Edmonton Arts Council 2009 Annual Report

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grant programs

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annual report 2009 directory

Image: detail from “Eco Station”, Brandon Blommaert, 2009 Image: detail from “Eco Station”, Brandon Blommaert, 2009

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is a non-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 directorsExecutive

Eva Cairns, ChairMarsh Murphy, Vice ChairKevin Mott, Secretary/TreasurerDarlene Bryant, Past Chair

Members-at-Large

Heather McRaeJenifer ChristensonGina MoeAmber BorotsikTerry LustyBrian DeedrickBrock Skywalker

Douglas BarbourMichelle CasavantVince GasparriTed KerrJames DeFeliceDarrin Hagen

The Kaleido Festival is a multi-disciplinary collaboration that showcases both emerging and established performers across all media and disciplines. This celebration encourages and highlights the vast pool of talented people who live and work in Alberta Avenue and surrounding communities.

Image: Bird Soul Productions perform Vertical Wall Dance at the 2009 Kaleido Festival.

kaliedo festival

message from the chair

message from thechairIt is such a pleasure, as an arts worker in Edmonton, to have witnessed first hand the Edmonton Arts Council’s programs and achievements of 2009: new programs were established that address the real diversity of our arts community, the Public Art projects seemed to increase exponentially, the Winter Light Festival was inaugurated and the Heritage Council was launched with our assistance. Our cultural plan, The Art of Living, continued to be our key reference for development. Edmontonians were served by a city council and administration that are genuinely committed and active in working with us to develop Edmonton as a city where arts and culture are woven into our daily lives and the experience of visitors to our city. We have a lot to appreciate!

It is humbling and inspiring to have insight into the impressive range of initiatives that are on-going everyday by organizations and individuals that contribute to quality of life in Edmonton. As a non-profit society, we are accountable to our membership, as well as to the City of Edmonton and the citizens of Edmonton through our service agreement. The delivery of our programs is in the hands of all the volunteer jury members, the jury Chairs and the caring and exceptionally competent staff at the Arts Council. Thank you to all of them, as well as to our members for their support of our goals. Most of all, thank you to everyone who participates in and supports arts and cultural activity in our city every day.

Eva CairnsChair

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Images from the 2009 Kaleido Festival. Image credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Images from the 2009 Kaleido Festival. Image credit: Epic Photography Inc.

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executive director’s reportThe year 2009 was the fourteenth year of the Edmonton Arts Council (EAC) and was a year marked by progress on many of the initiatives identified in two plans – The Art of Living and The Public Art Master Plan - adopted by the City of Edmonton and the EAC in 2008. That progress was, however, somewhat inhibited by the economic downturn that began in 2008, and the implementation of several of the recommendations in The Art of Living was delayed.

The Art of Living The Art of Living made development of space for the arts and artists a priority and, in response, in 2009 Arts Habitat Association of Edmonton received on-going operating funding from the City of Edmonton allowing them to hire two fulltime staff (Linda Huffman and Katherine Kerr). The EAC has been impressed with the progress Arts Habitat made in 2009, including their work on a database of available space; the development of several buildings on 118th

Avenue (in partnership with the City and Arts on the Ave); and, in partnership with the City, a review of City bylaws, zoning and regulations related to spaces for arts activities. Although Arts Habitat is a separate organization from the EAC, they are closely allied and the EAC holds a place on their Board of Directors. Education and mentoring recommendations in The Art of Living received less attention, but towards the end of the year, in reaction to a review by the Government of Alberta of the arts curriculum in Alberta schools, we started the development of a position paper and made plans to make this important issue a priority in 2010.

Increases in City of Edmonton Community Investment Program grants and the introduction of a new grant program for community arts were not realized in 2009 because of the economic downturn, which impacted the City’s overall budget. In addition, the extraordinarily low interest rates on bank term deposits and other investments, resulted in a suspension of

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our Organizational Project grants that rely completely on interest revenue. On a more positive note, we were very pleased to announce a renewal of the TransAlta Festival City grant programs for another three years.

We continued our role of supporting the integration of arts into city programs. In 2009 this included That’s Edmonton for You! at the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) congress held in June, the appointment of Edmonton’s third poet laureate Roland Pemberton, the second year of Winter Light Festival, the EXPO 2017 bid, the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations and Events Edmonton International.

Public Art As part of its ongoing service to the City, the Edmonton Arts Council continued to administer public art projects generated by the City’s Percent for Art Policy (City Policy C458C) and Public Art Master Plan. While many public art projects stretch over

several years, in 2009 nine projects were completed and another seventeen began or remained in production. In addition, two community public art grants were given. In 2009 the City of Edmonton began supporting a conservation program to assess and formally register the Percent for Art projects, and to begin a registry of the Civic Art Collection. Staff has created processes for the assessment and treatment of artworks, and are compiling reports on City of Edmonton owned artworks according to a phased plan. This has brought two more public art staff to the EAC - Conservator David Turnbull, and Assistant Conservator Sarah Patterson.

In 2009, three new public art policies were developed by the EAC and adopted by the City of Edmonton. These included a Public Art Administration, Registration and Outreach Policy, a Public Art Accession, Selection Criteria and Gift Policy, and a Public Art Conservation, De-accession and Re-site Policy.

That’s Edmonton for You!International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Roland PembertonEdmonton’s Poet LaureatePhoto credit: 3Ten Photo

Installation of Leger/Regel by C. WellsLeger Transit Centre

Detail from Ecostation by Brandon BlommaertAmbleside Ecostation

That’s Edmonton for You!International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Roland PembertonEdmonton’s Poet LaureatePhoto credit: 3Ten Photo

Installation of Leger/Regel by C. WellsLeger Transit Centre

Detail from Ecostation by Brandon BlommaertAmbleside Ecostation

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Winter Light In 2010, Winter Light capitalized on the foundation of its inaugural season in 2009 to create a successful season of winter festival activities. Creative programming, production and marketing support to the existing festivals were increased, and 8 Winter Light initiated projects were produced in diverse neighbourhoods and venues. With increased awareness and an improved marketing campaign, winter festival audiences doubled in 2010. Several previous projects such as Baba Yaga, Star Party, Aboriginal Village and Family Day saw tremendous growth in both programming and audiences, while projects such as Hearts of Fire and Big Winter generated new opportunities and audiences in underserved communities. Artist commissions, audience outreach, environmental sustainability, heritage programming, and community development all continued to play an important role in Winter Light’s brand and impact, creating active links to key artistic and social networks.

Promoting Edmonton Artists The EAC launched our new visual identity in 2009 and along with it new websites for the EAC and TIX on the Square (a community box office owned and operated by the EAC). To date, the impact of the new sites has been felt the most by TIX, who now offer a friendly, informative and easy-to-navigate site. The site is loaded with events from Edmonton’s arts community, features an index of venue information, and links to numerous organizations. The list continues to grow, providing accessible information to all members of the community.

Our efforts to share information about Edmonton’s arts community with more, and new, people were very successful, as we established a formidable online presence and more than doubled the readership of EAC Weekly. We are also pleased that our membership numbers increased by 30% over 2008.

Winter Light – MisponEpic Photography Inc.

Winter Light – Baba YagaEpic Photography Inc.

Winter Light – MisponEpic Photography Inc.

