson (Citadel/RMTC) | Director Kimberley Rampersad | Set Design Bryan Perchaluk | Lighting Design Hugh Conacher | Sound Design Peter McBoyle | Music Direction Floydd Ricketts | Costume Desing - Ming Wong

20 years of continued support for the Endowment matching fund amounts to $307 million invested in 101 public charitable foundations benefitting 276 professional... arts organizations across Canada. The Government of Canada is proud to have stimulated the private sector’s donations and to have contributed to the sustainability of the arts sector since 2001.

The Ontario Arts Foundation and The Gordon Foundation are pleased to announce the 2020 grants from the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program. Read the release here : https://www.oafdn.ca/news/211 Pictured below: Thunder Bay Art Gallery acquisition: Olivia Whetung, #35 (detail), 2015, 10/0 seed beads, thread, steel. Dimensions variable. Installation view from Beads, they’re sewn so tight, Textile Museum of Canada, October 10, 2018 to May 26, 2019. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid.

Congratulations to Ruben Esguerra on being named this year's recipient of the Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award https://www.oafdn.ca/news/210 #oafawards #artseducation

OAF Enews: Ontario Arts Foundation Disburses $4.0 million to Arts Organizations Across Ontario - https://www.oafdn.ca/news/209

The Gina Wilkinson Prize Committee is pleased to announce that Yvette Nolan from Saskatoon, Treaty 6 Territory, and the homeland of the Mètis, is the recipient of the 10th annual Gina Wilkinson Prize. For more information : https://www.oafdn.ca/news/208

Message from Minister Lisa MacLeod Friends, It’s a tough day in Ontario as we announce added restrictions to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but I’m pleased that our hard work to establish early public health and safety standards for heritage, sport, tourism and culture industries mean many sectors can continue to operate.... Film, television, and post-production work can continue in lock down so long as workplace safety standards are maintained. Restaurants can continue to provide take out, drive-through and delivery services, including the sale of alcohol. High performance, parasport athletes and professional sports leagues can continue their training. Event spaces can operate to provide court, government, mental health and addiction support services. Drive-in cinemas and rehearsal for performing a recorded or broadcast event can continue. Our government is providing $600 million in property tax and energy bill rebates to support impacted eligible businesses, including gyms, facilities for indoor sport and recreational fitness activities, performing arts and cinemas, racing venues, and more. I encourage you to learn more about how today's announcement applies to your public health region and business by visiting - https://www.ontario.ca//covid-19-response-framework-keepin My team and I continue to make ourselves available if you have questions by emailing [email protected]. Kind regards, Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries

Alan attended an outdoor concert on the weekend at the Prince Edward County Music Festival in Picton. Here is the Buzz Brass quintet performing. So nice to see an orchestra performance again...first since March!

The Screen Composers Guild of Canada and the Ontario Arts Foundation are delighted to announce that Dillon Baldassero is the most recent recipient of the Christopher Dedrick Award for Live Musicians in Media Soundtracks. Dillon will be using this award towards the use of live musicians in his compositions for the upcoming feature film Girl, starring Bella Thorne and Mickey Rourke, set to be released later this year. Congratulations Dillon!!!... Read more about the award here: https://www.oafdn.ca/news/200 #OAFAwards

Congratulations to all of this year's Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards nominees! https://www.oafdn.ca/news/198

Missed Indigenous Voices Awards gala? Watch and re-watch the video and see the live comments HERE: