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Legislation and Artists

Features: Take Control Know Your Rights | Artists Rights and Status
Around the Globe | Artist Profile: Laurent Vaillancourt
Plus: CARFAC Ontario Members Exhibition Listings | Grants Calendar | Keeping
you connected ... Local News from Across the Province

Content:
Executive Directors Report | P 1
Presidents Report | P 2
Meet Our New Staff and Board Members | P 3
Take Control Know Your Rights | by Melissa
Gruber | P 5

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working for you.

Artists Rights and Status Around the Globe | by

Victoria Ward | P 6

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tax receipts
for your donations.

Artist Profile: Laurent Vaillancourt | interview by

Victoria Glizer | P 8
Keeping you connected ... Local News from Across
the Province | P 9

www.carfac.ca

CARFAC Ontario Members Exhibition Listings |

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Executive Directors Report

Since arriving as the
new Executive Director
of
CARFAC
Ontario
at the end of June, I
have been delighted to
learn more about the
organizations important
work on behalf of artists
from across the province.
As I meet with various
stakeholders and make my way through pages and
pages of materials artist advisories, past issues
of Dispatch, operating grants, project proposals,
correspondence with members, memos to and
from other arts organizations and institutions, and
so on I have been struck by the clarity and strength
of the collective voice CARFAC Ontario has been
providing for individual artists, as well as the
consistent ethos of service to the artistic community
permeating throughout all of its activities.

look for opportunities to be effective and impactful

in fulfilling CARFAC Ontarios mandate to promote
the well-being of the provinces practicing visual
artists and to enhance the development of the
visual arts as a profession. I can always be reached
by email at sl@carfacontario.ca or by phone at
416-340-8850 (local) and 1-877-890-8850.
I hope to meet some of you in person at our Annual
General Meeting this fall. I am currently working
with Board and staff to finalize a date and venue
please be on the lookout for official notification in
the coming weeks.
Id like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the
work of CARFAC Ontario staff and give special
thanks to our Membership Manager Victoria Glizer
and Administrative Assistant Bri Salmena. Victoria
and Bri have been holding the fort during this time
of transition and Ive enjoyed my first week at
CARFAC Ontario in large part to their knowledge,
enthusiasm, and commitment to the organization
and its members. They are joined for the summer
by Publications Assistant Venessa Harris who has
just joined us after completing her BA in the Arts
Management program at the University of Toronto.
Many thanks to all for the warm welcome. I am
honoured and excited to be serving Ontarios
artists and artistic community at CARFAC Ontario
and look forward to working with you.

I hope to continue the excellent work my

predecessor Kristian Clarke has accomplished
over an impressive 14 years of service at CARFAC
Ontario. I thank him for leaving me with a healthy
organization that has done a great job of remaining
accessible, responsive, and responsible to its
members, while playing a leadership role at the
provincial, national and international levels around
issues affecting the professional status of artists.
I look forward to working with the Board, staff,
membership, and other community partners to
build on his legacy.

Sally Lee
Executive Director

I welcome hearing from you as I learn more about

the organization and its potential as we continue to

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Presidents Report
Arts Ireland, which we could all use when arguing
on behalf of art as a social good versus marketdriven interests.

Summer is the time to leave

our studios and homes for a
while to refresh our spirits in
nature. Go for a bike ride by
a river, participate in a distant
residency, read a book in your
garden.

Melissa Gruber, Director of Advocacy and

Communications at CARFAC National, is the
author of a second article. Melissa outlines the
rights that artists, through CARFAC, already
have achieved in Canada, including minimum fee
payment for exhibiting artwork and reproduction
and moral rights (how an image of your work
is used). Your power, she writes, lies in giving
permission. Read about how you can protect
yourself and your artwork.

Our organization, CARFAC

Ontario, is renewing itself as well. As you know,
our long-time Executive Director, Kristian Clarke,
has moved to another sector. Kristian was a
tireless motivator and prodigiously knowledgeable
advocate of CARFAC Ontario. He is kind,
thoughtful and a real joker; and I am pleased to
call him a friend.

Lastly, we include an interview with Laurent

Vaillancourt, an advocate for artists rights and
artists way of life, particularly for Franco-Ontarians.
Laurent presents a snapshot of the pros and cons
of living as an artist in Northern Ontario.

Taking the helm now is Sally Lee. I am looking

forward to working with Sally, who comes with great
experience working with media and performing
arts organizations. Sallys particular style as
Executive Director will reinvigorate CARFACs
path, although its goal remains constant: to
professionalize artists, advocate for artists and
uphold the status and rights of the artist.

