Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is a federal,
arm's-length Crown corporation created by an Act of Parliament in
1957 (Canada Council for the Arts Act) "to
foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production
of works in, the arts."
The Canada Council offers a broad range of grants and services
to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in music,
theatre, writing and publishing, visual arts, dance, media arts and
integrated (multidisciplinary) arts. It also seeks to raise public
awareness of the arts through its communications, research and arts
promotion activities.
The Canada Council awards prizes and fellowships every year to
some 200 artists and scholars. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO
and the Public Lending Right Commission operate within the Canada
Council. The Canada Council Art Bank contains some 18,000 works of
contemporary Canadian art that are rented to the public and private
sectors.
The Canada Council is governed by an 11-member Board. The Chair,
the members of the Board and the Director of the Canada Council are
appointed by the Governor in Council for fixed terms. The Canada
Council relies heavily on the advice of artists and arts
professionals from all parts of Canada (some 750 serve annually as
jurors, or peer assessors, in the awarding of grants) and works in
close co-operation with federal, provincial and municipal cultural
agencies and departments. The Council reports to Parliament through
the Minister of Canadian Heritage. The annual budget allocation
from Parliament is supplemented by endowment income, donations and
bequests.
The Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V8
1-800 263-5588 or (613) 566-4414
Contacts
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street
P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V8
Canada
Courier/Deliveries:
350 Albert Street
12th floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 1A4
Canada
E-mail: Information Officers
By phone:
1-800 263-5588 or 613-566-4414
Fax:
613-566-4390
