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Stones & Beatles Former Business Manager Dies:
July 20, 2009 -- The former manager of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles Allen Klein, who played a major role in the break-up of the Beatles and also gained cont...
Preston Cultural Festival
November 20, 2007 -- Preston Cultural FestivalBorn as a neighbourhood idea, Nova Scotia’s Preston Cultural Festival has become a unique and vibrant annual mainstay on the ...
Marie Clements' searing artistic vision
November 20, 2007 -- Marie Clements' searing artistic visionEvoking the traditions of her Aboriginal roots and drawing from her experience as a radio news reporter in the ...
Canada dances around the world
October 25, 2007 -- Describing Canada’s professional dance scene, well-known Canadian arts advocate Max Wyman argues that it is “characterized by the same cultural richne...
Arnait Video Productions: Inuit women tell their story
October 25, 2007 -- Since its release in 2001, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, Canada's first Aboriginal-language feature film, has earned its Nunavut-based producers, Igloo...
The sense and sensibility of R. Murray Schafer
October 25, 2007 -- It speaks volumes of someone that looking for comparisons means reaching back nearly two centuries. But such is the case with R. (Raymond) Murray Scha...
Tri-Continental - Playing folk-blues to a global bea
October 25, 2007 -- Three seasoned guitarists got together casually several years ago to fuse their celtic, blues, folk and African rhythms. The sound was so different, a...
Great Tree of Peace
October 25, 2007 -- In response to the complexities facing the world today, aboriginal artist Samuel Thomas (Iroquois) initiated a “project for peace”. Over the past four...
The Old Trout Puppet Workshop: Talent, with no strings attached
October 25, 2007 -- Hailed by Canadian newspaper critics for its “utterly captivating,” “universal and visceral” and “by turns comic, macabre and sublimely surreal” theat...
Wanda Koop: The contagious power of art
October 25, 2007 -- For over 30 years, camera and small sketchbook in hand, Wanda Koop has pursued her research while documenting the imaginary world of her art. She took...
Arthur Slade: A boy’s imagination on the loose
October 25, 2007 -- Once upon a time, on July 9, 1967, a boy was born in Moose Jaw and lived with his parents and three brothers on a ranch in the Cypress Hills of southw...
More than 500 communities benefit
December 7, 2006 -- More than 500 communities benefited from Canada Council support in 2005-06: Annual Report
Ottawa, November 17, 2006 – Artists and arts organization...
2006 Governor General's Literary Awards
December 7, 2006 -- The Canada Council for the Arts announces the winners of the 2006 Governor General's Literary Awards
Ottawa, November 21, 2006 – The Canada Council f...
Ceramist and sculptor Peter Powning 30th recipient of Saidye Bronfman Award
November 8, 2006 -- Ceramist and sculptor Peter Powning 30th recipient of Saidye Bronfman Award
Peter Powning, one of Canada's leading craft artists, has been named the ...
Karen Ostrom wins Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography
October 13, 2006 -- Karen Ostrom wins Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography
Ottawa, October 12, 2006 – The Canada Council for the Arts announced today that photo...
Artists/community initiative to become permanent Canada Council program
October 13, 2006 -- Artists/community initiative to become permanent Canada Council program
Ottawa, October 11, 2006 - The Canada Council for the Arts is stepping up its...
Choreographer David Earle wins Walter Carsen Prize
August 14, 2006 -- Choreographer David Earle wins Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts
Ottawa, August 10, 2006 – The Canada Council for the Arts an...
David Altmejd will represent Canada
July 12, 2006 -- David Altmejd will represent Canada at the 2007 Venice Biennale of Visual Art
Ottawa, July 11, 2006 – Montreal artist David Altmejd will be...
Art Bank to acquire 79 new works by Canadian artists
June 12, 2006 -- Art Bank to acquire 79 new works by Canadian artists
Ottawa, June 5, 2006 – The Canada Council Art Bank is acquiring 79 new works by Canadian artists...
New Canada Council program will support artistic exchange between Aboriginal Elders and youth
June 12, 2006 -- New Canada Council program will support artistic exchange between Aboriginal Elders and youth
Ottawa, May 9, 2006 – The Canada Council for the Arts h...
John G. Diefenbaker Award 2006
May 11, 2006 -- German economic sociologist Heiner Ganssmann awarded John G. Diefenbaker Award to work at the University of British Columbia
Ottawa, April 6, 2006 – ...
Governor General's Medals in Architecture
May 11, 2006 -- Announcement of winners of the Governor General's Medals in Architecture
Ottawa, May 1, 2006 – The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada ...
Melinda Mollineaux appointed Canada Council Equity Coordinator
April 13, 2006 -- Ottawa, March 10, 2006 – Melinda Mollineaux, a visual artist who previously worked as a Canada Council program officer, has been appointed Coordinator...
Twenty-one Canadian scientists and scholars win Killam Research Fellowships
March 13, 2006 -- Ottawa, Feb. 28, 2006 – Twenty-one outstanding Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of more than $1.5 million in the 39th annual competition...
Michael Acht wins the Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners
February 13, 2006 -- Ottawa, Jan. 31, 2006 – University of Manitoba architecture graduate Michael Acht will have the opportunity to research the architecture of Portugal, ...
