edmonton arts council 2010 annual report

Allison Argy-Burgess Sarah Amato Sharon Moore-Foster Carol Belanger Andrej Culen Lori Gawryluik Darren Giacobbo Duncan Johnson Juliana Rempel Impact Performing Arts Association Jennifer Konanz Caroline De Grave Kompany Family Theatre Anne Marquis Erik Visser Larry Andreoff Katherine Thompson Frank Van Veen Anne Ferguson-Switzer Ben Henderson Gilles Hibert Mary Philips-Rickey Brian Webb Tyler Butler Amber Borotsik Catalyst Theatre James DeFelice Darrin Hagen Marsh Murphy Nicole Reeves Katherine Sicotte Linda Huffman Kim McCaw Old Strathcona BRZ Helen Chimirri-Russell Alexandra Vissia AMPIA Brittany Ayotte Antoine Chelala Jonathan Kawchuk Andrew Olivier Danielle Paradis Jan Streader Edmonton Folk Music Festival Vikki Han Brandi Hofer Jessie Beier Shadow Theatre Jaye Benoit Vince Gasparri Mary Glenfield Arts and Culture Council of Strathcona County Marjorie Davies Global Visions Film Festival Marilyn Jones Catrin Owen Shirley Serviss Kris Friesen Don Ross Douglas Barbour Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival FAVA Teresa Goldie Chris Hutchison Donald Lewycky Tim Rechner Brandel Rock Cornel Rusnak Max Shmyr Robert Swart Events Edmonton Heather Little aAron munson Wayne Arthurson Brandy Dominelli Sheila Hallett Donna Harbeck Mary Joyce Gina Moe Craig Stumpf-Allen Pro Venkatraman Tamara Bliss Michelle Casavant Amy Skrocki The Works International Visual Arts Society Diane Bessai Edmonton Philharmonic Society Usha Gupta Simply Steel Metal Art Studio Brenda Philp Theatre Network The Copper Pigs Society Mickey Melnyk Richard Eaton Singers Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts Mackenzie Bittorf Darlene Bryant Cosmopolitan Music Society Tim Folkmann Paul Moulton Alberta Playwright’s Network Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta Nina HaggertyCentre for the Arts Cantilon Choirs Kenneth Cantor Expressionz Cafe Nancy Mackenzie Andrea Martinuk William Prettie Ben Chu Janet Lakeman Behrends Bronze Inc Colin Vince Lynn Malin Gordon Gordey MADE in Edmonton Kevin Allen Edmonton International Street Performers Festival Jannie Edwards Jennifer Faulkner Amy Fung Joel Gray Edmund Haakonson Lorraine Jenkinson Josh Jones Paul Matwychuk Jeff Schurek Audrey Seehagen Jim Stein Stony Plain Records Phillip Thai Patricia Waisman Michael Woodland Centre d’arts visuels de l’alberta Kiwanis Singers Association of Edmonton Jennifer Annesley Edmonton Heritage Festival Laurie MacFayden Katherine Kerr Brian Deedrick Edmonton Musical Theatre Rita Espeschit Marianne Scott Alberta Craft Council Friends of the Alberta Jubilee Auditoria SocietyMichelle Hayduk Terry Josey Norm Fassbender Kate Holowach Kyklos Hellenic Performing & Literary Arts Group Alberta Book Fair Society- LitFest CTV Television Inc. Marie Lesoway Students’ Association of MacEwann

2010annual report

All photos by 3TEN photo.

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I was honoured this year to be able to spend some time with several prior Chairs of the EAC board. A common thread ran through all of their comments - that during their time on the board, they were struck by how well the ground had been prepared for them by their predecessors, and how healthy the organization had been as they joined the board. All of them were thankful to those who came before, and hoped that they had left the organization as strong as they’d found it. My sense is that yes, they certainly did. When I joined the board, I found the EAC to be an exceptional organization, with great staff and a well-functioning board.

While being on the board, I have come to appreciate the full depth and breadth of the EAC’s work. The Grants department provides grants and awards to Edmonton arts organizations, festivals, and individual artists. The Public Art department manages the City’s collection of public art, including running selection committees to select proposals for new works. TIX on the Square manages a non-profit box office service for Edmonton’s arts events, and the Communications department oversees the EAC’s public interactions.

I would like to thank the excellent staff of the Edmonton Arts Council for their hard work, intelligence and dedication; my fellow board members for their passion and commitment; our many jurors and selection committee members for their invaluable contributions to Edmonton’s cultural life, and the EAC’s members and

volunteers for supporting the Arts Council’s mission in Edmonton.Much of the work we do as an organization is guided by Edmonton’s pair of cultural planning documents, The Art of Living, and the Master Plan for Public Art. Those documents, which the EAC participated in developing in previous years, help both the City and the Edmonton Arts Council navigate a positive path for the arts in Edmonton.

Strong steps have been taken this year in accordance with the vision outlined in those plans. The Winter Light Festival, after its third successful year, will now be operating as a stand-alone organization. Similarly, the Edmonton Heritage Council is now a fully separate organization. And as 2010 ended, we received word that the City of Edmonton had increased our funding substantially for 2011; the priorities in the Art of Living will determine how those funds are directed.

The previous Chairs of the EAC suggested that a board’s most enduring legacy is to leave the organization well prepared for the future. I think I speak for the current board when I say that we hope to contribute to that growing legacy of EAC boards: that our work will be regarded as a positive contribution, and that when we leave, the EAC will be at least as healthy as we found it.

Marsh Murphy

message from the chair

message from the chair

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The year 2010 was the fifteenth year of the Edmonton Arts Council and was closely linked to 2009 in setting the course for the implementation of the Art of Living 10-year cultural plan for the city of Edmonton. These two years, together, marked the beginning of the implementation of the 18 arts recommendations in the Art of Living while dealing with the understandable challenge of securing funding for new or enhanced programs in the context of the world wide economic recession and recovery. For the majority of those two years, modest progress was achieved on many of the recommendations, but at the end of 2010 City Council gave a dramatic $2 million (40%) increase to the EAC budget and 2011 will, without doubt, prove to be a pivotal year in increased effectiveness of the Edmonton Arts Council.

