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Upcoming opportunities from Theatre Ontario, from our members, and from other arts service organizations.

Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• Learn about the background and impetus behind the Intimacy for the Stage initiative at our free “What Is Intimacy On Stage?” pre-recorded webinar with Siobhan Richardson of Intimacy Directors International, available on March 28.
• Learn the skills necessary to be a successful and sought-after reviewer, critic, blogger, and writer of theatre—Join us at our “Writing Theatre Reviews that Matter” workshop with Lynn Slotkin on April 3 at 3pm in Toronto.
• Learn the techniques and the language to stage human sexuality in a way that is professional, dynamic and focused on storytelling—Join us at our “Intimacy for the Stage for Performing Artists” workshop with Siobhan Richardson of Intimacy Directors International on April 13.
• Deadline to book accommodations at the Festival Hotel for Theatre Ontario Festival 2019 in Richmond Hill is April 15.
• Gain experience in the world of video game voiceover to prepare for auditions at our “Video Game Voice Over” workshop with Ellen Dubin on April 27.
• Check out all of our upcoming Career Stream and Creator Stream workshops.

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• ArtsBuild Ontario is hosting a free webinar “Working Together: Multi-Partner Creative Space Projects” today.
• Deadline for applications for the Cayle Chernin Awards, presented to emerging or discipline-transitioning female artists seeking assistance in the creation of a new work is March 29.
• PACT, the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, is beginning a three-part “HR Intensive” webinar series covering Recruitment, Keeping Your People Happy and Motivated, and Keeping Your Feet Under You When Change Is Afoot. The series begins April 2.

Check out these items, and other postings from our members.

• Grants
• Calls for Submission and Nominations
• Workshops at Ontario Theatres and Other Arts Service Organizations
• Adult Continuing Education and Training Studio Programs
• Youth Training Programs
• Volunteer and Non-Paying Positions
• Community Events and Conferences

Theatre Ontario individual members can also access Auditions, Job Postings and Discount Ticket Offers on our Theatre Ontario Individual Member Resources on our website

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Community Theatre and Communications Manager

Conversation Starters

• In the new Intermission series “What I Wish I’d Known”, Graham Isador asks theatre artists what advice they’d give younger versions of themselves. The question is a jumping off point for larger conversations about the artist’s work. The first article featured Michael Healey and the question “If you could tell the theatre school version of yourself the success you’d go on to have in the industry how do you think they’d react?”

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• Kempenfelt Community Players in Barrie announced their 19/20 season (FB post).
• Beginning in Winter 2020, The Musical Stage Company will take up residency for one production each year at the historic Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto.
• The cast of Owen Sound Little Theatre’s production of Shorthanded had the opportunity to perform the national anthem before an Ontario Hockey League game between the Owen Sound Attack and the Kitchener Rangers (FB video).
• The Professional Association of Canadian Theatre shared some tips for “Resolving Employee Conflict” for theatre managers.

Migrations

• Sherrie Johnson is the new Executive Director of Crow’s Theatre in Toronto.

TO Toasts

Calithumpian Theatre Company's production of Hir by Taylor Mac
Ingrid Blekys, Zoe Bernard, Rob Deman, Deighton Thomas
Photo by Jackie Noble

• ... to the winners of the Brickenden Awards, including London Community Players and Calithumpian Theatre. The awards honour independent and community theatre in London.

In Case You Missed It

• Stories from Next Generation Showcase: Andrew Pritchard of Canadore College describes his “weekend to remember.”
• ONstage Openings this week in Owen Sound, Belleville, Ottawa, Oshawa, Sarnia, Waterloo, Hamilton, London, Elmira, Burlington, and Toronto.
• Browsing Our Bulletin Board, including workshops, courses, grant deadlines, calls for submission, volunteer opportunities, and more.

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Community Theatre and Communications Manager

Conversation Starters

Other Side of the Game at Cahoots Theatre and Obsidian Theatre
Photo by Dahlia Katz

• Playwright Amanda Parris describes her experience capturing “Toronto’s soundscape” and finding the authentic voices of her young Black residents of the west-end for Other Side of the Game from Cahoots Theatre and Obsidian Theatre. (Artist Perspective from Intermission).
• Kevin Wong and Stephanie Graham from The Musical Stage Company shared their experience attending the National Alliance for Musical Theatre 29th Annual Festival of New Musicals—which included a performance of Prom Queen (which started at the Canadian Musical Theatre Project at Sheridan.)