Winter Light – Baba YagaEpic Photography Inc.

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EvolutionIn 2009 we also embarked on the development of a database to manage the extensive information and processes that are inherent to our grants and public art programs, membership and day-to-day operations. We anticipate that all of our programs and our clients will benefit from more efficient, centralized administrative processes delivered by the system. It will also allow us to create easier access to more robust information via our website.

Administratively, we moved our offices in 2009 leaving our first home in the Melcor building, where we started in 1995, and going to a much larger office in the City-owned Prince of Wales Armoury where we now share offices with the Edmonton Heritage Council.

There are many things that I remember from this past year at the EAC but, in particular, I fondly recollect a reception held at City Hall for the first artists that were recognized by the City’s Cultural Diversity in

the Arts Awards. I found witnessing the building of Immense Mode public artwork at Southgate a fascinating experience and I am proud of the new, emerging communications program of the EAC that really started in 2009. Finally, much of my time this year was devoted to the founding of the Edmonton Heritage Council (another recommendation from The Art of Living). I anticipate that organization growing and flourishing in 2010 and beyond – it will be one of our key partners in the future.

I want to recognize and thank the EAC staff for their expertise and commitment to all our programs and to the artists and arts in our city. This thanks extends, of course, to the EAC Board of Directors and to our members.

John MahonExecutive Director

Winter Light – Illuminations Epic Photography Inc

Winter Light – Big WinterEpic Photography Inc.

Winter Light – Illuminations Epic Photography Inc

Winter Light – Big WinterEpic Photography Inc.

guest article

Three years ago while I was working in the USA, I attended a conservation conference where there was an informal discussion focused on how conservators could approach their local municipalities about care for their public art collections. One idea was to appeal to the cities that there is expertise out there willing and able if they so wished to call upon their services. Some conservators suggested offering their services for free rather than witness public national treasures deteriorate from neglect or suffer mistreatment (albeit well-meaning) while being maintained.

Based on this, one might think that there are no public art conservators in the USA. This is not the case; just like in Canada there are few dedicated full-time public art conservators. Unless public outdoor artworks are part of a collection with existing conservation staff (i.e. a museum) many municipalities contract conservators only on an as-needed basis. The majority of conservators have expertise but do not specialize in public art conservation. Often intervention happens too late and therein lies the problem: reacting and fixing something versus being proactive and avoiding the need for the fix in the first place.

I later learned about the American SOS program (Save Outdoor Sculpture!), a call to action for all USA jurisdictions to take an interest in the long term care and preservation of their public artworks. It developed as a joint venture between the National Institute for Conservation of Cultural Property and the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. In short, the program acts as a database and archive of public and outdoor sculptures designed to catalogue and to track care, maintenance and conservation, while providing conservation funding and other levels of support for new and existing public art projects.

In some ways this is similar to what we are doing at the Edmonton Arts Council on a local level. The task of the conservation program over the two-year plan was to assess existing public artworks in the civic collection and to develop and maintain an archive and database. The conservation program has developed into an integral part of the public art accession process and is slowly becoming a resource that artists and arts organizations can turn to for advice, research and support. By becoming part of the selection, production/fabrication and installation processes, as well as directing post-

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What is the state of public art conservation in Canada and where does Edmonton fit in?”

installation care, the conservation program acts as an advocate for the artist and the artwork now and into the future.

As a profession, conservation adheres to a code of ethics that guides its practice. Within this, individual conservators develop their own theoretical approach towards conservation issues. This changes over time. When dealing with an evolving collection of art, media, local and international artists and fabricators, it is critical that there is a conservation perspective in the development of the artwork from the beginning. In understanding the materials, the environment, and what is important from the perspective of the artist, the conservator can be pragmatic in anticipating what can or will happen to the artwork and how it can best be protected.

Nothing is permanent, so what happens when the object expires or when physical preservation is not feasible? Stakeholders have a shared responsibility to preserve that which cannot be physically preserved. In some cases this can be manifested in documentation

and archives, re-creation or emulation, or simply as collective memory of an experience or moment in time. Ultimately the question that has to be asked is “what are we preserving and why?”

Similar to much contemporary art (and all art for that matter), outdoor public art has a lifespan. Some art works are meant to last a long time while others are not. Parts become obsolete and technology changes, materials age unexpectedly or are chosen because they deteriorate a certain way. When working with living artists it is important to have a clear understanding of the artist’s intentions and perspective towards their artwork. This will dictate what is done: when, how, why and by whom. By being aware and informed, conservation can assist municipalities in creating sustainable art collections and preserving cultural objects for citizens and visitors.

David TurnbullPublic Art Conservator

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tixonthesquare.ca

box office meets publicist In addition to selling tickets, tix on the square helps its clients

promote and publicize their events. tix

distributes media releases for events

and highlights event images online,

giving both the media and audiences

more information and great visuals to

excite their imaginations!

tixonthesquare.ca TIX is a not-for-profit Community Box Office owned and operated through the Edmonton Arts Council

James Clarke Trio - Edmonton International Jazz Festival

Welcome to TIX on the Square!

In 2009, tix on the square

launched a new website with

an improved online box

office, an updated look and

an efficient search engine.

The new site reflects the

true quality and diversity of

Edmonton’s arts community,

and makes it easier for

audiences to access all the

information and tickets they

need to enjoy the arts in

Edmonton!

box office meets publicist In addition to selling tickets, tix on the square helps its clients promote

and publicize their events. tix

distributes media releases for events

and highlights event images online,

giving both the media and audiences

more information and great visuals to

excite their imaginations!

a recipe for success Two key ingredients make

tix on the square one of

Edmonton’s most valuable and

treasured cultural assets:

1 part High Quality Arts

and Cultural events from

Edmonton’s artists and arts

organizations

1 part Highly Quality

Customer Service from tix on

the square’s knowledgeable

and enthusiastic box office

staff.

TIX is a not-for-profit Community Box Office owned and operated through the Edmonton Arts Council

James Clarke Trio - Edmonton International Jazz Festival

tix on the square is Edmonton’s only not-for-profit,

community box office mandated to

promote and support Edmonton’s

arts community. In 2009 tix on the square sold over $1.1

million of tickets to 43,000 arts

and culture events in Edmonton.

Dawn Detarando + Brian McArthur Southgate Transit Centre

The artists spent countless hours in their Red Deer studio carving, firing and glazing the thousands of clay bricks that constitute Immense Mode. An internal armature was designed by a team of engineers to support the 42,000-pound legs that stand on the transit island at the Southgate Transit Centre.

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The Edmonton Arts Council administers public art projects on behalf of the City of Edmonton. Key programming includes the Percent for Art program, Community Public Art grant program, transitory public art projects, and the conservation program. The City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Arts Council share a vision, and a goal, to establish and maintain a public art collection - an urban gallery - that engages and excites Edmontonians.

Creating Immense Mode Creating Immense Mode

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public art committeeThe Public Art Committee is comprised of, but not limited to, individuals such as artists, curators, architects, civil engineers and community representatives. The Public Art Committee (PAC) members serve as leaders and stewards of Edmonton Public Art programming. The PAC is tasked with setting the vision and objectives for the Percent for Art program, periodically reviewing the Civic Art collection, advising on de-accession of public art, and making recommendations regarding the City’s public art .

2009 public art commitee members:

percent for art programPercent for Art is a public art acquisition program through an open competition held in accordance with the City of Edmonton policy “Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas” (C458C). Edmonton developed a Percent for Art policy in 1991. The Edmonton Arts Council administrates the Percent for Art program and provides advice and services about public art to the City of Edmonton.

2009 Percent for Art Projects Completed

Artwork Artist Location

EcoStation Brandon Blommaert Ambleside Ecostation

BioGlyphs Ron BairdBiotechnology Business Development Centre (BBDC)

Overflow Brendan McGillicuddy Callingwood Recreation Centre

Continuum Cezary & Danielle Gajewsky Century Park LRT

Leger/Regel C. Wells Leger Transit Centre

Futuristic Map Patrick Jacob McKernan & Belgravia LRT

Muttart Mia Weinberg Muttart Conservatory

Passengers Ray McAdam South Campus LRT

Immense Mode Brian McArthur & Dawn Detarando Southgate LRT

edmonton public art

Vince Gasparri (Chair)Catherine Crowston (Vice-Chair)Shafraaz KabaErnst von Meijenfeldt

Andrej CulenMichael PhairLewis CardinalCatherine BurgessDarci Mallon

Allen BallAidan RoweJacqueline ThomanMike SassBrian Van Sickle

Linda WedmanKristy Trinier

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2009 Percent for Art Projects in Production or Development

Artist Location

Robert McInnis Animal Services Building

TBD Ellerslie Fire Station

TBD EPS Southwest Police Station

Jesse Sherburne ETS Centennial Garage

Jorn Ebner Fire Station No. Five

Krzyzstof Zukowski Fort Edmonton Administration Building

Eugene Uhaud & Aaron Pederson Kennedale Drainage Services Building

Gabe Wong Lewis Farms and Meadows Transit Centres

Alexandra Haeseker Whitemud Park Trailhead Building

Stephanie Davidson & Georg Rafailidis Fred Broadstock Leisure Centre

Andreas Kahre & Darren Copeland Queen Elizabeth Pool

TBD Quesnell Bridge/ Whitemud Drive

Laurent Grasso North Central Recreation Centre Project #1

Instant Coffee North Central Recreation Centre Project #2

inges idée Terwilliger Recreation Centre Project #1

Craig LeBlanc Terwilliger Recreation Centre Project #2

Various Alberta Avenue Streetscape Images

Creating Muttart Muttart by Mia WeinbergMuttart Conservatory

Installation of Continuum Continuum by Cezary and Danielle Gajewski Century Park LRT

Creating Muttart Muttart by Mia WeinbergMuttart Conservatory

Installation of Continuum Continuum by Cezary and Danielle Gajewski Century Park LRT

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community public art grant programThe Community Public Art grant program provides funds and mentorship to Edmonton community groups or organizations who partner with professional artists to create public artworks which may address social issues, celebrate community or cultural identity, beautify public spaces, commemorate an event or increase the appreciation of the arts in general.

The jury voted to disburse the Community Public Art Grants 2009 funding of $100,000.00 to the following organizations:

Belgravia Community LeagueProject: $55,000 To commission a permanent exterior interactive digital artwork which will serve as a data portrait of the community of Belgravia. Entitled Standing, Still- Moving, Forward, lead local multimedia artist Will Bauer will use social networking technology to create a light sculpture (LED) which responds to changing data information about the community. The project will be also available online.

Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA)Project: $45,000 To commission a large-scale exterior public mural with a composition incorporating street art and illustration to depict the theme of a colourless, mass-consumerist city transforming into a colourful bounty of urban sustainability. Lead local artist Josh Holinaty will work with artist Luke Ramsey to develop and execute the final concept which will incorporate human and animal characters with representations of the natural landscape and cityscape.

Maquette of Edmonton Small Press Association mural Artists: Josh Holinaty & Luke Ramsey

Artist conception of the Belgravia Community League projectArtist: Will Bauer

Maquette of Edmonton Small Press Association mural Artists: Josh Holinaty & Luke Ramsey

Artist conception of the Belgravia Community League projectArtist: Will Bauer

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transitory public artThe EAC facilitated three Transitory public art projects in 2009.

ART’s Birthday 2009 - Underwater GalaART’s Birthday is an annual event first proposed by French Artist Robert Filliou in 1963 as a public holiday to celebrate the presence of art in our lives. The Film and Video Arts Society - Alberta (FAVA) and the Edmonton Arts Council presented The Underwater Gala on February 28th, 2009. Highlights of the evening included performances by Mile Zero Dance, sound art by Treejam & Westfalia as well as a peculiar Viking synchro-team performance and video projections by Chris Payne. Most importantly, guests were invited to be a part of the ART by jumping into the pool, clothes and all, while underwater video and photographic footage was taken.

Dérive Edmonton – Doors Open Festival 2009The Dérive is a psychogeographical exploration of the city. Psychogeography is about the way the city looks and feels, and conversely how this makes people feel; about the patterns, structures, and visual form that make up the urban space. Dérive tours can be done anywhere, as individuals or small groups - bring along tools to document your experience, such as cameras, recorders, or sketchbooks. The EAC facilitated a guided Dérive Edmonton event as part of the 2009 Doors Open Festival.

Store Front Cinema 2009 – Kelly Mark, One Night at the Jasper Place HotelThe Stony Plain Road and Area Business Association hosts an annual selection of film, video art and animation that are projected along the shop windows of Stony Plain Road. The road was closed to traffic and the streetlights were turned off for the event, which transformed the area for one night of cinema magic. The Art Gallery of Alberta partnered with the EAC to commission One Night at the Jasper Place Hotel by Toronto artist Kelly Mark. The multi-channel DVD video installation was installed in the windows of the hotel.

ART’s Birthday – Underwater GalaPhoto credit: Heather Noel


Store Front Cinema – Kelly Mark, One Night at the Jasper Place HotelPhoto credit: Zachary Ayotte






Edmonton’s Carribean Arts Festival Churchill Square

In 2009, Cariwest marked its 25th anniversary of presenting the heritage and attributes of the Caribbean community in the form of masquerade, street theatre, music and creativity.

Image: Dancers, in costume, celebrate at the 2009 Cariwest Festival.

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The Community Investment Program provides funding to arts and festival organizations and to individual artists in the City of Edmonton. Funding for this program is derived from the municipal tax base. The EAC is guided by City of Edmonton Bylaw 14157 and Policy C211F on community investment grants. All grants are allocated based on recommendations from peer juries who provide their valuable expertise on a volunteer basis.

total grant allocation

$ 4,450,490.22

community investmentprogram

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Images from the 2009 Cariwest Festival.Images from the 2009 Cariwest Festival.

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Jury members:Chair, Eva CairnsMiki Andrejevic David Cheoros Eva Marie Clarke Eleanor Lazare Lou Morin Mary Phillips-RickeyPaula Roberts Linda Turnbull

Organization Grant

Active Citizen's Television $5,000

Alberta Ballet $145,000

Alberta Baroque Music Society $13,500

Alberta Choral Federation $5,000

Alberta Craft Council $30,000

Alberta Dance Alliance $11,500

Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association $10,000

Alberta Opera $7,500

Alberta Playwrights' Network $2,000

Alberta Society of Artists' Edmonton Branch $3,000

Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association $2,000

Azimuth Theatre Association $15,500

Book Publishers Association of Alberta $6,000

Brian Webb Dance Company $28,000

Canadian Authors Association, Alberta Branch (Edmonton) $2,500

Cantilon Choral Society $8,500

Catalyst Theatre $25,500

Christian Music Society "Concordia Community Band" $650

Citadel Theatre $340,000

Citie Ballet Society $5,500

Concrete Theatre Society $18,500

Cosmopolitan Music Society $10,500

Da Camera Singers $2,500

Edmonton Chamber Music Society $4,500

Edmonton Classical Guitar Society $1,500

Edmonton Columbian Choirs $4,500

Edmonton Composers' Concert Society $2,000

arts operating $1,927,950


Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation $7,500

Edmonton Festival Ballet $3,000

Edmonton Jazz Society $26,000

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association $7,000

Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus Society $1,000

Edmonton Musical Theatre $1,500

Edmonton New Shadow Theatre Society $17,000

Edmonton Opera Association $189,000

Edmonton Philharmonic Society $1,000

Edmonton Potter's Guild $5,000

Edmonton Small Press Association $10,000

Edmonton Symphony Society $340,000

Edmonton Vocal Minority Music Society $750

Edmonton Weavers' Guild $4,500

Edmonton Youth Choir $5,000

Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association $17,000

FAVA Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $40,000

Firefly Theatre and Circus Society $8,500

Fringe Theatre Adventures $18,000

Greenwood Chamber Singers Society $1,500

Ground Zero Productions $5,000

I Coristi Chamber Choir Society $3,000

Kita No Taiko $1,500

Kiwanis Singers Association of Edmonton $1,700

Kokopelli Choir Association $19,000

Kompany! Dance & Affiliated Artists Society $1,000

KYKLOS Hellenic Performing and Literary Arts Group $2,000

L'Association La Girandole $11,500


Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture $24,000

L'UniThéâtre $25,000

M.A.D.E. in Edmonton $5,000

Mazur Polish Canadian Dancers of Edmonton $2,000

Metro Cinema Society $25,000

Mile Zero Dance $19,000

Mill Creek Colliery Band $1,000

New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia $1,000

NeWest Publishers Ltd. $16,000

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $2,000

Northern Light Theatre $18,000

Nova Musica Symphony Society $500

Opera Nuova $10,500

Other Voices Publishing Society $1,000

Polonez Polish Folk Arts Ensemble $2,500

Pro Coro Canada $21,850

Rapid Fire Theatre Society $8,500

Regroupement artistique francophone de l'Alberta $1,000

Richard Eaton Singers $6,000

Ritchie Trombone Choir Society $500

Sadhana Music and Dance Society $500

Sculptors Association of Alberta $2,500

Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance CompanyPhoto credit: Diana Chernenko

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetCitadel TheatrePhoto credit: David Cooper Photography

Pro Coro CanadaImage credit: Jochen Eggert

WGA Multilingual Reading Event Writers Guild of Alberta

Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance CompanyPhoto credit: Diana Chernenko

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetCitadel TheatrePhoto credit: David Cooper Photography

Pro Coro CanadaImage credit: Jochen Eggert

WGA Multilingual Reading Event Writers Guild of Alberta


SNAP Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists $20,000

Société Francophone des Arts Visuels de l'Alberta $1,500

St. Davids Welsh Male Voice Choir $500

Stroll of Poets Society $2,500

T.I.M.E. Today's Innovative Music Edmonton Association $1,000

TALES Edmonton The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling $1,500

Teatro La Quindicina $11,500

The Lynne Singers $500

Theatre Alberta Society $13,500

Theatre Network Society $35,000

Ukrainian Cheremosh Society $17,500

Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton $500

Ukrainian Shumka Dancers $52,000

Vinok Folkdance Society (Vinok Worldance) $20,500

Visual Arts Alberta Association $8,000

Viter Ukrainian Dancers $6,000

Volya Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Association $5,500

Walterdale Theatre Associates $7,500

WECAN Society (Harcourt House Arts Centre) $28,000

Workshop West Playwrights' Theatre $19,500

Writers Guild of Alberta $13,000

Young Alberta Book Society $10,500

Pear Expression by James Lavoie from the Alberta Craft Council exhibition Unity & DiversityPhoto credit: Laura O’Connor

The Pirates of PenzanceEdmonton Opera AssociationPhoto credit: Kelly Redinger Studios

Brian Webb Dance CompanyPhoto credit: Ellis Brothers Photography

The Littlebirds Big BandEdmonton Jazz Society

Pear Expression by James Lavoie from the Alberta Craft Council exhibition Unity & DiversityPhoto credit: Laura O’Connor

The Pirates of PenzanceEdmonton Opera AssociationPhoto credit: Kelly Redinger Studios

Brian Webb Dance CompanyPhoto credit: Ellis Brothers Photography

The Littlebirds Big BandEdmonton Jazz Society

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Festival Grant

Accordion Extravaganza $2,523

A Taste of Edmonton Festival $95,000

Bikeology $7,000

The Canoe Theatre Festival $10,000

Cariwest, Edmonton Caribbean Arts Festival $30,000

Cohenights Art Festival $2,500

Creation Arts Festival $2,000

Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film Festival $15,000

Edmonton Chante $10,000

Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival $8,000

Edmonton Folk Music Festival $130,000

Edmonton Heritage Festival $55,000

Edmonton International Film Festival $55,000

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival $145,000

Edmonton International Jazz Festival $60,000

Edmonton Pride Week Festival $14,000

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival $87,000

Jury members:Chair, Peter Field Sheineen Nathoo (Community Member) Thomas Scott Glenda DennisJennifer BabcockTerry SchmolckeSylvain TardiffWalter Raponi

festival operating $1,107,023

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VisualeyezPhoto credit: Latitude 53

Expanse Movement Arts FestivalPhoto credit: Marc J Chalifoux

The Works Art & Design Festival Improvaganza International Improv FestivalPhoto credit: Meryl Smith Lawton



The Works Art & Design Festival Improvaganza International Improv FestivalPhoto credit: Meryl Smith Lawton


Expanse Movement Arts Festival $10,000

feats Festival of Dance $20,000

Freewill Shakespeare Festival $60,000

Global Visions Film Festival $12,000

Ice on Whyte Festival $5,000

Improvaganza International Improv Festival $11,000

LitFest $12,000

May Week Labour Arts Festival $7,000

Next Generation Arts Festival (Nextfest) $35,000

Reel Femme $3,000

Silver Skate Festival $15,000

Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids $5,000

Symphony Under the Sky $42,000

Teens @ the Turn $5,000

Visualeyez $7,500

Vocal Arts Festival $10,000

Wildfire Highschool Improv Festival $4,500

The Works Art & Design Festival $115,000

Edmonton International Street Performers FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Edmonton International Film FestivalPhoto credit: Jaime Kyle



Edmonton International Street Performers FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Edmonton International Film FestivalPhoto credit: Jaime Kyle