The following are general updates on the five sections of the Art of Living: space for the arts, education in the arts, investment in the arts, recognition of artists, and integration of the arts into civic life.Arts Habitat Association of Edmonton continued its work in identifying, developing and managing space for the arts. Their numerous activities included Alberta Cycle Building, ArtsHab Alberta Avenue - ArtsHub Housing

Cooperative, ArtsHab One artist live/work space and the Edmonton Space Finder. More information is available at www.artshab.com/.

The 2009 Annual Report anticipated notable progress in 2010 on arts education, training and mentoring and, in particular, on the development of fine arts curriculum in Alberta schools. While some work was done in this area including my participation in an international conference on creativity and the arts in Oklahoma City, much remains to be accomplished. A key discussion in this area revolves around finding a balance between developing artistic techniques and skills, teaching fine arts history and appreciation, and opening up insights into the universal truths revealed by the arts. This is related to questions of a specialized (and segregated) curriculum for the fine arts or if fine arts should be integrated into the entire school curriculum; how to develop artists’ teaching skills and teachers’ artistic skills; and how to nurture creativity and innovation through the arts – creativity and innovation that then becomes applicable to many other fields of endeavour.

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While EAC operating grants for arts and festival organizations increased marginally in 2010, all other grant programs remained static or even decreased marginally. As noted earlier in this report, with the increase in available City grant funds this situation will improve in 2011 and we will move much closer to the grant targets identified in the Art of Living.

In 2010, the Edmonton Artist Trust Fund was converted from a grant program to an award program with each award being $7,500. This was a logical step and recognized the essential purpose of the EATF to support artists working in Edmonton but not support a specific project. In 2010, the Edmonton Book Prize was increased from $2,000 to $10,000.

The EAC continued its role of supporting the integration of arts into city programs. In 2010 this included working with the City to include artists in the Olympic Torch Relay Celebration. The EAC participated in Edmonton Seniors Declaration and creative age movement, Alberta Avenue revitalization, Downtown Plan Advisory Committee, Writer in Exile program, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation leadership forums. We networked with the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, the Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations and Edmonton Community Foundation.

There were many staff changes at the EAC in 2010 mostly notable the departure of our long-serving and much respected Grants Director, Laurie Stalker, who left the EAC to lead up the development of a new performing arts centre in Morinville. Stephen Williams replaced Laurie and brought a wealth of experience in grants, awards and other support programs for artists – experience gained at the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Canada Council (Alberta Creative Development Initiative). We welcomed Jana O’Connor in Communications and Dara Humniski in Public Art. In addition, Sally Kim (Grants Officer) and Jana O’Connor took one-year maternity leaves and were ably replaced by Mary Jane Kreisel and Suzanne Harris.

It is important to recognize and thank the EAC staff for their expertise and commitment to all our programs and to the artists and arts in Edmonton. This extends to the 17 members of the EAC Board of Directors as well as to our 418 members. I add my special thanks to the Directors who are leaving the Board this year including Eva Cairns, Kevin Mott and James DeFelice.

John Mahon


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What makes a great city? How can we attract and retain the best and brightest the world has to offer? How do we deliver livability to our citizens? These are some of the questions we must ask ourselves if we are to look at securing our city’s future success.

Although infrastructure is an important part of municipal responsibility, it is not the sidewalks or the roads that factor most highly into the choice to make a city home. One of the elements that attract people is a vibrant and thriving arts community that, rather than being ancillary to city life, is actually central to it. People want things to do and an interesting environment in which to do them.

We have done a lot of great work in this city to make that happen, and the Edmonton Arts Council is a huge part of that success. We have a diverse and talented arts and culture community. We have a number of great facilities – theatres, music, festivals, entertainment venues and unique attractions. We have citizens who are enthusiastic about supporting the arts and events. And we have a vibrant, growing multicultural community that has a lot to offer our arts community. Now, we must contemplate what we need to do to bring these assets to the next level, to make the arts even more central to our being.

It is time to build further upon our arts plan, the Art of Living, which explored how we begin to establish Edmonton as one of Canada’s clear cultural HUBs. Success will only be possible with the integrated efforts of thoughtful and involved citizens, businesses, and the

Edmonton Arts Council - all of who are taking new and innovative approaches to old problems.

We will need to confront challenges as opportunities in disguise, like transitioning the arts and culture in our community into an economic driver for the region. Make no mistake, opening our city up to the kind of creative excellence and energy that drives this industry is good business.

If we truly want to focus on attracting business and creating a superior quality of life for Edmontonians, we must start with our citizens. The next generation is seeing a world without boundaries, and making distinct choices about where to live and raise their families. Why not here?

I am proud of City Council for their broad support of the arts and their enthusiasm for building a strong downtown that is centered by an arts and culture district bringing people, energy, and activity to our core.

Here, in the heart of our city, we are starting to shape, build, and create the kind of city we want Edmonton to become for the next generation and beyond. It is the creativity, the innovation, and the drive of our arts industry, with the leadership of the Edmonton Arts Council, that will be an integral element for propelling Edmonton into a successful and prosperous future.

from Mayor Stephen Mandel

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edmonton arts council

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

Marsh Murphy, Chair John Hudson, Vice ChairKevin Mott, Secretary - TreasurerEva Cairns, Past Chair

Members-at-Large

Wayne ArthursonAmber BorotsikJenifer ChristensonJames DeFeliceChristine Sokaymoh FrederickDarrin HagenCadence Konopaki

Gina MoeHeather McRaeTim PaetkauNicole ReevesAidan RoweRichard Tosczak


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Born in Lethbridge, Thomas Peacocke grew up and went to school in the southern Alberta village of Barons. A graduate of the University of Alberta and Carnegie Institute of Technology and Art in Pittsburgh, he served for 36 years at the University of Alberta principally as a teacher of acting and directing, and was chairman of the department for five years as well as Head of Acting at the Banff School of Fine Arts for eight.

Tom has enjoyed a fulfilling lifetime career as a director and actor, receiving a Genie Award for his performance in The Hounds of Notre Dame, the Dave Billington Award for his contributions to the film industry, a Sterling Award for his service to Edmonton Theatre and in 1996 he was inducted into the Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame and was made a member of the Order of Canada. Throughout his career Tom has been active as a consultant, advisor, committee and board member of numerous foundations, associations and educational institutions.

Thomas Peacocke C.M. MFAtheatre artist

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eac membership: strength through communityOur members are the cornerstone of our organization. They give us purpose. They are the measure of our success, and our relevance in the community.

