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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