Backgrounder – The Government of Canada Invests More than $4 Million in Arts and Culture in Alberta
Backgrounder
Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), announces support for local festivals, cultural infrastructure, arts presentation and more.
Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage
| City | Organization | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | Western Carnival Development Association | Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival | $54,625 |
| Edmonton | Arts on the Ave Edmonton Society | Kaleido Family Arts Festival | $100,985 |
| Edmonton | Common Ground Arts Society | Found Festival 2019 | $24,200 |
| Edmonton | Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta | Honouring Our Treaty Gathering 2019 | $61,000 |
| Edmonton | The Free Will Players Theatre Guild | Freewill Shakespeare Festival | $48,400 |
| Edmonton | Thousand Faces Festival Association | Thousand Faces Festival | $11,200 |
| Enoch | Enoch Cree Nation | Enoch Cree Nation 27th Annual Pow Wow Celebration | $102,500 |
| Fort Saskatchewan | Josephburg Agricultural Society | Christmas in the Heartland | $12,100 |
| Jasper | Friends of Jasper National Park Association | Canada's Parks Day | $25,300 |
| Lacombe | Lacombe Regional Tourism and Marketing Association | Lacombe Culture & Harvest Festival | $8,000 |
| Sturgeon County | Poundmaker’s Lodge Treatment Centres | Pow Wow | $41,100 |
| Vegreville | Vegreville Cultural Association | 46th Vegreville Ukrainian Pysanka Festival | $22,800 |
| Whitecourt | Whitecourt and Woodlands Performing Arts Society | Party In The Park 2019 | $27,300 |
| TOTAL: | $539,510 | ||
Canada Arts Presentation Fund
| City | Organization | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose | Camrose Performing Arts Centre Management Council | Presentation Season | $16,500* |
| Edmonton | Alberta Book Fair Society | LitFest | $12,100* |
| Edmonton | Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta | Touring Network Support | $49,500* |
| Edmonton | Azimuth Theatre Association | Expanse Festival | $11,000* |
| Edmonton | Brian Webb Dance Company | BWDC 2018/19 and 2019/20 Seasons | $75,900* |
| Edmonton | Citadel Theatre | Beyond the Stage | $48,000* |
| Edmonton | Edmonton Chamber Music Society | Summer Solstice Music Festival | $13,200* |
| Edmonton | Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society | Edmonton Folk Music Festival | $600,000 |
| Edmonton | Edmonton International Street Performers Festival Association | Edmonton International Street Performers Festival | $93,500* |
| Edmonton | Edmonton Jazz Festival Society | TD Edmonton International Jazz Festival / EJFS Outreach Initiatives | $55,000* |
| Edmonton | Edmonton Jazz Society (1973) | Yardbird Suite | $22,000* |
| Edmonton | Edmonton Poetry Festival Society | Edmonton Poetry Festival | $5,500* |
| Edmonton | Francis Winspear Centre for Music | Live at the Winspear | $27,500* |
| Edmonton | Fringe Theatre Adventures Society | 2018–2022 Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival, Fringe Theatre Season, Fringe Spotlight, and Chinook Series | $858,000 |
| Edmonton | Mile Zero Dance Society | Mile Zero Dance presents three performance series: Dirt Buffet Cabaret; MZD Salon Series; Dance Crush | $19,800* |
| Edmonton | Nextfest Arts Company | NEXTFEST | $26,400* |
| Edmonton | Rapid Fire Theatre Society | Improvaganza | $8,800* |
| Edmonton | Regroupement Artistique Francophone de l’Alberta | Production and modernization of the tool Apprenti Diffuseur | $35,250 |
| Edmonton | Works International Visual Arts Society | The Works Art & Design Festival; The Art & Design in Public Places Program | $119,900* |
| Edmonton | Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Society | Canoe Theatre Festival | $16,500* |
| Fort McMurray | Keyano College | Professional Artist Presenter Series | $33,000* |
| Fort Saskatchewan |
Shell Centre (City of Fort Saskatchewan) |
2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Shell Theatre Performance Series | $27,500* |
| Grande Prairie | Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival | Grande Prairie International Street Performers Festival | $7,150* |
| Leduc | Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts (City of Leduc) |
2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2022 seasons |
$18,700* |
| Lloydminster | Vic Juba Community Theatre Board | Dr. H. A. McDonald Season | $24,200* |
| Sherwood Park | Strathcona County | Festival Place Professional Artists Season | $77,000* |
| Spruce Grove | Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre (City of Spruce Grove) | Horizon Stage Professional Series | $49,500* |
| St. Albert | City of St. Albert | 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 Arden Theatre Season Program | $77,000* |
| St. Albert | Friends of the Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival Society | 2018-2019-2020 Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival | $104,500* |
| Stony Plain | Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Society | Blueberry Bluegrass & Country Music Festival | $9,900* |
| TOTAL: | $2,542,800 | ||
*Note: Recipient may receive additional supplemental consideration over this amount
Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
| City | Organization | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Association of the Inside Out Integrated Theatre Project | Inside Out Accessible Theatre Space Equipment | $12,000 |
| Calgary | Decidedly Jazz Danceworks | Theatre Equipment | $75,000 |
| Camrose | Camrose Performing Arts Centre Management Council | Final Fit-up, Specialized Presenting Equipment and Safety Project | $73,465 |
| Edmonton | Citadel Theatre | Schocter Theatre Accessibility | $75,000 |
| Edmonton | Fringe Theatre Adventures Society | Arts Barns Audio System Replacement | $75,000 |
| Edmonton | Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre Society | Fire Alarm System Upgrade | $9,316 |
| Hinton | Home for Fine Arts Society of Hinton | Technical Equipment | $5,283 |
| Leduc | Maclab Centre for the Performing Arts (City of Leduc) | Specialized Equipment Maclab Centre 2019 | $74,500 |
| Spruce Grove | Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre (City of Spruce Grove) | Horizon Stage Technical Improvements | $63,208 |
| St. Albert | City of St. Albert | St. Albert New Arts Space | $465,615 |
| TOTAL: | $928,387 | ||