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celebrations grants $59,500

Recipient Grant

Downtown Business Association Indoor Santa Claus Parade

$6,250

Old Strathcona Foundation Silly Summer Parade

$11,450

Chinatown & Little Italy Business AssociationLunar New Year Parade

$3,000

Millwoods President’s CouncilCelebrate Canada Day in Millwoods

$6,000

Events Edmonton New Year’s Eve Downtown

$11,000

Events Edmonton Canada Day Fireworks

$5,000

Earth Awareness Society of Edmonton Edmonton Earth Day Festival

$9.000

Heart of the City Festival Society Heart of the City Festival

$3,000

Eastwood Community LeagueEastwood Street Party

$3,000

Old Strathcona Business AssociationWhyte Avenue Street Fair

$1,800

Jury members:Chair, Keith Turnbull, Michele FinnChristy Morin


Lunar New Year ParadeChinatown & Little Italy Business Association

New Year’s Eve DowntownEvents Edmonton

Heart of the City FestivalHeart of the City Festival Society


Lunar New Year ParadeChinatown & Little Italy Business Association


Heart of the City FestivalHeart of the City Festival Society


Festival Grant

Creative Age Festival Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council

$7,000

Doors Open Edmonton Friends of the Heritage Community

$7,000

Edmonton Poetry Festival Edmonton Poetry Festival Society

$5,000

Exposure: Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival Workshop West Theatre

$12,500

Kaleido Family Arts FestivalArts on the Avenue Edmonton Society

$15,000

Summer Solstice FestivalEdmonton Chamber Music Society

$5,000

festival seed

$51,500

Jury members:Chair, Peter FieldShelley SwitzerGiuseppe Albi

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Edmonton Poetry FestivalPhoto credit: r edwards photography

Exposure: Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture FestivalPhoto credit: jacksonphotografix.com








Recipient 2009 Grant

Kyla Fischer $500

Chris Craddock $200

Nathan Cuckow $200

Amy Fung $400

Kristine Nutting $400

Tom Edwards $300

Reinhard von Berg $400

Doug Organ $250

Donna Bell $250

Lyle Bell $250

Kim Rackel $250

Ava Karvonen $500

Jennifer Annesley $200

Dorothy Keller $100

Susan Galloway $100

James Scott Portingale $200

Scott Michael Sharplin $400

James Alexander Murdoch $300

Shirley A. Serviss $300

Bev Ross $500

Charles Stolte $1,800

Sándor Vörös $200

Patricia Toth-Vörös $200

Susanna Biro $100

Trevor Anderson $400

Michael Peng $500

Roxanne Classen $200

Beth Graham $100

Derek Clayton $300

Jenna Stanton $500

James Lavoie $500

Ron Jenkins $200

travel grants $24,710

Jury members:Chair, Michelle Casavant Christopher PayneAhmui CheongSylvie Duchesne


Su Croll $300

Gordana Zivkovic $500

Izabella Orzelski-Konikowski $200

Steven Dixon $500

Hans Olson $500

Linda Turnbull $500

Tania Alvarado $500

Usha Gupta $200

Drew McIntosh $500

Julianna Barabas $350

Marissa Kochanski $350

Caitlin Wells $300

Tim Rechner $350

Sameer Singh $300

Ryan McCourt $150

M. Jennie Frost $350

Rohan Bogal $300

Stephanie Johnsson $650

Eric Budd $500

Stefan Duret $500

James Stewart $500

Dallas Thompson $500

Ian Mulder $750

Kyla Elizabeth Sentes $500

Sarah Hamilton $500

Mar’ce Merrell $450

Vincent Forcier $500

Heidi Bunting $260

Darrin Hagen $400

Ted Kerr $400

Anna Marie Sewell $400

Sylvia Shadick-Taylor $500

Ben Sures $250

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individual artist project grants $217,000

Jury Members:Chair, Douglas BarbourLaurie GreenwoodKeely ScottMirielle RijavecStewart LemoineHarold PierceSam Varteniuk


Recipient Project Grant

Mike Robertson Production of Joe McMurray, a feature length film about a rig worker in Fort McMurray, AB.

$10,000

Trevor Anderson Production of a new short film, entitled A High Note.

$15,000

Clint Wilson Research, production and exhibition of a large, immersive installation piece that examines the zoological garden as mirror of the 19th century penal system of Panopticon.

$10,000

Piotr Grella-Mozejko Four-movement multimedia work for four different saxophones.

$10,000

George Szilagyi A community-integrated rehearsal and production of the play Hockey Stories for Boys.

$15,000

Jennifer Spencer To elevate the scripts of her play Maggie Now, a polished suite of plays ready for simultaneous production as a mainstage event.

$6,500

Jeff Page To assist in the production of Collin Doyle's new play The Gift.

$10,000

Anne Vriend To produce the first exclusive Ann Vriend concert. $6,845

Josephine van Lier Recording & release of a 3-CD set featuring the Bach six suites for unaccompanied cello; to be performed on 4 different cellos with 2 different bows.

$20,000

Marlon Wilson To create JALI Volume 2, an album that brings together various musicians, singers, poets and rappers from Edmonton.

$20,000

Anna-Karolina Szul Production of a series of 75 small printed copper photo etchings, over-painted with gauche to explore different versions of memory of a particular landscape.

$5,000

Paul Freeman Development of a companion piece to the sculpture Cervus Erectus.

$5,000

Wenda Solomans To document Edmonton's urban landscape using the alternative photographic process of pinhole photography.

$5,000


Margaret Witschl To support a visual art residency at the University of Saskatchewan's Kenderdine Campus.

$1,840

Nancy Nisbet Contours in the Crosshairs is a visual art installation comprised of video, still images and sculpture, animating the disappearance of the Columbia Icefields.

$10,000

Sharon Cherweniuk The Matrilineal Roots project seeks to create a series of beadwork garments, articles and calico quilts that represent ceremonial occasions, a loving transfer of knowledge and personal journey of self-discovery.

$10,000

Gerry Morita Creation/production of Knowledge Box, a full-length inter-arts collaboration .

$16,000

Raena Waddell Production of The Surrender Method, a dance duet. $5,000

Bethany Ellis For a storytelling project that will bring "old" fairy tales to a new generation.

$5,815

Wayne Arthurson To rewrite a final draft of the novel Dead of Winter. $7,500

Caterina Edwards Creation of the final draft of The Sicilian Wife, a mystery novel.

$7,500

Stuart Adams Subsistence and editorial support to complete a novel for 10-12-year olds.

$7,500

Alice Major Completion of an essay collection on poetry and science.

$7,500

Trevor Anderson production stillPhoto credit: Wes Doyle

Marlon Wilson and Politic LivePhoto credit: 3Ten Photo

Hockey Stories for Boys by George SzilagyiPhoto credit: Laura O’Connor

Ann VriendPhoto credit: www.jprocktor.com

Trevor Anderson production stillPhoto credit: Wes Doyle

Marlon Wilson and Politic LivePhoto credit: 3Ten Photo

Hockey Stories for Boys by George SzilagyiPhoto credit: Laura O’Connor

Ann VriendPhoto credit: www.jprocktor.com

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A grant of $5,000 was allocated to The Works International Visual Arts Society in support of unforseen moving costs.

A grant of $5,000 was allocated to Workshop West Theatre in support of costs related to the unexpected need to purchase a new furnace.

A grant of $750 was allocated to Tony Lashbrook & Associates in support of a request from Mile Zero Dance.

A grant of $1,000 was allocated to Populus Community Planning Inc. in support of a request from Arts on the Avenue.