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• 2018 Summer Season announcements from Ontario Summer Theatre members 4th Line Theatre (Millbrook) and Port Stanley Festival Theatre. 
• Sudbury Theatre Centre receives $200,000 in emergency funding from the City.
• Are you ready for Bill 148?  The highlight of the “Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act” is the increase to minimum wage, but the Ontario Nonprofit Network points out five things that theatres and other non-profits need to consider about the impact of this Act on their activities.

TO Toasts

• ... to the winners of the 2017 Prix Rideau Awards for Ottawa professional theatre, including Odyssey Theatre who won Outstanding Production (Anglophone) for The Servant of Two Masters.
• ... to the winners of the 2017 Tom Hendry Awards, including Kate Hennig, winner of the Carol Bolt Award for Best Work premiered in the past year, for The Virgin Trial.
• ... to Hiro Kanagawa and Playwrights Canada Press, winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for Indian Arm.

In Case You Missed It

• Save the Date – Our final fundraising campaign of 2017 kicks off on Tuesday, November 28th as part of Giving Tuesday.
• ONstage Openings this week in Georgetown, London, Elmira, Toronto, Barrie, Cookstown, Peterborough, Ottawa, and Constance Bay.
• Browsing Our Bulletin Board, including workshops, webinars, grant deadlines, residency opportunities, and more.

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Community Theatre and Communications Manager

Conversation Starters

• Mitchell Marcus, Artistic and Managing Director of Acting Up Stage Company, writes about his experience with their latest casting call: 482 submissions for six roles.
• Laura Ellis shares some of her favourite theatre books, on the Hamilton Arts Council’s “Living Arts” blog.
• The latest edition of #CdnTimes from SpiderWebShow is being guest-edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (Playwright-in-Person at Theatre Ontario Festival 2016) under the banner "Black Lives Matter". The first article in the series is by Makambe K. Simamba and explores the question Can Black People Culturally Appropriate?

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• Blyth Festival announced their 2017 summer season.
• The Play Map of Canada for December, featuring upcoming production of Canadian-written plays, is now available from Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC).
• This is just one part of the “Canadian Plays in Canadian Communities” initiative from PGC that we have been supporting.
• The Cultural Human Resources Council has updated their HR Management Toolkit—and the toolkit is available online.

TO Toasts

• ... to all of the award winners and honourable mentions from the Eastern Ontario Drama League One-Act Festival.

In Case You Missed It

• Seeking “New Faces” to participate in Next Generation Showcase.
• Introducing our Winter and Spring Career Stream and Creator Stream workshops.
• ONstage Openings this week in Toronto, Peterborough, Perth, Thunder Bay, and Orillia.
• Browsing Our Bulletin Board, featuring grant writing workshops, Summer Theatre Intensive course proposals, and volunteers for Next Generation Showcase.

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Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• Registrations are open for our Adjudicators Symposium on October 1 in Toronto, bringing together the province’s adjudicators for professional development and networking.
• Seeking financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor? Apply for our Professional Theatre Training Program mentorship grants. The application deadline is October 3.
• Are stress and anxiety sabotaging your career? Join us at our “Act Bravely: Practical Strategies to Conquer Stage Fright” workshop with Jorie Morrow on October 3.
• Thinking of producing a show or starting a theatre company? Join us at our “Ready, Set, Show! Foundations of Indie Producing” workshop with Rachel Kennedy on October 5 in Toronto
• Does your ‘Theatre for Young Audiences’ show need an audience? Join us at our “Bring Your Show to Schools: Navigating the Education System” webinar with Patty Jarvis of Prologue to the Performing Arts on October 13.
• Seeking financial support for programs that deliver accessible training to young people, led by professional theatre artist? Apply for our Youth Theatre Training Program grants. The application deadline is October 17.
• Preparing an OAC application? Get the inside scoop at our free “Grant Writing Information” pre-recorded webinar with Pat Bradley of the Ontario Arts Council on October 18.
• Want to know the secrets to a successful voice acting career? Join us at our Voice-Over workshop with Elley-Ray on October 22 in Toronto.
• Taking your new play from page to stage can seem impossible. Yet new plays are produced every season. How do they do it? Join us at our Playwright’s Guide to Getting Produced workshop with David S. Craig on October 24 in Toronto.
• Members save 50% on E-learning courses from WorkInCulture. One of the six courses available is Managing People—Lead your team to greatness! How do you find the right people? How do you motivate your team? Then, how do you keep the solid talent you have? This course will help you find the answers.

