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Tables by Mike Lam, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,” photo supplied“Vaulted Willow” by Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

John Ullyatt, Rebecca Northan, James MacDonald, Alex McCooeye, Farren Timoteo, Lisa Norton, Julien Arnold, Sarah Machin Gale and Jana O’Connor in "Make Mine Love" at the Citadel Theatre, photo by David Cooper PhotographyTateanna-Marie Oxebin on the decks at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot

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edmonton arts council

message from the chair

message from the executive director

message from the mayor

public art

tix on the square

churchill square

grant programs

poet laureate

financial statements

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“Hall of Fame” by Dominique Petrin at SNAP, photo supplied

“Visual Splice” by Mile Zero Dance, photo by Studio E Jessie Gouchie at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Epic Photography

“Elemental” by Lynn Malin, photo by Ryan Parker/PK Photography

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The Edmonton Arts Council

is a not-for-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 Directors as of June 2014

Executive CommitteeBrian Webb, Chair

Anne Ferguson Switzer, Vice-Chair

Mary Phillips-Rickey, Secretary-Treasurer

Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, Past Chair

Members-at-largeLyall Brenneis - City of Edmonton appointed representative

Brad Stromberg – Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) Representative

Ahmed Ali

Glen Erickson

Jeff Haslam

Heather Inglis

Terry Josey

Scott Portingale

Elsa Robinson

Kent Sutherland

Will Truchon

Naz Sohni Uppal

Murray Utas

Clarice Eckford and Patricia Zentilli in “The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble” by Beth Graham, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography4

“Blair Introspectionism” by Royden Mills, Borden Park, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

“Councilmania!” by Jennie Vegt in collaboration with Office of the City Clerk staff

Amber Borotsik and Sheldon Elter in Workshop West Theatre’s “Beowulf,” photo by Michael Clark

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Cris Derksen and Joshua Jackson at Legacy of Living Together, photo by Marc Chalifoux

Public Art Conservation Assistant Jenika Sobolewska with

untitled work by Jordi Bonet, photo by David Turnbull

Edmonton Arts Council Staffas of December 31, 2014

Executive Director

Paul Moulton

Operations

Shirley Combden

Kristina de Guzman

Sally Kim

Grants, Awards & Support Programs Mary Jane Kreisel

Justina Watt

Stephen Williams

Public Art

Andrea Bowes

Robert Harpin

Katherine Kerr

Dawn Saunders-Dahl

Public Art Conservation Jenika Sobolewska

David Turnbull

Martin Wasserfall

Communications

Annette Aslund

Eva Marie Clarke

Jenna Turner

TIX on the Square Kaitlyn Grant

Stephanie Hample

Lisa McNicol

Kaelyn Saunders

Amanda Skopik

Judy Stelck

Betty Thomson

Churchill Square

Bob Rasko

In recognitionThe Edmonton Arts Council

would like to thank Shad Bassett,

Rachel Osolen, Krista Posyniak,

Amelia Shultz-McPherson and

Alexandra Truscott for their

contribution to Edmonton Arts

Council operations in 2014.

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The Edmonton arts community is dynamic and exhilarating.

In 2014, Usha Gupta Dance Entourage toured its

production of Aalaap to seven cities in India; the Wet

Secrets won more than $100,000 in the Peak Performance

Project; Shreela Chakrabartty’s suspense film Rock Paper

Dice Enter screened in cities across Canada and India; and

University of Alberta Fine Art student Tiffany Adair won

an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary

Sculpture Award from the International Sculpting Centre.

Continuing with that trend, 2015 began with an Off

Broadway opening of Catalyst Theatre’s production of

Nevermore. WOW!!! These are just a few examples of our

arts community’s success.

The Edmonton Arts Council’s commitment to the success

of our local arts community was strong throughout 2014.

As the organization responsible for overseeing the City

of Edmonton’s investment in the arts, the Edmonton

Arts Council (EAC) continued to celebrate and promote

our community’s successes, administer the City’s funding

for artists and arts groups, and manage the City of

Edmonton Public Art Collection. The EAC also emphasized

three main development goals for 2014: support and

funding for artists and arts groups from culturally diverse

communities; recognition and appreciation of customary

and contemporary arts practiced by Aboriginal artists;

and development of practices by the Edmonton arts

community to remain stable and sustainable in a quickly

changing world. The EAC’s collaboration between our

community Board of Directors and administrative staff

ensured that these commitments were dynamically and

responsibly initiated and nurtured. All three of these

strategic priorities recognize that Edmonton is a rapidly

evolving community, and that its arts practices are also

evolving at a rate unimaginable when the EAC was created.

Leadership by an organization like the EAC is an ability

to prepare for the near, and not so near future while

supporting current practices of artists and arts

organizations. How the Council develops and adapts

policies to meet the needs of the community, rather than

enforcing rules that the community must adapt to, will

determine the organization’s real vitality – and the EAC

is vital! We acknowledge that Edmonton is still a young

city that has seen, and is experiencing, exciting changes.

Edmonton’s demographic is changing, its institutions are

changing, its way of living with its history is changing, and

its arts community’s creative and community engagement

practices are changing. This year, the EAC has put forward

propositions that I believe will encourage the arts to

flourish amongst all of these changes.

The EAC continued to implement the recommendations

of the Edmonton Arts Council – Cultural Diversity Audit in

real and tangible ways in 2014. That work was most evident

with the move from a Cultural Diversity in the Arts award,

to a project grant. The new program was celebrated at

our EAC Winter Social event in early 2015, where Mayor

Don Iveson presented cheques to the 12 successful

recipients. The Equity Committee met regularly with the

staff throughout the year to develop practices that really

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Brian Webb

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Leadership by an organization

like the EAC is an ability to

prepare for the near, and not

so near future while supporting

current practices of artists and

arts organizations.

encourage inclusion. I find this progress so exciting, and I

thank the committee and staff for their work in making this

happen. This is a fluid beginning, and the EAC continues

to review its interaction with the many culturally diverse

communities in Edmonton to ensure that we grow together.

In 2013, we formed an Aboriginal Initiatives Committee

made up of board members, staff and community

representatives, and the dialogue in this committee has

been inspiring. The EAC adopted the Audit of the Edmonton

Arts Council’s Current Practices and Offerings in Relation to

the Aboriginal Arts Community and its policies. Following

the audit recommendations, the Aboriginal Initiatives

Committee moved forward with development of an

Aboriginal arts gathering. The gathering of Edmonton

Aboriginal artists, Aboriginal artists from across the prairie

region, and funders from all three levels of government

was hosted by the EAC in May 2015.

Executive Director Paul Moulton also initiated the New

Pathways Project between EmcArts of New York and

the Edmonton and area arts community in 2014. With

the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the

Edmonton Community Foundation and the EAC, 20

arts organizations have entered a three-year process of

exploring adaptive and innovative ways to engage the

public in arts experiences, and to become sustainable – all

at no cost to the participating organizations. This multi-year

project brings arts groups of all sizes together to explore

possibilities and develop creative ways to continue to be

relevant and vibrant.

As we move into 2015, new and unexpected challenges lie

ahead. The community is already dealing with a loss; the

destruction by fire of the Roxy Theatre was devastating for

Theatre Network and for many independent artists, but the

EAC and the community have stepped up to ensure that

the company’s season continued. This care demonstrates

our spirit as community players.

I express my thanks to the Edmonton arts community, to

Paul and his staff at the EAC, and to the volunteer Board

of Directors for their commitment, tenacity and passion in

celebrating Edmonton arts as a dynamic component of our

culture. We are on a wonderful journey!

Mayor Don Iveson, EAC Board Chair Brian Webb, and EAC Executive Director Paul Moulton, photo by Doyle C. Marko/DCM Photography

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message from the executive director

Paul Moulton

2014 was a year of strategic focus for the Edmonton Arts Council, as our staff and board narrowed in on key priorities for the organization, and for Edmonton’s arts community.

Our three main areas of focus for the year were equity and

inclusion for artists from culturally diverse backgrounds,

Aboriginal arts initiatives, and New Pathways, a program to

support adaptive change and innovation in Edmonton’s

arts organizations.

The EAC took steps in 2014 to ensure that our juries are

more reflective of the full diversity of the City of Edmonton,

and that our grant programs are inclusive and accessible.

Following recommendations arising from our 2012

Cultural Diversity Audit and the resulting work of our

Equity Committee, the EAC transformed the Cultural

Diversity in the Arts award into a grant program in 2014.

The intention of the new grant is to encourage artists

from culturally diverse communities to participate in the

grant process, while continuing to support those who

face cultural, linguistic or historical barriers to support. To

raise awareness of this, and other EAC opportunities, staff

facilitated multiple workshops at public venues throughout

the city, resulting in a significant increase in applications to

the 2014 grant program. The grant maintained the public

celebration aspect of the award, with recipients being

recognized at our annual member’s Winter Social.

The EAC also supported a number of special projects for culturally diverse artists in 2014, such as an artist residency with the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN). Local painter, photographer and ceramicist, Juan Lopezdabdoub spent six months building a rapport with clients at the EMCN in order to tell their stories through art. We also funded the Vision Quest scholarship through the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA), for filmmakers from culturally diverse and Aboriginal communities. The scholarship includes a one-year membership to FAVA and access to film and video workshops taught by experienced mentors.