A grant of $1,000 was allocated to Austin Arts Management in support of a request from Edmonton Pride Week Festival Society.

emergency support grant $10,000

organizational support grant $2,750


In 2009 this program provided 12 awards of $7,500 to encourage and support Edmonton artists from ethnically diverse cultural backgrounds, and to engage those artists in the broader Edmonton community. The award recipients were:

Valerie Mason-John Reni Ferreira Chika Udok Jinzhe CuiPunita Chohan Tsehay Debebe Gordana Zivkovic Iryna Karpenko Emeterio Mance Ana Aloy Mora Edward Porper Jaama Jaamac

cultural diversity in the arts awards program $90,000

Committee Members:Chair, James DeFeliceMike ChowKatalin SzönyiZillur RahmanAmy Fung

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2009 Cultural Diversity in the Arts Awards recipients, in order from left to right: Edward Porper, Ana Aloy Mora, Jamaa Jamaac, Iryna Karpenko, Emeterio Mance, Tsehay Debebe, Punita Chohan, Gordana Zivkovic, Uduak Udok representing Chika Udok, Jinzhe Cui, Reni Ferreira, Valerie Mason-John

2009 Cultural Diversity in the Arts Awards recipients, in order from left to right: Edward Porper, Ana Aloy Mora, Jamaa Jamaac, Iryna Karpenko, Emeterio Mance, Tsehay Debebe, Punita Chohan, Gordana Zivkovic, Uduak Udok representing Chika Udok, Jinzhe Cui, Reni Ferreira, Valerie Mason-John


arts & museum building operating grant $960,057.22 Organization 2009 Grant

Alberta Railway Association $3,352.43

Alberta Craft Council $13,178.59

Arts on the Ave (Carrot Café) $9,925.90

Catalyst Theatre $19,281.41

Citadel Theatre $329,286.31

Edmonton Aviation Museum $27,696.29

Edmonton Concert Hall $268,187.56

Edmonton Jazz Society $10,912.98

Fringe Theatre Adventures $75,897.87

La Cite francophone $68,588.93

Latitude 53 Society of Artists $15,539.84

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $22,417.98

Northern Light Theatre $3,595.16

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre $11,969.05

SNAP $13,370.77

Telephone Historical Centre $4,646.45

Theatre Network $19,234.05

Varscona Theatre Alliance $13,159.01

Walterdale Theatre $14,059.34

WECAN(Harcourt House) $12,993.93

Workshop West Playwrights Theatre $2,763.37

Note : This is a formula grant and is therefore not juried

The Carrot Community Arts CoffeehouseArts on the Ave

Theatre NetworkThe Carrot Community Arts CoffeehouseArts on the Ave

Theatre Network


Jury Members:Chair, Brock SkywalkerJanina StrudwickGerry PotterTaro HashimotoIan Mulder

Recipient Project Grant

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

For local professional photography-based artists to work with artists with developmental disabilities to develop new skills in photo-based art-making.

$6,819

Young Alberta Book Society (YABS)

For Story Avenue, a collaboration between City Centre Education Partners and YABS to bring together 10 local children’s authors and illustrators with inner-city Edmonton youth.

$7,790

Mile Zero Dance Society To provide dance workshops to the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, culminating in original dance work(s) by the students

$9,000

Shazia Javed/ Islamic Family & Social Services Association

To create a calendar with photographs of Muslim women of Edmonton from across all cultures.

$6,000

Boyle Street Community Services/Jane Heather

Production of a play that will tell some of the personal stories of the people who come to Boyle Street.

$7,144

The Lee Fund for the Arts was established in 2003 as a permanent endowment fund administered by the Edmonton Arts Council to maintain and build on the arts legacy established by the Clifford E. Lee Foundation. The Lee Fund invests in Edmonton’s community by providing funding for community arts projects, which are described as collaborations between professional artists and a distinct community (as defined by factors including but not limited to ethnicity, living conditions, geographic location, age, beliefs, traditions, social or economic strata).

lee fund for the arts$36,753

untitled by Faye Frick Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

star trek by Cassie Smith Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

Exhibition installation viewNina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

untitled by Carla Nand Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

untitled by Faye Frick Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

star trek by Cassie Smith Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

Exhibition installation viewNina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

untitled by Carla Nand Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts


Since 1997, the Edmonton Artist’s Trust Fund (EATF) awards have been annually distributed to artists, allowing them to complete or begin new works, study with an artistic master or pay their rent. A joint project of the EAC and the Edmonton Community Foundation, the fund was established to help offset expenses so artists can pursue their artistic endeavors through the creation or development of new works, changing career direction or collaborating with another artist.

Heather Inglis - Winner of the Celebration of Women in the Arts Award Carlo Ghioni - Winner of the Helen Collinson AwardMatthew Howatt - Winner of the Eddy Bayens AwardBlake William Turner Emmanuel Bara Layila Kathleen Ochoa J. Scott Portingale Cynthia Fuhrer Kate Werkman

edmonton artists’ trust fund$67,500

Still from Midnight Matinee, a short animated film by J. Scott Portingale

UntitledArtist: Emmanuel Layila

Jury members:Chair, Brian DeedrickMelissa ThingelstadTamara BlissJunetta JamersonLynn MalinWayne ArthursonGeorge Szilagyi

Still from Midnight Matinee, a short animated film by J. Scott Portingale

UntitledArtist: Emmanuel Layila


Committee Members:Chair, Peter FieldGiuseppe AlbiMarianne BouthillierHilary McMeekin (TransAlta)

Enhanced Operational Grant

Festival Grant

Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival $12,000

Edmonton Poetry Festival $30,500

Ice on Whyte Festival $10,000

Deep Freeze Festival $10,000

Vocal Arts Festival $27,000

Expanse Movement Arts Festival $18,000

Silverskate Festival $15,807.65

Global Visions Festival $33,120

Edmonton International Film Festival $22,500

Short Term Mentoring/Consulting Grant

Festival Grant

Reel Femme Festival $1,000

This grant program is a joint program of TransAlta and the Edmonton Arts Council. Funding for the TransAlta Festival City Grant program is intended to be complementary to existing support by TransAlta and the Edmonton Arts Council to festivals in the Greater Edmonton region. These grants are intended to build stability and nationally recognized excellence throughout the region’s festivals and/or to build mutually beneficial connections between Edmonton-based festivals and festivals in Northern Alberta. Grants are available in three areas:

•EnhancedOperationalGrants•PartnershipGrants•ShortTermMentoringorConsultingGrants

TransAlta festival city grant$179,927.65

Edmonton Dragon Boat FestivalDeep Freeze FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Deep Freeze FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Ice on Whyte FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Edmonton Dragon Boat FestivalDeep Freeze FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Deep Freeze FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Ice on Whyte FestivalPhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

Concrete Theatre is an award-winning professional theatre company committed to creating, developing and producing artistically excellent and culturally diverse Theatre for Young Audiences that explores issues relevant to the lives of young people and their families.

The Early Bloomer, Concrete TheatrePhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

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Auditor’s ReportTo the Members of Edmonton Arts Council Society

I have audited the statement of financial position of Edmonton Arts Council Society as at December 31, 2009, the statements of revenues, expenses and fund balances, and cash flow for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibilityof the Society’s management. Myresponsibilityis to express an opinion on these financial statements based on my audit.