Check out all of our upcoming Career Stream and Creator Stream workshops.

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Deadline to apply for Ontario150 Grants Partnership Program for engaging, enabling, and empowering youth is September 30.
• Deadline for nominations for the Canada Council’s John Hobday Awards in Arts Management is September 30.
• Deadline to sign-up for Acting Up Stage Company’s One Song Glory (free musical theatre intensive for youth 13 to 19) pre-intensive workshops is September 30.
• Deadline for submissions for Thousand Islands Playhouse’s Ontario Arts Council Theatre Creators Reserve is October 1.

  

  The deadline to apply for the Theatre Creators Reserve at
  Thousand Islansd Playhouse is October 1.

• Anne Marie Scheffler’s One Person Show Workshop runs October 1 to 2 in Toronto.
• Deadline for applications for the Toronto Arts Council Artists in the Library program is October 3.
• Deadline for applications for directors (non-paying) at the NAGs Players annual pantomime is October 3.
• Deadline for applications for the Ontario Arts Council’s grants for Artist(s) in the Community / Workplace, Arts Education Projects and National and International Residency is October 4.
• Deadline for applications for Paprika Festival’s 16/17 programming is October 7.
• Deadline for applications for a tenancy at Artscape Youngplace is October 7.

New on The Bulletin Board

• Toronto Irish Players invites applications to direct The Night Joe Dolan’s Car Broke Down (non-paying community theatre production.) The application deadline is October 8.
• Theatre 3x60 is hosting Open House Information Sessions on October 11 and 18 for their free youth theatre collective, for Durham youth 14 to 21.
• Great Canadian Theatre Company invites applications for their OAC Theatre Creators’ Reserve program. Their funding priority is for playwrights and collectives based in, or who originate from, Ottawa and the National Capital Region. The application deadline is December 2.
• Festival Players of Prince Edward County invites applications for their OAC Theatre Creators’ Reserve program. Their funding priority is work that concerns itself with rural and/or epic themes, musicals, work for young audiences, and work by local playwrights from their community. The application deadline is December 9.
• The Village Players of Bloor West Village are seeking Costume Coordinators for Powers and Gloria and The Melville Boys (non-paying community theatre productions.)

Check out these items, and other postings from our members.

• Grants
• Calls for Submission and Nominations
• Volunteer and Non-Paying Positions
• Community Events and Conferences
• Workshops at Ontario Theatres and Other Arts Service Organizations
• Adult Continuing Education Programs
• Youth Training Programs

Theatre Ontario individual members can also access Auditions, Job Postings and Discount Ticket Offers on our Theatre Ontario Individual Member Resources on our website

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Just a few “quick hits” this week as I am still catching up on an overflowing inbox of interesting materials post-holidays.

Conversation Starters

• Collaborate or die! – A case study of how arts groups in a rural, largely agricultural county in England developed new ways of working together

Behind the Scenes at Ontario’s Theatres

• Save the date: Equity in Theatre will be holding a Symposium in Toronto on April 27 (pictured)
• Do you know which municipality has the oldest art council in the province?
• The Ministry of Labour is planning a “slip, trip, and fall” inspection blitz this February.  In this icy weather, is your theatre prepared?  Workplace Safety and Prevention Services has a few tips to think about for your venue.

TO Toasts

• ...to Margaret Genovese, awarded the Robert Johnston Award for Excellence in Human Resources in the Arts from Work in Culture

In Case You Missed It

• PASO Coalition Meets with Ontario Arts Council Senior Staff to Discuss Cuts to Arts Sector

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Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

• The Youth Theatre Training Program offers financial support to programs led by professional theatre artists, which deliver accessible training to young people (age 14 to 21) in theatrical skills. The application deadline is October 15
• The Managing Your Career Boot Camp is on October 18 in Toronto: Learn the business of being an artist in a one-day session
• You can also sign-up for individual workshops from the Boot Camp: Building Your Brand as an Artist with Edward Power, Social Media as a Professional Tool with Seb FoxAllen, We want you… now sign! Contract Law for Actors with Derrick Chua, and Ask an Agent: Everything you’ve always wanted to know… with Alicia Jeffery
• Grant Writing Information Session for Theatre Individuals and Groups on October 28 in London with Pat Bradley: a free workshop for anyone looking for tips and must-dos for preparing an application to the Ontario Arts Council

