Call for Submissions: Facility Operator of the Arts and Cultural Centre at Regent Park, Toronto Community Housing

Unique Opportunity -Operate Toronto’s newest Arts and Cultural Centre

The Regent Park Neighbourhood is being revitalized through a 12-15 year multiphased process that involves creating a mixed-use, mixed-income community of approximately 5,500 units of new condominium and rental housing, along with a blend of retail and community facilities.

Many community-building opportunities are being leveraged through the Revitalization initiative and the development of an Arts and Cultural Centre has been a major objective since the inception of the revitalization plan. Now, Toronto Community Housing and its development partner, The Daniels
Corporation, are pursuing the creation of a purpose-built 50,000 square foot Arts and Cultural Centre that will serve Regent Park and the broader Toronto community.

The Centre will be a showcase for artistic talent, an incubator of creative people and organizations, a workshop for new artistic creations, and the social heart of the Regent Park neighbourhood with particular focus on supporting local and grass-roots arts groups operating in Regent Park.
Toronto Community Housing and The Daniels Corporation are looking for an innovative, engaged Facility Operator to be part of this opportunity.

For more information on the Request for Proposals for a Facility Operator of the Arts and Cultural Centre at Regent Park, please download a copy of the Request for Proposals

Proposals are due July 9, 2009.

We thank you for your interest and urge you to forward this information to groups and individuals who might be interested in this unique and exciting opportunity.

Call for Submissions: 2009 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards, Toronto Arts Council Foundation

Toronto Arts Council Foundation Now Accepting Nominations for 2009 Awards Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards which celebrate artists, cultural professionals and arts supporters from every creative discipline who have made significant contributions to Toronto’s artistic and cultural life.  Nomination forms, criteria and awards adjudication policies for the 2009 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards are available here.  The 2009 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards are:

Arts for Youth Award – a $15,000 cash prize established in 2007 by Martha Burns, Jim Fleck and Jim Pitblado, this award celebrates an individual, collective or organization that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to engaging Toronto youth in the arts

The Globe and Mail Toronto Business for the Arts Award – recognizes a Toronto-based business that has made a significant contribution to the arts in Toronto. Established in 2006, this award is presented in partnership with Business for the Arts. The recipient will receive an original work of art created by Nobuo Kubota

RBC Emerging Artist Award – a $5,000 cash prize presented to an emerging Toronto artist working in any medium or performing arts discipline in celebration of current accomplishments and future potential. Established in 2006 by RBC Foundation, this award is intended to support the development or completion of new work.

Muriel Sherrin Award for International Achievement in Dance – a $10,000 cash prize presented to an artist or creator who has made a contribution to the cultural life of Toronto through outstanding achievement in dance. The recipient will also have participated in international initiatives, including touring, studying abroad and participating in artist exchanges.

Rita Davies Cultural Leadership Award – a $5,000 cash prize sponsored by Margo Bindhardt and Toronto Arts Council Foundation. This award is presented biennially to an individual who has demonstrated creative cultural leadership in the development of arts and culture in Toronto. Administrators, volunteers, artists and creators are eligible for consideration

Winners of the 2009 Toronto Arts Council Foundation Awards will be announced on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at the Mayor’s Arts Awards Lunch.

Email submissions only please. The deadline for nominations is Friday, July 17, 2009 at 5 pm.

Call for Submissions: Weesageechak 22, Harvest Program and Young Voices, Native Earth Performing Arts

Applicants can apply to more than one program!

1 – weesageechak 22
Native Earth Performing Arts is seeking submissions for its 22nd annual festival of new works by Native artists. Weesageechak Begins to Dance is a festival devoted to showcasing and developing new works of Aboriginal theatre and dance. Next season, the Festival is scheduled for January 2010.

Each selected piece will receive dramaturgical/directorial support, a workshop and public showing. Out-of-town creators will receive travel expenses and per diems. To be eligible, creators must be available to attend the festival.

All submissions and support material will be read and reviewed by the reading committee. The Weesageechak Festival is open to Aboriginal creators from across the country.  We are particularly interested in new work that examines contemporary Native challenges and experiences.

Please mail or e-mail:

• A completed script or script excerpt for work-in-progress (single-sided, unbound)
• A description of the work or work-in-progress
• Videotape support material  (for dance/movement)
• Your contact information (address, telephone/fax/e-mail)
• A letter outlining your piece’s developmental history and describing what you would like to accomplish if selected for the Festival
• A self-addressed stamped envelope if you want your material returned

To: Yvette Nolan, Artistic Director, Native Earth Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Building #74, Suite 300, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
Deadline for submission:  July 1, 2009
For more information, please contact Native Earth 416.531.1402 or office@nativeearth.ca

2 – Harvest Program
Funded by RBC Foundation
As the first peoples of this land, we have always had a strong commitment to honour the earth and preserve it. The Harvest Project commissions emerging Aboriginal creators from within our Young Voices Program and across the country to create new work that will focus on the environment. Each young artist will be given the parameters of writing their play based on issues in the environment that concern them. Ultimately the project will result in between six and twelve new works by emerging Aboriginal artists. These works will be disseminated to selected theatre presenting partners for consideration in their future programming.

