Deadline for submission: Thursday, June 6th 2013 by 5:00PM
 
ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
If you join The 100 you will be given a free, all-access VIP pass to the Toronto Fringe Festival, as well as professional development, mentorship, arts immersion and networking opportunities. During our 12 day festival, you will be empowered to actively engage and interact with Fringe patrons, take workshops with leading industry professionals, learn tips & tricks from intimate artist-mentors and develop entrepreneurial skills under the guidance of Fringe staff and associates.
 
Workshops and Tent Talks: During the Festival we bring together industry professionals to lead workshops, tent talks and initiate social activations. Our goal is to provide you with practical tools and methods in order to gain a deeper understanding of the industry while learning from leaders in the community.
 
Mentorship: We connect you to artistic mentors who will offer guidance and advice while linking you to the inner-workings of the Festival and the artistic community.

All Access Fringe Pass: You’ll be given an all access pass to the Fringe Festival and encouraged to see as many shows as you can with your group. Staff and mentors will offer insider tips and tricks on how to get the most out of your Fringe experience.
Social Activations at the Fringe Club: The 100 will have a home-base in the middle of the action at Fringe Club. There, you’ll connect with audience and artists during our ‘100 activations’. These activations will encourage you to use the skills and tools that you’ve been given in workshops in new and innovative ways. Total immersion in everything Fringe!
 
IDEAL PARTICIPATS ARE:
 Between the ages of 17 and 25
 Emerging artists who have a strong interest in producing, marketing, audience development, fundraising, networking and artistic development.
 Curious about engaging in theatre and the arts.
 Available during afternoons and evenings of the Festival (July 3-14th,2013)
 Passionate about exploring the world of The Toronto Fringe!
  
*We encourage participants of all artistic backgrounds to apply; all levels of experience are welcome.
 
TO APPLY: CLICK HERE or visit http://fringetoronto.com/artists/youth/the-100/
 
The deadline for submission is Thursday June 6, 2013 by 5:00 p.m. (EST).
 
 
For additional information please contact:
Carys Lewis at outreach@fringetoronto.com
 
Please note we will only accept online applications.

You are invited to the RED Revue feat. Cheri Maracle & Wabs Whitebird presented by ANDPVA on May 24, 2013.

Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 4pm – 7pm

Location: Centre for Social Innovation, First floor
215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T

Cost: $10

Registration: www.sponsorship101.eventbrite.ca

Description: In building the relationships and capacities of our members, we are delving into a new series of workshops that will benefit our members and the general public. Will be teaming up with Business for the Arts and a private consultant to deliver our first workshop  which will focus on Effective Marketing / Sponsorship Strategies. As capacity building and overall development are key points in our focus this year, the workshop will be a 2 phase process into how we brand, market, seek sponsorship and initiate fundraising strategies. Have you ever been asked:

• So tell me about your work?
• Do you have a fundraising Strategy?
• What is your total reach and which clientele do you serve?
• Where in the city / province do most of your audience comes from?
• Are you familiar or have considered corporate sponsorship?

If you could not answer clearly or hesitated on any two of these questions then do consider joining us. In our last workshop, we had a discussion on the changes to Arts funding and its impact on the artists. We reported also that the new artistic funding landscape would require that we seek other ways of supplemental funding of for our work. Effective Marketing / Sponsorship Strategies 101 can be a start.

Presentations by:

Business for the Arts aims to strengthen arts and culture in Canada by connecting arts organizations to business patrons and volunteers through ourartsScene and boardLink programs; by stimulating investment in the arts through matching incentives and sponsorship training for arts organization withartsVest; by communicating the value of investing in the arts through advocacy and research via our Roundtables and Surveys; and by providing a platform for arts organizations to celebrate their outstanding business partners in the arts through our National Awards Gala and media partnerships.

Sudarshan Jagannathan, or Suds, is an ordinary citizen of India and Canada, learning and sharing ideas, dreams and passion with people around. Professionally, Suds manages strategic sales and marketing functions across Canada for Travelport, a global travel technology provider. Prior to this, Suds has been in similar functions in Telecom and Finance,

after arriving in Canada in 2002. Suds is also part of Toronto’s little known secret, http://www.masadvise.ca/, a volunteer consulting group, where Suds focuses on Marketing, Sales, Fundraising and Branding initiatives. Latest rumor is that Suds is now transitioning over to the Social Development sector, continuing to daydream and importantly, execute. With so much time left, Suds plays cricket for the Toronto’s oldest cricket club and is learning how to sing. Suds is driven by the desire to illuminate within, share the light with the world and believes in the Gandhian doctrine – “It starts with one”.