Updates and Resources
Jan 25, 2021
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New updates and resources continue to arrive everyday - below are the latest.
Please continue to refer to reach out to us with any questions or concerns.
Stay well everyone - The OP Team
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NACIS Results Now Available!
Results from the National Arts and Culture Impact Survey (NACIS), conducted in November 2020, are now available. In total, 2,001 individuals and organizations from across Canada completed the survey.
Findings from the NACIS pointed to the following insights:
- One in two organizations had positive experiences with digital programming, but many respondents indicated that going digital is not right for them.
- Organizations are fairly optimistic, given the circumstances, while individual artists and arts workers are uncertain about their future in the arts
- Government support is generally positively perceived
- Very high stress and anxiety levels suggest that the impact of the pandemic isn’t just economic
The NACIS was co-commissioned by a group of national and provincial arts service organizations representing a range of artistic disciplines across Canada. Our thanks to everyone who responded to and collaborated on this project.
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Civic Venues Webinar from CAPACOA
CAPACOA is offering an upcoming webinar that may be of particular interest to municipal presenters:
A Changing Performing Arts Ecosystem: Civic Venues
February 9th, 2021 at 3:00 pm
A panel of speakers will discuss: What was the impact of COVID-19 on civic venues and what can we do to support these venues? If civic venues become rental halls, how will this influence the ecosystem of the performing arts sector, especially touring?
This is the first of a 3-webinar series on the change in the performing arts ecosystem post-pandemic, which will focus on civic venues, festivals and touring.
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Update for Artists re: CERB/CRB Qualification
 Good news! In an important change for artists, the CRA now says grant money for artists may be counted as income to qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and the Canada Recovery Benefit. Under the rules for both programs, applicants must have had at least $5,000 in income in 2019, 2020 or the 12 months preceding their application. The CRA was not allowing grants to be counted as income under CERB/CRB rules. With this new change, many artists who received notices of repayment will now qualify for CERB or CRB and will not be required to repay the benefits.
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IPAA Call for Board Members & Admin Help
IPAA is seeking Indigenous voices with administrative, financial, and leadership experience to build the capacity of the association through a reorganizational and strategic planning process.
Now is your opportunity to provide input into this National Arts Service Organization with its commitment to platforming Indigenous Artists and Communities through a collective voice of generosity and inclusion.
For more information on becoming a Board Member and to obtain a Board Package, contact Terri Brennan by email at terri.brennan@inclusivevoices.com
IPAA is also looking for administrative assistance for a number of projects. Experience in administration or virtual event production is considered an asset. Please email info@ipaa.ca with a resume/CV for more information.
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Music Canada Launches Artist Survey
 Music Canada has partnered with Abacus Data to get a renewed understanding of how artists’ perspectives continue to be impacted by the pandemic. The survey will hear from artists on the financial implications they are experiencing, how the pandemic is impacting their ability to create music, and how they are building or evolving skill sets to help them get by.
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2020 Labour Force Survey Statistics
The COVID pandemic took a particularly heavy toll on the arts sector in 2020. One in four arts, entertainment and recreation workers lost their job in 2020, compared to 2019. That’s 114,400 artists, technicians, marketing staff, arts administrators and other cultural workers who could no longer earn a living out of their profession.
These statistics are from the Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada’s monthly survey of employees. They provide an account of employment for full-time, part-time and occasional employees, as well as self-employed workers. Through the later half of the year, CAPACOA delivered custom tables and monthly analyses of the Labour Force Survey data (see the December edition). This special edition offers a year-to-year comparison of key employment indicators.
Our thanks to CAPACOA for continuing to monitor this important data.
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Canadian Art Goers are Longing for Live Events
The CAPACOA team also analysed results from Wave 3 of the Audience Outlook Monitor (conducted in October 2020) and Alberta’s New Experience Economy Wave 3. Both suggest that audiences are longing for live events, and demand for online performances might decrease once in-person events resume.
For more on digital performances, check out CAPACOA's second in a two-part webinar series on the subject, coming up tomorrow!
Online Performances, Part 2: Providing value for the buck (and making a few bucks in return)
Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from 3:00-4:15 pm EST
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Entandem Reporting Season
One more item from our very helpful friends at CAPACOA! They have prepared a guidance document to help CAPCAOA and regional presenter network members with copyright and neighbouring rights reports to Entandem. The document explains which music users require which kinds of license and specifies if you should be reporting on the Entandem portal or with PDF forms.
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Work Smarts Equity and Inclusion Workshops
Last October, WorkinCulture launched a series on equity and inclusion with the anti-harassment workshop developed by the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC). They are now continuing this series with two new workshops developed and facilitated by Sheliza Jamal, founder of Curated Leadership. Registration is now open for sessions that will examine power dynamics, privilege, and bias. These workshops are presented in partnership with ArtsBuild Ontario, Kingston Arts Council & North York Arts.
Identity, Power and Privilege
Wednesday, February 10 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm EST
We will discuss the role of power dynamics in our everyday interactions and the procedures we can apply to shift work culture. Through a “calling-in” approach, you will understand the ways power and privilege can be leveraged to create change in arts-based organizations.
Examining Unconscious Bias
Wednesday, February 17 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm EST
In this session, you will get a better understanding of common equity terms like microaggression, especially how it impacts work culture. You will also gain tools to change these attitudes, to develop better leadership and relationships with employees and communities.
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Webinar: Navigating Changes in Social Media
Coming up tomorrow at 12pm ET! The Atlantic Presenters Association is offering a free Social Media webinar facilitated Inga Petri of Strategic Moves:
Social media is constantly evolving. As platforms expand and new ones crop up, users shift their behaviours, attitudes, and interactions with their feeds. This means that navigating the ever-changing architecture of social media can pose a considerable challenge for organizations and businesses.
This workshop takes a look at how Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have been changing recently and how you can continue to use them to build meaningful, beneficial relationships with your audiences and your community. We’ll also consider which platforms to invest your time, energy and budget in for best effect.
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Thank you for being part of Ontario's live performing arts sector!
We appreciate you and we are here for you!
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