This year we worked with Promethean Heritage & Cultural Services to conduct an audit on our practices and offerings in relation to the Aboriginal arts community, and staff attended Aboriginal cross cultural awareness training. We supported two important projects related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) national event in March – the Grandin Murals by Aaron Paquette and Sylvie Nadeau (with Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta and the City of Edmonton), and the Legacy of Living Together events presented by Alberta Aboriginal Arts. Both projects were well received, and helped to reinforce many of the critical conversations towards healing and reconciliation that transpired at the TRC.

In 2014, the EAC’s Aboriginal Initiatives Committee expanded, allowing us to build new partnerships and introduce additional members of Edmonton’s Aboriginal communities to the EAC. Again with Promethean Heritage & Cultural Services, this committee laid the groundwork for a symposium for Aboriginal artists from across the prairies, which occurred in May 2015. Consultations for an

Aboriginal Art Park are also ongoing.

Another strategic area of focus in 2014 was the

engagement of EmcArts to lead 20 local arts and culture

organizations through New Pathways, a training and

immersion program focused on adaptive change,

innovation and best practices. The program will build

on EmcArts’ ongoing work in Edmonton with the Art

Gallery of Alberta, as well as with other Canadian arts

organizations, including the City of Vancouver and

Calgary Arts Development.

The EAC was productive this year with many additional

initiatives and activities. In July 2014, a temporary sculptural

exhibition was installed in Borden Park, featuring ten

artworks by four of Edmonton’s most senior and influential

sculptors – Peter Hide, Royden Mills, Ken Macklin, and Clay

Ellis. One permanent sculpture, Vaulted Willow by Marc

Fornes, was also installed in the park, and was embraced

enthusiastically by Edmontonians from the moment the

construction fence came down.

In partnership with Capital City Clean Up and the City of

Edmonton, we launched a second graffiti “free wall” in Old

Strathcona in 2014. This location, behind Tirecraft on 101

Street and Whyte Avenue, is supported by the surrounding

businesses, and attracts a wide range of artists whose art

regularly changes the content on the wall.

The Edmonton Arts Council continues to provide support

to many arts organizations and artists through our

community box office and store, TIX on the Square. TIX’s

expansion into sales of work by local artists and artisans

has continued to grow in diversity and public awareness,

reaching milestone sales numbers this year. Attendance

has also increased every year for our daily Churchill Square

Happenings programming, and growth is expected to

continue through 2015.

I would be remiss if I did not offer thanks to the extremely

dedicated and hard working staff at the EAC. I extend my

thanks also to the members of the EAC Board of Directors

for their extraordinary volunteer efforts on behalf of our

arts community. We also offer thanks to City Council and

administration for their faith and trust in our organization.

We will continue to work diligently on behalf of the

arts community to align with the goals of the City of

Edmonton. As we chart a path forward, I look forward to

many exciting new initiatives in 2015 and beyond.

Paul Moulton with “Lunchbreak” by John Seward Johnson, photo by Laughing Dog Photography

Our three main areas of focus for the year

were equity and inclusion for artists from

culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal

arts initiatives, and New Pathways, a program

to support adaptive change and innovation

in Edmonton’s arts organizations.

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Nearly 8,000 years before the arrival of the Europeans, what is now Edmonton was the focal point of ceremony and trade for Indigenous peoples.

The contributions – in every area from arts to commerce

– by our Aboriginal Peoples helped Edmonton develop

into the thriving urban centre it is today. We must honour

our place on Treaty Six territory and continue to celebrate

our rich and shared history.

As a city, we recognize the need to continue to build

relationships with our Aboriginal Peoples based on

values of honesty, respect and mutual sharing. We are

fortunate to share in the diverse cultural, social and

economic contributions Aboriginal Peoples bring to our

city each day and are committed to ensuring their long-

term success. As they work to reclaim and nurture their

cultural identities, we must offer them a strong voice in

our community for our future and long-term prosperity.

We also need to support and provide more opportunity

for Aboriginal artists to express themselves in a creative

and therapeutic setting in an effort to allow for healing.

The year 2014 was significant for our city. Edmonton

was honoured to host the final event for the Truth

and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). This

historic event provided an opportunity for Edmonton to

be at the forefront of a dialogue about how Aboriginal

communities are affected as a result of the Residential

School System, and how we are all a part of the healing

process. Through this journey we are starting to recognize

an important part of the process of reconciliation is

allowing the Aboriginal People to tell stories from their

perspective as part of the historical narrative and record

of their experience.

In the week leading up to TRC, the City partnered with

the Edmonton Arts Council on two specific initiatives to

engage our local urban Aboriginal arts community to

showcase their talent and tell these stories.

Perhaps the most monumental initiative was the

unveiling of the Grandin Mural Project in the Grandin

LRT Station. This project began in September 2011 after

City Council was approached about how the existing

mural did not reflect the true experience of Aboriginal

children raised in Residential Schools. In the spirit of

Truth and Reconciliation, a new mural reflecting the

spirit of Aboriginal history, culture and contributions was

installed across from the original mural. This powerful art

is a symbol of the City’s commitment to building positive

relationships with our Aboriginal communities, speaks

to our shared and troubled history, and is a space for

positive learning and healing.

Alberta Aboriginal Arts also presented the Legacy of

Living Together, a “local meets national” arts project

to bear witness to the Truth and Reconciliation

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Mayor Don Iveson

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message from his worship

Mayor Don Iveson

Commission of Canada’s Alberta National Event.

Professional Aboriginal artists were highlighted in a

series of presentations complementing the TRC. The

project welcomed delegates and the general public to

experience challenging artistic works that speak from

a unique Aboriginal perspective.

The City is committed to continuing to work with

the Edmonton Arts Council to advance a number of

public art projects by Aboriginal artists. These include

artworks by Faye Heavyshield, Rebecca Belmore, William

Frymire and Destiny Swiderski for the 102 Ave Bridge,

the Quarters Redevelopment, the Borden Park Swim

Experience and Mill Woods Library, respectively. An

Aboriginal Art Park being planned for the City anticipates

up to six artworks by Canadian Aboriginal artists, and

internationally acclaimed, senior Aboriginal artist Alex

Janvier was recently selected to create a 45-foot diameter

mosaic work, set into the floor of the Rogers Place Arena

Winter Garden.

The Edmonton of today is the direct result of people

of all ages and interests building extraordinary things

together. City-building is about creating spaces to help

people reach their potential, to promote learning and

understanding and to provide healing. This investment

in our community is essential for us to build a city that

is more prosperous and competitive; more healthy and

inclusive; more resilient and caring; and altogether more

uplifting.

I thank the Edmonton Arts Council for enhancing our

city’s reputation as a culturally diverse, artistic hub. Art in

Edmonton should be integral to everything the city does

and I look forward to continuing our partnership to make

our city brighter, more vibrant and more welcoming for all.

“Spirit and Intent” by Jennie Vegt, artist in residence for the Office of the City Clerk

As a city, we recognize the need to continue to build relationships with our Aboriginal

Peoples based on values of honesty, respect and mutual sharing.

The Edmonton Arts Council

directs the City’s Percent for Art

policy, and provides vision for,

and stewardship of, the City of

Edmonton Public Art Collection

public art

“Letter Cloud” by Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik

photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

“Sculptures in Landscapes” Cliff Eyland, photo by Ryan Parker / PK Photography

“ARC Mural” by Scott Sueme, photo by Brad Crowfoot“Wheatfield with Crows” by Konstantin Dimopoulos, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography12

“Vaulted Willow” by Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography 13

“Carousel” by Nicole Galellis, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography 14

The Public Art Committee (PAC) serves as an advisory body to the

City of Edmonton. The Committee is comprised of community

members who include, but are not limited to, art, architecture and

design professionals, City personnel, and business representatives.

PAC’s role is to maintain the vision and objectives of the Percent

for Art program; support the implementation of the Public Art

Master Plan (MAP); provide periodic review of the City of Edmonton

Public Art Collection; advise on the accession, de-accession and

conservation of public artworks; and make recommendations to

the City regarding public art policy.

Activities in 2014 included advisement on the Transitory Art Call,

40 completed and in-progress Percent for Art projects, as well as

the public art plans for the Rogers Place Arena and SE Valley Line

LRT. Other initiatives included startup review of the City of Edmonton

Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas Policy

(C458C) and input on program development for increased artist

and community outreach (e.g. bus tours, workshops and artist

talks). Initiated in 2013, the PAC observer role in the juried selection

committees for new EAC-directed public art projects has been

successfully implemented, developing increased capacity of PAC

members to advise on public art processes.

