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Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council provides continued support to professional arts organizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2011, St. John’s, NL – The Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) has awarded $575,000 to 17 professional arts organizations through the Sustaining Program for Professional Arts Organizations (SPPAO). This program supports the administrative and production costs associated with operating a professional arts organization.
The SPPAO operates on a three-year cycle. Organizations funded in year one are guaranteed at least 75% of their grant for the next two years, as long as they maintain the same level of activity, and funding for the program does not change. New applicants can apply only in the first year of the cycle; 2011 is the first year of a new granting cycle.
The successful applicants are:
| Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland |
$25,000 |
| Eastern Edge Gallery |
$46,000 |
| Gros Morne Summer Music |
$20,000 |
| Lighthouse Productions |
$19,000 |
| Neighbourhood Dance Works |
$34,000 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society |
$27,000 |
| Newfoundland Independent Filmmaker’s Cooperative |
$40,000 |
| Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra |
$63,000 |
| Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company |
$45,000 |
| Rising Tide Association |
$65,000 |
| Sound Arts Initiatives |
$21,000 |
| St. John’s International Women’s Film and Video Festival |
$18,000 |
| St. Michael’s Printshop |
$34,000 |
| Theatre Newfoundland Labrador |
$50,000 |
| Tuckamore Festival |
$20,000 |
| Wonderbolt Productions |
$28,000 |
| Wreckhouse Jazz and Blues |
$20,000 |
The NLAC receives an annual contribution of $2.1 million from the Provincial Government for granting programs, program delivery, operations, and communications.
“We are pleased to have an additional $75,000 to award through this important program,” says Reg Winsor, executive director of the NLAC. “This is due to the recent increase to the NLAC budget announced as part of the provincial budget in April. This has allowed us to award organizations more substantial grants in support of their administrative and production costs.”
Applications were evaluated by a committee of artistic peers based on artistic vision, production activity, and administrative management.
Media Contact:
Janet McDonald
Communications Officer
Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
(709) 726-2212 or Toll Free: 1 (866) 726-2212 (NL only)
jmcdonald@nf.aibn.com
The NLAC is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. The Council is governed by a volunteer board of 13 appointed by government, reflecting regional representation of the province. This includes 10 professional artists who provide sectoral representation of the arts community; one community representative (with an interest in the arts); one business representative (with an interest in the arts); and one representative of the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation (non-voting). The NLAC receives an annual grant from the Province to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sector. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing.
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