Our members are artists. Our members are citizens. Our members are organizations. Our members are businesses. While these members receive some tangible benefits from their association with the Edmonton Arts Council, we believe that they’ve said “Yes!” to the EAC for more than that.

Our members join the EAC to lend their weight to the work we do and the role we play in Edmonton. They believe in what the EAC stands for. In our eyes, that means they believe in themselves.

Through our members we see a glimpse into the diverse, energetic and creative community that we serve. It is this community that makes the arts in Edmonton strong.

We have featured just a handful of some of 400-plus members in this year’s annual report – artists and organizations that shape and create the city. Our members, as always, were the highlight of our year.


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Queen Achol Dau Bilieu is originally from

Sudan from the Dinka ethnic group. As a

child she developed a strong interest in

singing, and at age 15 she became a public

singer in the community. She later formed

a 30-member jazz band that played in big

events in the town of Abyei in Southern

Sudan until early 1990s. She came to

Edmonton as a refugee in 2003. Despite her

struggle to cope as a single mom with seven

children she was able to form a new jazz

band with 20 new members. Her goal was to

resume her singing career and to also teach

her heritage to youth from the Sudanese

community who joined her band. Through

the songs she created she trained 30 youth

in the community. She has been invited

to showcase her heritage to the Canadian

society in Edmonton and contribute to the

Multicultural Society of Edmonton.

Queen Achol Dau Bilieusinger/songwriter

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public artThe Edmonton Arts Council administers public art projects on behalf of the City of Edmonton. Key programming includes the Percent for Art program, community and transitory public art projects, and public art conservation program.

public art comitteeThe Public Art Committee is comprised of, but not limited to, such individuals as artists, curators, architects, civil engineers and community representatives. The Public Art Committee (PAC) members serve as leaders and stewards of public art programming. PAC is tasked with setting a vision and objectives for Public Art in Edmonton.

2010 PAC Members:Aidan Rowe (Chair)Catherine Crowston (Vice-Chair)Shafraaz KabaErnst von Meijenfeldt

Andrej CulenMichael PhairCatherine BurgessAllen BallRoyden Mills

Will BauerBrian Van SickleLinda Wedman

public art

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Michael PhairMember since 1996

Michael PhairMember since 1996

Marty Chanwriter

Playwright, radio dramatist, television

screenwriter, humorist and kids author,

Marty Chan has been working in the arts

for 20 years and is proud to have spent all of

those years in Edmonton. Through his affable

and irreverent humour pieces, he celebrates

the outcasts, underdogs and outsiders in

Canadian society. Adult audiences best

remember Marty for his hit cross-cultural

play, Mom, Dad, I’m Living with a White Girl,

while their children know him better for

his offbeat kids’ books which include The

Mystery of the Frozen Brains (winner of the

2005 City of Edmonton Book Prize). In 2011,

Marty will serve as the writer in residence at

the Edmonton Public Library. He continues to

straddle many writing genres, and promises

that one day he’ll figure out what he wants

to be when and if he grows up.

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Projects Commissioned in 2010

Projects in Production in 2010

Artist LocationLaurent Grasso North Central Recreation C entre Project #1

Instant Coffee North Central Recreation Centre Project #2

Stephanie Davidson & Georg Rafailidis Fred Broadstock Leisure Centre

Andreas Kahre & Darren Copeland Queen Elizabeth Pool

Craig LeBlanc Terwilliger Recreation Centre Project #2

Various Alberta Avenue Streetscape Images

Gabe Wong Eaux Claires Transit Centre

Artist LocationCarl Tacon EPS Southwest Police Station

Alexandra Haeseker Whitemud Park Trailhead Building

Ball Nogues (Benjamin Ball & Gaston Nogues) Quesnell Bridge/ Whitemud Drive

spmb (Eduardo Aquino & Karen Shanski) Ellerslie Fire Station

Claude Boullevraye de Passille Beverly Streetscape

Cliff Eyland Meadows Library

Negar Seyfollahy & Alisdair MacRae Jasper Place Library

Ken Lum Walterdale Bridge

Artist Location Art Work NameRobert McInnis Animal Services Building Farm Family

Jesse Sherburne ETS Centennial Garage Random Thoughts Passing Scene

Jorn Ebner Fire Station No. Five fire_scape

Krzyzstof Zukowski Fort Edmonton Administration Building Fort Edmonton

Eugene Uhaud & Aaron Pederson Kennedale Drainage Services Building Untitled

Gabe Wong Lewis Farms and Meadows Transit Centres Parade 1 & Parade 2

inges idée Terwilliger Recreation Centre Project #1 Running Track

percent for art programProjects Completed 2010

public art

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The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts is a bustling hub of activity within the vibrant and burgeoning

arts community of Edmonton’s Alberta (118th) Avenue. Home to a Collective of over 140 artists, all

adults with developmental disabilities, the Nina Haggerty Centre provides these emerging artists with

art supplies, studio space, exhibition opportunities and mentorship by a team of paid, professional

artists in exchange for a nominal annual membership fee. The Centre also operates the Stollery (public)

Gallery, offers free and low-cost community art outreach programming and regularly hosts a variety of

community groups and events. With a mandate to connect artists and audiences and to increase arts

access to those who face barriers, the Centre was established in 2003 as a project of SKILLS Society,

becoming an independent charitable not-for-profit organization in September 2006.

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts gallery

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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. Most grants are allocated based on recommendations from peer juries who provide their valuable expertise on a volunteer basis.

total grant allocation for 2010

$4,562,469

community investment program

grant programs

grant programs

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Jury: Jim DeFelice - Chair, Sheineen Nathoo, Jennifer Babcock, Terry Schmolcke, Sylvain Tardiff, Walter Raponi, Murray Utas, Pro Venkatraman

festival operating grants $1,125,100

Organization Event Grant

Alberta Bicycling Association Bikeology 9,000

Alberta Book Fair Society LitFest (Edmonton International Literary Festival) 12,000

Alberta Dance Alliance feats Festival of Dance 20,000

Arts on the Avenue Society Kaleido Family Arts Festival 15,000

Assoc Canadienne Francois de L'Alberta Edmonton Chante 10,000

Azimuth Theatre Association Expanse Movement Arts Festival 10,000

Cohenights Arts Society Cohenights Art Festival 2,500

Concrete Theatre Society Sprouts New Play Festival for Kids 5,000

Dreamspeakers Festival Society Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film Festival 15,000