PAC Membership January-December 2014

Will Truchon (Chair)

Will Bauer

Ken Cantor

Chet Domanski

Carmen Douville

Cynthia Dovell

Kira Hunt

Joshua Kupsch

Agnieszka Matejko

Janice Mills

Royden Mills

Jesse Thomas

Brian Van Sickle

(replaced by Evgeny Voutchkov in May)

Linda Wedman

Vikki Wiercinski

with Katherine Kerr as the Public Art

Director and key staff liaison.

public art committee

“The Ballroom” by France Dubois, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

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Complete 2014Project Title ArtistAbbottsfield Recreation Centre ARC Mural Scott Sueme

Borden Park Vaulted Willow Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY

Borden Park Pavilion Carousel Nicole Galellis

Borden Park Sculpture Park Royden Mills, Clay Ellis, Peter Hide,

Ken Macklin

Callingwood Park Pavilion Callingwood Sidewalk Poetry Agnieszka Matejko

Capital Boulevard Transitions Keith Walker

Cardinal Collins High School Elemental Lynn Malin

Castledowns Park Pavilion Untitled Alexander Stewart/Sergio Serrano

Clareview Library Letter Cloud Coryn Kempster & Julia Jamrozik

Clareview Recreation Centre Eclipse Christian Moeller

Grandin LRT Stations of Reconciliation Aaron Paquette & Sylvie Nadeau

Highlands Library Community Benches Becki Chan

Jasper Avenue/Downtown

Streetscape

Geese in the City Holly Newman

Kennedale Waste

Treatment Centre

Garbage Trucks Jeff Chan, Karen Campos, David

Goulden, Laughing Dog Photography

MacEwan LRT- North Still Life Studio F-Minus

Meadows Library Sculptures in Landscapes Cliff Eyland

Meadows Recreation Centre 1 Wheatfield with Crows Konstantin Dimopoulos

Meadows Recreation Centre 2 The Ballroom France Dubois

Mill Woods Library Phantàsien realities:united

Mill Woods Park Pavilion Landscape Series 1 Erin Ross

Open Source Street Art Pilot Project Tirecraft Wall Wil Yee / AJ Louden

Valley Zoo Entry & Wander Grove of Light Thomas Drugan & Laura Haddad

public art projects

Project Artist

102 Avenue Bridge Faye Heavyshield

2014 Transitory Art Call Jesse Sherburne and

Threshold Collective

Borden Park Natural Swim Experience William Frymire

Clareview Multicultural Centre Eugene Uhuad

Heritage Valley Fire Station Mark Clintberg & Jeff Kulak

Kennedale Eco Station Brandon Blommaert

Lewis Estates Fire Station Vikki Wiercinski

Mill Woods Multicultural Facility &

Seniors Centre

Destiny Swiderski

MacEwan and NAIT Bikeracks MacEwan and NAIT students

Quarters Armature #1 Rebecca Belmore and

Osvaldo Yero

Quarters Armature #2 Brandon Vickerd

Quarters Armature #3 Derek Besant

Stony Plain Rd Streetscape Vern Busby and Bella Totino

Terwillegar Foot Bridge Royden Mills

Victoria Park Pavilion Marc Siegner

Walterdale Bridge Ken Lum

In Progress 2014To encourage community engagement

around Edmonton’s public art projects, the

EAC launched an artist talk series called

Public Art in Conversation in November

2014. Keith Walker presented an intimate

discussion about his journey through public

art at the Alberta Craft Council; Alex Stewart

and Sergio Serrano with Jesse Sherburne

and the Threshold Collective spoke about

upcoming projects by their respective

collectives in Edmonton. Other engagement

activities included availabilities by Nicole

Galellis, Royden Mills, Ken Macklin, Clay Ellis

and Peter Hide at the opening celebrations

for the new Borden Park.

“Eclipse” by Christian Moeller, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography“Milled Woods” by Destiny Swiderski (artist rendering)16

In Progress 2014

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conservation

As steward of the City of Edmonton Public Art Collection,

the EAC protects this asset through one of the very few

integrated public art conservation programs in North

America. Although the Public Art Collection dates from the

1950s, the Conservation program was not implemented

until 2008.

EAC conservators carry out preventative maintenance to,

and routine care of, artworks in the collection. This work

encompasses newer artworks, acquired via gifts, donations,

and the Percent for Art policy, as well as historic works. In its

entirety, the collection is valued at more than $15 million.

In 2014, the Conservation program continued its support

role, executing more than 50 major and minor conservation

projects that included emergency repairs and warranty work

on recently installed artworks.

Major projects included restoration and re-siting of Gigi,

designed by Louis Munan and sculpted by the Sculptors’

Association of Alberta, into Borden Park. The Conservation

program also restored and installed an untitled ten-tonne

iron relief mural by the late Canadian artist, Jordi Bonet,

into the newly built Mill Woods Public Library. This project

took nearly two years of planning and coordination, over

six months of conservation and preparation, and two days

to install.

The Conservation team also participates in outreach

activities including public art tours, conferences, and

media availabilities.

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Stations of Reconciliation: The Grandin Murals

The healing power of art and 10,000 years of history illuminate the

subterranean walls of Grandin LRT Station. Two murals, created 25 years

apart by Francophone painter Sylvie Nadeau and Métis artist Aaron Paquette,

capture the contributions of Alberta’s Francophone community, and evoke

millennia of Aboriginal history in the Edmonton area.

Sylvie Nadeau was commissioned by Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta

in 1989, to paint a mural honouring Bishop Vital Grandin. Her creation

illustrated the work of Catholic clergy from the 19th Century to the present.

However, many within the community felt that the imagery evoked the

troubling history of the residential schools and their impact on Canadian

history. Many survivors found using the station to be a shattering emotional

experience.

The City of Edmonton Aboriginal Relations Office convened a working circle with membership from the Aboriginal and Francophone communities, the University of Alberta, the City, and the Edmonton Arts Council to discuss the situation. On the advice of Elders it became clear that simply removing Sylvie Nadeau’s mural or substantially changing the imagery would be akin to sweeping history “under the carpet.”

Instead, the circle

concluded that the mural needed to be placed in context – side by side with an Aboriginal voice.

Aaron Paquette was chosen as the lead artist. He is committed to the cause of reconciliation and creates artworks that employ intense hues and traditional symbolism to speak about the contemporary experience of Canada’s Aboriginal population. He strongly felt that Sylvie Nadeau needed to be invited to contribute to the re-envisioned artworks; that her artistic vision was important to creating a circle of reconciliation. She created two new panels that accompany the original mural and respond to the new.

Aaron recalls, “I chose to follow a healing path, a path that didn’t see history or humanity as an isolated thing, but as part of a long arc of time, a small part of the web of life.” His mural creates a journey of history and hope.

Artists Sylvie Nadeau & Aaron Paquette

Aaron Paquette & Nick “Smokey” Johnson install the mural

All photos Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

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In his artist statement, Aaron Paquette writes extensively about the imagery:

“The centre of the mural, the part I was told was so important and essential, is the White Buffalo. The White Buffalo is considered a sacred animal and it represents many things for many people, most of all it represents peace, renewal and hope. It symbolizes the dawn of a new era, of true knowledge, wisdom and education.

Flanking the White Buffalo are two wolves. They represent our close connection to the land, they remind us we are all family and we are all connected. While they walk alone from time to time, they also run together. The bears surround the wolves and the buffalo. They are the protectors. They are health and healing. They are filled with starlight and power.

The ravens extend from the centre panel, stretching across the wall, casting their strange, broken shadows. They are the Tricksters and they represent uncertainty, of waiting to see what the lesson will be. They are unfathomable teachers, instructing sometimes through humour, sometimes through pain. They are a bridge between worlds, warning of death, but also in many legends are the bringers of light. They wake up the world.

The Thunderbird stretches across the entire mural, rippling with energy and the power of change, of new beginnings. We hear the Thunderbird in the spring and it tells us to prepare, to begin, to move and create. The Thunderbird is a warrior, a defender, and can create or destroy. Just as an electric current can carry

a positive or negative charge, the lightning flashing from the Thunderbird’s eyes can annihilate or renew you. It all depends on your own choices.

Inside the Thunderbirds are carried the reminders of the true history of this place. The land on which the City of Edmonton has been built has been inhabited for over 10,000 years. Our history is longer than Canada, than Rome, than Christianity and the Pyramids. And it has continued unbroken to today.

The four end panels – drums – compose the call to action and turn the station platform into a circle of reconciliation and healing.”

Each artist contributed two drum images based on the medicine wheel. The panels with their imagery of two young men and two young women symbolize balance and harmony. Their peaceful voices do not bring the conversation to an end; instead, they point to the work that still needs to be done.

“The drums beat in partnership,” says Aaron Paquette. “They speak across what seems a distance, but when hearts beat in unison what distance could there be? Look at your Indigenous brothers and sisters. This is the soil of their inheritance, they are the stewards of this land, and greed attempted to destroy all that. Emptiness almost did. Only now are the Indigenous people rebuilding the things that were lost. And just as their ancestors did, they still welcome all good-hearted people into the loop.”

Raven & Thunderbird portion of “Stations of Reconciliation”

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Located on the southwest corner of Churchill Square, TIX on the Square is a not-for-profit box office and gift shop owned and operated by the Edmonton Arts Council.

TIX experienced a busy and productive year in 2014, with increases in ticket and merchandise sales as well as a renovation to improve our client/customer experience.

In 2014, TIX worked with over 200 organizations, managed ticket sales and/or promotion of more than 1,200 events, sold 48,000 tickets and grossed over $1.7 million.

TIX is becoming a destination for locals, tourists and travellers looking for original gift ideas. Retail sales of more than 200 local artists’ handcrafts and merchandise (such as jewelry, pottery, photography, clothing, books, music and more) increased three times over the 2013 totals – great for the artists, and for TIX!

In December 2014 and early 2015, TIX had a new workstation installed in the centre of the store, and daily operations were moved from a small booth to a friendly, new “pod” with four stations and a barrier-free counter. In 2015, we are moving forward with a new and robust ticketing system that will add value to the services that we now provide to both promoters and purchasers.

Mod Pots Ceramics, photo by Jenna Turner

Sister Bear Designs, photo by TIX on the Square

Mump & Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner) in “Anything,” photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

Little Day Miniatures, photo by Jenna Turner 21Meghan Wagg, jeweller, photo photo by Lauren Voisin

Joan Jones, Edmonton Potters’ Guild, photo by Stephanie Hample

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The Edmonton Arts Council, in partnership with the City of Edmonton, programs activity and event Happenings on Sir Winston Churchill Square for casual and day-to-day public use between major festivals and civic events. Since August 2011, EAC Churchill Square Happenings programmer Bob Rasko has produced a diverse schedule of offerings open to the public including: Sunday Swing

‘n’ Skate, lightsaber training, Live at Lunch, and Zumba

on the Square.