Except as explained in the following paragraph, I conducted my audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that I plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.

In common with many charitable organizations, the Society derives revenue from donations, the completeness of which is not susceptible to satisfactory audit verification. Accordingly, my verification of these revenues was limited to the amounts recorded in the records of the Society and I was not able to determine whether any adjustments might be necessary to donation revenues, excess of revenue over expense, assets and surplus.

In my opinion, except for the effect of adjustments, if any, which I might have determined to be necessary had I been able to satisfy myself concerning the completeness of the donations referred to in the preceding paragraph, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Society as at December 31, 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flow for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

Chartered Accountant

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Routes , Concrete TheatrePhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.

The Early Bloome , Concrete TheatrePhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.



The Early Bloome , Concrete TheatrePhoto credit: Epic Photography Inc.


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Assets 2009 2008

General Fund

Cash $ - $ 22,986

Accounts receivable 81,171 41,326

TIX on the Square Fund

Accounts receivable 36,579 -

Casino Fund

Cash 70,221 31,335

Program Fund

Cash 403,872 640,103

Accounts receivable 215,000 -

Public Art Fund

Cash 776,935 205,920

Accounts receivable 1,769,500 577,000

Community Investment Grants Fund

Cash 279,107 111,488

Accounts receivable - -

Property and Equipment Fund

Property and equipment (Note 4) 84,275 40,144

Total Assets $ 3,716,660 $ 1,670,302

statement of financial positiondecember 31, 2009

edmonton arts council society


Liabilities 2009 2008

General Fund

Bank indebtedness $ 41,609 $ -

Accounts payable 68,560 24,633

Unearned revenue (Note 7) - 6,775

TIX on the Square Fund

Bank indebtedness 35,693 4,541


Unearned revenue (Note 7) 9,246 10,234

Casino Fund

Accounts payable - 2,756

Program Fund


Public Art Fund

Accounts payable 1,977,258 661,354



Total Liabilities $2,573,867 $937,548

Net Assets 2009 2008

General Fund $ (28,998) $ 32,904

TIX on the Square Fund (12,860) (21,031)

Casino Fund 70,221 28,579

Program Fund

Restricted 208,005 180,000

Unrestricted 241,221 339,071

Public Art Fund

Restricted 359,737 62,900

Unrestricted 209,440 58,666


Restricted 11,752 11,521

Property and Equipment Fund 84,275 40,144

Net Assets 1,142,793 732, 754

$ 3,716,660 $ 1,670,302

statement of financial positiondecember 31, 2009



General Fund 2009 2008

Revenues

City of Edmonton service contract $ 507,355 $ 425,778

Grant - administration 28,488 32,918

Investment income 8,304 69,809

Memberships 11,405 10,050

Other income 63,504 34,401

619,056 572,956

Expenses

Bank charges and interest 716 403

Board of Directors costs 6,809 4,792

Conferences and travel 12,146 12,320

Consulting fees 15,954 27,956

Equipment lease 19,832 10,961

Insurance 3,624 3,241

Marketing and promotion 16,224 16,480

Office costs 64,399 51,667

Printed materials 10,149 800

Professional fees 11,116 7,250

Rent 38,328 28,871

Staffing costs and benefits 420,599 371,294

Telephone, internet and website 21,940 9,080

641,836 545,115

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over Expenses (22,780) 27,841

Transfer from (to) Property and Equipment Fund (50,362) -

Transfer from TIX on the Square Fund (6,009) 7,295

Transfer from Casino Fund 17,249 19,871

Net increase (decrease) in Fund balance (61,902) 55,007

Fund balance, beginning of year 32,904 (22,103)

Fund balance, end of year $(28,998) $ 32,904

statement of revenue, expenses & fund balancedecember 31, 2009



Tix on the Square Fund 2009 2008

Revenue

Operating income $ 36,579 $ 5,000

Commissions 137,131 123,685

Credit card charges recovered 20,712 16,644

Gift certificates 9,099 4,712

Miscellaneous income - 1,133

Sales for distribution 1,169,695 1,015,944

1,373,216 1,167,118

Expenses

Advertising and promotion 429 624

Bank charges and interest 958 946

Credit card charges 27,560 20,477

E-Commerce 1,230 2,991

Office expenses 8,224 7,601

Professional fees 1,000 -

Rent 2,279 2,279

Sales reimbursement 1,176,145 1,021,374

Staffing costs and benefits 149,765 143,898

Telephone 3,464 2,546

1,371,054 1,202,736

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over Expenses 2,162 (35,618)

Fund balance, beginning of year (21,031) 21,882

Transfer from (to) General Fund 6,009 (7,295)

Fund balance, end of year $ (12,860) $ (21,031)




Casino Fund 2009 2008

Revenue

Casino revenue $ 76,158 $ -

Investment income - 807

76,158 807

Expenses

Casino rent 400 320

Casino wages 2,084 -

Interest and bank charges 83 101

2,567 421

Excess of Revenues over Expenses 73,591 386

Transfers from (to) General Fund (17,249) (19,871)

Transfer from (to) Property and Equipment Fund (14,700) (32,621)

Fund balance, beginning of year 28,579 80,685

Fund balance, end of year $ 70,221 $ 28,579




Program Fund 2009 2008

Revenue

City of Edmonton - Alberta Avenue $ 57,000 $28,500

City of Edmonton - Cultural Plan - 50,000

City of Edmonton - Winter Light Festival 800,383 450,000

Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 67,500 79,878

Edmonton Heritage Council (Note 11) 253,575 -

Lee Fund Grant 36,753 54,040

Other Programs 80,440 93,277

TransAlta 180,000 243,298

Winter Light Festival Planning Grant - 24,000

1,475,651 1,022,993

Expenses

City of Edmonton - Alberta Avenue 50,040 29,190

City of Edmonton - Cultural Plan - 50,000

City of Edmonton - Winter Light Festival 927,277 159,576

Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 67,500 79,878

Edmonton Heritage Council (Note 11) 173,006 -

Lee Fund Grant 36,753 54,040

Other Programs 138,925 36,845

TransAlta 151,995 180,798

Winter Light Festival Planning - 24,000

1,545,496 614,327

Excess of Revenues over Expenses (69,845) 408,666

Transfer from (to) Property and Equipment Fund - (7,095)






Property and Equipment Fund 2009 2008

Revenue $ - $ -

Expenses

Amortization 20,931 7,702

Excess (deficiency) of Revenues over Expenses (20,931) (7,702)


Transfer from General Fund 50,362 -

Transfer from Program Fund - 7,095



Public Art Fund 2009 2008

Revenue

Public Art Funds Received $ 2,393,353 $ 1,011,329

Expenses

Public Art Projects Expense 1,945,742 956,486

Excess of Revenues over Expenses 447,611 54,843






Community Investment Grants Fund 2009 2008

Revenue

City of Edmonton Community Investment Grants $ 4,622,000 $ 4,450,000

Investment income 29,043 76,960

Other income - 3,930

4,651,043 4,530,890

Expenses

Administration 99,392 95,244

Arts Operating Grant 1,927,450 1,832,300

Cultural Diversity Grants 91,000 90,000

Edmonton Artists Individual Grants 217,000 214,003

Emergency Grant 10,230 -

Facility Grants 960,057 951,535

Festival Operating Grant 1,107,023 1,076,023

Festival Seed Grants 51,500 57,000

Major Parade and Celebration Grants 59,500 50,500

Organization Project Grant 2,750 41,680

Community Public Art Grants 100,000 118,850

Special Awards 200 200

Travel Grants 24,710 18,059

4,650,812 4,545,394

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues over Expenses 231 (14,504)






