January 2017
Cultural news for the City of Niagara Falls

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January News
Check out news on the Allister Young Endownment fund, the Niagara Falls Art Show, 150 Events, a few potential summits and conferences for artists and a national Canada Day Challenge.

How to write a successful grant proposal

Shortly, the Arts, Culture & Museum Committee will be announcing the call for 2017 applications for the Cultural Development Fund. This workshop will assist those with or without experience in writing funding applications.

Developing effective grant writing skills are essential to acquire competitive funding from government agencies and private foundations. Writing a successful grant proposal is a blend of art and science. It not only requires basic now how, but content knowledge, writing proficiency, research skills, creativity, patience as well as luck! This seminar will provide participants with the background necessary to develop a competitive funding proposal.

Wednesday, January 25 at 7 p.m.
Niagara Falls Small Business Enterprise Centre
4321 Queen Street
(Across from City Hall)

To register - sign up at EventBrite

ATTENTION!
Next Gen Arts and Culture Leaders
The Canadian Arts Summit Invites Expressions of Interest to Attend the 20th Annual Summit
May 12 – 14, 2017 | Charlottetown, PEI

Join the leadership of Canada’s largest arts institutions for a stimulating weekend of networking, professional development and ideas exchange at the 20th Annual Canadian Arts Summit, CultureNEXT, May 12-14, 2017 at the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, PEI | www.canadianartssummit.com

FEMINIST ART CONFERENCE OF TORONTO

An international and intersectional celebration of multidisciplinary arts

Feminist Art Conference (FAC) is a Toronto-based organization that brings together artists, academics, and activists to consider feminist issues through art and dialogue. Join us at OCADU on January 21st, 2017 for an incredible line-up of artists, speakers, and panels. The conference registration is on a sliding scale, with PWYC options available by emailing FACpwyc@gmail.com.

Learn more at www.factoronto.org including FAC satellite events, which are free to attend!

Niagara Falls Art Show

April 1 & 2
Niagara Falls Public Library
Stay tuned for the call in February for new art work to be included.

Canada 150 Celebrations

In 2017, Canada will celebrate the 150th anniversary of confederation! Niagara Falls residents, along with all Canadians, will have an opportunity to mark the 150th anniversary of our Country.

Christopher Dabrowski, Chair of Canada 150 Celebrations, recently requested Council approve a $150,000 budget request for the Canada 150 Celebrations, for events across the City. The request was approved by Council.

The City is requesting for organizations to share their Canada 150 event on the City's event calendar, and for inclusion in the MyCity Guide. Events must be submitted by January 6, 2017.

Allister Young Arts & Culture Endowment Fund

The City of Niagara Falls Arts, Culture & Museum Committee invites interested individuals to apply to the Allister Young Arts & Culture Endowment Fund.

In 1997, Mr. Allister Young donated a 1932 Ford Roadster to the then Arts and Culture Commission. The car was raffled off and the money raised from the sale of tickets was used to establish an Arts and Culture Endowment Fund to support artistic development.

Applicants to the fund must be residents of Niagara Falls in their high school graduating year or older and active artists in any creative arts field. Please note that applicants are not required to be students. Eligible artists ages 16 to 100 are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must submit a resume with a digital portfolio, video, or examples of written or performance work, a written artist statement and statement of intention.

The annual deadline for submissions is March 15th of each year.
One award of $1000 will be awarded to one individual per year.

Past recipients include;
2016 - Tristain Zammitt
2015 - Carl David Onofrio
2014 - Emily Andrews (pictured above)
2013 - Lynzey Ruscitti
2012 - Nicole Panday & Stephanie Oliver

Applications and details are on the city website

Canada Day Challenge for young artists

Every year, the Canadian government asks young Canadians from 8 to 18 years old across Canada to submit their best, most dynamic drawings, photos or pieces of creative writing.

The Challenge is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2017, along with Canada’s 150th anniversary! Over 350,000 participants from across Canada have taken up the Challenge since 1987, and this year young Canadians are encouraged to join in and share with us their vision of the future for themselves and for Canada!

The winners will receive great prizes, including 1 of 3 all-expenses paid trip for two to Ottawa to celebrate Canada Day 2017 and the 150th celebrations on Parliament Hill: meet some of Canada’s most inspiring people, tour museums, galleries, the iconic Parliament Buildings and be part of a special summer exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History. You will get a VIP experience to the amazing Canada 150 celebrations!

Read more on how to participate in the Canada Day Challenge for more information.

Aspiring filmmakers can check out the Canada Day Video Challenge, part of Historica Canada’s Here’s My Canada contest.

Don’t Read This If You’re A Woodpecker
The Scrapbook Paintings

December 3, 2016—January 15, 2017
Niagara Falls History Museum

This exhibit showcases the work of local artist Melanie MacDonald.
It highlights a series of artworks inspired by a pair of scrapbooks created in the 1930s and 40s.

Melanie MacDonald lives in downtown St. Catharines and is an active member of the Niagara Artists Centre. She has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Niagara, Hamilton, London, Kingston, Western New York and Quebec.

Her work was selected to appear in Carte Blanche 2: Painting, Magenta Publishing’s national survey of Canadian painters. In 2009 she received a Trillium Excellence in the Arts Emerging Artist Award from the City of St. Catharines. She has been the recipient of numerous Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance grants.

Artists Database – needs Data to make it work for you

At the Cultural Summit in 2015, the community requested a digital network of information, a database that would allow artists to know who else is in the community and what supplies, materials or work could be communicated and shared with other artists in the community.
Rick Tisi volunteered to create the database, which is now available.
Check it out at http://artistsniagara.com/

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