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Shaw Festival’s next Play by Play, for theatre lovers interested in going behind the scenes, is October 3
• SPARC–Supporting Performing Arts in Rural Communities, invites applications for their Network Summit on October 3
  
• Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Libretto Writing workshop with Marjorie Chan is on October 6 in Toronto
• Deadline for nominations for Work In Culture’s Robert Johnston Award for a tenacious commitment to furthering best human resources practices in the cultural sector is October 9
• Deadline to apply for Alumnae Theatre’s Playwrights’ Intensive with Maja Ardal is October 10
• Deadline to volunteer as a Director at the Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival is October 10
• Deadline to apply to the Paprika Festival’s 2015 Festival, with opportunities available for artists 21 and under (Projects, Playwriting, Creators’ Unit, Resident Company) and under 30 (Projects, Advisory Board) is October 10

New on The Bulletin Board

• Ottawa Little Theatre invites submissions for the 74th National One-Act Playwriting Competition, for plays running 25 to 60 minutes, unproduced or produced no earlier than 2014; the submission deadline is October 17
• The Toronto Fringe Festival now invites submissions for the 2015 Fringe Lottery, Site Specific Fringe Theatre, and the Culturally Diverse Artist Project; application deadlines are November 3
• Buddies in Bad Times invites submissions for their OAC Theatre Creators Reserve from individual creators or collectives working on new texts and performance-creation based models relevant to Buddies' mandate and interest.  The application deadline is November 28

Check out these items, and other postings from our members of funding opportunities, workshops, calls for submission, awards, and more—on Theatre Ontario’s Bulletin Board on our website

Theatre Ontario individual members can also access auditions and job postings on our Theatre Ontario Individual Member Resources on our website

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Coming Up from Theatre Ontario

A stomp in time and space.
Free demonstration and discussion of
SITI Company's training dichotomies on
September 22.

• Theatre Ontario and Why Not Theatre are hosting “A Stomp In Time And Space” on September 22 in Toronto, a free demonstration and discussion of SITI Company’s training dichotomies from the recipients of the Independent Theatre Creators International Training Scholarship
• Financial Basics for Artists on September 23 in Toronto is a free workshop for self-employed artists covering basic financial skills
• Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur (formerly known as Self-Start: The Basics of Producing) on September 24 in Toronto is for artists thinking of producing a show or starting a theatre company (free for Theatre Ontario individual members) 
• Proposal Writing: Creative Approaches to Creative Proposals on September 29 in Toronto is a workshop for individuals and theatre organizations applying for funding and sponsorships 
• The Professional Theatre Training Program offers financial support for unique and flexible training with a chosen mentor in any theatrical discipline except performance.  The application deadline is October 1.
• The Youth Theatre Training Program offers financial support to programs led by professional theatre artists, which deliver accessible training to young people (age 14 to 21) in theatrical skills.  The application deadline is October 15.

Check out all of our upcoming Career Stream and Creator Stream workshops.

Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Deadline for submissions for Theatre Passe Muraille’s Youth Blues Challenge is September 19
• Ottawa Little Theatre’s Pick Up the Pace: A Field Guide to Playwriting with Dan Needles is on September 20
• Alameda Theatre Company’s Playwriting Master Class with Caridad Svich is on September 21 and 22
• Playwright’s Guild of Canada’s Libretto Writing workshop with Marjorie Chan is on October 6; registration closes on September 22
• Port Stanley Festival Theatre is holding their free Playwrights Festival on September 26, featuring a public reading of “Feathers”, part of their new play development program

New on The Bulletin Board

• WorkInCulture now invites nominations for the Robert Johnston Award, honouring individuals who have made a tenacious commitment to furthering human resources development in the cultural sector in Ontario; deadline is October 9
• Alumnae Theatre is holding a playwriting intensive with Maja Ardal; applications are due on October 10
• Tarragon Theatre invites submissions for the OAC Theatre Creators Reserve, with a deadline of October 17
• Theatre InspiraTO invites applications for their Playwriting Academy; the deadline is October 23
• Toronto Fringe Festival invites applications for the OAC Theatre Creators’ Reserve, with a deadline of October 31

