Press Releases and Announcements

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• 20,000 Torontonians Petition City Council to Stop Cuts to Arts 

  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.

• ArtReach Information session on July 4 –Youth Arts Grant Program 

  June 13, 2013

  Toronto Arts Council and ArtReach Toronto are in a new partnership that will result in an investment of $300,000 in the form of grants for youth arts projects in underserved communities across Toronto.

• Call for Mentors for TAC Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Program  

  January 10, 2022

  Become a Mentor!

• Call for Photos 

  January 28, 2022

  Send us photos from your TAC funded projects

• Canada Council Revises Travel Grants Programs 

  November 21, 2012

  November 21, 2012 - The Canada Council for the Arts is changing its travel grants programs to enhance funding opportunities for musicians, composers, bands and small ensembles.

• Blog - Caribbean Carnival 

  July 29, 2021

  A Festival of Freedom and Creativity by Michelle Parson - Office Manager

• Catherine Tammaro joins TAC as the new Indigenous Arts program Manager 

  August 03, 2021

• Celebrating the impact of this year's artsVest™ program in Toronto 

  May 28, 2014

  Business for the Arts celebrates impact of artsVest™ program in Toronto. 2013-2014 program wraps up with overall economic impact of $1.53 million

• Changes to TAC's Equity Implementation Policy 

  January 26, 2021

  Toronto Arts Council has increased the weighting of the Equity Implementation Score in our Operating Grants from 10 to 20 per cent

• artsVest™ gears up for 2014-2015 in Toronto 

  April 03, 2014

  A partnership with Toronto Arts Council, Business for the Arts and Canadian Heritage