In addition to our regular programming, 2014 included literary collaborations: Word on the Square author talks in partnership with LitFest, and interactive Writer’s Blocks for the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Straight from Burning Man, Daisy, a giant solar powered tricycle from the eatART space in Vancouver, made a special appearance on the Square. Brooklyn hip-hop photographer and Native American activist, Ernie Paniccioli, also visited the Square to join Edmonton’s local hip-hop talent at CypherWild. Over 100 performances graced the Square in 2014, including The Carolines, Mitchmatic, Jason Kodie, and the Pluck’n Holler Boys. It is estimated over 22,000 participants took in Happenings on Sir Winston Churchill Square in 2014. Attendance increases every year and growth is expected to continue through 2015.

B-boy at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot

Daisy the Solar Powered Bicycle by eatART, photo by Jenna Turner

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AJ Louden paints at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot

DJ CreeAsian dances at CypherWild, photo by Brad CrowfootJanine Waddell Hodder and Alex Mackie instruct Lightsaber Training,

photo by Meryl Smith-Lawton

Trocadero Orchestra at Swing ‘n’ Skate, photo by Annette Aslund

grant programs

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The Edmonton Arts Council invests in Edmonton’s

artists and arts community through our many grant

programs. Every year, these grants help countless

Edmontonians attend performances, explore

exhibits, expand their creative skillsets, share their

artistic creations, celebrate their communities, and

much, much more. In total, the EAC managed more

than $9,000,000 in grant funds in 2014.

Community Investment Program

Except as specifically noted, the grants listed are

all funded by the City of Edmonton’s Community

Investment Program (CIP), which supports artists,

arts and festival organizations, and non-profit

organizations in Edmonton from the municipal tax

base. For these programs, the EAC is guided by the

City of Edmonton Bylaw 14157 and Policy C211 on

community investment grants.

Citadel Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” photo by Epic Photography

Koichi Yamamoto workshop at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP

Natalia Knowlton, Saima Butt, Aliya Jamal, and Neelam Chattoo in Undercurrent Theatre’s “Escape Velocity” directed by Nikki Shaffeeullah, photo by Girl Named Shirl Photography 25

Stilt walker Randall Fraser at Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

Mile Zero Dance’s “SHO-TEL,” photo by Andrew Paul

Hassidic Dance by Vinok World Dance, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

Ted Bishop and Todd Babiak at LitFest, photo by Dave McQueen26

festival operating

Recipient Amount

Accordion Extravaganza $2,400

ArbreDeVie Youth CreatiVibes $7,000

Bikeology Festival $4,100

Cariwest - Caribbean Arts Festival $28,000

Creative Age Theatre Festival $9,000

DEDfest $5,000

Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival $35,000

Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film Festival

$20,000

ECMS Summer Solstice Festival $9,000

Edmonton Chante $9,700

Edmonton Comedy Festival $25,000

Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival $15,000

Edmonton Folk Music Festival $200,000

Edmonton International Film Festival $86,000

total $1,729,850

Edmonton is home to a widely diverse festival community.

Festival Operating grants help create a stable funding base,

and enhance the ability of organizations to produce and

present festival celebrations with a theme of interest and

appeal to the general public.

The Edmonton Arts Council assessed 40 eligible applications

for Festival Operating grants, all of which were supported.

Festival support previously allocated to the Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra for the Symphony Under the Sky event

was transferred to the Cornerstone Arts Operating grant.

Terry Josey – Chair

Rayanne Doucet

Jerrold Eilander

Donna Coombs-

Montrose

Ainsley Hillyard

Mary-Ellen Perley

Craig Stumpf-Allen

Ritchie Velthuis

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Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival AssociationYamoussa at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

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Recipient Amount

Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival

$230,000

Edmonton International Jazz Festival $99,900

Edmonton International Street Performers Festival

$110,000

Edmonton Poetry Festival $16,500

Edmonton Pride Festival $38,000

Feats - Festival of Dance $21,200

Found Festival (The) $2,300

Freewill Shakespeare Festival $83,000

Global Visions Film Festival $15,000

Heart of the City $5,500

Hip Hop in the Park $750

Ice on Whyte $45,000

Kaleido Family Arts Festival $40,000

Recipient Amount

Litfest: Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival $32,000

Lunar New Year Extravaganza $2,500

Nextfest $41,500

Now Hear This – Festival of New Music In Edmonton

$5,000

Pure Speculation Festival $2,500

Rubaboo Arts Festival $15,000

Servus Heritage Festival $110,000

Silver Skate Festival $56,000

TALES Fort Edmonton Storytelling Festival

$7,000

Taste of Edmonton $100,000

The Works Art & Design Festival $165,000

Thousand Faces Festival $7,000

Vocal Arts Festival $24,000

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FAVA GALA marquee at Metro Cinema, photo by Fish Griwkowsky

Green & Red Bowl by Diane Krys, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,”

photos by Lynn Streeter Photography

Meghan Wagg Lapis Pendant featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Continuum,”

photo by Meghan Wagg

Jesse Gervais and Amber Borotsik in Little One by Hannah Moscovitch, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

Recipient Amount

Alberta Aviation Museum Association $27,100

Alberta Craft Council $19,200

Alberta Pioneer Railway Association $6,100

Arts Habitat Association $12,100

Arts on the Avenue Society $7,900

Catalyst Theatre $21,400

CKUA Radio Foundation $24,500

Edmonton Jazz Society $11,800

Edmonton Radial Railway Society $400

Edmonton Historical Telephone Centre $4,900

Expressionz Cafe $14,700

Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $4,800

Fringe Theatre Adventures $74,000

La Cité Francophone $37,400

Latitude 53 Society of Artists $18,000

Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum $3,700

Metro Cinema Society $40,200

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $11,200

Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre $10,200

Société Francophone des arts visuels de L’Alberta $15,400

Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $17,300

Theatre Network $18,400

Varscona Theatre $17,400

Walterdale Theatre Associates $10,500

WECAN Society $6,200

Facilities are important hubs in our city’s arts and

museum communities, providing space for film

screenings, dance performances, plays, concerts,

exhibits, lectures, major events and more. The

Arts and Museum Building Operating grant

invests in a portion of the costs associated with

maintaining clean, well lit, heated and secure arts

and museum facilities. These facilities are regularly

accessible by the public, and their use is of

interest to the public and community groups.

The Edmonton Arts Council received 25 eligible

applications for Arts and Museums Building

Operating funding in 2014, all of which were

supported.

This grant is based on a formula calculation and is

not assessed by a jury.

The EAC continued to work with the Edmonton

Heritage Council in 2014 to determine the future

funding of museums. In 2015, museum-specific funds

will be transferred to the Heritage Council, and will

no longer by managed by the EAC.

total $434,800

arts & museums building operating

“A Place to Play” by Adam Bentley, Gotta Minute Film Festival 29

Recipient AmountArtSpirit Festival $2,300

Avenue Goes to the Dogs $3,000

C’Mon Festival $1,600

Early Music Alberta Festival $3,500

Edmonton Rock Music Festival $15,000

Flying Canoe Adventure $35,000

Gotta Minute Film Festival $30,000

SkirtsAfire, HerArts Festival $10,000

Up + Downtown Music and

Visual Art Festival

$20,000

Festivals bring together diverse cultural and community groups,

and allow arts and cultural communities to share their passions

with new audiences. Edmonton’s residents and visitors celebrate

at festivals year-round, and new festival events are welcomed

in our community. The Festival Seed grant supports new or

emerging festival celebrations. Applicants may be considered

for a Festival Seed grant for up to two consecutive years.

The Edmonton Arts Council received nine eligible Festival

Seed applications in 2014, all of which were supported.

Wayne Arthurson – Chair

Giuseppe Albi

Ron Harrison

Svetlana Sapelnikova

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total $120,400

festival seed

Red Fang at Up + Downtown Music and Visual Art Festival, photo by Eric Kozakiewicz

Sheldon Elter as Beowulf in “Beowulf the King” by Blake William Turner, produced

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arts operating

Recipient Amount

A Joyful Noise Choir Association $3,000

Alberta Ballet $230,000

Alberta Baroque Ensemble $22,500

Alberta Choral Federation $23,000

Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts $4,800

Alberta Craft Council $61,000

Alberta Dance Alliance $15,000

Alberta Media Arts Alliance $4,000

Alberta Media Production

Industries Association

$16,500

Alberta Music Industry Association $4,000

Alberta Opera Touring Association $11,000

Alberta Playwrights Network $8,000

Alberta Society of Artists $5,500

Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association $2,500

Ariose Women’s Choir $1,000

Arts on the Avenue Society $31,900

Azimuth Theatre Association $35,000

Book Publishers Association of Alberta $7,000

Brian Webb Dance Company $45,000

Canadian Authors Association $7,500

Cantilon Choral Society $15,000

total $2,288,000

Edmonton’s arts organizations range from the smallest

community groups to the largest professional flagships.

Together they form a creative, supportive framework for the

local arts community. The Arts Operating grant program

provides operational support to organizations to enhance

their ability to produce, exhibit and perform artistic works for

the benefit of all Edmontonians.

The Edmonton Arts Council received 106 applications for

Arts Operating funding in 2014, all of which were supported.