General Fund 2009 2008

Net inflow (outflow) of cash related to the following activities:

Operating

Net increase in surplus $ (22,780) $ 27,841

Change in non-cash balances relating to operations :

Accounts receivable (39,845) (20,477)

Accounts payable 43,927 (26,307)

Unearned revenue (6,775) 950

(25,473) (17,993)

Financing

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (50,362) -

Transfer from TIX on the Square Fund (6,009) 7,295


(39,122) 27,166

Net inflow of cash (64,595) 9,173

Cash, beginning of year 22,986 13,813

Cash, end of year $ (41,609) $ 22,986

statement of cash flowsdecember 31, 2009



notes to financial statementsdecember 31, 2009

Note 1: Nature of Operations

The 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:

•helpprovidefinancialsupporttofestivals,artsorganizations and individual artists;

•educatethosewhoplayaroleinthesuccessofthe arts community about the quality of artistic work produced here, its importance to the city, and its needs;

•advisedecisionmakersonspecificissuesthataffect the arts;

•nurturethequalityofartisticworkproducedhere.

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.

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 and information booth. It is also a Ticketmaster outlet. It is owned and operated by the Edmonton Arts Council 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 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 including Take the Poetry Route 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 Cultural Capital of Canada 2007, Winterlight, Art of Living cultural plan, revitalization projects on Alberta Avenue and others. In addition, the EAC develops grant programs with the Edmonton Community Foundation and corporate partners including TransAlta.

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.

Community Investment Grants (CIG)Service 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.

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 2: Significant Accounting Policies

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles for non-profit organizations and within the framework of the significant accounting policies summarized below:

Recent Accounting PronouncementsGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for Private Enterprises

In 2009, the Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) approved the final accounting standards for private enterprises in Canada and issued the standards. The new standards specifically address financial reporting needs of small and medium-sized Canadian private enterprises and simplify recognition, measurement, and presentation and disclosure requirements significantly. Accounting standards for private enterprises will replace current Canadian GAAP for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. However, early adoption is permitted. The Society has not yet determined the impact of the adoption of the new standards on its financial statements.

Cash (Bank Indebtedness)Cash (bank indebtedness) includes bank deposits, cheques issued in excess of bank balance and term investments with maturities less than one year.

Property and EquipmentProperty 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%

Volunteer ServicesDuring the year certain services were provided to the Society by volunteers. These volunteer services have not been recognized in the financial statements.

DonationsWith the establishment of the Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (Note 4), donations that are not restricted are forwarded directly to the Trust Fund held by the Edmonton Community Foundation.

Non-Cash DonationsThe EAC only records non-cash donations when a charitable receipt is issued. These donations are recorded at the fair value of the items received.

Income TaxesThe EAC is a non profit organization incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and as such is exempt from income taxes.

Measurement and UncertaintyThe preparation of financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are reviewed periodically and, as adjustments become necessary, they are reported in earnings in the period in which they become known.

Financial InstrumentsThe Society as part of its operations carries a number of financial instruments. It is management’s opinion that the Society is not exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these financial instruments, except as otherwise disclosed.

Long-lived AssetsLong-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.

Fair Value AdjustmentCICA Handbook section 3855 requires disclosure of fair values of financial instruments that are held-fortrading. The effective date for this change was for year-ends commencing after October 1, 2006. The financial assets of the foundation consists of funds in chequing accounts and guaranteed investment certificates. There was no adjustment required to the financial statements as a result of the adoption of this accounting policy change.

Note 3: Change in Accounting Policies

General Standards of Financial Statement PresentationEffective January 1, 2009, the Society adopted the amendment to CICA Handbook Section 1400 General Standards of Financial Statement Presentation. This Section has been amended to include requirements

to assess and disclose an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. When management is aware of material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast doubt on the Society’s ability to continue as a going concern, those uncertainties are disclosed. In assessing the going concern assumption, management considers all available information about the future, which is at least, but not limited to, twelve months from the date of the statement of financial position.

The adoption of this amendment to Section 1400 did not have a material impact on the Society’s financial statements.

Capital DisclosuresEffective January 1, 2009, the Society adopted the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ new recommendations for disclosures about capital. Section 1535 Capital Disclosures prescribes disclosure regarding whether a non-publicly accountable enterprise has complied with any externally imposed capital requirements, and if not, the consequences of such non-compliance.

The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on the Society’s financial statements.

Note 4: Property and Equipment

CostAccumulated Amortization

2009 Net Book Value

2008 Net Book Value

Computer equipment and website $ 123,155 $ 46,698 $ 76,457 $ 31,026

Ticket booth 16,734 16,451 283 404

Office equipment 14,681 7,146 7,535 8,714

Total $ 154,570 $ 70,295 $ 84,275 $ 40,144






Note 5: Edmonton Artists Trust Fund

The Edmonton Artists Trust Fund is a joint project of the EAC and the Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF). The purpose of the fund is to invest in Edmonton’s creative community by providing grants to individual artists who are living and working in Edmonton. An open-ended endowment fund has been established with ECF to which anyone can make tax deductible donations. The EAC will annually receive contributions equal to 3.5% (2008 - 4.5%) of the asset base in the fund which will be used to support local artists.

During the year the EAC received $75,210 (2008 - $90,730) of which $67,500 (2008 - $79,878) was for grants to approved artists and $7,710 (2008 - $10,852) was for administration costs.

Note 6: Commitments

The EAC has committed to minimum monthly lease payments of $2,846 per month until December 2020 for the office space they currently occupy.

Note 7: Unearned Revenue

Unearned revenue of the General Fund is comprised of membership fees collected that relate to the subsequent year.

Unearned revenue of the TIX on the Square Fund is comprised of gift certificates sold that have not been redeemed.

Note 8: Financial Instruments

Credit RiskFinancial instruments held by the Society expose it to credit risk. As at December 31, 2009, the Society’s financial instrument that is exposed to concentration of credit risk is cash. The Society at times maintains cash with Canadian chartered banks in excess of federally insured limits and is exposed to the credit risk from this concentration of cash.

Fair valueThe fair value of cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable is approximately equal to their carrying value due to their short-term maturity dates.

Note 9: Comparative Financial Statement

Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to confirm with current year presentation.

Note 10: Economic Dependence

Ongoing 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, 2010.

Note 11: Edmonton Heritage Council

The Edmonton Heritage Council was housed in the Edmonton Arts Council from April to December 2009. During the year the EHC took steps to establish itself as an incorporated business and was incorporated under the Society’s Act of Alberta on December 31, 2009.

Note 12: Capital Disclosures

The Society considers its capital to be the balance maintained in its Unrestricted Net Asset accounts. The primary objective of the Society is to invest its Capital in a manner that will allow it to continue as a going concern and comply with its stated objectives. Capital is invested under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Society with the objective of providing a reasonable rate of return, minimizing risk and ensuring adequate liquid investments are on hand for current cash flow requirements. The Society is not subject to any externally imposed requirements of its Capital.

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