Call for Submissions: Ontario Arts Council’s Theatre Creators’ Reserve Program, Carlos Bulosan Theatre

Carlos Bulosan Theatre is now accepting applications for the Ontario Arts Council’s Theatre Creators’ Reserve Program. This program is designed to help fund the creation of new work by Ontario-based artists.

CBT invites both new and emerging artists/play creators to submit applications. In keeping with CBT’s mandate to nurture and develop artists in the community, a priority will given to Filipino-Canadian artists. CBT encourages a wide variety of approaches to creating theatre, including theatre that integrates multiple arts forms (poetry, music, movement, etc.). Preference will, therefore, also be given to artists interested in exploring an experimental or multidisciplinary approach to creating theatre, as well as those who choose to work collectively.

Applicants may request a minimum of $1000 to a maximum of $5000.

Submission Guidelines

Applicants are asked to submit 3 copies of the following:

• A bio(s) or CV(s) that demonstrates where the applicant(s) is in their career as an artist
• A letter of proposal outlining the theatrical story/idea they would like to develop, and why this story is important for the artist to tell
• Development history of the project if relevant
• A script sample of the work they are interested in developing OR a creative writing sample (this can include dialogue, poetry, prose, short story, etc…).
• For multidisciplinary projects, applicants will be asked to include any relevant support materials (cds, dvds, artwork etc…)
• A budget proposal
• One copy of the completed OAC application form

Applicants can find the application form, as well as information on eligibility and program guidelines by going to the OAC Website.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS JANUARY 29, 2010.

Submissions should be sent to:

Carlos Bulosan Theatre
167 Augusta Avenue
Toronto, ON
M5T 2L4

No submissions by fax or email please.

Class: Board and Personnel Management, Humber College

This course deals with the organizational needs of those who are active in the management of arts organizations in the cultural sector, either as a paid professional staff or as an unpaid volunteer. It focuses on that point where the board function meets the staff function, and takes the viewpoint of the individual responsible for managing that process with an overview of the organizational and personnel responsibilities that are commonly faced by management in dealing with both staff and volunteers. This includes an introduction to the basics of recruitment, selection, training, development, evaluation and rewards for staff and volunteers on boards of directors, with particular emphasis on the organizational location of these functions.

Date: April 6th, 2010 to June 8th, 2010

Time: Tuesday Evenings 6-9pm

Fee: $187.50

Location: National Ballet School

For more information or to register for the course please click here.

Announcement: Historic Shaw Street School to be Repurposed into 70,000 Square Foot Multi-Dimensional Centre, Artscape

Artscape is thrilled to announce it has come to an agreement with Toronto Lands Corporation (TLC), as agent for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), to purchase the century-old inner city Shaw Street School and repurpose it as Artscape Shaw Street Centre, a centre for arts and community programming with a focus on youth. Artscape has signed a letter of intent with TLC, with an expected closing date of late Summer 2010. In early February 2010, Artscape will be issuing a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) for artists and non-profit arts and community organizations to identify their interest in purchase or rental opportunities at Artscape Shaw Street Centre.

The Shaw Street School was declared surplus to the educational needs of the Toronto District School Board in 2001. Located on Shaw Street north of Queen Street West, the building is in the heart of an area long associated with Toronto’s creative community and home to many artists.

“Artscape is thrilled to be leading the redevelopment of this project so brilliantly located in the heart of Toronto’s arts scene,” said Tim Jones, President and CEO of Artscape. “We are very grateful for the leadership of Toronto Lands Corporation, Toronto District School Board, City of Toronto and local community members who are helping to make this possible.”

Artscape Shaw Street Centre will include non-profit arts and community organizational space and artist studios. A number of the units will be sold to non-profit arts and community organizations and artists on a below-market non-residential condominium ownership program and the remainder will be rented as below-market non-residential work spaces. This mix will allow Artscape to continue to address the needs of the arts community for long-term affordable rental space while also offering some artists and non-profit organizations the opportunity to own their work space permanently and be a part of a vibrant artists’ community.

The REOI will be issued in early February 2010. Interested artists and organizations can currently sign-up to receive the REOI announcement as well as updates on the project by filling out an online subscriber form available at www.artscapeshawcentre.ca

Shaw Street School and Surrounding Neighbourhood
The Shaw Street School is a 70,000 sq ft. building located within the Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood, adjacent to West Queen West and Trinity Bellwoods Park, just north of Queen Street West on Shaw Street.  The 1915 Shaw building’s historic role as a platform for learning, community engagement and connectivity ceased. While the school operations formerly located within the Shaw building continue within an adjacent facility, the heritage building has remained vacant for ten years. The area is recognized as one of Canada’s most important neighbourhoods for artists and creative workers, attracted by the dense concentration of cultural venues and lifestyle businesses located throughout the community.  Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Theatre Centre, the Gladstone Hotel and Camera illustrate the richness of the area. While creatively vibrant, the area is also experiencing significant gentrification pressure as the pace of upmarket residential redevelopment challenges the affordability and diversity of the community’s cultural organizations and individual artists.

Artscape
Established in 1986, Artscape is a not-for-profit, urban development organization that revitalizes buildings, neighbourhoods, and cities through the arts. Artscape projects provide affordable space for creativity while generating positive cultural, economic, social, and environmental impact.  Artscape currently operates seven multi-tenant creative complexes in Toronto including the award-winning Artscape Wychwood Barns and studios in the Queen Street West, Liberty Village, Toronto Island and The Distillery Historic districts. Artscape’s current development projects include Artscape Triangle Lofts, a residential condominium project for artists and non-profit arts professionals in the West Queen West neighbourhood and the Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre, a new-build capital project located in the heart of the Regent Park community revitalization project. http://www.torontoartscape.on.ca

In 2006, Toronto District School Board hired Artscape to conduct a feasibility study of the potential reuse of the former school, which included extensive community consultation. The study demonstrated strong community support for repurposing the site as a centre for arts and community programming with a focus on youth. In addition, it indicated that cultural assets, heritage preservation, environmental leadership, educational programming and community partnerships can be brought together in a unique way to transform the Shaw Street School into a dynamic centre of creative activity and learning.

Space for Rent: Long-term Shared Work Studio Space for Lease at Historic Artscape Distillery Studios, Artscape

Shared artist studios spaces are available for rent in Artscape Distillery Studios’ Case Goods Warehouse, located in the Distillery Historic District.  Work Spaces – Third Floor (each shared with two other artists)

Space #1 – North and East Exposure
270 Sq/ft, $483.57/ month

Space #2 – South and East Exposure
424 Sq/ft, $758.78/month

Artscape Distillery Studios is a home to 63 work and retail studios, offices, rehearsal and performance spaces for artists, creative entrepreneurs and non-profit arts organizations.

Available Immediately!

To schedule an appointment for viewing please contact: Darryl Bank at darryl@torontoartscape.on.ca or 416-392-1038 x43.

Workshops: International Conference “Performing Arts Training Today”, Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria

April 28 – May 1, 2010, Leitring bei Leibnitz, Austria

“Performing Arts Training Today” is the professional conference open to performers, performing arts educators and teachers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training.

The conference is open to different art genres, techniques and forms: theatre, dance, music, circus, visual and multimedia art.

Programme: practical workshops, masterclasses, presentations, works-in-progress, lectures and discussions.

Participants: actors, directors, choreographers, dancers, performing arts educators, teachers, musicians, singers, composers, stage designers, painters, mask makers, multimedia artists,  scriptwriters, playwrights, theatre critics, journalists and arts managers.

The working language is English.

Photo of the Past Conference

Registration Details

General Information

Accommodation & Venue

Call for Submissions: Canada CODE’s Vancouver 2010 Website, Canada CODE

Come and discover Canada CODE’s Vancouver 2010 website.

Like a digital scrapbook, Canada CODE invites Canadians to get together and create a giant online portrait of the country by uploading stories, words and photos taken from their daily lives and neighborhoods. Selected Canada CODE content will be featured during Games-time on big public screens.

If you register today and upload content you could win a pair of Vancouver 2010 Red Mittens! Every day from now until Games-time a pair of Vancouver 2010 Red Mittens will be given away.

Help grow the CODE. Check out the site, register and upload content!

Visit www.canadacode.com.

Call for Submissions: 2010-2011 Maytree Scholarship Program for Protected Persons, Maytree

2010-2011 Maytree Scholarship Program for Protected Persons.

The Maytree Scholarship Program is for protected persons or landed immigrants who were protected persons, between the ages 18 and 27, living on their own with no parents in Canada, entering first or second year of a university or community college in Toronto. It is designed for students with a sense of civic responsibility combined with a successful academic, work and/or volunteer service record.

We would appreciate your help with spreading the word. Applications are now available online and the deadline is Friday, March 26, 2010.

Call for Submissions: Music Series, SummerWorks

As part of the 2010 Music Series, SummerWorks will present two evenings showcasing new pieces by artists working with musical theatre models in a stripped-down concert format. The series will take place on Sunday, August 8th, and Monday, August 9th.

We are currently seeking applications from artists who work both in conventional and unconventional musical models. Our only requirements are that the work has both live musical and dramatic elements, and has never before been produced. Applications from diverse artistic practices are strongly encouraged to apply (i.e. theatre artists, indie musicians, dancers, video artists, etc.)

