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A Tribe Called Red, Igloofest 2013, Montréal. Photo: Eva Blue.

The Canada Council goes to market

Jun 14, 2013
If you’re reading this, then the switch has been flipped on our new Market Access website module! This component went live on the...

Bringing the arts to life

Jun 4, 2013
It is a great thrill to launch the new canadacouncil.ca website today! We heard your feedback: the website needed to facilitate the...
Snow Boarder; Whalebone Sedna

And now for some cool art: Canada's Arctic Room in DC

May 27, 2013
At the Canada Council Art Bank, we believe that art starts a conversation. That’s why we were thrilled to be able to place works...
junos

And the Juno goes to...

May 10, 2013
Earlier this month, the City of Regina played host to the 42nd Annual Juno Awards, which is a big-deal celebration of the...
Tiphaine Girault, O-porte-nité (Doors of Opportunity)

Why consult?

May 1, 2013
“We consult because the information gathered is vital to our work as a public funding agency and because we value the input of...

Consultations now underway

Apr 25, 2013
The Council is launching the first of a series of discipline-based consultations this spring as the next phase of its review of operating...
Paris

Cultivating the arts marketplace at home and abroad

Apr 15, 2013
The Canada Council is known for its grants to artists and arts organizations – for nurturing and sustaining our national arts...
Picture from the video on Chantal Pontbriand, directed by Lysanne Thibodeau

What's in a prize?

Mar 25, 2013
What’s in a prize? I’ve been asking myself this question while looking at the videos of the 2013 laureates of the Governor...

Reading for all

Mar 22, 2013
The Canada Council for the Arts announced in January 2013 that it will contribute $360,000 over 3 years to support the National...
Picture from the video on Rebecca Belmore, directed by Danielle Sturk

On meeting Rebecca Belmore

Mar 20, 2013
We met for a coffee, two artists in Winnipeg in January: one a nationally recognized laureate of a 2013 Governor General’s Award in...
Picture from the video on Marcel Barbeau, directed by Luc Bourdon

Meeting Marcel Barbeau and Ninon Gauthier

Mar 12, 2013
Our first impressions of a film subject are generally influenced by our prejudices, clichéd ideas or our own ignorance regarding the...
Danis Goulet’s Barefoot, 2012

RE-FRAME International spotlight on Aboriginal art

Feb 28, 2013
From February 7-17, several contemporary film and video works by some of Canada’s most talented Aboriginal filmmakers were screened...
Bageshree Vaze.

Dance Mapping Study Update

Feb 12, 2013
It’s been almost a year since I first blogged about the Canada Dance Mapping Study.  And what do we have to show for it?...

Yes, it’s about professional artists

Feb 1, 2013
The conversation on Public Engagement in the Arts launched by the Canada Council last October took a new twist this week with a lead...
Strategic Plan

Responding to change

Dec 17, 2012
We are living in a period of major change that impacts both artists and audiences. The root causes of this change – demographic,...
The Canada Council Art Bank welcomed the public to see Spotlight on 40 Years, a special exhibition marking its 40th anniversary and presented during Culture Days. More than 650 people took part in the celebrations. Photo: Guest interacts with sculpture by Alex Wyse.

Illusion and reality

Nov 30, 2012
Note: This is the second post in a conversation on this blog about public engagement in the arts. See the first post: Arts for...
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