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LOCAL ARTS FUNDING ANNOUNCED

News Release **************** NORTH BAY – Nearly $80,000 in funding is being provided to several local arts organizations through the Ontario Arts Council, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced today.

News Release

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NORTH BAY – Nearly $80,000 in funding is being provided to several local arts organizations through the Ontario Arts Council, Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli announced today.

 

Operating grants include:

 

·         $17,125 for the White Water Gallery through the Visual Arts Artist-Run Centres and Organizations program; and

 

·         $15,000 for the Near North Mobile Media Lab Collective through the Media Arts Organizations program.

 

Project grants include:

 

·         $20,000 for the North Bay Symphony Orchestra through the Orchestras Projects program toward professional artistic expenses for their 2014-2015 series of five concerts.

 

·         $14,700 for the Capitol Centre through the Ontario Dances program toward its 2014-2015 programming. The organization was also awarded $500 through the Ontario Dances program toward its dance animator's honorarium for attendance at Canada Dance Festival.

 

·         $12,000 for Aanmitaagzi through the Aboriginal Artists in Communities program toward its 2014 Aanmitaagzi Summer Arts Program (ASAP).

 

“My heartfelt congratulations go to these groups for their ongoing contributions to Nipissing’s vibrant arts and cultural community,” said Fedeli.