Are you an emerging writer who wants to reap the benefits of this program? Please mail or e-mail:

• A cover letter out lining your reasons for interest in the Harvest Project.
• Your contact information (address, telephone/fax/e-mail)
• A short bio about your work as an artist. Remember: Emerging and established artists are welcome to apply.
• A proposal of your project and what you would like to achieve.
• A self-addressed stamped envelope if you want your material returned

To: Yvette Nolan, Artistic Director, Native Earth Performing Arts, 55 Mill Street, Building #74, Suite 300, Toronto, ON M5A 3C4
Deadline for submission:  July 1, 2009
For more information, please contact Native Earth 416.531.1402 or office@nativeearth.ca

3 – young voices
Ready to test drive your ideas? Apply to the Young Voices Program.

Not for the faint of heart, this program is made for the brave few who have a performance piece that they want to see onstage. Now in its fifth year, the Young Voices Program gives a group of First Nations youth the chance to develop their new work with established performing arts professionals through workshops and writing sessions. Endeavouring to help youth create a viable career in the arts, Young Voices culminates in a public reading at the annual Weesageechak Festival. The program has been so successful that past participants have gone onto mainstage productions at Native Earth and other theatre companies.

Got a play that’s been on the shelf? Want to hear it read? Working on something new? Want to learn alongside established professionals? Be a part of the 5th Young Voices Unit! Call us at 416.531.1402 to find out how.

Not in Toronto?  No problem.

How does Distance Dramaturgy work?
Participants in Native Earth’s Distance Dramaturgy Program will be paired with an appropriate dramaturg, with whom they will work on their plays over a period of approximately six months.

The two have an initial phone conversation about expectations and desires for the script, after which they can set a schedule of work.  Usually, there will be three sessions of notes and rewrites on a script.  These sessions will often be by e-mail, though the dramaturg and playwright may choose to use Skype, iChat, snail mail, or telephone as well.

Email us at office@nativeearth.ca or call at 416.531.1402 to find out how.

Job Posting: Managing Director-English Theatre, The National Arts Centre

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Peter Hinton, you will play an integral role in contributing to the building of a powerful and inspirational Theatre Company for Canada. The appropriate candidate should be well known to Canadian English Theatre Communities, bring an in depth knowledge of the Canadian theatre landscape,  including Canadian dramatic works and key artists and above all demonstrate a real passion for the vision of a national theatre.

Experience in producing and presenting theatre, touring, sound financial management and accounting skills, knowledge of theatre sector collective agreements, experience as a Managing are the necessary prerequisites for this position. You are invited to visit our website for more details about this exciting opportunity with Canada’s National Arts Centre:

www.NAC-CNA.com

Comprehensive medical and leave benefits and membership within the Superannuation pension plan are included. Annual salary is commensurate with education and work experience.

Job Posting: Managing Director, Factory Theatre

Reporting equally with the Artistic Director to the Board of Directors, this position has the chief administrative and production responsibility of Factory Theatre. This key position is responsible for all of the theatre’s operational and producing functions.

This position (full-time employment, with benefits) is suitable for an experienced arts manager and leader committed to the development of Canadian playwrights and the production of Canadian plays.

Established in 1970 by current and founding Artistic Director Ken Gass, Factory Theatre was the first company in the nation to devote itself exclusively to producing Canadian plays. Entering into its 40th anniversary season in 2009-2010, Factory produces a full season of Canadian plays and maintaining a heritage facility that also serves a host of independent artists and companies.

This position has the following two main responsibilities:

Operations and Administration: leading the planning and implementation of administrative, facility, marketing, development, and audience relations functions through staff who report to this position
Production: managing the production, financing and audience development necessary for all shows at Factory including festivals (such as Cross Currents) and partner productions
In addition, participation in the capital management and development plan that is to be implemented over the next five years, while continuing with ongoing smaller scale facility renovations.

Candidate profile
A manager and strategic planner with the following skills:

• Human resources (including recruitment and management of staff, and working closely with the Board of  Directors)
• Financial (including budgeting, reporting and cash flow management)
• Marketing and audience development – from planning to implementation
• Public sector funding including identification of potential funds at all levels of government, grant writing, negotiations, government liaison, reporting, etc.
• Fundraising including plan development (targeting individuals, foundations and corporations), implementation and donor recognition
• Stakeholder relations including identifying local and regional groups to grow new audiences
• Production management support (e.g., negotiating and implementing contracts, etc.)
• Office management including procedures, equipment management, computer literacy, etc.
• Experience in operating or running a facility highly desirable
• Familiarity with the Canadian theatre or arts community

Candidates should send a c.v., in addition to a statement of salary expectations, by Friday June 19th to:

MANAGING DIRECTOR SEARCH
The Factory Theatre
125 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON M5V 2R2
president@factorytheatre.ca

If by mail or delivery, please mark the envelope “Private and Confidential”
All applications will be treated in confidence.  References will be required at the stage of offer.