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Shannon Blanchet

Tamara Bliss

Marilyn Dumont

Lindsay McIntyre

Tololwa Mollel

Garth Prinsonsky

Marc Siegner

John Wiebe

Noel Xavier

Nadien Chu and Trevor Duplisses in “SPACE // SPACE” by Jason Craig presented by Northern Light Theatre, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

50th Anniversary Hopak performed by the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers, photo by Ellis Photography

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Recipient Amount

Catalyst Theatre $52,000

Christian Music Society $1,000

Citie Ballet Society $50,000

Concrete Theatre Society $33,700

Cosmopolitan Music Society $13,000

Da Camera Singers $4,000

Edmonton Calligraphic Society $1,200

Edmonton Chamber Music Society $10,000

Edmonton Classical Guitar Society $2,000

Edmonton Columbian Choirs $5,500

Edmonton Festival Ballet $3,000

Edmonton Jazz Society $34,000

Edmonton Kiwanis Music

Festival Association

$15,000

Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus Society $4,000

Edmonton Musical Theatre $3,500

Edmonton New Shadow Theatre Society $27,500

Edmonton Opera Association $310,000

Edmonton Philharmonic Society $1,100

Edmonton Potter’s Guild $6,500

Edmonton Schoolboys’ Band

Alumni Association

$700

Recipient Amount

Edmonton Story Slam Society $700

Edmonton Vocal Alchemy Society $2,500

Edmonton Vocal Minority Music Society $2,500

Edmonton Weavers’ Guild $5,000

Edmonton Youth Choir $8,500

Edmonton Youth Orchestra $23,000

Festival City Winds Music Society $7,500

Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $94,900

Firefly Theatre & Circus Society $30,000

Fringe Theatre Adventures $38,000

Good Women Dance Society $3,200

Greenwood Chamber Singers Society $4,000

Ground Zero Productions $6,500

i Coristi Chamber Choir Society $5,000

Kita No Taiko $2,000

Kiwanis Singers Association of Edmonton $3,500

Kokopelli Choir Association $30,000

Kompany! Dance & Affiliated Artists Society $5,000

KYKLOS Hellenic Performing Arts $3,000

L’UniThéâtre $35,000

Latitude 53 Society of Artists $54,000

McDougall Concert Association $1,000

Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival, photo by Epic Photography

Wool and linen rug by Diane Krys, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,” Lynn Streeter Photography

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Parisa Mehregan, Kiera Keglowitsch and Jason Vaz, photo by Jeff VanelleDavid Horak and Mathew Hulshof in Workshop West Theatre’s

“Kill Me Now” by Brad Fraser, photo by Michael Clark“Just FABULOUS!” by Edmonton Vocal Minority and Booming Tree Taiko

Drummers, photo by Jeff Vanelle

arts operating continued...

Recipient Amount

Media Architecture Design Edmonton $8,000

Metro Cinema Society $83,000

Mile Zero Dance $39,000

Mill Creek Colliery Band $2,300

New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia $3,000

NeWest Publishers Ltd. $30,000

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $25,000

Northern Light Theatre $26,500

Nova Musica Symphony Society $750

Opera NUOVA $22,550

Pro Coro Canada $46,000

Punctuate! Theatre Society $1,000

Rapid Fire Theatre Society $40,000

Regroupement Artistique

Francophone d’Alberta

$5,000

Richard Eaton Singers $10,000

Ritchie Trombone Choir Society $1,000

Sadhana Music and Dance Society $1,000

Sculptors Association of Alberta $5,000

Sing For Life Society of Edmonton $1,500

Société Francophone des arts visuels de L’Alberta

$2,000

Society for New Music Edmonton $4,000

Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $45,500

Recipient Amount

St. David’s Welsh Male Voice

Choir Association

$500

Stroll of Poets Society $3,200

TALES Edmonton $2,000

Teatro La Quindicina $18,000

Theatre Alberta Society $35,000

Theatre Network $55,000

Theatre Prospero Association $2,000

Theatre YES $2,000

Today’s Innovative Music Edmonton $5,000

Two One Way Tickets to Broadway $1,000

Ukrainian Cheremosh Society $15,000

Ukrainian Shumka Dancers $70,000

Vinok Folkdance Society $27,500

Visual Arts Alberta Association $18,500

Viter Ukrainian Dancers $6,000

Volya Ukrainian Dance

Ensemble Association

$500

Walterdale Theatre Associates $16,000

WECAN Society $35,000

Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Society $43,000

Writers' Guild of Alberta $20,000

Young Alberta Book Society $15,000

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celebrations

Celebrations bring together members of our communities

to recognize cultural traditions or create new ones.

Celebrations grants assist with the production of one-day

celebratory events and/or major parades within the City

of Edmonton.

The Edmonton Arts Council received eight eligible

applications for Celebrations funding in 2014, all of

which were supported.

Recipient Amount

115th Philippine Independence

Day Commemoration

$4,000

24th Annual Mill Woods

Canada Day Celebration

$10,000

All is Bright on 124 $12,000

Art in Our Park $2,500

Boyle Street Multi Cultural Event $2,500

El Once - Memoria Viva Society

of Edmonton

$1,000

Mid Autumn Lantern Festival $4,000

Multicultural Seniors’ Day $1,500

Nicole Reeves – Chair

Marc Crossman

Habib Fatmi

Rick Ireland

Marissa Loewen

total $37,500

Mid Autumn Lantern Festival, photo by Mack Male

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cornerstone arts operating

The Cornerstone Arts Operating process directs support for

our city’s large arts organizations that own and operate major

cultural facilities. Representatives from these organizations

meet with board members and staff of the Edmonton

Arts Council, representatives of the City of Edmonton, and

occasionally outside assessors, to discuss the complex issues

that they face.

The outcome is a funding agreement between the EAC

and the organization. Funds support operating costs for the

facility, and production and presentation activities of the

organization. Prior to 2013, these funds were directed via

other operating programs managed by the EAC.

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 grant includes

funds previously assessed separately under the Festival

Operating program for the Symphony Under the Sky events.

The Art Gallery of Alberta’s 2014 support represents

$1,125,000 in base annual funding, plus $350,000 in

supplemental support from the EAC that is declining on

an annual basis, due to expire in 2017.

Recipient AmountThe Citadel Theatre $1,042,000

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/

Francis Winspear Centre for Music

$1,020,000

The Art Gallery of Alberta $1,475,000

Citadel Theatre’s “One Man, Two Guvnors,” photo by David Cooper Photography

Patrick Ares-Pilon ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP

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microgrant

total $69,770

Mackenzy AlbrightJulie AdamsMiranda AllenPatrick Arès-PilonKyle ArmstrongLyle BellAdam BentleyMichael BetmanisColleen BrownRachelle BugeaudGeraldine CarrJoel CrichtonBenjamin CrossmanDan DavisFather Douglas osfByran FinlayCameron FordCarlo GhioniSimon GlassmanAnthony GoertzPerry GrattonEmily GrieveJim GuedoMichael Gust

Darrin HagenJim HeadJane HeatherSophie HeppellAshley HollandsKristen HutchinsonDerek JagodzinskyBridget JessomeAshanti Karimah MarshallJeffrey KlassenWilfred KozubWilliam LeBlancBrooke LeifsoStephanie LilleyBrenna MacQuarrieAnna Maria ManaloByron MartinAgnieszka MatejkoAnastasia MaywoodEmily McCourtMike McDonaldBlake McWilliamAngela MeyerSharlene Millang

Wes MironGabriel MolinaMichelle MolineuxJulio MunhozChristian MurilloSpencer MurrayEddy NdakunzeJason NormanErik OsbergMo OssoblehJeremy PudlowskiAndrew RitchieErin RossBrittney RoySherryl SewepagahamJesse SherburneJason TroockMaxwell UhlichKami Van HalstAlma VisscherManuela WuthrichTheresa WynnykPeter Zivkovic

With no set deadlines for

applications and amounts up to

$1,000 available per recipient, the

Microgrant program supports the

hard costs associated with timely,

short-term projects that might

otherwise falter for want of a small

investment. The Edmonton Arts

Council received more than 125

applications for Microgrants in

2014, of which 71 were supported.

As of October 2014, the Microgrant

program was suspended pending

a full program review.

Applications to this program were

reviewed directly by EAC Board

members.

Recipients

Patrick Ares-Pilon ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Patrick Mahon “Lifeboats” at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Wilfred Kozub, photo by Daryl Kozub

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project grant for individual artists

Recipient Amount

Lyle Bell $25,000

Thom Bennett $5,570

Thea Bowering $9,600

Silvia Buttiglione $20,690

Jason Chinn $5,600

Alysha Creighton $1,940

Nathan Cuckow $20,000

Tamar Dinner $6,775

Candas Jane Dorsey $25,000

Robin Doyon $3,500

Simon Fallon $14,425

Peter Fiala $12,000

Ève Marie Forcier $18,000

Jim Guedo $10,000

Kristi Hansen $20,000

Ainsley Hillyard $5,500

Jill Ho-You $4,150

Dave Horak $17,000

Matthew Howatt $2,595

Dara Humniski $2,290

Gary James Joynes $3,600

Laura Krewski $10,000

Shawna Lemay $12,400

Ian Leung $18,000

Individual artists and their work are the foundation of our arts

community. Their projects are the research and development

activity of the creative sector, feeding the greater arts ecosystem

locally and for export. Investments made through the Project

Grant for Individual Artists help recipients move ahead with

their creative projects in order to develop their practice.