Edmonton Accordion Society Accordion Extravaganza 2,600

Edmonton Dragon Boat Festial Association Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival 8,000

Edmonton Exposure Festival Society Exposure: Edmonton's Queer Arts & Culture Festival 10,000

Edmonton Heritage Festival Association Servus Heritage Festival 55,000

Edmonton International Film Festival Edmonton International Film Festival 55,000

Edmonton International Jazz Festival Edmonton International Street Performers Festival 60,000

Edmonton International Street Edmonton International Jazz Festival 87,000

Edmonton Pride Week Society Edmonton Pride Week Festival 14,000

Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Creative Age Festival 3,000

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Edmonton Symphony Society Symphony Under the Sky 42,000

Edmonton Women's Film Society Reel Femme 3,000

Events Edmonton A Taste of Edmonton Festival 95,000

Freewill Players Theatre Guild Freewill Shakespeare Festival 60,000

Fringe Theatre Adventures Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival 145,000

Global Visions Festival Society Global Visions Film Festival 12,000

Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture Visualeyez… Canada's Performing Art Festival 7,500

Old Strathcona Business Association Ice on Whyte Festival 5,000

Opera Nuova Vocal Arts Festival 10,000

Rapid Fire Theatre Society Improvaganza International Improv Festival 11,000

Rapid Fire Theatre Society Wildfire Highschool Improv Festival 4,500

Silver Skate Festival Society Silver Skate Festival 17,000

The Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society Edmonton Folk Music Festival 130,000

The Nextfest Arts Company Next Generation Arts Festival (Nextfest) 35,000

The Works The Works Art & Design Festival 115,000

Western Carnival Development Association Cariwest, Edmonton Caribbean Arts Festival 30,000

Workshop West The Canoe Theatre Festival 10,000

grant programs

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Gilles Hébert has been actively engaged

in the Visual Arts for over twenty-five

years. His career began with studies in film

and history at the University of Manitoba

followed by art history and studio classes in

Toronto. From there he took two parallel and

complementary paths – first as an artist and

then as a curator, art project organizer, and

art gallery director.

In the mid-1980s he began to work in film

and video. Concurrently, he expanded

on his earlier installation work to include

collaborations with other artists.

Gilles has been a board member and

director of Winnipeg’s Plug In (ICA), and has

held institutional leadership roles at the

Manitoba-based St. Norbert Arts Centre, the

Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, and as the

Director of the Art Gallery of Windsor. He is

now Executive Director of the Art Gallery of

Alberta.

Hébert received the Queen’s Jubilee

Gold Medal in 2002 and the University of

Manitoba’s celebrated alumni award in

2010.

Gilles Hébertartist & arts manager

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cultural diversity in the arts awards $52,500

festival seed grants $60,000

Jury: James DeFelice - Chair, Pero Rodriguez De Los Santos, Nicole Reeves

Jury: Amber Borotsik, Linda Frena, Diane Tebby, Heather Zwicker

Individual Grant

Macha Abdallah 7,500

Korapin Chaotakoongite 7,500

Da Wei Chen 7,500

Jean-Claude Kamov 7,500

Constantino Lucila 7,500

Yukari Meldrum 7,500

Valeriy Semenko 7,500


Arts on the Avenue Society Deep Freeze Festival 12,000

Metro Cinema Society STEM Cell Festival 6,500

Edmonton Poetry Festival Edmonton Poetry Festival 9,000

Workshop West Rubaboo Arts Festival 10,000

Edmonton Chamber Music Society Summer Solstice Festival 7,000

Edmonton Multicultural Society Africa Oyi Together 6,000

Theatre Prospero Association Serca Festival of Irish Theatre 5,500

TONUS VIVUS - Society for New Music InterTrance 4,000

grant programs

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Eva Colmers considers herself a storyteller

working in the medium of film/video – in

dramatic, experimental and documentary

styles.

She grew up in Germany and, although she

sometimes miss the “European flair”, she loves

living in Edmonton where she feels strongly

connected to the artistic community and

enjoys learning about different cultural

backgrounds.

She has created a dozen award-winning

short films, two documentaries as well as

some youth theatre plays. She has also had

the opportunity to collaborate with artists

from other disciplines such as Mile Zero

Dance, St. Crispin’s Chamber Ensemble and

Broken Spoke Theatre.

Her latest short film, The Weightless Traveller,

premiered at the Edmonton International

Film Festival last fall and has since screened

across the globe including Holland, Sri

Lanka, Pakistan, China, USA. Colmers says,

“Through my work, I can reach out to others

far away and “speak” to them in the universal

language of cinema.”

Eva Colmersindependent filmmaker

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arts & museum $955,123building operating grants

Organization Grant

Alberta Craft Council $13,856

Alberta Pioneer Railway Association $4,346

Arts Habitat Association $9,806

Arts on the Avenue Society $7,751

Catalyst Theatre $19,976

The Citadel Theatre $344,764

Edmonton Aviation Heritage Society $26,595

Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation $258,541

Edmonton Jazz Society $12,700

Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $6,997

Fringe Theatre Adventures $80,357

La Cite francophone $23,576

Latitude 53 $19,640

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $24,565

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre $8,916

Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $14,544

Telephone Historical Centre $4,063

Theatre Network $23,939

The Varscona Theatre $25,146

Walterdale Theatre Associates $11,826

WECAN Society $10,869

Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Soc. $2,350

grant programs

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Jury: Michelle Casavant - Chair, Tim Paetkau - Chair, Andrea House, Kathleen Weiss, Dawn Saunders Dahl

Individual GrantJerrold Dubyk 500

Irene Arnovitch 500

Erika Luckert 125

Rodrigo Loyola 500

Vladimir Gomez 500

N. Antonio Peruch 500

Kathryn Treadwell 500

Rene Englot 500

Gail Sobat 600

Maria Dunn 200

Laurie MacFayden 500

Chris Bullough 500

Eric Spoeth 500

Twilla MacLeod 600

Gregory Hideo Shimizu 600

Amy Fung 400

Debra Bryan 250

Dawn Saunders Dahl 500

Shirley Serviss 500

Individual GrantJohn Hooper 500

Kyle Armstrong 500

Genenne Gilliard 400

Anthea Black 300

Annie Dugan 600

Mary Pinkoski 300

Mark Templeton 300

Margaret Braun 400

Alida Nyquist-Schultz 400

Ainsley Hillyard 400

Amy Loewan 200

Ruby Serben 300

Titilope Sonuga 300

Cam Neufield 700

Beth Wishart MacKenzie 500

Beth Graham 400

Lyne Gosselin 500

M. Jennie Frost 300

Carlo Ghioni 400

travel grants $32,365

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Individual GrantKathy Ochoa 600

Karen Porkka 300

Tim Rechner 300

Caitlin Wells 500

Brianne Nord-Stewart 300

Tyler Enfield 500

Andrea Boyd 600

Jerry Ozipko 500

Allison Balcetis 500

Chenoa Anderson 500

Ian Crutchley 500

Piotr Grella-Mozejko 500

Shannon Boyle 110

Diane Buchanan 500

Kristen Hutchinson 565

Josephine van Lier 500

Robert Walsh 250

Darrin Hagen 600

Individual GrantTrevor Anderson 600

Matthew Falk 500

Justin Massey 500

Matthew Kloster 500

Eileen Heidler 550

Ritchie Velthuis 550

Kevin Marsh 275

Michael Eckert-Lyngstad 275

Sylvia Shadick - Taylor 500

Tanya Prochazka 500

Allen Ball 430

Tammy-Jo Mortensen 500

Anna-Karolina Szul 585

Kath MacLean 500

Sandro Dominelli 500

Nazima Uppal 500

grant programs

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Held in early August in Edmonton’s scenic River Valley, the Folk Festival has evolved to become a global

leader with a community based outdoor folk music celebration.

The festival is held over four days and prides itself on low ticket prices combined with 65 high quality

artists featuring the best that the world of folk music has to offer. Previous artists include Joni Mitchell,

Van Morrison, Ben Harper, Elvis Costello and Bruce Cockburn. With over 2400 volunteers, the Folk Festival

also offers free admission to children under 12 and seniors. The festival has earned a stellar reputation for

its policies for persons with disabilities and is a leader on environmental issues. It is no wonder that it has

sold out of tickets since 1995.

Edmonton Folk Music Festival festival

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Jury: Darlene Bryant - Chair, Rick Ireland, Natalie Ozipko

Jury: Vince Gasparri (Chair), Kristin Chrzanowski, Peter Osborne, Josée Aubin Ouelette, Duncan Johnson, Lori Gawryluik, Evelyn Pham, Michael Phair


Earth Awareness Society Edmonton Earth Day 8,100

Old Strathcona Business Association Whyte Ave Street Fair 1,600

Events Edmonton Canada Day - Louise McKinney Riverfront Park 4,500

Eastwood Community League Eastwoodfest 2,600

Events Edmonton New Year’s Eve Downtown 10,000

Millwoods Presidents’ Council Canada Day Millwoods 5,400

Old Strathcona Foundation Silly Summer Parade 9,800

Chinatown & Little Italy Business Assoc. Lunar New Year 2,700

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts Aurora - A Parade of Light 750

Downtown Business Association Indoor Santa Claus Parade 5,625

Organization Grant

King Edward Park Community League 10,750

Riverdale Community League 14,635

Friends of University of Alberta Hospital 38,800

Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness 35,815

major parade & celebrations grants $51,075

community public art grants $100,000

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Organization Grant

Alberta Ballet 145,346

Alberta Baroque Music Society 13,846

Alberta Choral Federation 8,000

Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts 1,000

Alberta Craft Council 30,000

Alberta Dance Alliance 11,846

Alberta Motion Picture Industries Assoc. 10,346

Alberta Opera 7,846

Alberta Playwrights Network 4,000

Alberta Society of Artists’ 3,346

Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association 2,346

Azimuth Theatre Association 16,000

Book Publishers Association of Alberta 6,000

Brian Webb Dance Company 28,346

Canadian Authors Association 2,846

Cantilon Choral Society 8,846

Catalyst Theatre 30,500

Christian Music Society 996

Citie Ballet Society 5,846

Concrete Theatre Society 18,846

Cosmopolitan Music Society 11,000

Da Camera Singers 2,846

Edmonton Chamber Music Society 4,846

Edmonton Classical Guitar Society 1,500

Edmonton Columbian Choirs 4,846

Organization Grant

Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation 7,846

Edmonton Festival Ballet 3,000

Edmonton Jazz Society 28,000

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Assoc. 7,000

Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus 1,346

Edmonton Musical Theatre 1,846

Edmonton Opera Association 189,346

Edmonton Philharmonic Society 1,000

Edmonton Potter’s Guild 5,000

Edmonton Small Press Association 10,000

Edmonton Story Slam Society 500

Edmonton Symphony Society 340,346

Edmonton Vocal Minority Music Society 1,500

Edmonton Weavers’ Guild 4,500

Edmonton Youth Choir 5,346

Edmonton Youth Orchestra 17,346

Film and Video Arts Society Alberta 42,000

Firefly Theatre & Circus Society 10,500

Fringe Theatre Adventures 18,346

Greenwood Chamber Singers Society 1,500

Ground Zero Productions 5,000

I Coristi Chamber Choir 3,346

Kita No Taiko 1,846

Kiwanis Singers Association of Edmonton 2,046

Kokopelli Choir Association 19,346

arts operating grants $1,964,992Jury: Ted Kerr - Chair, Sean Caufield, Annie Dugan, Joel Maendel, Barbara Dacks, Sharon Busby, Eva Marie Clarke, Paula Roberts, Linda Turnbull, Mary Phillips-Rickey

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Organization Grant

Kompany! Dance & Aff. Artists Society 1,346

KYKLOS Hellenic Performing 2,346

L’Association la Girandole 11,846

L’UniTheatre 25,346

Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture 25,500

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

Mazur Polish Canadian Dancers 1,000

Metro Cinema Society 25,346

Mile Zero Dance 19,346

Mill Creek Colliery Band 1,250

New Edmonton Shadow Theatre Society 17,346

New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia 1,500

NeWest Publishers Ltd. 16,346

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts 5,600

Northern Light Theatre 18,346

Nova Musica Symphony Society 500

Opera Nuova 11,000

Other Voices Publishing Society 1,346

Polonez Polish Folk Arts Ensemble 1,500

Pro Coro Canada 22,500

Rapid Fire Theatre Society 8,846

Regroupement artistique francophone 1,346

Richard Eaton Singers 6,500

Ritchie Trombone Choir Society 800

Sadhana Music and Dance Society 846

Organization Grant

Sculptors Association of Alberta 2,846

S.N.A.P. 22,000

St. David’s Welsh Male Voice Choir Assoc. 500

Stroll of Poets Society 2,846

Today’s Innovative Music Edmonton 1,500

TALES Edmonton 1,500

Teatro La Quindicina 11,846

The Citadel Theatre 340,346

The Lynne Singers Society 846

Theatre Alberta Society 15,000

Theatre Network 35,346

TONUS VIVUS - Society for New Music 2,346

Ukrainian Cheremosh Society 15,000

Ukrainian Shumka Dancers 52,346

Vinok Folkdance Society 22,500

Visual Arts Alberta Association 9,000

Viter Ukrainian Dancers 6,000

Walterdale Theatre Associates 7,846

WECAN Society 28,346

Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Soc. 19,846

Writers Guild of Alberta 15,000

Young Alberta Book Society 10,500

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Babatope Omotoso was born in Nigeria

where he earned college diplomas in Fine

Arts (The Ibadan Polytechnic 1989) and

Painting (Yaba College of Technology1995).

His paintings are expressed through several

media including bead, oil and water colour.

Some of his paintings are in public and

private collections in the United Kingdom,

Nigeria and, most recently, in Canada.

His paintings have also been exhibited at

several Art shows in Edmonton, including:

City of Edmonton Cultural Diversity in the

Arts Awards group show, 2009; “Heat of

Africa” City Hall Edmonton 2009; “One Heart

One Voice” Edmonton, 2008; Harcourt House

20th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Edmonton

2008.

Babatope Omotosopainter

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Jury: Richard Tosczak - Chair, Alexis Kienlen, Lori Rebalkin, Moni Mathew, Betty Hushlak, Nick Dobson, Kyle Armstrong

Individual Grant

Amber Borotsik 13,000

Colleen Brown 20,000

Tracy Carroll 10,000

Kyla Fischer 8,500

Thom Golub 4,250

Lyne Gosselin 5,000

Emily Guthrie 20,000

Darrin Hagen 10,000

Sima Khorrami 10,000

Alice Major 7,000

Lisa Martin-DeMoor 8,500

Lindsay McIntyre 12,000

David Morgan 20,000

Gerry Morita 15,000

aAron munson 17,000

Leif Oleson-Cormack 3,800

Marc Siegner 20,000

Organization Grant

Shadow Theatre c/o Heather Redfern 1,500

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre c/o Ergil & Jackson Appraisals Ltd.

1,500

individual artist project grants $204,050

organizational support grants $3,000

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Heidi moved to New York City in 1972 to

pursue contemporary dance. Working with

many artists in the Village and Soho scene

of the ’70s and ’80s, Heidi’s first professional

choreography was presented in a loft

museum in Soho in 1973. Heidi joined Dan

Wagoner and Dancers in 1975, remaining

with the company for seven seasons

touring North America and Europe. A love

of choreography encouraged creative work:

her work is abstract, noted for its poly-

attentiveness, embracing a fast and flexible

approach with more than one thing going

on, which allows each audience member

the opportunity to experience freedom

of perception. In 1987 she began a long-

time association with Brian Webb Dance

Company. Her work is presented by BWDC

and Mile Zero Dance in Edmonton. She

has worked in Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal,

Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg in

Canada, and throughout the USA.

Heidi Bunting dance artist

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Jury: Nicole Reeves - Chair, Joel Gray, Jennifer Faulkner, Paul Matwychuk, Edmond Haakonson, Kevin Allen, Audrey Seehagen

Recipient Grant

Linda Cuyler 7,500

aAron munson 7,500

Cam Neufeld 7,500

Ben Sures 7,500

Trevor Anderson 7,500

Tim Bowling 7,500

Drew McIntosh 7,500

Kristine Nutting 7,500

Eryn Tempest 7,500

edmonton artists’ trust fund awards $67,500

Since 1997, the Edmonton Artists’ 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.

grant programs

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For more than 25 years, the Young Alberta Book Society (YABS) has been an advocate for children’s

literacy in Alberta. YABS has brought together a rich pool of talented Alberta authors, illustrators and

storytellers who dedicate themselves to enriching the lives of children and youth through the literary

arts. We are committed to creating opportunities for Alberta’s children to be inspired, no matter what

their location or socioeconomic status. Every child should experience the joy of reading and writing.

Young Alberta Book Society literacy advocate

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Jury: Brock Skywalker - Chair, Jeff Collins, Heather Bedford-Clooney, Kirsten Finlay

Recipient Grant

GeriActors and Friends 9,000

Young Alberta Book Society 6,900

Mile Zero Dance Society 8,600

Workshop West Playwright’s Theatre Society 5,000

Anglican Diocese of Edmonton 6,000

lee fund for the arts $35,500

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).

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Melissa Thingelstad received her BFA in

Acting from the University of Alberta and

has been an Edmonton-based theatre and

performance creation artist for the past

nine years. Currently, her work concentrates

on how performer and audience interact

and connect in unusual circumstances and

spaces. Themes of community, isolation and

identity are investigated in intimate venues

where only a small number of audience

members engage with performers from new

perspectives. Melissa has been the Artistic

Director of iNDiE5 for the past three years

and has developed a successful body of

independently produced theatre including

works in The Canoe Festival and The Expanse

Movement Festival. Recently venturing into

areas of performance and live art through

Visualeyez and Storefront Cinema, Melissa

continues to expand her practice; looking

to create performance-based works that are

not restricted by the prescribed boundaries

of one particular art form.

Melissa Thingelstadtheatre artist

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Jury: Gina Moe - Chair, Randall Fraser, Terry Wickam, Lawrie Seligman

Festival Grant

Canoe Theatre Festival 27,000

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival 30,000

Freewill Shakespeare Festival 27,000

Litfest: Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival 4,000

Kaleido Family Arts Festival 10,000

Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival 30,000

Silver Skate Festival 20,000

Edmonton Poetry Festival (year 2) 30,500

TransAlta festival city grants $210,500

TransAlta Partnership Grant

TransAlta Short Term Mentoring Grant

Festival GrantThe Works Art and Design Festival / Edmonton Interna-tional Jazz Festival

30,000

Festival GrantBrian Webb (to work with Canoe Theatre Festival) 2,000

TransAlta Enhanced Operational Grant

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: • Enhanced Operational Grants • Partnership Grants • Short Term Mentoring or Consulting Grants.

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Born in Poland, Anna Mioduchowska has

lived in Edmonton since early adolescence,

and has started writing and publishing twenty

years ago. The city has grown deep roots

into her psyche, and its varied landscapes,

along with their assorted inhabitants, often

find their way into her work. Primarily a poet,

Anna Mioduchowska is also an author of

translations, stories, essays and book reviews.

Her work has appeared in anthologies,

literary journals, in newspapers, on buses,

and has been aired on the CBC Radio. In-

Between Season, a poetry collection, was

published by Rowan Books. Some Flowers Do

Well in Flowerpots, a poetry chapbook, was

published by em-press. Eyeing the Magpie

was published in collaboration with Myrna

Garanis, Julie Robinson, Nancy Mackenzie

and Rusti Lehay.

Anna Mioduchowska writer

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Financial statementsIndependant Auditor’s Report

To the Members of: Edmonton Arts Council Society

Report on the Financial Statements I have audited the accompanying financial statements of Edmonton Arts Council Society, which comprise the statement of financial position at December 31, 2010, and the statement of receipts and disbursements and net assets, and cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility My responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. Except as explained in the following paragraph, I conducted my audit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation

of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my audit opinion.

Basis for Qualified Opinion In common with many charitable organizations, the Society derives receipts 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 receipts, excess of receipts over disbursements, assets and surplus.

Qualified Opinion 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 a preceding paragraph, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Edmonton Arts Council Society as at December 31, 2010, and its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles.

Edmonton, Alberta April 21, 2011 Chartered Accountant

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Assets

2010 2009General Fund

Cash $ 28,108 $ -

Accounts receivable 104,176 81,171

132,284 81,171

TIX on the Square Fund


Casino Fund

Cash 32,093 70,221

Program Fund

Cash 156,258 403,872


386,258 618,872

Public Art Fund

Cash 799,584 776,935

Accounts receivable 2,095,338 1,769,500

2,894,922 2,546,435

Community Investment Grants Fund

Cash 203,321 279,107

Property and Equipment Fund

Property and equipment (Note 3) 94,547 84,275

Total Assets $ 3,779,279 $ 3,716,660

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2010 2009General Fund

Bank indebtedness $ - $ 41,609

Accounts payable 74,358 68,560

74,358 110,169

TIX on the Square Fund

Bank indebtedness 12,765 35,693


Unearned revenue (Note 6) 14,664 9,246

47,524 49,439

Program Fund


Public Art Fund

Accounts payable 2,412,152 1,977,258



Total Liabilities $ 2,756,789 $ 2,573,867

Liabilities

Net Assets

statement of financial positiondecember 31, 2010

General Fund $ 57,926 $ (28,998)

TIX on the Square Fund (11,670) (12,860)

Casino Fund 32,093 70,221

Program Fund

Restricted 208,077 208,005

Unrestricted 126,760 241,221

Public Art Fund 482,770 569,177


Restricted 11,987 11,752

Unrestricted 20,000 -

Property and Equipment Fund 94,547 84,275

Net Assets 1,022,490 1,142,793

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 3,779,279 $ 3,716,660


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2010 2009Receipts

City of Edmonton service contract $ 542,428 $ 507,355

Grant - administration 35,908 28,488

Investment income 4,233 8,304

Memberships 11,300 11,405

Other income 133,218 63,504

727,087 619,056

Disbursements

Bank charges and interest 1,203 716

Board of Directors costs and Annual General Meeting 7,327 6,809

Conferences and travel 3,202 12,146

Consulting fees 500 15,954

Equipment lease 27,219 19,832

Insurance 4,527 3,624

Marketing and promotion 17,625 16,224

Office costs 58,852 64,399

Printed materials 3,220 10,149

Professional fees 5,435 11,116

Rent 41,130 38,328

Staffing costs and benefits 458,184 420,599

Telephone, internet and website 21,881 21,940

650,305 641,836

Excess (Deficiency) of Receipts over Disbursements 76,782 (22,780)

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (20,504) (50,362)

Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (1,190) (6,009)

Transfer from Casino Fund 31,836 17,249

Net increase (decrease) in Fund balance 86,924 (61,902)

Fund balance, beginning of year (28,998) 32,904

Fund balance, end of year $ 57,926 $ (28,998)

General Fund

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2010 2009Receipts

Operating income $ 35,854 $ 36,579

Commissions 130,119 137,131

Credit card charges recovered 22,684 20,712

Gift certificates 2,836 9,099

Sales for distribution 1,096,509 1,169,695

1,288,002 1,373,216

Disbursements

Advertising and promotion 2,664 429

Bank charges and interest 882 958

Credit card charges 30,584 27,560

E-Commerce 2,679 1,230

Office expenses 7,709 8,224

Professional fees - 1,000

Rent 2,347 2,279

Sales reimbursement 1,099,345 1,176,145

Staffing costs and benefits 138,438 149,765

Telephone 3,354 3,464

1,288,002 1,371,054

Excess of Receipts over Disbursements - 2,162

Fund balance, beginning of year (12,860) (21,031)

Transfer from General Fund 1,190 6,009

Fund balance, end of year $ (11,670) $ (12,860)

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2010 2009Receipts

Casino revenue $ - $ 76,158

Investment income 59 -

59 76,158

Disbursements

Casino rent - 400

Casino wages - 2,084

Interest and bank charges 76 83

76 2,567

Excess (Deficiency) of Receipts over Disbursements (17) 73,591

Transfers to general fund (31,836) (17,249)

Transfer to property and equipment fund (6,275) (14,700)

Fund balance, beginning of year 70,221 28,579

Fund balance, end of year $ 32,093 $ 70,221

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2010 2009Receipts

City of Edmonton - Alberta Avenue $ 67,000 $ 57,000

City of Edmonton - Winter Light Festival 796,912 800,383

Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 67,500 67,500

Edmonton Heritage Council (Note 10) - 253,575

Lee Fund Grant 35,500 36,753

Other Programs 3,000 80,440

TransAlta 180,000 180,000

1,149,912 1,475,651

Disbursements

City of Edmonton - Alberta Avenue 51,673 50,040

City of Edmonton - Winter Light Festival 831,495 927,277

Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 67,500 67,500

Edmonton Heritage Council (Note 10) 91,854 173,006

Lee Fund Grant 35,500 36,753

Other Programs 6,351 138,925

TransAlta 179,928 151,995

1,264,301 1,545,496

Excess (Deficiency) of Receipts over Disbursements (114,389) (69,845)


