Manitoba Arts Council

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Manitoba Arts Council
Conseil des arts du Manitoba
Council overview
Formed1965
Type Crown corporation
Headquarters525 – 93 Lombard Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 3B1
Annual budget$10.2 m CAD (2020)
Council executives
  • Roberta Christianson, Chair
  • Randy Joynt, Executive Director
Parent department Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage
Key document
Website artscouncil.mb.ca/

The Manitoba Arts Council (MAC; French : Conseil des arts du Manitoba) is a provincial crown corporation whose purpose is to promote the arts. [1] [2] The Council awards grants to professional artists and arts organizations in Manitoba in all art forms; it also provides related creative activity such as arts education. [1]

Contents

The Council was founded in 1965 with the passage of An Act to Establish The Manitoba Arts Council and incorporated in 1967. (It now operates under the terms of The Arts Council Act.) [3] Remaining at arm’s-length from the Government of Manitoba, it is funded by the Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage and reports annually to the Provincial Legislature through the Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage in its annual report. [1] [4]

Governance

Today, the Council operates under the terms of The Arts Council Act, [3] which was amended in 2017. [5] Remaining at arm’s-length from the Government of Manitoba, it is funded by the Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage and reports annually to the Provincial Legislature through the Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage in its annual report. [1] [4]

The Manitoba Arts Council consists of 9 board members who are appointed for a term by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. The Executive Director is hired by the Council to carry out its policies and oversee operations. [6]

Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction

The Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction is a CA$30,000 prize awarded annually to an artist or arts professional for "artistic excellence and contribution to the development of the arts in Manitoba." [5] : 12 

Recipients are selected by a multidisciplinary panel from nominations submitted by the community. The award process is administered and funded by the Council. [7]

YearName [7] Field
2002 Leslee Silverman theatre
2003 Robert Kroetsch literary arts
2004 Grant Guy performance and media arts
2005 Guy Maddin film
2006 Aganetha Dyck [8] visual arts
2007 Robert Turner [9] music
2008 Roland Mahé [10] theatre
2009 William Eakin (artist) [11] visual arts
2012 J. Roger Léveillé [12] literary arts
2014 Robert Archambeau [13] visual arts
2016 Diana Thorneycroft [14] visual arts
2018 Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan [15] performance arts
2020 Alan Greyeyes [16] music
2022 Daina Warren [17] visual arts
2023 Di Brandt [18] literary arts
2024Jennine Krauchi [19] beadwork

Prizes in the Arts

Four $10,000 Prizes in the Arts [20] were awarded every two years, opposite of the Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction, recognizing artists or groups working in Manitoba in four categories:

Recipients were selected by a multidisciplinary panel from nominations submitted by the community. The award process was administered and funded by the Council. [7] The Prizes in the Arts were discontinued in 2022. [21]

YearConnecting Creative CommunitiesEmerging ExcellenceIndigenous Full CircleRural Recognition
2019 Theatre Projects Manitoba [22] Helga Jakobson [23] Marie-Josée Dandeneau [24] Flin Flon Arts Council [25]
2021ArtsJunktion mb Inc. [26] melannie monoceros [27] Lana Sinclair [28] Donna Besel [29]

Operations and grants

In the 2019/20 fiscal year, the Council funded 525 arts organizations and artistic projects, which made for a total of CA$8.3 million. [5] [30]

The following is the number of MAC-funded projects by region, per 10,000 population: [5] : 7 

The Council's "Indigenous 360" funding stream offers three granting programs that support professional Indigenous artists, arts/cultural professionals, Knowledge Keepers, art groups, and organizations from Manitoba. [5] In the fall of 2018, the Council began collecting information on the background and identity of individual applicants—this includes Indigenous, visible minorities, females, non-binary, and Francophone applicants, as well as applicants who live with a disability or mental illness or who are deaf. [30] : 2 

