Press Releases and Announcements
Titles are alphabetically listed. Please search by current year for the most recent news stories
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September 24, 2013
In April 2013, four million dollars in new funding was approved for Toronto Arts Council grants, with an additional two million dollar increase anticipated for each of the next three years. With an approved strategy in place, TAC was well prepared for this funding increase. In the six months since the City budget announcement, TAC’s committees and juries have adjudicated almost 800 grant applications, with 300 more applications currently being evaluated, and two more grant deadlines remaining this year.
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November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011 - Tuesday morning, November 28th, Councillor Gloria Lindsay Luby (Ward 4, Etobicoke Centre) presented the Friends of the Arts Petition to City Council, featuring 20,000 signatures representing residents living in every ward of Toronto.
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January 31, 2014
On January 30, Toronto City Council passed the City’s 2014 budget. Provisions for arts funding include a continuation of City Council’s commitment to reach the $25 per capita funding target by 2017.
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December 13, 2021
Writing to you at the end of our second pandemic year, I want to express my admiration for Toronto's artists and arts organizations who have continued to survive and even thrive in the most trying of circumstances.
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June 03, 2021
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January 30, 2012
January 30, 2012
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April 24, 2013
April 24, 2013 - Toronto Arts Council with the Edmonton Arts Council are co-hosting a summit of 50 leaders from Canada's arts sector, over the next two days in Edmonton.
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March 28, 2011
March 28, 2011 - Boundary crossing, multi-disciplinary dance projects awarded support for development Toronto Arts Council's INCUBATE program, now in its third year, has awarded grants totalling $75,000 to nine Dance projects being developed by Toronto arts organizations for international festivals and presenters.
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August 12, 2021
Toronto Arts Council advocates for a SAFE return of audiences to concerts, theatre, galleries, and events
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June 17, 2021
2020 Annual Reports Now Available