Fund balance, end of year $334,837 $ 449,226

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2010 2009Receipts $ - $ -

Disbursements

Amortization 30,677 20,931

Excess (Deficiency) of Receipts over Disbursements (30,677) (20,931)


Transfer from General Fund 20,504 50,362

Transfer from Program Fund 14,170 -



Property and Equipment Fund


2010 2009Receipts

Public Art Funds Received $1,730,069 $ 2,393,353

Disbursements

Public Art Projects Expense 1,802,306 1,945,742

Excess (Deficiency) of Receipts over Disbursements (72,237) 447,611

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (14,170) -



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2010 2009Receipts

City of Edmonton Community Investment Grants $ 4,716,000 $ 4,622,000

Investment income 21,231 29,043

4,737,231 4,651,043

Disbursements

Administration 154,527 102,142

Arts Operating Grant 1,962,992 1,927,450

Cultural Diversity Grants 72,500 91,000

Edmonton Artists Individual Grants 204,050 217,000

Emergency Grant - 10,230

Facility Grants 955,123 960,057

Festival Operating Grant 1,125,100 1,107,023

Festival Seed Grants 60,000 51,500

Major Parade and Celebration Grants 51,075 59,500

Public Art Grants 100,000 100,000

Special Awards - 200

Travel Grants 31,629 24,710

4,716,996 4,650,812

Excess of Receipts over Disbursements 20,235 231






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2010 2009Net inflow (outflow) of cash related to the following activities:

Operating

Net increase (decrease) in surplus $ 76,782 $ (22,780)

Change in non-cash balances relating to operations

Accounts receivable (23,005) (39,845)


Unearned revenue - (6,775)

59,575 (25,473)

Financing

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (20,504) (50,362)

Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (1,190) (6,009)


10,142 (39,122)

Net inflow (outflow) of cash 69,717 (64,595)

Cash (deficiency), beginning of year (41,609) 22,986

Cash (deficiency), end of year $ 28,108 $ (41,609)

General Fund

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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: • help provide financial support to festivals, arts organizations and individual artists; • educate those who play a role in the success of the arts community about the quality of artistic work produced here, its importance to the city, and its needs; • advise decision makers on specific issues that affect the arts; • nurture the quality of artistic work produced here.

The EAC was incorporated on April 19, 1995 under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and was registered as a charity effective August 1, 1997 under the Income Tax Act.

The operations of the Society are organized into project funds. A summary of each of the funds is as follows:

General Fund Donations 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 Fund TIX 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 Fund The 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 Fund When 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 Fund The 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 Fund The 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.

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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:

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 Equipment Property and Equipment are recorded at cost. Amortization is calculated on the declining balance basis over the assets estimated useful life at the following annual rates: Computer equipment and website 30% Ticket booth 30% Office equipment 20%

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

Donations With 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 Donations The 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 Taxes The 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 uncertainty The 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 Instruments The 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 Assets Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment. Long-lived assets held for use are measured and amortized as described in the applicable accounting policies.

The Society performs impairment testing on long-lived assets held for use whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset, or group of assets, may not be recoverable. Impairment losses are recognized when undiscounted future cash flows from its use and disposal are less than the asset’s carrying amount. Impairment is measured as the amount by which the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value. Any impairment is included in earnings for the year.



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Note 4: Edmonton Artists Trust FundThe 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% (2009 - 3.5%) of the asset base in the fund which will be used to support local artists.

During the year the EAC received $79,515 (2009 - $75,210) of which $67,500 (2009 - $67,500) was for grants to approved artists and $12,015 (2009 - $7,710) was for administration costs.

Note 5: 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 6: Unearned Revenue Unearned revenue of the TIX on the Square Fund is comprised of gift certificates sold that have not been redeemed.

Note 7: Financial instruments Credit Risk Financial instruments held by the Society expose it to credit risk. As at December 31, 2010, 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 value The fair value of cash, accounts receivable, bank indebtedness, unearned revenue, and accounts payable is approximately equal to their carrying value due to their short-term maturity dates.

Note 8: Comparative Financial Statement Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to confirm with current year presentation.

Note 9: 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, 2011.

Cost AccumulatedAmortization

2010 Net Book Value

2009 Net Book Value

Computer equipment and website $ 163,105 $ 75,796 $ 87,309 $ 76,457

Ticket booth 16,734 16,536 198 283

Office equipment 15,681 8,641 7,040 7,535

$ 195,520 $ 100,973 $ 94,547 $ 84,275

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Note 10: Edmonton Heritage Council The Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) was housed in the EAC from April to December 2009. During the 2009 year the EHC took steps to establish itself as an incorporated business and was incorporated under the Society’s Act of Alberta on November 6, 2009 and commenced operations in the newly incorporated Society on January 1, 2010. The EAC transferred the funds it had related to the EHC programs to the EHC to continue the operations in the new Society.

Note 11: Future Accounting Changes In December of 2010, the Accounting Standards Board of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants approved the adoption of new accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations, to be effective for fiscal years commencing on or after January 1, 2012. Management and the Board will ensure the Society complies with the new standards.

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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Mile Zero Dance is a not-for-profit charitable organization that has been devoted to the cultivation of original contemporary dance and interdisciplinary performance since 1985. Since 2004, Artistic Director Gerry Morita has been bringing Mile Zero Dance to larger and more diverse audiences with an open, yet artistically challenging style of work as she infuses the company with a distinct voice and aesthetic that encompasses dance, interdisciplinary work, and performance art.

MZD has developed a wide array of collaborations with individuals and companies locally, nationally and internationally. MZD works with others in a spirit that fosters creativity and vitality and is devoted to the development and artistic viability of dance and interdisciplinary performance in Edmonton.

MZD consistently produces a full and varied season. MZD’s studio space, Studio E, is a hub of performance and training activity, supporting work from artists of all styles and disciplines. MZD’s activity includes mainstage performances, the salon series, site-specific work, creative residencies, school shows, and intensive workshops with master artists.

Mile Zero Dance dance organization

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