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2014annual report
Tables by Mike Lam, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,” photo supplied“Vaulted Willow” by Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
John Ullyatt, Rebecca Northan, James MacDonald, Alex McCooeye, Farren Timoteo, Lisa Norton, Julien Arnold, Sarah Machin Gale and Jana O’Connor in "Make Mine Love" at the Citadel Theatre, photo by David Cooper PhotographyTateanna-Marie Oxebin on the decks at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot
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edmonton arts council
message from the chair
message from the executive director
message from the mayor
public art
tix on the square
churchill square
grant programs
poet laureate
financial statements
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“Hall of Fame” by Dominique Petrin at SNAP, photo supplied
“Visual Splice” by Mile Zero Dance, photo by Studio E Jessie Gouchie at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Epic Photography
“Elemental” by Lynn Malin, photo by Ryan Parker/PK Photography
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The Edmonton Arts Council
is a not-for-profit society and charitable organization
that supports and promotes the arts community in
Edmonton. The EAC works to increase the profile and
involvement of arts and culture in all aspects of our
community life through activities that:
invest in Edmonton festivals, arts organizations and individual artists through municipal, corporate and private funding.
represent
Edmonton’s arts community to government and other agencies and provide expert advice on issues that affect the arts.
build
partnerships and initiate projects that strengthen our community.
create awareness of the quality, variety and value of artistic work produced in Edmonton.
Board of Directors as of June 2014
Executive CommitteeBrian Webb, Chair
Anne Ferguson Switzer, Vice-Chair
Mary Phillips-Rickey, Secretary-Treasurer
Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, Past Chair
Members-at-largeLyall Brenneis - City of Edmonton appointed representative
Brad Stromberg – Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) Representative
Ahmed Ali
Glen Erickson
Jeff Haslam
Heather Inglis
Terry Josey
Scott Portingale
Elsa Robinson
Kent Sutherland
Will Truchon
Naz Sohni Uppal
Murray Utas
Clarice Eckford and Patricia Zentilli in “The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble” by Beth Graham, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography4
“Blair Introspectionism” by Royden Mills, Borden Park, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
“Councilmania!” by Jennie Vegt in collaboration with Office of the City Clerk staff
Amber Borotsik and Sheldon Elter in Workshop West Theatre’s “Beowulf,” photo by Michael Clark
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Cris Derksen and Joshua Jackson at Legacy of Living Together, photo by Marc Chalifoux
Public Art Conservation Assistant Jenika Sobolewska with
untitled work by Jordi Bonet, photo by David Turnbull
Edmonton Arts Council Staffas of December 31, 2014
Executive Director
Paul Moulton
Operations
Shirley Combden
Kristina de Guzman
Sally Kim
Grants, Awards & Support Programs Mary Jane Kreisel
Justina Watt
Stephen Williams
Public Art
Andrea Bowes
Robert Harpin
Katherine Kerr
Dawn Saunders-Dahl
Public Art Conservation Jenika Sobolewska
David Turnbull
Martin Wasserfall
Communications
Annette Aslund
Eva Marie Clarke
Jenna Turner
TIX on the Square Kaitlyn Grant
Stephanie Hample
Lisa McNicol
Kaelyn Saunders
Amanda Skopik
Judy Stelck
Betty Thomson
Churchill Square
Bob Rasko
In recognitionThe Edmonton Arts Council
would like to thank Shad Bassett,
Rachel Osolen, Krista Posyniak,
Amelia Shultz-McPherson and
Alexandra Truscott for their
contribution to Edmonton Arts
Council operations in 2014.
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The Edmonton arts community is dynamic and exhilarating.
In 2014, Usha Gupta Dance Entourage toured its
production of Aalaap to seven cities in India; the Wet
Secrets won more than $100,000 in the Peak Performance
Project; Shreela Chakrabartty’s suspense film Rock Paper
Dice Enter screened in cities across Canada and India; and
University of Alberta Fine Art student Tiffany Adair won
an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary
Sculpture Award from the International Sculpting Centre.
Continuing with that trend, 2015 began with an Off
Broadway opening of Catalyst Theatre’s production of
Nevermore. WOW!!! These are just a few examples of our
arts community’s success.
The Edmonton Arts Council’s commitment to the success
of our local arts community was strong throughout 2014.
As the organization responsible for overseeing the City
of Edmonton’s investment in the arts, the Edmonton
Arts Council (EAC) continued to celebrate and promote
our community’s successes, administer the City’s funding
for artists and arts groups, and manage the City of
Edmonton Public Art Collection. The EAC also emphasized
three main development goals for 2014: support and
funding for artists and arts groups from culturally diverse
communities; recognition and appreciation of customary
and contemporary arts practiced by Aboriginal artists;
and development of practices by the Edmonton arts
community to remain stable and sustainable in a quickly
changing world. The EAC’s collaboration between our
community Board of Directors and administrative staff
ensured that these commitments were dynamically and
responsibly initiated and nurtured. All three of these
strategic priorities recognize that Edmonton is a rapidly
evolving community, and that its arts practices are also
evolving at a rate unimaginable when the EAC was created.
Leadership by an organization like the EAC is an ability
to prepare for the near, and not so near future while
supporting current practices of artists and arts
organizations. How the Council develops and adapts
policies to meet the needs of the community, rather than
enforcing rules that the community must adapt to, will
determine the organization’s real vitality – and the EAC
is vital! We acknowledge that Edmonton is still a young
city that has seen, and is experiencing, exciting changes.
Edmonton’s demographic is changing, its institutions are
changing, its way of living with its history is changing, and
its arts community’s creative and community engagement
practices are changing. This year, the EAC has put forward
propositions that I believe will encourage the arts to
flourish amongst all of these changes.
The EAC continued to implement the recommendations
of the Edmonton Arts Council – Cultural Diversity Audit in
real and tangible ways in 2014. That work was most evident
with the move from a Cultural Diversity in the Arts award,
to a project grant. The new program was celebrated at
our EAC Winter Social event in early 2015, where Mayor
Don Iveson presented cheques to the 12 successful
recipients. The Equity Committee met regularly with the
staff throughout the year to develop practices that really
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Brian Webb
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Leadership by an organization
like the EAC is an ability to
prepare for the near, and not
so near future while supporting
current practices of artists and
arts organizations.
encourage inclusion. I find this progress so exciting, and I
thank the committee and staff for their work in making this
happen. This is a fluid beginning, and the EAC continues
to review its interaction with the many culturally diverse
communities in Edmonton to ensure that we grow together.
In 2013, we formed an Aboriginal Initiatives Committee
made up of board members, staff and community
representatives, and the dialogue in this committee has
been inspiring. The EAC adopted the Audit of the Edmonton
Arts Council’s Current Practices and Offerings in Relation to
the Aboriginal Arts Community and its policies. Following
the audit recommendations, the Aboriginal Initiatives
Committee moved forward with development of an
Aboriginal arts gathering. The gathering of Edmonton
Aboriginal artists, Aboriginal artists from across the prairie
region, and funders from all three levels of government
was hosted by the EAC in May 2015.
Executive Director Paul Moulton also initiated the New
Pathways Project between EmcArts of New York and
the Edmonton and area arts community in 2014. With
the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the
Edmonton Community Foundation and the EAC, 20
arts organizations have entered a three-year process of
exploring adaptive and innovative ways to engage the
public in arts experiences, and to become sustainable – all
at no cost to the participating organizations. This multi-year
project brings arts groups of all sizes together to explore
possibilities and develop creative ways to continue to be
relevant and vibrant.
As we move into 2015, new and unexpected challenges lie
ahead. The community is already dealing with a loss; the
destruction by fire of the Roxy Theatre was devastating for
Theatre Network and for many independent artists, but the
EAC and the community have stepped up to ensure that
the company’s season continued. This care demonstrates
our spirit as community players.
I express my thanks to the Edmonton arts community, to
Paul and his staff at the EAC, and to the volunteer Board
of Directors for their commitment, tenacity and passion in
celebrating Edmonton arts as a dynamic component of our
culture. We are on a wonderful journey!
Mayor Don Iveson, EAC Board Chair Brian Webb, and EAC Executive Director Paul Moulton, photo by Doyle C. Marko/DCM Photography
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message from the executive director
Paul Moulton
2014 was a year of strategic focus for the Edmonton Arts Council, as our staff and board narrowed in on key priorities for the organization, and for Edmonton’s arts community.
Our three main areas of focus for the year were equity and
inclusion for artists from culturally diverse backgrounds,
Aboriginal arts initiatives, and New Pathways, a program to
support adaptive change and innovation in Edmonton’s
arts organizations.
The EAC took steps in 2014 to ensure that our juries are
more reflective of the full diversity of the City of Edmonton,
and that our grant programs are inclusive and accessible.
Following recommendations arising from our 2012
Cultural Diversity Audit and the resulting work of our
Equity Committee, the EAC transformed the Cultural
Diversity in the Arts award into a grant program in 2014.
The intention of the new grant is to encourage artists
from culturally diverse communities to participate in the
grant process, while continuing to support those who
face cultural, linguistic or historical barriers to support. To
raise awareness of this, and other EAC opportunities, staff
facilitated multiple workshops at public venues throughout
the city, resulting in a significant increase in applications to
the 2014 grant program. The grant maintained the public
celebration aspect of the award, with recipients being
recognized at our annual member’s Winter Social.
The EAC also supported a number of special projects for culturally diverse artists in 2014, such as an artist residency with the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN). Local painter, photographer and ceramicist, Juan Lopezdabdoub spent six months building a rapport with clients at the EMCN in order to tell their stories through art. We also funded the Vision Quest scholarship through the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA), for filmmakers from culturally diverse and Aboriginal communities. The scholarship includes a one-year membership to FAVA and access to film and video workshops taught by experienced mentors.
This year we worked with Promethean Heritage & Cultural Services to conduct an audit on our practices and offerings in relation to the Aboriginal arts community, and staff attended Aboriginal cross cultural awareness training. We supported two important projects related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) national event in March – the Grandin Murals by Aaron Paquette and Sylvie Nadeau (with Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta and the City of Edmonton), and the Legacy of Living Together events presented by Alberta Aboriginal Arts. Both projects were well received, and helped to reinforce many of the critical conversations towards healing and reconciliation that transpired at the TRC.
In 2014, the EAC’s Aboriginal Initiatives Committee expanded, allowing us to build new partnerships and introduce additional members of Edmonton’s Aboriginal communities to the EAC. Again with Promethean Heritage & Cultural Services, this committee laid the groundwork for a symposium for Aboriginal artists from across the prairies, which occurred in May 2015. Consultations for an
Aboriginal Art Park are also ongoing.
Another strategic area of focus in 2014 was the
engagement of EmcArts to lead 20 local arts and culture
organizations through New Pathways, a training and
immersion program focused on adaptive change,
innovation and best practices. The program will build
on EmcArts’ ongoing work in Edmonton with the Art
Gallery of Alberta, as well as with other Canadian arts
organizations, including the City of Vancouver and
Calgary Arts Development.
The EAC was productive this year with many additional
initiatives and activities. In July 2014, a temporary sculptural
exhibition was installed in Borden Park, featuring ten
artworks by four of Edmonton’s most senior and influential
sculptors – Peter Hide, Royden Mills, Ken Macklin, and Clay
Ellis. One permanent sculpture, Vaulted Willow by Marc
Fornes, was also installed in the park, and was embraced
enthusiastically by Edmontonians from the moment the
construction fence came down.
In partnership with Capital City Clean Up and the City of
Edmonton, we launched a second graffiti “free wall” in Old
Strathcona in 2014. This location, behind Tirecraft on 101
Street and Whyte Avenue, is supported by the surrounding
businesses, and attracts a wide range of artists whose art
regularly changes the content on the wall.
The Edmonton Arts Council continues to provide support
to many arts organizations and artists through our
community box office and store, TIX on the Square. TIX’s
expansion into sales of work by local artists and artisans
has continued to grow in diversity and public awareness,
reaching milestone sales numbers this year. Attendance
has also increased every year for our daily Churchill Square
Happenings programming, and growth is expected to
continue through 2015.
I would be remiss if I did not offer thanks to the extremely
dedicated and hard working staff at the EAC. I extend my
thanks also to the members of the EAC Board of Directors
for their extraordinary volunteer efforts on behalf of our
arts community. We also offer thanks to City Council and
administration for their faith and trust in our organization.
We will continue to work diligently on behalf of the
arts community to align with the goals of the City of
Edmonton. As we chart a path forward, I look forward to
many exciting new initiatives in 2015 and beyond.
Paul Moulton with “Lunchbreak” by John Seward Johnson, photo by Laughing Dog Photography
Our three main areas of focus for the year
were equity and inclusion for artists from
culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal
arts initiatives, and New Pathways, a program
to support adaptive change and innovation
in Edmonton’s arts organizations.
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Nearly 8,000 years before the arrival of the Europeans, what is now Edmonton was the focal point of ceremony and trade for Indigenous peoples.
The contributions – in every area from arts to commerce
– by our Aboriginal Peoples helped Edmonton develop
into the thriving urban centre it is today. We must honour
our place on Treaty Six territory and continue to celebrate
our rich and shared history.
As a city, we recognize the need to continue to build
relationships with our Aboriginal Peoples based on
values of honesty, respect and mutual sharing. We are
fortunate to share in the diverse cultural, social and
economic contributions Aboriginal Peoples bring to our
city each day and are committed to ensuring their long-
term success. As they work to reclaim and nurture their
cultural identities, we must offer them a strong voice in
our community for our future and long-term prosperity.
We also need to support and provide more opportunity
for Aboriginal artists to express themselves in a creative
and therapeutic setting in an effort to allow for healing.
The year 2014 was significant for our city. Edmonton
was honoured to host the final event for the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). This
historic event provided an opportunity for Edmonton to
be at the forefront of a dialogue about how Aboriginal
communities are affected as a result of the Residential
School System, and how we are all a part of the healing
process. Through this journey we are starting to recognize
an important part of the process of reconciliation is
allowing the Aboriginal People to tell stories from their
perspective as part of the historical narrative and record
of their experience.
In the week leading up to TRC, the City partnered with
the Edmonton Arts Council on two specific initiatives to
engage our local urban Aboriginal arts community to
showcase their talent and tell these stories.
Perhaps the most monumental initiative was the
unveiling of the Grandin Mural Project in the Grandin
LRT Station. This project began in September 2011 after
City Council was approached about how the existing
mural did not reflect the true experience of Aboriginal
children raised in Residential Schools. In the spirit of
Truth and Reconciliation, a new mural reflecting the
spirit of Aboriginal history, culture and contributions was
installed across from the original mural. This powerful art
is a symbol of the City’s commitment to building positive
relationships with our Aboriginal communities, speaks
to our shared and troubled history, and is a space for
positive learning and healing.
Alberta Aboriginal Arts also presented the Legacy of
Living Together, a “local meets national” arts project
to bear witness to the Truth and Reconciliation
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Mayor Don Iveson
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message from his worship
Mayor Don Iveson
Commission of Canada’s Alberta National Event.
Professional Aboriginal artists were highlighted in a
series of presentations complementing the TRC. The
project welcomed delegates and the general public to
experience challenging artistic works that speak from
a unique Aboriginal perspective.
The City is committed to continuing to work with
the Edmonton Arts Council to advance a number of
public art projects by Aboriginal artists. These include
artworks by Faye Heavyshield, Rebecca Belmore, William
Frymire and Destiny Swiderski for the 102 Ave Bridge,
the Quarters Redevelopment, the Borden Park Swim
Experience and Mill Woods Library, respectively. An
Aboriginal Art Park being planned for the City anticipates
up to six artworks by Canadian Aboriginal artists, and
internationally acclaimed, senior Aboriginal artist Alex
Janvier was recently selected to create a 45-foot diameter
mosaic work, set into the floor of the Rogers Place Arena
Winter Garden.
The Edmonton of today is the direct result of people
of all ages and interests building extraordinary things
together. City-building is about creating spaces to help
people reach their potential, to promote learning and
understanding and to provide healing. This investment
in our community is essential for us to build a city that
is more prosperous and competitive; more healthy and
inclusive; more resilient and caring; and altogether more
uplifting.
I thank the Edmonton Arts Council for enhancing our
city’s reputation as a culturally diverse, artistic hub. Art in
Edmonton should be integral to everything the city does
and I look forward to continuing our partnership to make
our city brighter, more vibrant and more welcoming for all.
“Spirit and Intent” by Jennie Vegt, artist in residence for the Office of the City Clerk
As a city, we recognize the need to continue to build relationships with our Aboriginal
Peoples based on values of honesty, respect and mutual sharing.
The Edmonton Arts Council
directs the City’s Percent for Art
policy, and provides vision for,
and stewardship of, the City of
Edmonton Public Art Collection
public art
“Letter Cloud” by Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik
photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
“Sculptures in Landscapes” Cliff Eyland, photo by Ryan Parker / PK Photography
“ARC Mural” by Scott Sueme, photo by Brad Crowfoot“Wheatfield with Crows” by Konstantin Dimopoulos, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography12
“Vaulted Willow” by Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography 13
“Carousel” by Nicole Galellis, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography 14
The Public Art Committee (PAC) serves as an advisory body to the
City of Edmonton. The Committee is comprised of community
members who include, but are not limited to, art, architecture and
design professionals, City personnel, and business representatives.
PAC’s role is to maintain the vision and objectives of the Percent
for Art program; support the implementation of the Public Art
Master Plan (MAP); provide periodic review of the City of Edmonton
Public Art Collection; advise on the accession, de-accession and
conservation of public artworks; and make recommendations to
the City regarding public art policy.
Activities in 2014 included advisement on the Transitory Art Call,
40 completed and in-progress Percent for Art projects, as well as
the public art plans for the Rogers Place Arena and SE Valley Line
LRT. Other initiatives included startup review of the City of Edmonton
Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas Policy
(C458C) and input on program development for increased artist
and community outreach (e.g. bus tours, workshops and artist
talks). Initiated in 2013, the PAC observer role in the juried selection
committees for new EAC-directed public art projects has been
successfully implemented, developing increased capacity of PAC
members to advise on public art processes.
PAC Membership January-December 2014
Will Truchon (Chair)
Will Bauer
Ken Cantor
Chet Domanski
Carmen Douville
Cynthia Dovell
Kira Hunt
Joshua Kupsch
Agnieszka Matejko
Janice Mills
Royden Mills
Jesse Thomas
Brian Van Sickle
(replaced by Evgeny Voutchkov in May)
Linda Wedman
Vikki Wiercinski
with Katherine Kerr as the Public Art
Director and key staff liaison.
public art committee
“The Ballroom” by France Dubois, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
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Complete 2014Project Title ArtistAbbottsfield Recreation Centre ARC Mural Scott Sueme
Borden Park Vaulted Willow Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY
Borden Park Pavilion Carousel Nicole Galellis
Borden Park Sculpture Park Royden Mills, Clay Ellis, Peter Hide,
Ken Macklin
Callingwood Park Pavilion Callingwood Sidewalk Poetry Agnieszka Matejko
Capital Boulevard Transitions Keith Walker
Cardinal Collins High School Elemental Lynn Malin
Castledowns Park Pavilion Untitled Alexander Stewart/Sergio Serrano
Clareview Library Letter Cloud Coryn Kempster & Julia Jamrozik
Clareview Recreation Centre Eclipse Christian Moeller
Grandin LRT Stations of Reconciliation Aaron Paquette & Sylvie Nadeau
Highlands Library Community Benches Becki Chan
Jasper Avenue/Downtown
Streetscape
Geese in the City Holly Newman
Kennedale Waste
Treatment Centre
Garbage Trucks Jeff Chan, Karen Campos, David
Goulden, Laughing Dog Photography
MacEwan LRT- North Still Life Studio F-Minus
Meadows Library Sculptures in Landscapes Cliff Eyland
Meadows Recreation Centre 1 Wheatfield with Crows Konstantin Dimopoulos
Meadows Recreation Centre 2 The Ballroom France Dubois
Mill Woods Library Phantàsien realities:united
Mill Woods Park Pavilion Landscape Series 1 Erin Ross
Open Source Street Art Pilot Project Tirecraft Wall Wil Yee / AJ Louden
Valley Zoo Entry & Wander Grove of Light Thomas Drugan & Laura Haddad
public art projects
Project Artist
102 Avenue Bridge Faye Heavyshield
2014 Transitory Art Call Jesse Sherburne and
Threshold Collective
Borden Park Natural Swim Experience William Frymire
Clareview Multicultural Centre Eugene Uhuad
Heritage Valley Fire Station Mark Clintberg & Jeff Kulak
Kennedale Eco Station Brandon Blommaert
Lewis Estates Fire Station Vikki Wiercinski
Mill Woods Multicultural Facility &
Seniors Centre
Destiny Swiderski
MacEwan and NAIT Bikeracks MacEwan and NAIT students
Quarters Armature #1 Rebecca Belmore and
Osvaldo Yero
Quarters Armature #2 Brandon Vickerd
Quarters Armature #3 Derek Besant
Stony Plain Rd Streetscape Vern Busby and Bella Totino
Terwillegar Foot Bridge Royden Mills
Victoria Park Pavilion Marc Siegner
Walterdale Bridge Ken Lum
In Progress 2014To encourage community engagement
around Edmonton’s public art projects, the
EAC launched an artist talk series called
Public Art in Conversation in November
2014. Keith Walker presented an intimate
discussion about his journey through public
art at the Alberta Craft Council; Alex Stewart
and Sergio Serrano with Jesse Sherburne
and the Threshold Collective spoke about
upcoming projects by their respective
collectives in Edmonton. Other engagement
activities included availabilities by Nicole
Galellis, Royden Mills, Ken Macklin, Clay Ellis
and Peter Hide at the opening celebrations
for the new Borden Park.
“Eclipse” by Christian Moeller, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography“Milled Woods” by Destiny Swiderski (artist rendering)16
In Progress 2014
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conservation
As steward of the City of Edmonton Public Art Collection,
the EAC protects this asset through one of the very few
integrated public art conservation programs in North
America. Although the Public Art Collection dates from the
1950s, the Conservation program was not implemented
until 2008.
EAC conservators carry out preventative maintenance to,
and routine care of, artworks in the collection. This work
encompasses newer artworks, acquired via gifts, donations,
and the Percent for Art policy, as well as historic works. In its
entirety, the collection is valued at more than $15 million.
In 2014, the Conservation program continued its support
role, executing more than 50 major and minor conservation
projects that included emergency repairs and warranty work
on recently installed artworks.
Major projects included restoration and re-siting of Gigi,
designed by Louis Munan and sculpted by the Sculptors’
Association of Alberta, into Borden Park. The Conservation
program also restored and installed an untitled ten-tonne
iron relief mural by the late Canadian artist, Jordi Bonet,
into the newly built Mill Woods Public Library. This project
took nearly two years of planning and coordination, over
six months of conservation and preparation, and two days
to install.
The Conservation team also participates in outreach
activities including public art tours, conferences, and
media availabilities.
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Stations of Reconciliation: The Grandin Murals
The healing power of art and 10,000 years of history illuminate the
subterranean walls of Grandin LRT Station. Two murals, created 25 years
apart by Francophone painter Sylvie Nadeau and Métis artist Aaron Paquette,
capture the contributions of Alberta’s Francophone community, and evoke
millennia of Aboriginal history in the Edmonton area.
Sylvie Nadeau was commissioned by Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta
in 1989, to paint a mural honouring Bishop Vital Grandin. Her creation
illustrated the work of Catholic clergy from the 19th Century to the present.
However, many within the community felt that the imagery evoked the
troubling history of the residential schools and their impact on Canadian
history. Many survivors found using the station to be a shattering emotional
experience.
The City of Edmonton Aboriginal Relations Office convened a working circle with membership from the Aboriginal and Francophone communities, the University of Alberta, the City, and the Edmonton Arts Council to discuss the situation. On the advice of Elders it became clear that simply removing Sylvie Nadeau’s mural or substantially changing the imagery would be akin to sweeping history “under the carpet.”
Instead, the circle
concluded that the mural needed to be placed in context – side by side with an Aboriginal voice.
Aaron Paquette was chosen as the lead artist. He is committed to the cause of reconciliation and creates artworks that employ intense hues and traditional symbolism to speak about the contemporary experience of Canada’s Aboriginal population. He strongly felt that Sylvie Nadeau needed to be invited to contribute to the re-envisioned artworks; that her artistic vision was important to creating a circle of reconciliation. She created two new panels that accompany the original mural and respond to the new.
Aaron recalls, “I chose to follow a healing path, a path that didn’t see history or humanity as an isolated thing, but as part of a long arc of time, a small part of the web of life.” His mural creates a journey of history and hope.
Artists Sylvie Nadeau & Aaron Paquette
Aaron Paquette & Nick “Smokey” Johnson install the mural
All photos Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
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In his artist statement, Aaron Paquette writes extensively about the imagery:
“The centre of the mural, the part I was told was so important and essential, is the White Buffalo. The White Buffalo is considered a sacred animal and it represents many things for many people, most of all it represents peace, renewal and hope. It symbolizes the dawn of a new era, of true knowledge, wisdom and education.
Flanking the White Buffalo are two wolves. They represent our close connection to the land, they remind us we are all family and we are all connected. While they walk alone from time to time, they also run together. The bears surround the wolves and the buffalo. They are the protectors. They are health and healing. They are filled with starlight and power.
The ravens extend from the centre panel, stretching across the wall, casting their strange, broken shadows. They are the Tricksters and they represent uncertainty, of waiting to see what the lesson will be. They are unfathomable teachers, instructing sometimes through humour, sometimes through pain. They are a bridge between worlds, warning of death, but also in many legends are the bringers of light. They wake up the world.
The Thunderbird stretches across the entire mural, rippling with energy and the power of change, of new beginnings. We hear the Thunderbird in the spring and it tells us to prepare, to begin, to move and create. The Thunderbird is a warrior, a defender, and can create or destroy. Just as an electric current can carry
a positive or negative charge, the lightning flashing from the Thunderbird’s eyes can annihilate or renew you. It all depends on your own choices.
Inside the Thunderbirds are carried the reminders of the true history of this place. The land on which the City of Edmonton has been built has been inhabited for over 10,000 years. Our history is longer than Canada, than Rome, than Christianity and the Pyramids. And it has continued unbroken to today.
The four end panels – drums – compose the call to action and turn the station platform into a circle of reconciliation and healing.”
Each artist contributed two drum images based on the medicine wheel. The panels with their imagery of two young men and two young women symbolize balance and harmony. Their peaceful voices do not bring the conversation to an end; instead, they point to the work that still needs to be done.
“The drums beat in partnership,” says Aaron Paquette. “They speak across what seems a distance, but when hearts beat in unison what distance could there be? Look at your Indigenous brothers and sisters. This is the soil of their inheritance, they are the stewards of this land, and greed attempted to destroy all that. Emptiness almost did. Only now are the Indigenous people rebuilding the things that were lost. And just as their ancestors did, they still welcome all good-hearted people into the loop.”
Raven & Thunderbird portion of “Stations of Reconciliation”
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Located on the southwest corner of Churchill Square, TIX on the Square is a not-for-profit box office and gift shop owned and operated by the Edmonton Arts Council.
TIX experienced a busy and productive year in 2014, with increases in ticket and merchandise sales as well as a renovation to improve our client/customer experience.
In 2014, TIX worked with over 200 organizations, managed ticket sales and/or promotion of more than 1,200 events, sold 48,000 tickets and grossed over $1.7 million.
TIX is becoming a destination for locals, tourists and travellers looking for original gift ideas. Retail sales of more than 200 local artists’ handcrafts and merchandise (such as jewelry, pottery, photography, clothing, books, music and more) increased three times over the 2013 totals – great for the artists, and for TIX!
In December 2014 and early 2015, TIX had a new workstation installed in the centre of the store, and daily operations were moved from a small booth to a friendly, new “pod” with four stations and a barrier-free counter. In 2015, we are moving forward with a new and robust ticketing system that will add value to the services that we now provide to both promoters and purchasers.
Mod Pots Ceramics, photo by Jenna Turner
Sister Bear Designs, photo by TIX on the Square
Mump & Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner) in “Anything,” photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
Little Day Miniatures, photo by Jenna Turner 21Meghan Wagg, jeweller, photo photo by Lauren Voisin
Joan Jones, Edmonton Potters’ Guild, photo by Stephanie Hample
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The Edmonton Arts Council, in partnership with the City of Edmonton, programs activity and event Happenings on Sir Winston Churchill Square for casual and day-to-day public use between major festivals and civic events. Since August 2011, EAC Churchill Square Happenings programmer Bob Rasko has produced a diverse schedule of offerings open to the public including: Sunday Swing
‘n’ Skate, lightsaber training, Live at Lunch, and Zumba
on the Square.
In addition to our regular programming, 2014 included literary collaborations: Word on the Square author talks in partnership with LitFest, and interactive Writer’s Blocks for the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Straight from Burning Man, Daisy, a giant solar powered tricycle from the eatART space in Vancouver, made a special appearance on the Square. Brooklyn hip-hop photographer and Native American activist, Ernie Paniccioli, also visited the Square to join Edmonton’s local hip-hop talent at CypherWild. Over 100 performances graced the Square in 2014, including The Carolines, Mitchmatic, Jason Kodie, and the Pluck’n Holler Boys. It is estimated over 22,000 participants took in Happenings on Sir Winston Churchill Square in 2014. Attendance increases every year and growth is expected to continue through 2015.
B-boy at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot
Daisy the Solar Powered Bicycle by eatART, photo by Jenna Turner
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AJ Louden paints at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot
DJ CreeAsian dances at CypherWild, photo by Brad CrowfootJanine Waddell Hodder and Alex Mackie instruct Lightsaber Training,
photo by Meryl Smith-Lawton
Trocadero Orchestra at Swing ‘n’ Skate, photo by Annette Aslund
grant programs
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The Edmonton Arts Council invests in Edmonton’s
artists and arts community through our many grant
programs. Every year, these grants help countless
Edmontonians attend performances, explore
exhibits, expand their creative skillsets, share their
artistic creations, celebrate their communities, and
much, much more. In total, the EAC managed more
than $9,000,000 in grant funds in 2014.
Community Investment Program
Except as specifically noted, the grants listed are
all funded by the City of Edmonton’s Community
Investment Program (CIP), which supports artists,
arts and festival organizations, and non-profit
organizations in Edmonton from the municipal tax
base. For these programs, the EAC is guided by the
City of Edmonton Bylaw 14157 and Policy C211 on
community investment grants.
Citadel Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” photo by Epic Photography
Koichi Yamamoto workshop at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP
Natalia Knowlton, Saima Butt, Aliya Jamal, and Neelam Chattoo in Undercurrent Theatre’s “Escape Velocity” directed by Nikki Shaffeeullah, photo by Girl Named Shirl Photography 25
Stilt walker Randall Fraser at Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
Mile Zero Dance’s “SHO-TEL,” photo by Andrew Paul
Hassidic Dance by Vinok World Dance, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
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festival operating
Recipient Amount
Accordion Extravaganza $2,400
ArbreDeVie Youth CreatiVibes $7,000
Bikeology Festival $4,100
Cariwest - Caribbean Arts Festival $28,000
Creative Age Theatre Festival $9,000
DEDfest $5,000
Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival $35,000
Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film Festival
$20,000
ECMS Summer Solstice Festival $9,000
Edmonton Chante $9,700
Edmonton Comedy Festival $25,000
Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival $15,000
Edmonton Folk Music Festival $200,000
Edmonton International Film Festival $86,000
total $1,729,850
Edmonton is home to a widely diverse festival community.
Festival Operating grants help create a stable funding base,
and enhance the ability of organizations to produce and
present festival celebrations with a theme of interest and
appeal to the general public.
The Edmonton Arts Council assessed 40 eligible applications
for Festival Operating grants, all of which were supported.
Festival support previously allocated to the Edmonton
Symphony Orchestra for the Symphony Under the Sky event
was transferred to the Cornerstone Arts Operating grant.
Terry Josey – Chair
Rayanne Doucet
Jerrold Eilander
Donna Coombs-
Montrose
Ainsley Hillyard
Mary-Ellen Perley
Craig Stumpf-Allen
Ritchie Velthuis
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Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival AssociationYamoussa at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
Street performers at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, photo by Nancy Price 27Pianist at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
Recipient Amount
Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
$230,000
Edmonton International Jazz Festival $99,900
Edmonton International Street Performers Festival
$110,000
Edmonton Poetry Festival $16,500
Edmonton Pride Festival $38,000
Feats - Festival of Dance $21,200
Found Festival (The) $2,300
Freewill Shakespeare Festival $83,000
Global Visions Film Festival $15,000
Heart of the City $5,500
Hip Hop in the Park $750
Ice on Whyte $45,000
Kaleido Family Arts Festival $40,000
Recipient Amount
Litfest: Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival $32,000
Lunar New Year Extravaganza $2,500
Nextfest $41,500
Now Hear This – Festival of New Music In Edmonton
$5,000
Pure Speculation Festival $2,500
Rubaboo Arts Festival $15,000
Servus Heritage Festival $110,000
Silver Skate Festival $56,000
TALES Fort Edmonton Storytelling Festival
$7,000
Taste of Edmonton $100,000
The Works Art & Design Festival $165,000
Thousand Faces Festival $7,000
Vocal Arts Festival $24,000
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FAVA GALA marquee at Metro Cinema, photo by Fish Griwkowsky
Green & Red Bowl by Diane Krys, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,”
photos by Lynn Streeter Photography
Meghan Wagg Lapis Pendant featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Continuum,”
photo by Meghan Wagg
Jesse Gervais and Amber Borotsik in Little One by Hannah Moscovitch, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
Recipient Amount
Alberta Aviation Museum Association $27,100
Alberta Craft Council $19,200
Alberta Pioneer Railway Association $6,100
Arts Habitat Association $12,100
Arts on the Avenue Society $7,900
Catalyst Theatre $21,400
CKUA Radio Foundation $24,500
Edmonton Jazz Society $11,800
Edmonton Radial Railway Society $400
Edmonton Historical Telephone Centre $4,900
Expressionz Cafe $14,700
Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $4,800
Fringe Theatre Adventures $74,000
La Cité Francophone $37,400
Latitude 53 Society of Artists $18,000
Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum $3,700
Metro Cinema Society $40,200
Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $11,200
Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre $10,200
Société Francophone des arts visuels de L’Alberta $15,400
Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $17,300
Theatre Network $18,400
Varscona Theatre $17,400
Walterdale Theatre Associates $10,500
WECAN Society $6,200
Facilities are important hubs in our city’s arts and
museum communities, providing space for film
screenings, dance performances, plays, concerts,
exhibits, lectures, major events and more. The
Arts and Museum Building Operating grant
invests in a portion of the costs associated with
maintaining clean, well lit, heated and secure arts
and museum facilities. These facilities are regularly
accessible by the public, and their use is of
interest to the public and community groups.
The Edmonton Arts Council received 25 eligible
applications for Arts and Museums Building
Operating funding in 2014, all of which were
supported.
This grant is based on a formula calculation and is
not assessed by a jury.
The EAC continued to work with the Edmonton
Heritage Council in 2014 to determine the future
funding of museums. In 2015, museum-specific funds
will be transferred to the Heritage Council, and will
no longer by managed by the EAC.
total $434,800
arts & museums building operating
“A Place to Play” by Adam Bentley, Gotta Minute Film Festival 29
Recipient AmountArtSpirit Festival $2,300
Avenue Goes to the Dogs $3,000
C’Mon Festival $1,600
Early Music Alberta Festival $3,500
Edmonton Rock Music Festival $15,000
Flying Canoe Adventure $35,000
Gotta Minute Film Festival $30,000
SkirtsAfire, HerArts Festival $10,000
Up + Downtown Music and
Visual Art Festival
$20,000
Festivals bring together diverse cultural and community groups,
and allow arts and cultural communities to share their passions
with new audiences. Edmonton’s residents and visitors celebrate
at festivals year-round, and new festival events are welcomed
in our community. The Festival Seed grant supports new or
emerging festival celebrations. Applicants may be considered
for a Festival Seed grant for up to two consecutive years.
The Edmonton Arts Council received nine eligible Festival
Seed applications in 2014, all of which were supported.
Wayne Arthurson – Chair
Giuseppe Albi
Ron Harrison
Svetlana Sapelnikova
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total $120,400
festival seed
Red Fang at Up + Downtown Music and Visual Art Festival, photo by Eric Kozakiewicz
Sheldon Elter as Beowulf in “Beowulf the King” by Blake William Turner, produced
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arts operating
Recipient Amount
A Joyful Noise Choir Association $3,000
Alberta Ballet $230,000
Alberta Baroque Ensemble $22,500
Alberta Choral Federation $23,000
Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts $4,800
Alberta Craft Council $61,000
Alberta Dance Alliance $15,000
Alberta Media Arts Alliance $4,000
Alberta Media Production
Industries Association
$16,500
Alberta Music Industry Association $4,000
Alberta Opera Touring Association $11,000
Alberta Playwrights Network $8,000
Alberta Society of Artists $5,500
Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association $2,500
Ariose Women’s Choir $1,000
Arts on the Avenue Society $31,900
Azimuth Theatre Association $35,000
Book Publishers Association of Alberta $7,000
Brian Webb Dance Company $45,000
Canadian Authors Association $7,500
Cantilon Choral Society $15,000
total $2,288,000
Edmonton’s arts organizations range from the smallest
community groups to the largest professional flagships.
Together they form a creative, supportive framework for the
local arts community. The Arts Operating grant program
provides operational support to organizations to enhance
their ability to produce, exhibit and perform artistic works for
the benefit of all Edmontonians.
The Edmonton Arts Council received 106 applications for
Arts Operating funding in 2014, all of which were supported.
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Shannon Blanchet
Tamara Bliss
Marilyn Dumont
Lindsay McIntyre
Tololwa Mollel
Garth Prinsonsky
Marc Siegner
John Wiebe
Noel Xavier
Nadien Chu and Trevor Duplisses in “SPACE // SPACE” by Jason Craig presented by Northern Light Theatre, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
50th Anniversary Hopak performed by the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers, photo by Ellis Photography
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Recipient Amount
Catalyst Theatre $52,000
Christian Music Society $1,000
Citie Ballet Society $50,000
Concrete Theatre Society $33,700
Cosmopolitan Music Society $13,000
Da Camera Singers $4,000
Edmonton Calligraphic Society $1,200
Edmonton Chamber Music Society $10,000
Edmonton Classical Guitar Society $2,000
Edmonton Columbian Choirs $5,500
Edmonton Festival Ballet $3,000
Edmonton Jazz Society $34,000
Edmonton Kiwanis Music
Festival Association
$15,000
Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus Society $4,000
Edmonton Musical Theatre $3,500
Edmonton New Shadow Theatre Society $27,500
Edmonton Opera Association $310,000
Edmonton Philharmonic Society $1,100
Edmonton Potter’s Guild $6,500
Edmonton Schoolboys’ Band
Alumni Association
$700
Recipient Amount
Edmonton Story Slam Society $700
Edmonton Vocal Alchemy Society $2,500
Edmonton Vocal Minority Music Society $2,500
Edmonton Weavers’ Guild $5,000
Edmonton Youth Choir $8,500
Edmonton Youth Orchestra $23,000
Festival City Winds Music Society $7,500
Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $94,900
Firefly Theatre & Circus Society $30,000
Fringe Theatre Adventures $38,000
Good Women Dance Society $3,200
Greenwood Chamber Singers Society $4,000
Ground Zero Productions $6,500
i Coristi Chamber Choir Society $5,000
Kita No Taiko $2,000
Kiwanis Singers Association of Edmonton $3,500
Kokopelli Choir Association $30,000
Kompany! Dance & Affiliated Artists Society $5,000
KYKLOS Hellenic Performing Arts $3,000
L’UniThéâtre $35,000
Latitude 53 Society of Artists $54,000
McDougall Concert Association $1,000
Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival, photo by Epic Photography
Wool and linen rug by Diane Krys, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,” Lynn Streeter Photography
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Parisa Mehregan, Kiera Keglowitsch and Jason Vaz, photo by Jeff VanelleDavid Horak and Mathew Hulshof in Workshop West Theatre’s
“Kill Me Now” by Brad Fraser, photo by Michael Clark“Just FABULOUS!” by Edmonton Vocal Minority and Booming Tree Taiko
Drummers, photo by Jeff Vanelle
arts operating continued...
Recipient Amount
Media Architecture Design Edmonton $8,000
Metro Cinema Society $83,000
Mile Zero Dance $39,000
Mill Creek Colliery Band $2,300
New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia $3,000
NeWest Publishers Ltd. $30,000
Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $25,000
Northern Light Theatre $26,500
Nova Musica Symphony Society $750
Opera NUOVA $22,550
Pro Coro Canada $46,000
Punctuate! Theatre Society $1,000
Rapid Fire Theatre Society $40,000
Regroupement Artistique
Francophone d’Alberta
$5,000
Richard Eaton Singers $10,000
Ritchie Trombone Choir Society $1,000
Sadhana Music and Dance Society $1,000
Sculptors Association of Alberta $5,000
Sing For Life Society of Edmonton $1,500
Société Francophone des arts visuels de L’Alberta
$2,000
Society for New Music Edmonton $4,000
Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $45,500
Recipient Amount
St. David’s Welsh Male Voice
Choir Association
$500
Stroll of Poets Society $3,200
TALES Edmonton $2,000
Teatro La Quindicina $18,000
Theatre Alberta Society $35,000
Theatre Network $55,000
Theatre Prospero Association $2,000
Theatre YES $2,000
Today’s Innovative Music Edmonton $5,000
Two One Way Tickets to Broadway $1,000
Ukrainian Cheremosh Society $15,000
Ukrainian Shumka Dancers $70,000
Vinok Folkdance Society $27,500
Visual Arts Alberta Association $18,500
Viter Ukrainian Dancers $6,000
Volya Ukrainian Dance
Ensemble Association
$500
Walterdale Theatre Associates $16,000
WECAN Society $35,000
Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Society $43,000
Writers' Guild of Alberta $20,000
Young Alberta Book Society $15,000
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celebrations
Celebrations bring together members of our communities
to recognize cultural traditions or create new ones.
Celebrations grants assist with the production of one-day
celebratory events and/or major parades within the City
of Edmonton.
The Edmonton Arts Council received eight eligible
applications for Celebrations funding in 2014, all of
which were supported.
Recipient Amount
115th Philippine Independence
Day Commemoration
$4,000
24th Annual Mill Woods
Canada Day Celebration
$10,000
All is Bright on 124 $12,000
Art in Our Park $2,500
Boyle Street Multi Cultural Event $2,500
El Once - Memoria Viva Society
of Edmonton
$1,000
Mid Autumn Lantern Festival $4,000
Multicultural Seniors’ Day $1,500
Nicole Reeves – Chair
Marc Crossman
Habib Fatmi
Rick Ireland
Marissa Loewen
total $37,500
Mid Autumn Lantern Festival, photo by Mack Male
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cornerstone arts operating
The Cornerstone Arts Operating process directs support for
our city’s large arts organizations that own and operate major
cultural facilities. Representatives from these organizations
meet with board members and staff of the Edmonton
Arts Council, representatives of the City of Edmonton, and
occasionally outside assessors, to discuss the complex issues
that they face.
The outcome is a funding agreement between the EAC
and the organization. Funds support operating costs for the
facility, and production and presentation activities of the
organization. Prior to 2013, these funds were directed via
other operating programs managed by the EAC.
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 grant includes
funds previously assessed separately under the Festival
Operating program for the Symphony Under the Sky events.
The Art Gallery of Alberta’s 2014 support represents
$1,125,000 in base annual funding, plus $350,000 in
supplemental support from the EAC that is declining on
an annual basis, due to expire in 2017.
Recipient AmountThe Citadel Theatre $1,042,000
The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/
Francis Winspear Centre for Music
$1,020,000
The Art Gallery of Alberta $1,475,000
Citadel Theatre’s “One Man, Two Guvnors,” photo by David Cooper Photography
Patrick Ares-Pilon ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP
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microgrant
total $69,770
Mackenzy AlbrightJulie AdamsMiranda AllenPatrick Arès-PilonKyle ArmstrongLyle BellAdam BentleyMichael BetmanisColleen BrownRachelle BugeaudGeraldine CarrJoel CrichtonBenjamin CrossmanDan DavisFather Douglas osfByran FinlayCameron FordCarlo GhioniSimon GlassmanAnthony GoertzPerry GrattonEmily GrieveJim GuedoMichael Gust
Darrin HagenJim HeadJane HeatherSophie HeppellAshley HollandsKristen HutchinsonDerek JagodzinskyBridget JessomeAshanti Karimah MarshallJeffrey KlassenWilfred KozubWilliam LeBlancBrooke LeifsoStephanie LilleyBrenna MacQuarrieAnna Maria ManaloByron MartinAgnieszka MatejkoAnastasia MaywoodEmily McCourtMike McDonaldBlake McWilliamAngela MeyerSharlene Millang
Wes MironGabriel MolinaMichelle MolineuxJulio MunhozChristian MurilloSpencer MurrayEddy NdakunzeJason NormanErik OsbergMo OssoblehJeremy PudlowskiAndrew RitchieErin RossBrittney RoySherryl SewepagahamJesse SherburneJason TroockMaxwell UhlichKami Van HalstAlma VisscherManuela WuthrichTheresa WynnykPeter Zivkovic
With no set deadlines for
applications and amounts up to
$1,000 available per recipient, the
Microgrant program supports the
hard costs associated with timely,
short-term projects that might
otherwise falter for want of a small
investment. The Edmonton Arts
Council received more than 125
applications for Microgrants in
2014, of which 71 were supported.
As of October 2014, the Microgrant
program was suspended pending
a full program review.
Applications to this program were
reviewed directly by EAC Board
members.
Recipients
Patrick Ares-Pilon ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Patrick Mahon “Lifeboats” at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Wilfred Kozub, photo by Daryl Kozub
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project grant for individual artists
Recipient Amount
Lyle Bell $25,000
Thom Bennett $5,570
Thea Bowering $9,600
Silvia Buttiglione $20,690
Jason Chinn $5,600
Alysha Creighton $1,940
Nathan Cuckow $20,000
Tamar Dinner $6,775
Candas Jane Dorsey $25,000
Robin Doyon $3,500
Simon Fallon $14,425
Peter Fiala $12,000
Ève Marie Forcier $18,000
Jim Guedo $10,000
Kristi Hansen $20,000
Ainsley Hillyard $5,500
Jill Ho-You $4,150
Dave Horak $17,000
Matthew Howatt $2,595
Dara Humniski $2,290
Gary James Joynes $3,600
Laura Krewski $10,000
Shawna Lemay $12,400
Ian Leung $18,000
Individual artists and their work are the foundation of our arts
community. Their projects are the research and development
activity of the creative sector, feeding the greater arts ecosystem
locally and for export. Investments made through the Project
Grant for Individual Artists help recipients move ahead with
their creative projects in order to develop their practice.
The Edmonton Arts Council received 165 eligible applications
to this program in 2014 of which 48 were supported.
Jeff Haslam – Chair
Allen Ball
Don Berner
Junetta Jamerson
Cindy Kerr
Jesse Lipscombe
Jen Mesch
Peter Midgley
Anne Nothof
Dylan Rhys Howard
Claire Uhlick
Fred Zbryski
total $556,880
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Recipient Amount
Beth Levia $3,380
Matthew MacKenzie $15,335
Sharmila Mathur $22,580
Lindsay McIntyre $17,500
Blake McWilliam $25,000
Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail $13,000
N. Antonio Peruch $16,575
Charles Pilon $1,165
Evan Prosofsky $25,000
Kadrush Radogoshi $20,650
Kathryn Ryan $13,500
R. Teace Snyder $6,000
Laurel Sproule $5,560
Jill Stanton $6,120
Kate Stashko $11,600
Angela Tassone $25,000
Farren Timoteo $4,300
Kami Van Halst $6,500
Alexander Varughese $18,100
Alma Visscher $1,800
Raena Waddell $9,970
Ron Walker $8,680
Kayley Winfield $930
Frank Zotter $5,000
Ron Walker, photo supplied
“Brothers in the Buddha” documentary by Beth Wishart MacKenzie
Vaughan String Quartet, Silvia Buttiglione, Mattia Berrini, Vladimir Rufino and Fabiola Amorim, with guest Brazilian clarinetist Amandy Bandeira, photo by Nicholas Yee
Allison Balcetis and composer André Ribeiro in Sorocaba, Brazil, photo by Yuri Pires Tavares38
total $76,515
travel grants
Travel grants assist with the travel costs of Edmonton residents
active in the arts and festival communities. Travelling to perform,
conduct research, attend conferences, or exhibit work offers
professional and creative opportunities that may not exist
locally. These outside opportunities are vital to the continued
advancement and growth of Edmonton’s arts community.
Travel grants are available to a maximum of $750 per individual
applicant. The Edmonton Arts Council received nearly 200
travel grant applications in 2014, of which more than 110 were
supported.
One not-for-profit arts organization, The National Stiltwalkers
of Canada, received a travel grant of $3,750 to support five
Edmonton artists’ attendance at a conference in Europe.
Ahmed Ali - Chair
Nicole Reeves – Chair
Adam Waldron-Blain
Lori Gawryluik
Carol Holmes
Lindsay McIntyre
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Kristin Gibson in India, photo supplied
Richelle Thoreson and Jake Hastey of Toy Guns Dance Theatre, photo supplied
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Mackenzy Albright
Jacques Arsenault
Susanna Barlow
Jenna Butler
Trent Crosby
Kimberly Denis
Lauren Gillis
Don Hill
Christine Lesiak
Denise Mackay
Jessica Marsh
Mary Norton
Gail Olmstead
Erin Pankratz-Smith
Evan Pearce
Anna Marie Sewell
Nikki Shaffeeullah
Katrina Stashko
Peter Stone
Mark Templeton
Mia Van Leeuwen
Elizabeth Withey
Marlena Wyman
Scott Zubot
Trevor Anderson
Paul Arnusch
Lyle Bell
Astrid Blodgett
Rachelle Bugeaud
Nathan Burge
Nathania Burnabe
Celeigh Cardinal
Michael Clark
Annie Dugan
Maria Dunn
Renee Englot
Terry Fairfield
Emma Frazier
Dallas Friesen
Raimundo Gonzalez
Matthew Gooding
Lyne Gosselin
Brittney Grabill
Scott Greene
Derina Harvey
Brett Henry
Kendra Heslip
Ashley Hollands
Dave Horak
Dara Humniski
Brianne Jang
David Johnston
Matthew Kaprowy
Candice Kelly
Nik Kozub
Ashley Kumar
Dale Ladouceur
Sydney Lancaster
Grace Law
David Letersky
Matthew Letersky
Ronald Long
Lynn Malin
Byron Martin
Mairi Irene McCormack
Tammy-Jo Mortensen
Erik Mortimer
Cameron Neufeld
Jenie Nolan
Bramwell Park
Shawn Pinchbeck
Stephen Pinsent
Ryan Podlubny
Corey Polo
Kim Rackel
Giana Read
Travis Sargent
Craig Schram
Nathan Setterlund
Gail Sidonie Sobat
Edward Smith
Giuseppe Stagliano
Carson Tarnasky
Erin Voaklander
Scarlet Welling-Yiannakoulias
Justin Zawada
Miranda Allen
Rebecca Anderson
Carla Benavides
Ruth Burns
Vedashree Chakrabartty
James Cuming
Nich Davies
Jennie Frost
Darrin Hagen
Jake Hastey
Sue Huff
Katherine Koller
Megan Koshka
Heather Leier
Laurie MacFayden
Lindsay McIntyre
Nicole Moeller
Andy Northrup
Rick Reid
Pierrette Requier
Jesse Silkie
Richelle Thoreson
Kevin Tokarsky
Jenny Willson
Linda Wood Edwards
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cultural diversity in the arts
Recipient Amount
May Banh $15,000
William Belcourt $14,300
Sofia Cristanti $15,000
Yong Fei Guan $6,000
Todd Houseman With Ben Gorodetsky
$10,000
Elisa Marina Mair $10,500
Yukari Meldrum With Sharmila Pokharel, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Tiffany Adair
$7,400
Erika Namsechi $8,500
The City of Edmonton, through the Edmonton Arts
Council, established the Cultural Diversity in the Arts
Program to recognize that artists from all parts of the
world enrich Edmonton’s cultural scene.
Following significant review and consultation, the EAC
revised the delivery of this program in 2014, to become
a project grant that now parallels other programs for
individual artists. The intention of the new grant is to
encourage artists from culturally diverse communities
to participate in the grant process, while continuing to
support those who face cultural, linguistic or historical
barriers to support.
total $86,700
Elsa Robinson - Chair
Marco Claveria
Shreela Chakrabartty
Savithri Machiraju
Nikki Shaffeeullah
Chaka Zinyemba
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Will Belcourt, photo by Carla Ulrich
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edmonton artists’ trust fund
total $60,000
RecipientColleen Brown
Kyle Charles
Elizabeth Dart
Beth Graham
Laura Krewski
Lindsay McIntyre
Manuela Wuthrich
Doug Organ
The Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund (EATF) is a joint project of
the Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Community
Foundation. The EATF is designed to invest in Edmonton’s
creative community and encourage artists to stay in our
community. The funds are intended to offset living and working
expenses, allowing the artist to devote a concentrated period
of time to his/her artistic activities, career enhancement and/
or development.
The EAC received 74 nominations for this award in 2014. Eight
artists were selected, and awards were fixed at $7,500 each.
These awards are provided through an endowment held by
the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Mary Phillips-Rickey – Chair
Jacqueline Dumas
Ian Leung
Marlon Wilson
JURY
EATF recipients with ECF and EAC representatives, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
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Recipient AmountFilm and Video Arts Society Alberta
– in support of Dave Cunningham.
$25,000
Writers' Guild of Alberta
– in support of Carol Holmes.
$25,000
john mahon arts administrators’ sabbatical fund
aAron munson, Daron Donahue, Niobe Thompson at FAVA FEST Artist Talk: Around the World with Clearwater Documentary, photo by Kailey Schwerman
Administrators form an integral part of the arts
infrastructure of Edmonton. The work behind the
scenes, and the expertise required for all aspects of arts
management, is often under-recognized. The individuals
who specialize in this field are a critical piece of a
sustainable arts ecosystem.
John Mahon was the Executive Director of the Edmonton
Arts Council for 15 years until his retirement in 2013.
This fund and program recognizes his contributions to
the Edmonton arts community by providing short-term
support to local arts organizations to allow their senior
administrators to undertake sabbatical leave projects.
The 2014 Awards are funded in part by donations from
the community, and in part by a special grant from the
Edmonton Community Foundation.
total $50,000
Brian Webb – Chair
Eva Cairns
Marsh Murphy
Raj Nigam
JURY
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Recipient AmountAlberta Aboriginal Performing Arts Association
Work with youth from Soar Arts program
$15,000
Boyle Street Education Centre
Work with Matt Wood (DJ CreeAsian) as
artist-in-residence
$9,000
Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers
Society in Edmonton
Work with the Mindhive Collective for a site specific
performance
$8,600
FAVA (Film and Video Arts Society)
Future Visions 2014 - video intensive supporting
youth with barriers
$15,000
Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts
A collaborative multi-media installation with artists
Raphael Freynet and Carolyn Gingrich
$15,000
Nyarkenyi Development Foundation
Opportunities for Sudanese youth to explore art
in studio and galleries under the guidance of
community elders
$15,000
Rising Sun Theatre Society
Interactive theatre project with persons with
developmental disabilities with professional theatre,
dance and music artists
$15,000
Robin Hood Association
Music without Boundaries: collaboration with
Edmonton musicians
$15,000
Somaliland Cultural Association
Collaborative visual arts work with Amin Amir
and Somaliland youth
$15,000
community arts
Community art is valued for its ability to bring
people together in shared, collaborative, creative
experiences to express the things that have
meaning to us. The program invests in projects
that are described as collaborations between
professional artists and a distinct community.
Applicants can be individuals, organizations or
groups that define themselves by geography,
tradition, culture or spirit.
The Edmonton Arts Council received a total of
19 Community Arts applications in 2014, ten of
which were supported.
These grants are funded through the City of
Edmonton Community Investment Program and
The Lee Fund for the Arts endowment held by
the Edmonton Community Foundation.
total $122,600
Heather Inglis - Chair
Leo Campos Aldunez
Stephanie Gregorwich
Michelle Todd
JURY
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The Eldon and Anne Foote Visual Arts Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Edmonton
Community Foundation and the Visual Arts Alberta
Association. The third Eldon and Anne Foote
Edmonton Visual Arts Award was awarded to
Brenda Draney for her installation Suspend.
The Edmonton Film Prize ($10,000), in
partnership with the Edmonton Film Commission.
The 2014 Edmonton Film Prize was awarded to Rosie
Dransfeld for her documentary Antisocial Limited.
The Edmonton Music Prize (1st prize of $8,000,
two runners-up prizes of $1,000), in partnership with
the Alberta Music Industry Association. The winner of
the second annual Edmonton Music Prize was The
Provincial Archive for their album It’s All Shaken Wonder.
The runners-up were Joe Nolan’s Tornado and Marco
Claveria’s Origins.
The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Writers’
Guild of Alberta. The 2014 recipient was Tim Bowling,
the author of Selected Poems (Nightwood Editions).
partner awards
Brenda Draney’s “Suspend” installation at the Art Gallery of Alberta, photo by M.N. Hutchinson, Calgary
Still from Rosie Dransfeld’s “Antisocial Limited”
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City of Edmonton Poet Laureate Mary PinkoskiThe role of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate is to reflect
the life of a city through creation and readings
of poetry. As an ambassador for the literary arts,
the Laureate incorporates poetry into a range of
official and informal City activities.