Organizations and activities funded by MAC in 2019/2020 [5] : 9  [30]
RecipientCity/townAwarded amount (CA$)
Aboriginal Music Manitoba Inc. Winnipeg $15,000
aceartinc.Winnipeg$89,180
Arbeiter Ring Publishing Ltd. (ARP Books)Winnipeg$24,500
Art City Inc.Winnipeg$15,000
Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba Brandon $185,000
Art HolmWinnipeg$6,000
Arts Manitoba Publications Inc (Border Crossings)Winnipeg$99,470
Arts West Council Inc.Brandon$3,000
ArtsJunktionWinnipeg$14,792
At Bay Press Winnipeg$15,000
Association of Manitoba Book PublishersWinnipeg$48,000
Bedside Press Narol$6,250
Brandon Chamber PlayersBrandon$20,580
Camerata NovaWinnipeg$15,000
Cancercare Manitoba Foundation Inc. Winnipeg$10,000
Canzona Inc.Winnipeg$12,500
Cluster: New Music + Integrated Arts Inc.Winnipeg$5,302
Company LinkWinnipeg$11,000
Contemporary Verse 2 Winnipeg$34,500
Eckhardt-Gramatte National Music CompetitionBrandon$9,000
Fernwood Publishing Winnipeg$4,055
Flin Flon Arts Council Flin Flon $7,500
Gallery 1C03 (University of Winnipeg)Winnipeg$8,700
Gimli Film Festival Gimli $20,000 + $5,000
Goldrock Press Norway House $7,500 + $7,500
Graffiti Art Programming Inc.Winnipeg$10,000
Great Plains PublicationsWinnipeg$32,500
GroundSwell, Inc.Winnipeg$45,080
Gwen Secter Creative Living CentreWinnipeg$15,000
Herizons Magazine Winnipeg$6,000
Home Routes/Chemin Chez NousWinnipeg$10,000 + $7,500
Interlake Art BoardWinnipeg$7,382
Jazz Winnipeg Winnipeg$10,000
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Winnipeg$36,700
La Maison des artistes visuels inc.Winnipeg$13,250
Les Éditions du Blé Saint-Boniface Winnipeg$26,250
Manito Ahbee Festival Inc.Winnipeg$15,000
Manitoba African Film Festival Inc.Winnipeg$15,000
Manitoba Arts NetworkWinnipeg$12,500
Manitoba Association of Playwrights Inc.Winnipeg$53,900
Manitoba Band Association Winnipeg$6,000
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Inc.Winnipeg$8,000 + $20,000 + $112,000
Manitoba Choral Association Winnipeg$1,500
Manitoba Opera Winnipeg$220,000 + $150,000*
Manitoba Printmakers Association Inc. / Martha Street StudioWinnipeg$55,000
Manitoba Theatre for Young People Winnipeg$56,250 + $245,000
Manitoba Underground Opera Winnipeg$15,000 + $15,000
Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA)Winnipeg$73,000
Misericordia Health Centre Winnipeg$10,200
NAfro Dance ProductionsWinnipeg$25,000
Northern Juried Art Show 2019 Thompson $12,125
NorVA CentreFlin Flon$7,572
One Trunk TheatreWinnipeg$20,000
PLATFORM centre for Photographic Digital ArtsWinnipeg$58,000
Plug-In Inc. (Plug In Institute of Contemporary Arts)Winnipeg$166,600
Polycoro Inc.Winnipeg$15,000
Prairie Comics Festival Winnipeg$8,840
Prairie Debut Inc. Portage la Prairie $5,000
Prairie Fire Press Inc. Winnipeg$73,720
Prairie Theatre Exchange Inc. Winnipeg$33,750 + $355,000
Q DANCEWinnipeg$15,000
Rainbow Stage Winnipeg$15,000
Rosamunde Summer Music AcademyWinnipeg$3,000
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Inc.Winnipeg$37,500 + $686,000 + $150,000*
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Winnipeg$744,800
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional DivisionWinnipeg$10,000 + $130,000
Sarasvati Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory IncWinnipeg$15,000 + $15,000
Sawdon DanceWinnipeg$14,600
School of Contemporary Dancers Inc.Winnipeg$32,500
Shakespeare in the Ruins Winnipeg$9,000 + $56,050
Sick + Twisted TheatreWinnipeg$10,000
Signature EditionsWinnipeg$35,000
SOUNDYARDWinnipeg$5,880
Spence Neighbourhood Association Inc.Winnipeg$15,000
Theatre by the River Inc.Winnipeg$7,000
Théâtre Cercle Molière WinnipegWinnipeg$175,000
Theatre Projects Manitoba Winnipeg$40,000 + $51,500
Turnstone Press Ltd. Winnipeg$35,000
University of Manitoba Press Winnipeg$34,500
Urban Shaman Inc.Winnipeg$65,000
Video Pool Media Arts CentreWinnipeg$95,060
Window WinnipegWinnipeg$7,850
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film and Video FestivalWinnipeg$15,000
Winnipeg Chamber Music Society Winnipeg$17,000
Winnipeg Film Group Winnipeg$95,000
Winnipeg International Writers Festival Winnipeg$8,000
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Winnipeg$8,000 + $18,000
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Winnipeg$35,000
The Winnipeg Singers Winnipeg$29,400
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Winnipeg$56,250 + $735,000 + $125,000*
Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers $112,250Winnipeg
Young Lungs Dance ExchangeWinnipeg$15,000
zone41 theatre, inc.Winnipeg$15,000

*Special operating grant disbursed on behalf of Manitoba Sports, Culture, and Heritage.

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