Check out these items, and other postings from our members of funding opportunities, workshops, calls for submission, awards, and more—on Theatre Ontario’s Bulletin Board on our website

Theatre Ontario individual members can also access auditions, job postings, and volunteer opportunities on our Theatre Ontario Individual Member Resources on our website

Ontario Off Stage

by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Conversation Starters

• At the Symposium for Performing Arts in Rural Communities a month ago, participants talked about how rural arts gave them “space to create”; over a year ago, Travis Bedard wrote about how his community of Austin, Texas was “a maker town” where theatre research and development could take place without the burden of community memory of established urban theatre centres.  With both of those ideas in mind, it was fascinating to read this week’s #CdnCultTimes on the SpiderWebShow in which artists talk about leaving urban centres while continuing artistic practice.
• Melissa Hillman reflects on #YesAllWomen and “our role in this as artists” on Bitter Gertrude
• From TCG Circle: In Ancient Greek theatre, masks helped to carry actors’ voice to the back of the amphitheatre.  “The line between the technological and artistic benefits of masks is so blurred that we tend to forget they served a practical purpose at all.” Do we think about today’s theatre technology in real time?

From The Wire

• ArtsVote Watch: Hamilton ArtsVote launched on Wednesday, June 4 – stay in touch via their Facebook group
• WorkInCulture has released the results of their research project "Labour Market Insights in Ontario’s Cultural Industries", focusing on the key topics of recruitment practices, salaries, non-salary benefits, growth and recent hires, and succession planning

TO Toasts

Gary Crawford, Toronto City Councillor and David S. Craig,
winner of the 2014 Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award from
the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts

• Congratulations to all of the nominees for the 2013-2014 Dora Mavor Moore Awards from the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts; to Meredith Potter, awarded the 2014 Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award; to Karyn McCallum, awarded the 2014 Pauline McGibbon Award; and to David S. Craig, awarded the 2014 Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award.  David is a past Theatre Ontario Board member, a past member of our Youth Theatre Training Program jury, and just last month was our Playwright-in-Person at Theatre Ontario Festival in Sarnia.
• Congratulations to all of the finalists for the Toronto Arts Foundation awards, including Children’s Peace Theatre (a past recipient of a Youth Theatre Training Program grant) and Philip Akin (a past Youth Theatre Training Program juror)

In Case You Missed It

• Engaging Youth at our Theatre Ontario Provincial Youth Forum

Staging Sustainability: Thriving through Innovative Thinking

By Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator

Staging Sustainability came to Toronto on February 3 and 4, 2014.  Organized by York University’s Centre for Sustainable Staging and ArtsBuild Ontario, the conference was built on “a dream of bringing innovation from around the world to Toronto’s theatre community” through a conversation about sustainability in the performing arts.  In the opening plenary, Arlene Goldbard defined sustainability with an emphasis on “thriving”—and indeed many of the stories we heard over the two days of the conference were encouraging.

I attended a morning panel focused on how organizations can integrate and balance sustainability as a core value.  It was an ideal starting point, because it was really applicable to any organization value—including sustainability.  From my point-of-view , it was best articulated by Tim Cynova of Fractured Atlas, who described healthy organization structures with the “accidental” acronym VERDI: Vision (clear and articulate), Empowered (what can we do that makes a difference?), Recognized (specifically and frequently), Don’t Be An A--h--- (self-explanatory), and Investing In Others (again, specifically and frequently).  Whatever core value an organization may aspire towards—including sustainability—it is impossible without a healthy organization structure.

After lunch, I attended a panel focusing on how arts facilities are being built to respond to sustainability.  Case studies on consumption, such as Katie Oman’s study at Seattle Repertory Theatre, challenged conventional thinking—for example, the assumption that lighting design has an enormous impact on energy costs.  While certain effects, such as saturated cyc lighting in a pre-show cue, was shown to cause spikes in consumption, the overall impact was far less significant when compared to facility operations.  Similarly, a study of Theater Winterthur in Switzerland by Annett Baumast (who joined us via video-conferencing) analyzed the impact of presentations at that venue, including transport of materials and infrastructure.  (Unfortunately, the scope of the study didn’t include the impact of audience travel.)

This was a good set-up for the next panel: How are presenters thinking about sustainability in their programming?  Local leaders like Franco Boni of The Theatre Centre and Tina Rasmussen of World Stage at Harbourfront Centre were forthright about their place on the learning curve for these issues, but they spoke eloquently of the power of artists to affect change and the lessons in their work that can help us comprehend these issues.  Marie Zimmerman of the Hillside Festival in Guelph demonstrated how founders committed to sustainability instilled that value from day one.  Harry Giles of Festivals Edinburgh introduced us to his work as the organization’s Environment Officer and the challenging questions he gets to ask about the carbon costs of Festival programming decisions.

My colleague Bruce Pitkin attended the second day of the conference.  One of the programs that caught his eye was the Broadway Green Alliance, which works to motivate and inspire the theatre community about environmental practice.  One of their techniques is to recruit volunteer “Green Captains” so that every production has someone specifically focused on environmental impact.  As is always the case, concurrent events meant that I couldn’t hear panels of about artists on the front lines, or innovation in sustainable practices, or many other significant conversations.

As we aspire towards a thriving theatre community, the benefits of sustainability-thinking—whether the goals are artistic or economic—were clear throughout the conference.  There is an eagerness to keep these conversations going, and we look forward to hearing more.

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Upcoming on The Bulletin Board

• Paprika Festival applications are due on October 12
• Deadline for nominations for the Robert Johnson Award from Work In Culture is also October 12; this award honours those who “further human resources development in the cultural sector in Ontario”
• First day of auditions for Acting Up Stage Company’s One Song Glory, a free professional music theatre training program for performers under 19 is on October 14
• Upcoming OAC Theatre Creators Reserve deadline as Odyssey Theatre (October 15)

Check out these items and all of our postings of workshops, calls for submission, and opportunities for recognition on Theatre Ontario’s Bulletin Board on our website

Theatre Ontario Seeking Community Theatre Coordinator

As announced at the Theatre Ontario Festival, Dennis Johnson is retiring as Community Theatre Coordinator.  We are now inviting applications for the position.  This is a part-time employee position, starting November 2011.

Theatre Ontario seeks a motivated and independent individual who is familiar with the theatre environment of Ontario.  The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, as well as demonstrated skills in production and management within the community theatre sector.

Read more about the Community Theatre Coordinator position on the Theatre Ontario website

7 Days In Ontario Theatre

Conversations

• On The Artful Manager, Andrew Taylor proposed a new way of thinking about job descriptions in the cultural sector for small and mid-size organizations: job function trading cards

From The Wire

• The Ontario provincial election is just two weeks away; the Ontario Nonprofit Network has published a provincial election kit, while Micheline McKay on the Arts Advocate Blog wonders why a jobs-focused election does not have more discussion of the cultural sector
• On Monday, the Friends Of The Arts' Petition to Protect Arts Funding to Keep Toronto Vibrant was reporting 12,200 signatures – are you one of them?  The Globe and Mail published an editorial on the subject (“Spare arts grants from the cleaver”) prior to the past week’s City Council Executive Committee meeting

Migrations

• Jorn Weisbrodt is the new Artistic Director of Luminato
• Greg Wanless will be stepping down as Artistic Director of Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque following the 2012 season

Highlights From The Bulletin Board

• September 30 is the deadline for OAC Theatre Creators’ Reserve submissions to Talk Is Free Theatre in Barrie; funding priorities are regional artists; artists from culturally diverse backgrounds; artists and works that would likely experience difficulty in attracting support elsewhere
• September 30 is also the deadline for nominations for the Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership from the Canadian Conference of the Arts
• Toronto’s Paprika Festival has put out the call for submissions: deadline is October 7 for their Productions, Creators Unit, Playwrights-in-Residence, and Resident Company; the Paprika Festival celebrates the work of young and emerging artists, primarily those who are 21 and under
• Fall workshop schedule from Off The Wall—Stratford Artists’ Alliance is now available: subjects include animatronics, artistic welding, exploring shadow puppets, mail armour costuming, mask making, and stage upholstery
• Factory Theatre has issued their call for OAC Theatre Creators’ Reserve submissions, with a deadline of November 25; funding priorities are: projects that reflect our cultural diversity; young voices that speak to youth issues; unique, theatrical investigations in form; groundbreaking projects from established playwrights; work that explores new methods of creation, including collective creation

Check out all the latest postings of workshops, classified ads, recognition opportunities and more from Theatre Ontario’s Bulletin Board

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Assembled by Brandon Moore, Communications Coordinator