Edmonton’s fifth Poet Laureate, serving from July
1, 2013 to June 30, 2015, is Mary Pinkoski. Mary is
a dynamic spoken word performer who has been
active as a poet for over a decade.
As the City of Edmonton Poet Laureate, Mary
travelled to cities such as Nelson, BC, Ottawa,
Ontario, and Reykjavik, Iceland to represent
Edmonton’s literary community. Engaging
with Edmonton citizens, Mary has coordinated
performances at the CBC Centre Stage in City
Centre Mall, spray-chalked her poems in locations
throughout the city, and is involved with many
organizations and festivals in Edmonton.
Mary works to involve young aspiring writers with
YouthWrite workshops at Victoria School of the
Arts, and founded YOURS: Edmonton Youth Open
Mic Series for youth ages 12 to 19. Throughout
her term as Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, Mary has
performed at over 80 events.
Edmonton’s Poet Laureate program is supported
jointly by The City of Edmonton, Edmonton Public
Library (EPL) and the Edmonton Arts Council (EAC).
Edmonton,you are familiar but also unexpectedunique in your ordinary
in a city that has never outgrown its own sense of who it isa city that is still making something of itself
-Excerpt from Edmonton, You Hardy Marigold
by Mary Pinkoski
Edmonton’s fifth Poet Laureate, Mary Pinkoski, photo by City of Edmonton
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Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies" presented by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, photo by Ed Ellis
"A View from a Train" by Chris Doyle, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography
Aerialist Ryan Ouellet in Firefly Theatre’s “Let There Be Height,” photo by Studio E Photography
“11130 81 Ave” by Wendy Gervais for Houses/Homes: Neighbourhood Scenes and Stories
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financial statementsfor the year ended December 31, 2014
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORTTo the Members of: The Edmonton Arts Council Society
Report on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying financial statements of The Edmonton Arts Council Society, which comprise the statement of financial position at December 31, 2014, and the statements of operations and changes in fund balance, and cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial StatementsManagement is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s ResponsibilityOur responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in
the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control.
An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Basis for Qualified OpinionIn common with many not-for-profit organizations, the Society derives revenue from donations, the completeness of which is not susceptible to satisfactory audit verification. Accordingly, our verification of these revenues was limited to the amounts recorded in the records of the Society and we were not able to determine whether any adjustments might be necessary to revenues, excess of revenue over expenditures, assets and fund balances.
Qualified OpinionIn our opinion, except for the effect of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Edmonton Arts Council Society as at December 31, 2014, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations.
Comparative FiguresThe prior year comparatives were reported upon by another firm of chartered accountants.
Edmonton, AlbertaApril 2, 2015 Chartered Accountants
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Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014
Assets 2014 2013General Fund
Cash $ 437,048 $ -
Accounts receivable (Note 3) 54,306 247,145
491,354 247,145
TIX on the Square Fund
Cash 27,559 105,664
Due from General Fund (Note 12) 132,384 -
159,943 105,664
Casino Fund
Cash 9,711 68,169
Program Fund
Cash 170,618 206,901
Accounts receivable 37,250 50,000
207,868 256,901
Community Investment Grants Fund
Cash 220,134 434,850
Accounts receivable 72,306 -
292,440 434,850
Public Art Fund
Cash 1,106,979 57,633
Accounts receivable 4,795,688 2,668,549
Prepaid expenses and deposits 2,333 2,333
5,905,000 2,728,515
Property and equipment (Note 2) 118,143 90,230
$ 7,184,459 $3,931,474
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Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014
Liabilities 2014 2013General Fund
Accounts payable (Note 3) $ 88,300 $ 49,160
Due to TIX Fund (Note 12) 132,384 -
220,684 49,160
TIX on the Square Fund
Accounts payable 53,319 82,432
Unearned revenue (Note 6) 5,240 21,734
58,559 104,166
Casino Fund
Accounts payable - 871
Program Fund
Accounts payable 57,873 109,598
Community Investment Grants Fund
Accounts payable 241,940 409,850
Public Art Fund
Accounts payable 4,660,578 2,450,011
5,239,634 3,123,657
Fund Balances 2014 2013
General Fund 270,670 197,985
TIX on the Square Fund 101,384 1,498
Casino Fund 9,711 67,298
Program Fund 149,995 147,303
Community Investment Grants Fund 50,500 25,000
Public Art Fund 1,244,422 278,504
Property and Equipment Fund 118,143 90,230
1,944,825 807,818
$7,184,459 $3,931,474
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General Fund 2014 2013Revenue
City of Edmonton service contract (Note 8) $ 1,491,063 $ 1,367,508
Other income 21,681 46,851
Investment income 9,880 10,908
Memberships 9,175 6,550
Grant - administration 3,602 5,191
1,535,401 1,437,008
Expenditures
Staffing costs and benefits 982,548 921,149
Office costs 59,003 58,915
Telephone, internet and website 54,348 53,210
Equipment lease 30,070 31,508
Jury and honorariums 28,499 32,424
Rent 22,094 17,559
Board of Directors costs and Annual General Meeting 14,574 16,515
Professional fees 7,560 7,295
Marketing and promotion 6,962 25,962
Consulting fees 6,770 21,000
Insurance 6,277 4,920
Conferences and travel 2,450 15,735
Bank charges and interest 929 1,688
Summit - 59,919
Arts sabbatical fund contribution - 50,000
Arts sabbatical event costs - 29,339
1,222,084 1,347,138
Excess of revenue over expenditures 313,317 89,870
Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (62,764) (19,287)
Transfer to Public Art Fund (23,511) (78,396)
Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (185,000) (90,000)
Transfer from Casino Fund 30,643 25,935
Net increase (decrease) in Fund balance 72,685 (71,878)
Fund balance, beginning of year 197,985 269,863
Fund balance, end of year $ 270,670 $ 197,985
Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014
TIX on the Square Fund 2014 2013Revenue
Sales for distribution $ 1,589,266 $ 1,524,912
Commissions 149,276 147,215
City of Edmonton - Operating income 60,000 60,000
Credit card charges recovered 32,394 31,841
Gift certificates 18,565 476
1,849,501 1,764,444
Expenditures
Sales reimbursement 1,535,086 1,481,673
Staffing costs and benefits 231,462 208,808
Purchases 60,280 38,135
Credit card charges 30,123 29,288
Office 26,043 17,461
Rent 24,460 25,273
Bank charges and interest 10,807 10,954
Telephone 6,981 5,638
Advertising and promotion 5,492 29,077
E-Commerce 3,881 12,064
1,934,615 1,858,371
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (85,114) (93,927)
Transfer from General Fund 185,000 90,000
Fund balance, beginning of year 1,498 5,425
Fund balance, end of year $ 101,384 $ 1,498
Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Casino Fund 2014 2013Revenue
Casino revenue $ 2,350 $ 79,880
Investment income 66 -
2,416 79,880
Expenditures
Casino expenses 2,304 1,985
Interest and bank charges 56 230
2,360 2,215
Excess of revenue over expenditures 56 77,665
Transfers to General Fund (30,643) (25,935)
Transfer to Program Fund (27,000) -
Fund balance, beginning of year 67,298 15,568
Fund balance, end of year $ 9,711 $ 67,298
Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014
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Program Fund 2014 2013Revenue
City of Edmonton - Programs $ 1,621,281 $ 1,496,269
City of Edmonton - Sir Winston Churchill Square 100,000 100,000
Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (Note 4) 72,000 46,878
Lee Fund Grant 50,017 38,350
Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund (Note 4) 2,203 107,320
1,845,501 1,788,817
Expenditures
Arts Habitat 500,000 500,000
Cornerstone Grants 419,603 500,000
Special Programs (Note 11) 335,479 349,442
Sir Winston Churchill Square 132,175 183,046
Aboriginal Initiatives 77,408 -
New Pathways 75,144 -
Lee Fund Grant 75,000 38,350
Living Local 75,000 75,000
Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 72,000 56,000
Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund 58,000 -
Arts on the Avenue 50,000 50,000
1,869,809 1,751,838
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (24,308) 36,979
Transfer from Casino Fund 27,000 -
Fund balance, beginning of year 147,303 110,324
Fund balance, end of year $ 149,995 $ 147,303
Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Property and Equipment Fund 2014 2013Expenditures
Amortization $ 34,851 $ 32,998
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (34,851) (32,998)
Transfer from General Fund 62,764 19,287
Fund balance, beginning of year 90,230 103,941
Fund balance, end of year $ 118,143 $ 90,230
Public Art Fund 2014 2013Revenue
City of Edmonton - Public Art Funds revenue $ 4,965,700 $ 1,102,744
Expenditures
Public Art Projects expenditures (Notes 10 and 11) 4,023,293 1,617,420
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures 942,407 (514,676)
Transfer from General Fund 23,511 78,396
Fund balance, beginning of year 278,504 714,784
Fund balance, end of year (Note 10) $ 1,244,422 $ 278,504
Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Community Investment Grants Fund 2014 2013Revenue
City of Edmonton Community Investment Grants $ 8,843,111 $ 8,673,137
Investment income 29,063 31,300
8,872,174 8,704,437
Expenditures
Arts Operating Grants 5,475,100 5,210,100
Festival Operating Grants 1,730,050 1,723,200
Edmonton Artists Individual Grants 556,880 599,850
Arts and Museum Building Operating Grants 434,800 522,600
Administration 172,957 142,470
Festival Seed Grants 120,400 150,400
Cultural Diversity Awards 86,700 87,500
Travel Grants 76,515 78,448
Microgrants 69,770 68,919
Community Arts Grants 47,600 60,070
Major Parade and Celebration Grants 37,500 41,000
Emergency Grants 24,500 2,350
Organizational Support Grants 13,902 5,000
8,846,674 8,691,907
Excess of revenue over expenditures 25,500 12,530
Fund balance, beginning of year 25,000 12,470
Fund balance, end of year $ 50,500 $ 25,000
Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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General Fund 2014 2013Net inflow (outflow) of cash related to the following activities:
Operating activities
Excess of revenue over expenditures $ 313,317 $ 89,870
Change in non-cash balances relating to operations
Accounts receivable 192,839 77,496
Accounts payable 39,140 (161,261)
545,296 6,105
Financing activities
Loan payable to TIX Fund 132,384 -
Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (62,764) (19,287)
Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (185,000) (90,000)
Transfer to Public Art Fund (23,511) (78,396)
Transfer from Community Investment Grants Fund - -
Transfer from Casino Fund 30,643 25,935
(108,248) (161,748)
Increase (decrease) in cash 437,048 (155,643)
Cash, beginning of year - 155,643
Cash, end of year $ 437,048 $ -
Statement of Cash FlowsFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Nature of OperationsThe Edmonton Arts Council Society (EAC) exists to support
and promote the arts community in Edmonton. The EAC
meets the needs of its members and the arts community
as a whole though activities that:
- help provide financial support to festivals, arts
organizations and individual artists;
- educate those who play a role in the success of the arts
community about the quality of artistic work produced
here, its importance to the city, and its needs;
- advise decision makers on specific issues that affect
the arts; and
- nurture the quality of artistic work produced here.
