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Performing Arts Education Overview released today

Creative Trust and PAONE (the Professional Arts Organizations Network for Education) released the  Performing Arts Education Overview today at Theatre Direct’s Wychwood Theatre.

Minister of Tourism and Culture Michael Chan introduced this first time study, generously supported by his Ministry, of the scope of arts education activities by 50 music, theatre, dance and opera organizations in Toronto and area.

Kelly Hill of Hill Strategies Research presented the on-line survey’s highlights. These underlined the extent to which these companies have taken up the challenge of ensuring that young people in Toronto experience the arts.  Read more…

Arts Education must-reads

Arts Education Resources on Creative Trust’s website continue to expand. If you are interested in finding out what the best of the best are up to in this field, check out the following…

All you need are Five Good Ideas

Or one, really, for last-minute holiday shopping. This recently published Coach House/Maytree Foundation publication evolved from a series of lunch-time discussions that Maytree hosted over the past eight years. It’s a valuable non-profit management handbook – broken into short essays and sections that make for easy reading – and an ideal gift for your arts management family and friends. Read more…

Call for Curatorial Proposals

 Deadline: 16 January, 2012

Part of SAVAC’s mandate is to offer opportunities for emerging and professional curators. We are looking for proposals from our membership that critically engage contemporary artistic practice. As we consider submissions, we intend to include a broad range of artistic practices, including painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, sculpture and/or installation.

We encourage that you visit our website (www.savac.net), familiarize yourself with our mandate and our past & current exhibition programs before submitting a proposal. Strong proposals will be clear & concise, presenting ideas that challenge and engage a diverse group of participants and audiences.

Review Process: SAVAC’s Programming Committee will be reviewing the submissions for an initial review, after which they will request additional materials and a project budget from a select number of applicants to make a final decision for a show to be included in SAVAC’s future programming.
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