The Canada Council for the Arts announces the winners of the 2005 Governor General’s Literary Awards
January 11, 2006 -- Montreal, November 16, 2005 – The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the names of the winners of the 2005 Governor General’s Literary Aw...
Canada Council “thrilled” by funding announcement
December 12, 2005 -- Ottawa, November 23, 2005 - The Canada Council for the Arts has welcomed the announcement by Canadian Heritage Minister Liza Frulla of a $306.5 millio...
Aboriginal arts organizations to benefit from new Canada Council program
November 11, 2005 -- Ottawa, October 13, 2005 – Fifteen Aboriginal arts groups from across Canada will benefit from a new program aimed at helping them develop new skills ...
Book Publishing Support: Block Grants
October 12, 2005 -- Deadline: 1 December 2006
Program Description
In the context of its mandate to foster the production and enjoyment of the arts in Canada, the ...
John G. Diefenbaker Award
September 12, 2005 -- Ottawa, April 26, 2005 – A prominent German scholar is coming to Canada to further her research on the European Union. Dr. Ingeborg Tömmel, professor ...
Flying Squad to be Available to all Disciplines in Fall 2005
August 11, 2005 -- The Flying Squad, which provides arts organizations with assistance aimed at enhancing their organizational development, will be available to arts org...
Canada Council joins with PEN Canada to fund residency for writer in exile
July 4, 2005 -- Ottawa, June 29, 2005 – The Canada Council for the Arts has embarked on a unique partnership with PEN Canada to fund a residency at a Canadian univers...
New Visual Arts program will support independent creation, career development
June 6, 2005 -- Ottawa, May 18, 2005 – The Canada Council for the Arts has approved a new program that changes the way grants are awarded to visual artists, while at ...
Canada Council for the Arts launches new program for emerging Aboriginal writers
May 5, 2005 -- Ottawa, April 19, 2005 – The Canada Council for the Arts has launched a new program to encourage the artistic development of emerging Aboriginal write...
Luc Devroye, Brian Hall, Linda Hutcheon, Margaret Lock and Nahum Sonenberg to receive $100,000 Killa
April 18, 2005 -- Ottawa, March 30, 2005 – Five prominent scholars from McGill University, Dalhousie University and the University of Toronto will be honoured with the ...
Winners of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2005
March 28, 2005 -- Ottawa, March 8, 2005 – The Canada Council for the Arts today announced the names of the eight winners of the sixth annual Governor General’s Awards i...
Federal budget brings good news for the arts
February 28, 2005 -- Ottawa, February 23, 2005 – The Canada Council for the Arts has welcomed the news that a major infusion of federal funding for culture – including $25...
Serge Murphy and Charles Guilbert win Bell Canada Award in Video Art
January 10, 2005 -- The Canada Council for the Arts and Bell Canada announced today that Serge Murphy and Charles Guilbert of Montreal are the winners of the 2004 Bell Ca...
Rethinking the Importance of Culture
December 13, 2004 -- Excerpt from a speech to the Federal-Provincial Culture Ministers’ Conference in Halifax, Oct. 30, 2004.
By Simon Brault
With the acceleration of gl...
Advocacy needed to promote value of arts: Canada Council Annual Report
November 8, 2004 -- Ottawa, November 2, 2004 – The Canada Council for the Arts has called on Canadians to send all levels of government a clear message about the positive...
Karen Kain Appointed Chair of the Canada Council for the Arts
October 6, 2004 -- OTTAWA, September 16, 2004 – Minister of Canadian Heritage Liza Frulla today announced the appointment of Karen Kain, of Toronto, Ontario, as Chair of...
Veronica Tennant wins Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts
September 7, 2004 -- Ottawa, July 21, 2004 – Principal dancer, author and producer-director Veronica Tennant is the winner of the 2004 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence i...
Canada Council Launches new Program
July 19, 2004 -- Canada Council Launches new Program to support traditional Aboriginal visual art formsOttawa, July 7, 2004 — The Canada Council for the Arts has launc...
Rebecca Belmore will represent Canada at the 2005 Venice Biennale of Visual Art
July 19, 2004 --
Ottawa, June 17 2004 – Vancouver Aboriginal artist Rebecca Belmore will be Canada’s official representative at the 2005 Venice Biennale of Vis...
Attendance at Arts Performances, Museums and Art Galleries in Canada and the Provinces
July 19, 2004 -- The museums and art galleries report shows that 7.8 million Canadians 15 years of age or older visited a museum in 1998. This represents about one-thi...
Shrek 2: Double the Entertainment
June 22, 2004 -- As summer quickly approaches, the new wave of summer movies are being released to theatres across North America. One of these new films is the m...
A not-so-real Reality
June 7, 2004 -- Virtual Reality
The world is becoming more and more “connected”. As a result, there is an increase in the number of activities that take place ...
Where the Magic Comes to You
June 7, 2004 -- Where the Magic Comes to You
King of entertainment Kings, Walt Disney has done it again. Can you remember the magic of watching those first few...
Indy-music in Canada
June 7, 2004 -- The music industry has become more and more difficult to “break into”. It seems that without a large label to shoulder the costs of recording, p...
Mambo Italiano
February 24, 2004 -- Expecting a movie along the lines of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, I was disappointed. The movie follows an Italian fellow who moves in with an old school...
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