RECENT CCAR GRANTS

Top: Kidd Pivot’s ‘Revisor.’ Photo by Michael Slobodian.

Bottom: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in BUSK by Aszure Barton. Photo by Danica Paulos; courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow.

CCAR was pleased to provide recent grants to dance theater companies Kidd Pivot (Vancouver) and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Kidd Pivot is currently on tour with its work “Revisor” created by Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, CM, and Canadian actor Jonathon Young. Hubbard Street's recent performance at The Joyce in New York included Canadian choreographer Aszure Barton’s “Busk.”

CCAR thanks its valued supporters: Platinum Partner, BMO Financial Group; Lead Partners, Donner Canadian Foundation, RBC Foundation and TD Securities; Corporate Sponsors, McCarthy Tétrault and Torys LLP; Additional Support from Dorsey & Whitney Foundation; Media Partner, The Globe and Mail.

CCAR was pleased to provide a grant to the McMichael Canadian Art Foundation in support of its ongoing work.

(R-L) Sarah Milroy, Exhibition Curator & Chief Curator, McMichael Gallery; Nada Ristich, Head, Canadian Community Giving, BMO Financial Group

Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment, a major exhibition of Canadian women artists that coincides with, and offers commentary on, the centenary celebration of the Group of Seven.

CCAR provided a grant to Wave Hill in support of its exhibition The Shadow of the Sun, pairing New York-based painter Ross Bleckner and Canadian artist Zachari Logan in a series of new individual works and collaborative pieces. Courtesy of the artists and Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.

CCAR provided a grant to Wave Hill in support of its exhibition The Shadow of the Sun, pairing New York-based painter Ross Bleckner and Canadian artist Zachari Logan in a series of new individual works and collaborative pieces. Courtesy of the artists and Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Toronto.

CCAR supported the Winnipeg Art Gallery with a grant in celebration of its new Inuit Art Centre: Qaumajuq - the largest public collection of Inuit art in the world. Photo Credit: Lindsay Reid.

CCAR supported the Winnipeg Art Gallery with a grant in celebration of its new Inuit Art Centre: Qaumajuq - the largest public collection of Inuit art in the world. Photo Credit: Lindsay Reid.

CCAR provided a grant to the Riopelle Foundation in support of the cultural celebrations of iconic visionary Jean-Paul Riopelle. Riopelle, Isle-aux-Oies workshop, Rosa (i), 1992. Photo courtesy of Huguette Vachon.

CCAR provided a grant to the Riopelle Foundation in support of the cultural celebrations of iconic visionary Jean-Paul Riopelle. Riopelle, Isle-aux-Oies workshop, Rosa (i), 1992. Photo courtesy of Huguette Vachon.

Canadian violinist James Ehnes returned to the Naples Philharmonic for two performances in April. CCAR continues its support to Artis—Naples, whose programs feature Canadian artists. Photo Credit: Benjamin Ealovega.

Canadian violinist James Ehnes returned to the Naples Philharmonic for two performances in April. CCAR continues its support to Artis—Naples, whose programs feature Canadian artists. Photo Credit: Benjamin Ealovega.

CCAR Covid-19 Special Relief Grants Initiative 

As a result of the pandemic, CCAR provided special Relief Grants to multidisciplinary arts and cultural institutions in Canada and the U.S. Special consideration was given to small and mid-size regional organizations with cross-border elements whose programming and festivals were canceled, and to communities that experienced high concentrations of coronavirus.

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Institutions Included: Adäka Cultural Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon; Concordia University Momus Emerging Critics Residency in Arts Publishing, Montreal; Obsidian Theatre Company, Toronto; Les Violons du Roy, Quebec City; Red Sky Performance, Toronto; Black Ensemble Theater, Chicago; International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn; Jacob’s Pillow Festival, Becket, MA; San Francisco International Arts Festival; Visual Aids, New York City

First Image: Upper Left: Red Sky Performance - Photo: David Hou. Upper Right: Obsidian Theatre Company - Photo of Jully Black by Max Telzerow. Bottom Left: Adäka Cultural Festival - Photo: Cathie Archibould Photography. Bottom Right: Les Violons du Roy - Photo: ©Geneviève LeSieur. Second Image: Top Left: Jacob’s Pillow Festival - Photo of Anne Plamondon and James Gregg by Mary Rozzi. Top Right: International Studio & Curatorial Program - Photo: Sara Cwynar. Bottom Left: Black Ensemble Theater - Photo: Alan Davis. Bottom Right: Visual Aids - Photo: Courtesy of Visual AIDS. Third Image: Concordia University’s Momus Emerging Critics Residency.

CCAR 2020 Year-End Covid-19 Special Relief Grants

CCAR was pleased to provide support to multidisciplinary arts & cultural institutions as part of a second series of special Relief Grants in response to income loss and impact due to COVID-19.

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Institutions Included: Toronto Biennial of Art, Toronto; One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary; Shorefast Foundation, Newfoundland; Black Theatre Workshop (BTW), Montreal; Hubbard Street Dance, Chicago; Street Symphony, Los Angeles; Metropole Film Board Inc., New York City; Americas Society, New York City; PEN Canada, Toronto; and PEN America.

First Image:Top Left: Toronto Biennial of Art. Dana Claxton, Headdress-Dana, 2019. Courtesy the artist. Top Right: One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary. Bottom Left: Shorefast Foundation, Newfoundland. Photo by Alex Fradkin, courtesy Fogo Island Arts. Edgar Leciejewski, Tones, installation view, Fogo Island Gallery, 2015. Bottom Right: Black Theatre Workshop (BTW), Montreal. Second Image: Top Left: Hubbard Street Dance, Chicago. Photo by Todd Rosenberg; Jacqueline Burnett in Alejandro Cerrudo's One Thousand Pieces. Top Right: Street Symphony, Los Angeles. Photo by Valerie Bischoff. Bottom Left: Metropole Film Board Inc., New York City. Photo: ON BROADWAY; Storyville Films. Bottom Right: Americas Society, New York City. Photo by James Peel; Terence Gower’s “Sculpture Portraits.” Third Image: Left: PEN Canada, Toronto. Photo by Rita Leistner. Right: PEN America