The Edmonton Arts Council received 165 eligible applications

to this program in 2014 of which 48 were supported.

Jeff Haslam – Chair

Allen Ball

Don Berner

Junetta Jamerson

Cindy Kerr

Jesse Lipscombe

Jen Mesch

Peter Midgley

Anne Nothof

Dylan Rhys Howard

Claire Uhlick

Fred Zbryski

total $556,880

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Recipient Amount

Beth Levia $3,380

Matthew MacKenzie $15,335

Sharmila Mathur $22,580

Lindsay McIntyre $17,500

Blake McWilliam $25,000

Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail $13,000

N. Antonio Peruch $16,575

Charles Pilon $1,165

Evan Prosofsky $25,000

Kadrush Radogoshi $20,650

Kathryn Ryan $13,500

R. Teace Snyder $6,000

Laurel Sproule $5,560

Jill Stanton $6,120

Kate Stashko $11,600

Angela Tassone $25,000

Farren Timoteo $4,300

Kami Van Halst $6,500

Alexander Varughese $18,100

Alma Visscher $1,800

Raena Waddell $9,970

Ron Walker $8,680

Kayley Winfield $930

Frank Zotter $5,000

Ron Walker, photo supplied

“Brothers in the Buddha” documentary by Beth Wishart MacKenzie

Vaughan String Quartet, Silvia Buttiglione, Mattia Berrini, Vladimir Rufino and Fabiola Amorim, with guest Brazilian clarinetist Amandy Bandeira, photo by Nicholas Yee

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total $76,515

travel grants

Travel grants assist with the travel costs of Edmonton residents

active in the arts and festival communities. Travelling to perform,

conduct research, attend conferences, or exhibit work offers

professional and creative opportunities that may not exist

locally. These outside opportunities are vital to the continued

advancement and growth of Edmonton’s arts community.

Travel grants are available to a maximum of $750 per individual

applicant. The Edmonton Arts Council received nearly 200

travel grant applications in 2014, of which more than 110 were

supported.

One not-for-profit arts organization, The National Stiltwalkers

of Canada, received a travel grant of $3,750 to support five

Edmonton artists’ attendance at a conference in Europe.

Ahmed Ali - Chair

Nicole Reeves – Chair

Adam Waldron-Blain

Lori Gawryluik

Carol Holmes

Lindsay McIntyre

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Kristin Gibson in India, photo supplied

Richelle Thoreson and Jake Hastey of Toy Guns Dance Theatre, photo supplied

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Mackenzy Albright

Jacques Arsenault

Susanna Barlow

Jenna Butler

Trent Crosby

Kimberly Denis

Lauren Gillis

Don Hill

Christine Lesiak

Denise Mackay

Jessica Marsh

Mary Norton

Gail Olmstead

Erin Pankratz-Smith

Evan Pearce

Anna Marie Sewell

Nikki Shaffeeullah

Katrina Stashko

Peter Stone

Mark Templeton

Mia Van Leeuwen

Elizabeth Withey

Marlena Wyman

Scott Zubot

Trevor Anderson

Paul Arnusch

Lyle Bell

Astrid Blodgett

Rachelle Bugeaud

Nathan Burge

Nathania Burnabe

Celeigh Cardinal

Michael Clark

Annie Dugan

Maria Dunn

Renee Englot

Terry Fairfield

Emma Frazier

Dallas Friesen

Raimundo Gonzalez

Matthew Gooding

Lyne Gosselin

Brittney Grabill

Scott Greene

Derina Harvey

Brett Henry

Kendra Heslip

Ashley Hollands

Dave Horak

Dara Humniski

Brianne Jang

David Johnston

Matthew Kaprowy

Candice Kelly

Nik Kozub

Ashley Kumar

Dale Ladouceur

Sydney Lancaster

Grace Law

David Letersky

Matthew Letersky

Ronald Long

Lynn Malin

Byron Martin

Mairi Irene McCormack

Tammy-Jo Mortensen

Erik Mortimer

Cameron Neufeld

Jenie Nolan

Bramwell Park

Shawn Pinchbeck

Stephen Pinsent

Ryan Podlubny

Corey Polo

Kim Rackel

Giana Read

Travis Sargent

Craig Schram

Nathan Setterlund

Gail Sidonie Sobat

Edward Smith

Giuseppe Stagliano

Carson Tarnasky

Erin Voaklander

Scarlet Welling-Yiannakoulias

Justin Zawada

Miranda Allen

Rebecca Anderson

Carla Benavides

Ruth Burns

Vedashree Chakrabartty

James Cuming

Nich Davies

Jennie Frost

Darrin Hagen

Jake Hastey

Sue Huff

Katherine Koller

Megan Koshka

Heather Leier

Laurie MacFayden

Lindsay McIntyre

Nicole Moeller

Andy Northrup

Rick Reid

Pierrette Requier

Jesse Silkie

Richelle Thoreson

Kevin Tokarsky

Jenny Willson

Linda Wood Edwards

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cultural diversity in the arts

Recipient Amount

May Banh $15,000

William Belcourt $14,300

Sofia Cristanti $15,000

Yong Fei Guan $6,000

Todd Houseman With Ben Gorodetsky

$10,000

Elisa Marina Mair $10,500

Yukari Meldrum With Sharmila Pokharel, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Tiffany Adair

$7,400

Erika Namsechi $8,500

The City of Edmonton, through the Edmonton Arts

Council, established the Cultural Diversity in the Arts

Program to recognize that artists from all parts of the

world enrich Edmonton’s cultural scene.

Following significant review and consultation, the EAC

revised the delivery of this program in 2014, to become

a project grant that now parallels other programs for

individual artists. The intention of the new grant is to

encourage artists from culturally diverse communities

to participate in the grant process, while continuing to

support those who face cultural, linguistic or historical

barriers to support.

total $86,700

Elsa Robinson - Chair

Marco Claveria

Shreela Chakrabartty

Savithri Machiraju

Nikki Shaffeeullah

Chaka Zinyemba

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edmonton artists’ trust fund

total $60,000

RecipientColleen Brown

Kyle Charles

Elizabeth Dart

Beth Graham

Laura Krewski

Lindsay McIntyre

Manuela Wuthrich

Doug Organ

The Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund (EATF) is a joint project of

the Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Community

Foundation. The EATF is designed to invest in Edmonton’s

creative community and encourage artists to stay in our

community. The funds are intended to offset living and working

expenses, allowing the artist to devote a concentrated period

of time to his/her artistic activities, career enhancement and/

or development.

The EAC received 74 nominations for this award in 2014. Eight

artists were selected, and awards were fixed at $7,500 each.

These awards are provided through an endowment held by

the Edmonton Community Foundation.

Mary Phillips-Rickey – Chair

Jacqueline Dumas

Ian Leung

Marlon Wilson

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EATF recipients with ECF and EAC representatives, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

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Recipient AmountFilm and Video Arts Society Alberta

– in support of Dave Cunningham.

$25,000

Writers' Guild of Alberta

– in support of Carol Holmes.

$25,000

john mahon arts administrators’ sabbatical fund

aAron munson, Daron Donahue, Niobe Thompson at FAVA FEST Artist Talk: Around the World with Clearwater Documentary, photo by Kailey Schwerman

Administrators form an integral part of the arts

infrastructure of Edmonton. The work behind the

scenes, and the expertise required for all aspects of arts

management, is often under-recognized. The individuals

who specialize in this field are a critical piece of a

sustainable arts ecosystem.

John Mahon was the Executive Director of the Edmonton

Arts Council for 15 years until his retirement in 2013.

This fund and program recognizes his contributions to

the Edmonton arts community by providing short-term

support to local arts organizations to allow their senior

administrators to undertake sabbatical leave projects.

The 2014 Awards are funded in part by donations from

the community, and in part by a special grant from the

Edmonton Community Foundation.

total $50,000

Brian Webb – Chair

Eva Cairns

Marsh Murphy

Raj Nigam

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Recipient AmountAlberta Aboriginal Performing Arts Association

Work with youth from Soar Arts program

$15,000

Boyle Street Education Centre

Work with Matt Wood (DJ CreeAsian) as

artist-in-residence

$9,000

Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers

Society in Edmonton

Work with the Mindhive Collective for a site specific

performance

$8,600

FAVA (Film and Video Arts Society)

Future Visions 2014 - video intensive supporting

youth with barriers

$15,000

Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts

A collaborative multi-media installation with artists

Raphael Freynet and Carolyn Gingrich

$15,000

Nyarkenyi Development Foundation

Opportunities for Sudanese youth to explore art

in studio and galleries under the guidance of

community elders

$15,000

Rising Sun Theatre Society

Interactive theatre project with persons with

developmental disabilities with professional theatre,

dance and music artists

$15,000

Robin Hood Association

Music without Boundaries: collaboration with

Edmonton musicians

$15,000

Somaliland Cultural Association

Collaborative visual arts work with Amin Amir

and Somaliland youth

$15,000

community arts

Community art is valued for its ability to bring

people together in shared, collaborative, creative

experiences to express the things that have

meaning to us. The program invests in projects

that are described as collaborations between

professional artists and a distinct community.

Applicants can be individuals, organizations or

groups that define themselves by geography,

tradition, culture or spirit.

The Edmonton Arts Council received a total of

19 Community Arts applications in 2014, ten of

which were supported.

