Brief History:
Each year since 1989, the Town of Oakville has provided operating and project grants to qualified not-for-profit cultural organizations. The Oakville Arts Council, on behalf of the Town of Oakville administers this process at-arms length, with the applications reviewed by the Cultural Grants Review Committee commissioned by and responsible to the Board of Directors of the Oakville Arts Council. Over the past 27 years, 64 different cultural organizations in Oakville have benefited from support of approximately $2.3 million. In 2010, the OAC renewed our Memorandum of Understanding with the Town of Oakville for the following purposes:
- To ensure that Oakville shall be a community where art is embraced and Oakville artists and art organizations are supported and recognized as vital and central to the creative life of the Town.
- To service the Oakville community through enabling the activity of artists, arts groups and businesses.
- To provide, through the OAC, a non-partisan, arms-length service that advocates, communicates, enables, and sustains the arts for the community of Oakville.
- To administer grants to the artists and arts groups of Oakville on behalf of the CTO, ensuring accountability and transparency.
2020 Allocations:
The 2020 cultural grant applications were reviewed by a peer advisory committee made up of representatives from the arts and business community.
2020 Cultural Grants Review Committee:
Suzy Godefroy – Chair, Oakville Arts Council Hughene Acheson
Angela DiCintio Nicholas Pye Paul Wu Bernadette Ward, Executive Director, Oakville Arts Council Tonia DiRisio, Cultural Coordinator, Town of Oakville
Listing of 2020 Cultural Grants
Organization
|
2020 Allocation
|
ArtHouse
|
$8,500
|
Bandology
|
$5,000
|
BOTG
|
$5,000
|
Canadian Croatian Choral Society
|
$2,500
|
Circle of Harmony
|
$7,000
|
Halton Jazz Singers |
$600
|
Halton Region Chinese Canadian Association |
$2,000 |
High Rendition Jazz |
$6,000 |
Intrada Brass |
$3,800 |
Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre |
$5,000 |
Masterworks |
$7,000 |
Oakville Arts Society |
$6,000 |
Oakville Camera Club |
$8,000 |
Oakville Chamber Orchestra |
$8,000 |
Oakville Chinese Network Society |
$5,000 |
Oakville Choir for Children & Youth
|
$5,500
|
Oakville Choral Society |
$5,500 |
Oakville Festival of Film & Arts |
$8,500 |
Oakville Improv |
$8,000 |
Oakville Oriental Arts Club |
$1,500 |
Oakville Sculptors and Woodcarvers |
$2,000 |
Oakville Suzuki |
$4,300 |
Oakville Symphony Orchestra |
$8,000 |
Oakville Symphony Youth Orchestra |
$4,800 |
Oakville Vocal Arts Festival |
$5,000 |
Oakville Wind Orchestra |
$6,000 |
OTMH Arts Council |
$8,000 |
Suite Melody Care |
$2,000 |
Tempus Choral
|
$5,000
|
The Oakville Players
|
$5,000
|
The Wearable Art Show
|
$2,500
|
World of Threads
|
$8,500
|
Yuan Yin Group |
$2,000 |
TOTAL
|
$172,000
|
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