The EAC was incorporated on April 19, 1995 under the
Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and was registered
as a charity effective August 1, 1997 under the Income Tax
Act of Canada.
The Society follows the restricted fund method of
accounting and the operations of the Society are
organized into project funds. A summary of each of the
funds is as follows:
General FundDonations which have not been designated by the donor for
one of the other funds are placed in the General Fund. The
costs of administering the Society and the costs of improving
or expanding the Society are recorded in this fund.
TIX on the Square FundTIX on the Square is a community box office, Ticketmaster
outlet, retail store, and information booth. It is owned and
operated by The Edmonton Arts Council Society and
serves the entire arts and cultural community in the
greater Edmonton region.
Casino FundThe Casino Fund was set up in response to the Alberta
Gaming and Liquor Commission’s requirement to have a
separate account to receive proceeds from casinos
managed by the Society. Funds from this account can only
be spent in areas designated in each casino application.
Proceeds are used mainly for community programs as well
as EAC and TIX on the Square website development and
updates. The Society currently holds a fundraising casino
every two years.
Program FundWhen requested by the City of Edmonton, the EAC
produces special projects. These projects have included
Churchill Square Programming, revitalization projects on
Alberta Avenue and others. In addition, the EAC develops
grant programs with the Edmonton Community
Foundation and corporate partners.
Public Art FundThe Service Agreement between the City of Edmonton
and the EAC identifies support for the City’s public art
program as a core duty of the EAC. This involves creation
of master plans for public art, policy development, and
production of specific public art projects generated by the
Percent for Art program or from other sources. The public
art projects are multi-year projects that range from three
to seven years.
Community Investment Grants (CIG) FundService Agreement between the City of Edmonton and
the EAC identifies responsibility for the City’s Community
Investment Grants program in the arts and festivals as a
core duty of the EAC. This involves administration of all
relevant existing CIG grant programs as well as development
of new CIG grant programs in arts and festivals.
Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Property and Equipment FundThe Property and Equipment Fund was established to
collect and disburse funds on capital projects undertaken
by the EAC and to maintain the assets, liabilities, revenues
and expenses related to the Society’s property and
equipment.
Note 1: Significant Accounting PoliciesBasis of Presentation
These financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with Canadian accounting standards for
not-for-profit organizations.
Revenue Recognition
Restricted contributions are recognized as revenue of the
appropriate fund in the year in which the events giving
rise to the contribution have occurred. If a separate fund
does not exist, the restricted contribution will be recorded
as part of the General Fund and will be deferred and
recognized as revenue when the related expenses are
incurred. Unrestricted contributions are recognized as
revenue of the General Fund in the year received.
Cash
Cash includes cash on hand, bank deposits and term
investments with maturities less than one year.
Property and Equipment
Property and Equipment are recorded at cost Amortization
is calculated on the declining balance basis over the
assets estimated useful life at the following annual rates:
Computer equipment and website 30%
Ticket booth 30%
Office equipment 20%
Vehicle 30%
Contributed Services
Contributed services of volunteers are not recognized as
revenue in these financial statements because their fair
value cannot be reasonably determined.
Contributed Goods
The Society only records non-cash donations when a
charitable receipt is issued. These donations are recorded
at the fair value of the items received.
Donations
With the establishment of the Edmonton Artists Trust
Fund (Note 4) and John Mahon Arts Administrator
Sabbatical Fund, donations that are not restricted are
forwarded directly to either Fund held by the Edmonton
Community Foundation at the discretion of the Society.
Income Taxes
The Society is a not-for-profit organization incorporated
under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and, as
such, is exempt from income taxes under Section 149(1)
of the Income Tax Act of Canada.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in accordance
with Canadian accounting standards for not-forprofit
organizations requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amount of
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amount of receipts and disbursements
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates. Items subject to significant
management estimates include valuation of accounts
receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities,
and amortization.
Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014
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Note 1: continued Financial Instruments
Financial instruments are recorded at fair value when
acquired or issued. In subsequent periods, financial
instruments with actively traded markets are reported at
fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in the
statement of income. All other financial instruments are
reported at amortized cost and tested for impairment at
each reporting date. Transaction costs on the acquisition,
sale or issuance of financial instruments are expensed
when incurred. Conversely, transaction costs are added
to the carrying amount for those financial instruments
subsequently measured at amortized cost.
Long-lived Assets
Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment. Long-
lived assets held for use are measured and amortized as
described in the applicable accounting policies.
The Society performs impairment testing on long-lived
assets held for use whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset,
or group of assets, may not be recoverable. Impairment
losses are recognized when undiscounted future cash
flows from its use and disposal are less than the asset’s
carrying amount. Impairment is measured as the amount
by which the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value.
Any impairment is included in earnings for the year.
Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014
Note 2: Property and Equipment
Cost Accumulated Amortization
2014 Net Book Value
2013 Net Book Value
Computer equipment and website $ 257,557 204,809 $ 52,748 $ 69,690
Ticket booth 60,284 23,169 37,115 66
Vehicle 13,399 5,427 7,972 11,389
Office equipment 38,389 18,081 20,308 9,085
$ 369,629 251,486 $ 118,143 $ 90,230
Note 3: Government RemittancesAs of December 31, 2014, accounts receivable includes
$41,329 (2013 - $46,904) of Goods and Services Tax
receivable from the federal government. As of December
31, 2014, there are payroll remittances of $nil (2013 -
$17,726) owing to the federal government.
Note 4: Trust Funds Held by the Edmonton Community Foundation The Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (EATF) and John Mahon
Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund (JMAASF) are joint
projects of the EAC and the Edmonton Community
Foundation (ECF). The purpose of the EATF fund is to
invest in Edmonton’s creative community by providing
grants to individual artists who are living and working in
Edmonton. The purpose of the JMAASF is to enhance the
quality of life for arts professionals living and working at
qualifying arts organizations that support and promote
Edmonton arts and artists. Open-ended endowment
funds have been established with ECF to which anyone
can make tax deductible donations.
Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association
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Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014
Note 5: CommitmentsThe EAC has committed to minimum monthly lease
payments of $1,653 per month for premises they occupy
until March 2017.
Note 6: Unearned RevenueUnearned revenue of the TIX on the Square Fund is
comprised of gift certificates sold that have not been
redeemed.
Note 7: Financial InstrumentsCredit Risk
Credit risk arises from the potential that a counter party
will fail to perform its obligations. The Society is exposed
to credit risk in respect to its accounts receivable balances
and cash balances. Cash is held at major financial
institutions minimizing any potential exposure to credit
risk. It is management’s opinion that the risk related to
accounts receivable is minimal since the Society only
deals with what management believes to be financially
sound counterparts and, accordingly does not anticipate
significant loss for nonperformance. As at December 31,
2014, accounts receivable consists of 97% (2013 - 94%)
due from the City of Edmonton thereby increasing the
concentration of credit risk.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity will encounter
difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial
liabilities. The Society is exposed to this risk mainly in
respect of its receipts from its funders and accounts
payable.
Note 8: Economic DependenceOngoing operations of the EAC are dependent upon
receiving continuing funding from the City of Edmonton.
The current service agreement is in effect until December
31, 2016.
Note 9: Comparative FiguresCertain comparative figures have been reclassified to
conform with the current year’s presentation.
Note 10: Public Art FundPublic art disbursements include artist fees, conservation
work, and administration. The fund balance at the end of
the year includes reserves for future conservation work.
Note 11: Allocated ExpensesCertain costs are recorded in the General Fund and then
allocated to other funds. The allocations are based on
staff time used by each fund. Included in Public Art
expenditures in the Public Art Fund is $235,479 (2013 -
$187,212) in staffing costs and benefits allocated from the
General Fund.
Note 12: Related Party BalancesDuring the year, the General Fund agreed to finance the
cost of equipment purchases and renovations for the TIX
on the Square Fund. The amount is unsecured and non-
interest bearing. The balance outstanding is expected to
be settled within the next fiscal year.
Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association
Gianna Vacirca and Brian Dooley in “De plein fouet dans la tempête,” photos by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography
“Celtic Colours with the McDades” presented by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, photo by Ed Ellis
“Power Napper” by Jennie Vegt
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Front and Back Cover photos:“Stations of Reconciliation” by Aaron Paquette, photos by Fish Griwkowsky