These grants are funded through the City of

Edmonton Community Investment Program and

The Lee Fund for the Arts endowment held by

the Edmonton Community Foundation.

total $122,600

Heather Inglis - Chair

Leo Campos Aldunez

Stephanie Gregorwich

Michelle Todd

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The Eldon and Anne Foote Visual Arts Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Edmonton

Community Foundation and the Visual Arts Alberta

Association. The third Eldon and Anne Foote

Edmonton Visual Arts Award was awarded to

Brenda Draney for her installation Suspend.

The Edmonton Film Prize ($10,000), in

partnership with the Edmonton Film Commission.

The 2014 Edmonton Film Prize was awarded to Rosie

Dransfeld for her documentary Antisocial Limited.

The Edmonton Music Prize (1st prize of $8,000,

two runners-up prizes of $1,000), in partnership with

the Alberta Music Industry Association. The winner of

the second annual Edmonton Music Prize was The

Provincial Archive for their album It’s All Shaken Wonder.

The runners-up were Joe Nolan’s Tornado and Marco

Claveria’s Origins.

The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Writers’

Guild of Alberta. The 2014 recipient was Tim Bowling,

the author of Selected Poems (Nightwood Editions).

partner awards

Brenda Draney’s “Suspend” installation at the Art Gallery of Alberta, photo by M.N. Hutchinson, Calgary

Still from Rosie Dransfeld’s “Antisocial Limited”

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City of Edmonton Poet Laureate Mary PinkoskiThe role of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate is to reflect

the life of a city through creation and readings

of poetry. As an ambassador for the literary arts,

the Laureate incorporates poetry into a range of

official and informal City activities.

Edmonton’s fifth Poet Laureate, serving from July

1, 2013 to June 30, 2015, is Mary Pinkoski. Mary is

a dynamic spoken word performer who has been

active as a poet for over a decade.

As the City of Edmonton Poet Laureate, Mary

travelled to cities such as Nelson, BC, Ottawa,

Ontario, and Reykjavik, Iceland to represent

Edmonton’s literary community. Engaging

with Edmonton citizens, Mary has coordinated

performances at the CBC Centre Stage in City

Centre Mall, spray-chalked her poems in locations

throughout the city, and is involved with many

organizations and festivals in Edmonton.

Mary works to involve young aspiring writers with

YouthWrite workshops at Victoria School of the

Arts, and founded YOURS: Edmonton Youth Open

Mic Series for youth ages 12 to 19. Throughout

her term as Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, Mary has

performed at over 80 events.

Edmonton’s Poet Laureate program is supported

jointly by The City of Edmonton, Edmonton Public

Library (EPL) and the Edmonton Arts Council (EAC).

Edmonton,you are familiar but also unexpectedunique in your ordinary

in a city that has never outgrown its own sense of who it isa city that is still making something of itself

-Excerpt from Edmonton, You Hardy Marigold

by Mary Pinkoski

Edmonton’s fifth Poet Laureate, Mary Pinkoski, photo by City of Edmonton

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Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies" presented by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, photo by Ed Ellis

"A View from a Train" by Chris Doyle, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

Aerialist Ryan Ouellet in Firefly Theatre’s “Let There Be Height,” photo by Studio E Photography

“11130 81 Ave” by Wendy Gervais for Houses/Homes: Neighbourhood Scenes and Stories

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financial statementsfor the year ended December 31, 2014

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORTTo the Members of: The Edmonton Arts Council Society

Report on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying financial statements of The Edmonton Arts Council Society, which comprise the statement of financial position at December 31, 2014, and the statements of operations and changes in fund balance, and cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial StatementsManagement is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations, 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 ResponsibilityOur responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our 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.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Basis for Qualified OpinionIn common with many not-for-profit organizations, the Society derives revenue from donations, the completeness of which is not susceptible to satisfactory audit verification. Accordingly, our verification of these revenues was limited to the amounts recorded in the records of the Society and we were not able to determine whether any adjustments might be necessary to revenues, excess of revenue over expenditures, assets and fund balances.

Qualified OpinionIn our opinion, except for the effect of the matter described in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Edmonton Arts Council Society as at December 31, 2014, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations.

Comparative FiguresThe prior year comparatives were reported upon by another firm of chartered accountants.

Edmonton, AlbertaApril 2, 2015 Chartered Accountants

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Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014

Assets 2014 2013General Fund

Cash $ 437,048 $ -

Accounts receivable (Note 3) 54,306 247,145

491,354 247,145

TIX on the Square Fund

Cash 27,559 105,664

Due from General Fund (Note 12) 132,384 -

159,943 105,664

Casino Fund

Cash 9,711 68,169

Program Fund

Cash 170,618 206,901

Accounts receivable 37,250 50,000

207,868 256,901

Community Investment Grants Fund

Cash 220,134 434,850

Accounts receivable 72,306 -

292,440 434,850

Public Art Fund

Cash 1,106,979 57,633

Accounts receivable 4,795,688 2,668,549

Prepaid expenses and deposits 2,333 2,333

5,905,000 2,728,515

Property and equipment (Note 2) 118,143 90,230

$ 7,184,459 $3,931,474

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Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014

Liabilities 2014 2013General Fund

Accounts payable (Note 3) $ 88,300 $ 49,160

Due to TIX Fund (Note 12) 132,384 -

220,684 49,160

TIX on the Square Fund

Accounts payable 53,319 82,432

Unearned revenue (Note 6) 5,240 21,734

58,559 104,166

Casino Fund

Accounts payable - 871

Program Fund

Accounts payable 57,873 109,598

Community Investment Grants Fund

Accounts payable 241,940 409,850

Public Art Fund

Accounts payable 4,660,578 2,450,011

5,239,634 3,123,657

Fund Balances 2014 2013

General Fund 270,670 197,985

TIX on the Square Fund 101,384 1,498

Casino Fund 9,711 67,298

Program Fund 149,995 147,303

Community Investment Grants Fund 50,500 25,000

Public Art Fund 1,244,422 278,504

Property and Equipment Fund 118,143 90,230

1,944,825 807,818

$7,184,459 $3,931,474

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General Fund 2014 2013Revenue

City of Edmonton service contract (Note 8) $ 1,491,063 $ 1,367,508

Other income 21,681 46,851

Investment income 9,880 10,908

Memberships 9,175 6,550

Grant - administration 3,602 5,191

1,535,401 1,437,008

Expenditures

Staffing costs and benefits 982,548 921,149

Office costs 59,003 58,915

Telephone, internet and website 54,348 53,210

Equipment lease 30,070 31,508

Jury and honorariums 28,499 32,424

Rent 22,094 17,559

Board of Directors costs and Annual General Meeting 14,574 16,515

Professional fees 7,560 7,295

Marketing and promotion 6,962 25,962

Consulting fees 6,770 21,000

Insurance 6,277 4,920

Conferences and travel 2,450 15,735

Bank charges and interest 929 1,688

Summit - 59,919

Arts sabbatical fund contribution - 50,000

Arts sabbatical event costs - 29,339

1,222,084 1,347,138

Excess of revenue over expenditures 313,317 89,870

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (62,764) (19,287)

Transfer to Public Art Fund (23,511) (78,396)

Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (185,000) (90,000)

Transfer from Casino Fund 30,643 25,935

Net increase (decrease) in Fund balance 72,685 (71,878)

Fund balance, beginning of year 197,985 269,863

Fund balance, end of year $ 270,670 $ 197,985

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014

TIX on the Square Fund 2014 2013Revenue

Sales for distribution $ 1,589,266 $ 1,524,912

Commissions 149,276 147,215

City of Edmonton - Operating income 60,000 60,000

Credit card charges recovered 32,394 31,841

Gift certificates 18,565 476

1,849,501 1,764,444

Expenditures

Sales reimbursement 1,535,086 1,481,673

Staffing costs and benefits 231,462 208,808

Purchases 60,280 38,135

Credit card charges 30,123 29,288

Office 26,043 17,461

Rent 24,460 25,273

Bank charges and interest 10,807 10,954

Telephone 6,981 5,638

Advertising and promotion 5,492 29,077

E-Commerce 3,881 12,064

1,934,615 1,858,371

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (85,114) (93,927)

Transfer from General Fund 185,000 90,000

Fund balance, beginning of year 1,498 5,425

Fund balance, end of year $ 101,384 $ 1,498

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Casino Fund 2014 2013Revenue

Casino revenue $ 2,350 $ 79,880

Investment income 66 -

2,416 79,880

Expenditures

Casino expenses 2,304 1,985

Interest and bank charges 56 230

2,360 2,215

Excess of revenue over expenditures 56 77,665

Transfers to General Fund (30,643) (25,935)

Transfer to Program Fund (27,000) -

Fund balance, beginning of year 67,298 15,568

Fund balance, end of year $ 9,711 $ 67,298

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014

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Program Fund 2014 2013Revenue

City of Edmonton - Programs $ 1,621,281 $ 1,496,269

City of Edmonton - Sir Winston Churchill Square 100,000 100,000

Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (Note 4) 72,000 46,878

Lee Fund Grant 50,017 38,350

Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund (Note 4) 2,203 107,320

1,845,501 1,788,817

Expenditures

Arts Habitat 500,000 500,000

Cornerstone Grants 419,603 500,000

Special Programs (Note 11) 335,479 349,442

Sir Winston Churchill Square 132,175 183,046

Aboriginal Initiatives 77,408 -

New Pathways 75,144 -

Lee Fund Grant 75,000 38,350

Living Local 75,000 75,000

Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 72,000 56,000

Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund 58,000 -

Arts on the Avenue 50,000 50,000

1,869,809 1,751,838

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (24,308) 36,979

Transfer from Casino Fund 27,000 -

Fund balance, beginning of year 147,303 110,324

Fund balance, end of year $ 149,995 $ 147,303

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Property and Equipment Fund 2014 2013Expenditures