Submitted pieces should be a minimum of forty minutes in length. We’re accepting full-length works (one or two acts) or a completed first act of an unfinished work.

DEADLINE: MARCH 1ST, 2010

Click here for application form and submission guidelines

For further assistance, please contact us at music.theatre@summerworks.ca.

Event: Distinctly Different-The Theatre Posters of Theo Dimson, Theatre Museum Canada

New Exhibit opening at Hart House Theatre’s Macdonald Heaslip Walkway of Theatre History

Join us for the opening of our newest exhibit.

Friday January 29, 2010

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Light refreshments will be served; cash bar

(Theo will be there!)

The man behind Toronto Workshop Productions’ distinct posters, Theo Dimson was born in London Ontario in 1930 and graduated from the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD) in 1950.

Although best known for his posters, Dimson has produced commercial designs for Hollywood films, IMAX, Lipton’s fashion stores, Harrowsmith magazine, an enduring logo for Town Shoes, Eaton’s, stamps for Canada Post, and many others.

In addition to illustrating and publishing various books, Dimson has also exhibited internationally (Canada, United States, Poland, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, China) and been awarded honours and medals of excellence from countless organizations including the Canada Council.

You can also see the Hart House Theatre 8pm production of HIGH FIDELITY for a special rate of only $15.

Tickets for the performance will be available at the door, or call UofT Tix (416-978-8849).

Job Posting: Programme Assistant-Community & Educational Programmes, Harbourfront Centre

PROGRAMME ASSISTANT – Community & Educational Programmes (Contract)

Job Ref. # # 10J059-TAPA

Number of vacancies:  2

Situated on Toronto’s waterfront, Harbourfront Centre is renowned as Canada’s foremost facility for contemporary culture.  Our year-round operation offers some 4000 internationally acclaimed events ranging from music, literary and theatrical festivals to children’s activities and craft shops.

Currently an opportunity exists in our Community and Educational Programmes department for a Programme Assistant position. This position will report to the Festival Lead for tasks identified as overall festival administration and day to day work flow.  The position will also report to and be supervised by the Project Coordinator and/or Department Administrator for satisfaction assessment, review of balance of overall workload and review of working relationships.  The Programme assistant will assist with the planning and the implementation of the summer festivals and events (e.g., Hot & Spicy Festival, Canada Day, and Beats, Breaks and Culture).  The Programme Assistant will liaise with the Music Assistant to ensure clear communication and coordination of information.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Research/Programming:

• Research potential artists, groups and programming ideas via internet, mail, fax, email and phone
• Assist Director, CEP with specific research initiatives
• Brainstorm around programming ideas and creative presentation ideas – coordinate programme components with supervision

Administration:

• Consolidate and distribute interdepartmental documents (production, marketing, volunteer, signage and transportation overviews by liaising with music assistant and others). (with Festival Lead)
• Attend meetings for events, festivals and others (with production staff, artists, and some festival’s advisory committee).  Takes minutes and action items as required
• Assist in drawing up contracts for cultural programming.
• Acquire artists’ contracts, CVs, bios, documentation etc. and develop contact lists for production team and publicity team. (with Cultural Programmer)
• Arrange for any artist accommodations, transportation, hospitality and parking for cultural programmes (with Cultural Programmer)
• Assist programmers with ordering, purchasing and distributing all program materials
• Assist in festival set up and strike.  Generate thank you letters for the artists, partners and consulates involved in the festival
• Assist with the management of projects on site and with post-project evaluations
• Assist with other administrative tasks as needed by the department

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge and skills for this job are normally acquired through a post secondary degree in general arts, arts/administration and/or previous experience in developing and implementing public events.
• Excellent computer skills (internet, spreadsheets, database management, word-processing, etc.).  Good keyboarding skills and sound knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point), and Internet applications.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to handle multiple assignments and meet tight deadlines.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Creativity and imagination are required in liaising with outside groups, general public and media.
• Good knowledge of the arts and cultural sector.
• Previous project management or event coordination experience.
• Experience with diverse cultural communities, fluency in a second language is an asset.
• Knowledge of Filemaker Pro and Artifax is an asset.
• Flexible with scheduling; some evening and weekend work will be required.

DURATION: March, 2010 – September, 2010

HOURS: 9:00 AM – 5:00 P.M. – (some evening and weekend hours)

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Interested applicants should FORWARD resume QUOTING JOB REF # 10J059-TAPA to:

Human Resources Department

235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, ON M5J 2G8

FAX: (416) 973-1003

EMAIL: Jobs@harbourfrontcentre.com

Harbourfront Centre is committed to building a diverse workforce and strongly encourages qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply.