Winnipeg Arts Council

Grants Awarded 2008

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

17 requests

$170,500

7 awarded

$60,000

Recipients

  • Art City
  • Camerata Nova
  • Dry Cold Productions
  • Manitoba Crafts Council
  • Sarasvàti Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory
  • Send + Receive: A Festival of Sound
  • WNDX Inc.
  • Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTS for Artists Working In All Artistic Disciplines

92 requests

$338,621

23 awarded

$75,000

Recipients

  • Gwen Armstrong
  • Sharon Bajer
  • Darek Dawda
  • Michael Dudeck
  • Mia Feuer
  • Vince Fontaine
  • Carolyn Gray
  • Darryl Kinaschuk
  • Donna Kroeker
  • J.J. Kegan McFadden
  • Lorri Millan
  • Freya Olafson
  • Victoria Prince
  • Mélanie Rocan
  • Orjan Sandred
  • Alicia Smith
  • Cyrus Smith
  • Gordon Tanner
  • Daniel Thau-Eleff
  • John Toone
  • Natasha Torres-Garner
  • Katherena Vermette
  • Calvin Yarush

PROJECT GRANTS for Arts Organizations and Collectives

14 requests

$176,600

7 awarded

$63,600

Recipients

  • Adhere and Deny
  • Home Routes
  • Maison des artistes visuels francophones
  • out of line theatre Co-op Inc.
  • Virtuosi Concerts
  • Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society
  • Winnipeg Gay and Lesbian Film Society

YOUTH ARTS INITIATIVE GRANTS for Arts Organizations

6 requests

$73,700

4 awarded

$44,500

Recipients

  • Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Art
  • Manitoba Great Wall Performing Arts
  • Video Pool Media Arts Centre
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery

NEW CREATIONS FUND GRANTS for Arts Organizations

11 requests

$643,175

7 awarded

$239,000

Recipients

  • Manitoba Printmakers' Association
  • Prairie Fire Press
  • Sarasvàti Dramatic Theatre Productions and Repertory
  • School of Contemporary Dancers
  • Shakespeare in the Ruins
  • Theatre Projects Manitoba
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery

OPERATING GRANTS for Arts Organizations (3- Year Agreement)

0 requests

$0

0 awarded

$0

Recipients

  • aceartinc.
  • Alliance chorale Manitoba Inc.
  • Association of Manitoba Book Publishers
  • Cercle Molière
  • Crossing Communities Art Project
  • Festival du Voyageur
  • Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg (Folklorama)
  • Gilbert & Sullivan
  • GroundSwell
  • Jazz Winnipeg
  • Little Opera Company
  • Manitoba Association of Playwrights
  • Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
  • Manitoba Choral Association
  • Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts
  • Manitoba Opera
  • Manitoba Printmakers Association
  • Manitoba Theatre Centre
  • Manitoba Theatre for Young People
  • Manitoba Writers' Guild
  • MAWA: Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
  • NAfro Dance Productions
  • National Screen Institute
  • PLATFORM: centre for photographic + digital arts
  • Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art
  • Prairie Fire Press
  • Prairie Theatre Exchange
  • Rainbow Stage
  • Royal Winnipeg Ballet
  • Ruth Cansfield Dance
  • School of Contemporary Dancers
  • Shakespeare in the Ruins
  • Storyline FX Inc. (Freeze Frame)
  • Theatre Projects Manitoba
  • TRIP Dance Company
  • Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art
  • Video Pool Media Arts Centre
  • West End Cultural Centre
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery
  • Winnipeg Film Group
  • Winnipeg Folk Festival
  • Winnipeg International Children's Festival
  • Winnipeg International Writers Festival
  • Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra
  • Winnipeg Music Festival
  • Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir
  • Winnipeg Singers
  • Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
  • Winnipeg Youth Orchestras
  • Winnipeg's Contemporary Dancers
  • WJT (Winnipeg Jewish Theatre)

Assessors

Nancy Drake, Eric Lussier, Erika MacPherson, Natasha Torres-Garner, David Barber, Anita Daher, Kevin Klassen, Bonnie Marin, Steven Matjcio, Larry Strachan, Ann Hodges, Leigh-Anne Kehler, Rik Leaf, Erika MacPherson, Marie Bouchard, Ann Hodges, Leigh-Anne Kehler, Rik Leaf, Erika MacPherson, Donna Fletcher, Grant Guy, Brent Lott, Michael Matthews and Carol Rose, Stephanie Ballard, Andrea Bell, Victor Enns, Clarise Foster, Kayla Gordon, Charles Shilliday