Amortization $ 34,851 $ 32,998

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (34,851) (32,998)

Transfer from General Fund 62,764 19,287

Fund balance, beginning of year 90,230 103,941

Fund balance, end of year $ 118,143 $ 90,230

Public Art Fund 2014 2013Revenue

City of Edmonton - Public Art Funds revenue $ 4,965,700 $ 1,102,744

Expenditures

Public Art Projects expenditures (Notes 10 and 11) 4,023,293 1,617,420

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures 942,407 (514,676)

Transfer from General Fund 23,511 78,396

Fund balance, beginning of year 278,504 714,784

Fund balance, end of year (Note 10) $ 1,244,422 $ 278,504

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Community Investment Grants Fund 2014 2013Revenue

City of Edmonton Community Investment Grants $ 8,843,111 $ 8,673,137

Investment income 29,063 31,300

8,872,174 8,704,437

Expenditures

Arts Operating Grants 5,475,100 5,210,100

Festival Operating Grants 1,730,050 1,723,200

Edmonton Artists Individual Grants 556,880 599,850

Arts and Museum Building Operating Grants 434,800 522,600

Administration 172,957 142,470

Festival Seed Grants 120,400 150,400

Cultural Diversity Awards 86,700 87,500

Travel Grants 76,515 78,448

Microgrants 69,770 68,919

Community Arts Grants 47,600 60,070

Major Parade and Celebration Grants 37,500 41,000

Emergency Grants 24,500 2,350

Organizational Support Grants 13,902 5,000

8,846,674 8,691,907

Excess of revenue over expenditures 25,500 12,530

Fund balance, beginning of year 25,000 12,470

Fund balance, end of year $ 50,500 $ 25,000

Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund BalanceFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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General Fund 2014 2013Net inflow (outflow) of cash related to the following activities:

Operating activities

Excess of revenue over expenditures $ 313,317 $ 89,870

Change in non-cash balances relating to operations

Accounts receivable 192,839 77,496

Accounts payable 39,140 (161,261)

545,296 6,105

Financing activities

Loan payable to TIX Fund 132,384 -

Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (62,764) (19,287)

Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (185,000) (90,000)

Transfer to Public Art Fund (23,511) (78,396)

Transfer from Community Investment Grants Fund - -

Transfer from Casino Fund 30,643 25,935

(108,248) (161,748)

Increase (decrease) in cash 437,048 (155,643)

Cash, beginning of year - 155,643

Cash, end of year $ 437,048 $ -

Statement of Cash FlowsFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Nature of OperationsThe 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; and

- 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 of Canada.

The Society follows the restricted fund method of

accounting and the operations of the Society are

organized into project funds. A summary of each of the

funds is as follows:

General FundDonations 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 FundTIX on the Square is a community box office, Ticketmaster

outlet, retail store, and information booth. It is owned and

operated by The Edmonton Arts Council Society and

serves the entire arts and cultural community in the

greater Edmonton region.

Casino FundThe Casino Fund was set up in response to the Alberta

Gaming and Liquor 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 as well

as EAC and TIX on the Square website development and

updates. The Society currently holds a fundraising casino

every two years.

Program FundWhen requested by the City of Edmonton, the EAC

produces special projects. These projects have included

Churchill Square Programming, revitalization projects on

Alberta Avenue and others. In addition, the EAC develops

grant programs with the Edmonton Community

Foundation and corporate partners.

Public Art FundThe 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. The public

art projects are multi-year projects that range from three

to seven years.

Community Investment Grants (CIG) FundService 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.

Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Property and Equipment FundThe 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.

Note 1: Significant Accounting PoliciesBasis of Presentation

These financial statements have been prepared in

accordance with Canadian accounting standards for

not-for-profit organizations.

Revenue Recognition

Restricted contributions are recognized as revenue of the

appropriate fund in the year in which the events giving

rise to the contribution have occurred. If a separate fund

does not exist, the restricted contribution will be recorded

as part of the General Fund and will be deferred and

recognized as revenue when the related expenses are

incurred. Unrestricted contributions are recognized as

revenue of the General Fund in the year received.

Cash

Cash includes cash on hand, bank deposits 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%

Vehicle 30%

Contributed Services

Contributed services of volunteers are not recognized as

revenue in these financial statements because their fair

value cannot be reasonably determined.

Contributed Goods

The Society only records non-cash donations when a

charitable receipt is issued. These donations are recorded

at the fair value of the items received.

Donations

With the establishment of the Edmonton Artists Trust

Fund (Note 4) and John Mahon Arts Administrator

Sabbatical Fund, donations that are not restricted are

forwarded directly to either Fund held by the Edmonton

Community Foundation at the discretion of the Society.

Income Taxes

The Society is a not-for-profit organization incorporated

under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and, as

such, is exempt from income taxes under Section 149(1)

of the Income Tax Act of Canada.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance

with Canadian accounting standards for not-forprofit

organizations requires management to make estimates

and assumptions that affect the reported amount of

assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements

and the reported amount of receipts and disbursements

during the reporting period. Actual results could differ

from those estimates. Items subject to significant

management estimates include valuation of accounts

receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities,

and amortization.

Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014

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Note 1: continued Financial Instruments

Financial instruments are recorded at fair value when

acquired or issued. In subsequent periods, financial

instruments with actively traded markets are reported at

fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in the

statement of income. All other financial instruments are

reported at amortized cost and tested for impairment at

each reporting date. Transaction costs on the acquisition,

sale or issuance of financial instruments are expensed

when incurred. Conversely, transaction costs are added

to the carrying amount for those financial instruments

subsequently measured at amortized cost.

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.

Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014

Note 2: Property and Equipment

Cost Accumulated Amortization

2014 Net Book Value

2013 Net Book Value

Computer equipment and website $ 257,557 204,809 $ 52,748 $ 69,690

Ticket booth 60,284 23,169 37,115 66

Vehicle 13,399 5,427 7,972 11,389

Office equipment 38,389 18,081 20,308 9,085

$ 369,629 251,486 $ 118,143 $ 90,230

Note 3: Government RemittancesAs of December 31, 2014, accounts receivable includes

$41,329 (2013 - $46,904) of Goods and Services Tax

receivable from the federal government. As of December

31, 2014, there are payroll remittances of $nil (2013 -

$17,726) owing to the federal government.

Note 4: Trust Funds Held by the Edmonton Community Foundation The Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (EATF) and John Mahon

Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund (JMAASF) are joint

projects of the EAC and the Edmonton Community

Foundation (ECF). The purpose of the EATF fund is to

invest in Edmonton’s creative community by providing

grants to individual artists who are living and working in

Edmonton. The purpose of the JMAASF is to enhance the

quality of life for arts professionals living and working at

qualifying arts organizations that support and promote

Edmonton arts and artists. Open-ended endowment

funds have been established with ECF to which anyone

can make tax deductible donations.

Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association

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Notes to Financial StatementsFor the year ended December 31, 2014

Note 5: CommitmentsThe EAC has committed to minimum monthly lease

payments of $1,653 per month for premises they occupy

until March 2017.

Note 6: Unearned RevenueUnearned revenue of the TIX on the Square Fund is

comprised of gift certificates sold that have not been

redeemed.

Note 7: Financial InstrumentsCredit Risk

Credit risk arises from the potential that a counter party

will fail to perform its obligations. The Society is exposed

to credit risk in respect to its accounts receivable balances

and cash balances. Cash is held at major financial

institutions minimizing any potential exposure to credit

risk. It is management’s opinion that the risk related to

accounts receivable is minimal since the Society only

deals with what management believes to be financially

sound counterparts and, accordingly does not anticipate

significant loss for nonperformance. As at December 31,

2014, accounts receivable consists of 97% (2013 - 94%)

due from the City of Edmonton thereby increasing the

concentration of credit risk.

Liquidity Risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity will encounter

difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial

liabilities. The Society is exposed to this risk mainly in

respect of its receipts from its funders and accounts

payable.

Note 8: Economic DependenceOngoing 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, 2016.

Note 9: Comparative FiguresCertain comparative figures have been reclassified to

conform with the current year’s presentation.

Note 10: Public Art FundPublic art disbursements include artist fees, conservation

work, and administration. The fund balance at the end of

the year includes reserves for future conservation work.

Note 11: Allocated ExpensesCertain costs are recorded in the General Fund and then

allocated to other funds. The allocations are based on

staff time used by each fund. Included in Public Art

expenditures in the Public Art Fund is $235,479 (2013 -

$187,212) in staffing costs and benefits allocated from the

General Fund.

Note 12: Related Party BalancesDuring the year, the General Fund agreed to finance the

cost of equipment purchases and renovations for the TIX

on the Square Fund. The amount is unsecured and non-

interest bearing. The balance outstanding is expected to

be settled within the next fiscal year.

Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association

Gianna Vacirca and Brian Dooley in “De plein fouet dans la tempête,” photos by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

“Celtic Colours with the McDades” presented by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, photo by Ed Ellis

“Power Napper” by Jennie Vegt

edmonton arts councilPrince of Wales Armouries, 2nd Floor,

10440 - 108 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5H 3Z9

p. 780.424.2787 | f. 780.425.7620

[email protected]

edmontonarts.ca

Front and Back Cover photos:“Stations of Reconciliation” by Aaron Paquette, photos by Fish Griwkowsky