Right now I am dusting off my paddle and packing

for a wilderness canoe trip with four women artists.
We intend to do site-specific installations on every
campsite we visit, utilizing only natural detritus.
When I return I will feel refreshed and ready to
begin working again in my studio as well as with
Sally and our reinvigorated CARFAC board welcome new members Sophie DeFrancesca,
Dave Kemp, Leesa Bringas and Michelle Forsyth!

Toward this end of taking control of our art careers

through knowledge of our rights, we present three
articles in this edition of Dispatch. As individuals
and as organizations, we constantly compare
ourselves to our peers. In one article, artist Victoria
Ward compares Australia, United Kingdom and
Ireland with Canada. She examines artists resale
right, copyright protection and, status of the artist.
Victoria includes a fabulous quote from Visual

Artists'
ontracts
Agreements for
Visual and Media Artists

Have a great summer, everyone!

Yael

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Meet Our New Staff

Sally Lee, Executive Director
As an active member of Torontos arts community, Sally brings
to CARFAC Ontario over 25 years of experience as an arts
administrator. She has held management and leadership positions
at a broad range of not-for-profit organizations, including the Toronto
International Film Festival, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Artists for
Peace and Justice Canada, Samara Canada, and the Toronto Reel
Asian International Film Festival, where she was Executive Director.
She has also worked at artist-run centres such as the Liaison of
Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, and served on the Board of
Directors at the Images Festival. She currently sits on the Advocacy
Committee of the Toronto Arts Council, the Board of the Canadian
Filmmakers Distribution Centre, and the Advisory Board of Reel
Asian. Sally has a BA from the University of Toronto, where she majored in Philosophy and Literary Studies.

Venessa Harris, Publications Assistent

Venessa Harris is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto
Scarborough with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management,
Theatre & Performance Studies, and Media Studies. She has held
many arts administration roles, such as marketing/social media,
volunteer management, front of house, sponsorship coordination,
bookkeeping, development/fundraising, and sales. Venessa has
worked with multiple not-for-profit arts organizations in Toronto,
including Studio 180 Theatre, Angelwalk Theatre, Canadian
Stage, Toronto International Film Festival, Hot Docs, MusiCounts,
ARTSIDEOUT, Doris McCarthy Gallery, and Arts & Events
Programming at UTSC.

Meet Our New Board Members

Sophie De Francesca
Toronto-based artist, Sophie De Francesca graduated from theOntario
College of Art (now OCAD University) in 1990. While working in various
commercial art fields for over a decade, she started to develop a body
of personal artwork with a keen focus on sculpture. In the early 2000s,
wire mesh emerged as an important material for DeFrancesca. Sheathes
of galvanized steel mesh allowed her to shape human scale forms,
rendering hard materials into ethereal concoctions. These sculptures
resonated with audiences, opportunities to exhibit came her way, and
her fine art practice soon became her primary focus.
Sophies workspace in Leslieville on Torontos east side offers the artist
refuge to explore cultural and social phenomenon in all its evocations. Her sculptures can often be seen at
various international art fairs across North America, and have earned her gallery representation, and group and
solo exhibitions at prestigious venues including Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Miami. De Francescas work
has captured the attention of collectors around the world.

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Meet Our New Board Members

Leesa Bringas
Leesa Bringas is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and has exhibited in
Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Leesa
has worked, volunteered, and exhibited at a number of arts and non-profit
organizations. In 2010, she relocated to Sudbury, Ontario and in 2013,
she became Open Studio | Cambrian Colleges Technician/Coordinator
and nurtured a number of partnerships in the Sudbury community. Leesa
is active on a number of arts initiatives and committees including the
Downtown Sudbury Art Crawl and recently became a board member with
CARFAC Ontario. As a practicing visual artist, educator and cultural worker,
Leesa acknowledges the need for on-going artist and arts advocacy in all
communities.

Michelle Forsyth
Toronto-based artist, and OCAD professor, Michelle Forsyth brings a wealth of
expertise to CARFAC. Having recently returned to Canada after fifteen years
spent living in the USwhere she was teaching professional practices at the
graduate level she fosters organic modes of learning and promotes honest,
yet compassionate dialogue. Forsyth holds an MFA from Rutgers University
(New Brunswick, NJ); and a BFA from the University of Victoria (Victoria, BC).
Her work has been included in exhibitions at venues including: Mulherin +
Pollard, (New York, NY); Zaum Projects (Lisbon, Portugal); Pentimenti Gallery
(Philadelphia, PA); Auxiliary Projects (Brooklyn, NY); The Hunterdon Museum
of Art (Clinton, NJ); The Charleston Heights Arts Center (Las Vegas, NV);
Deluge Contemporary Art (Victoria, BC); and Mercer Union (Toronto, ON).
Forsyth has been the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts (Ottawa, ON), Artist Trust (Seattle,
WA), and was awarded the Larry Sommers Memorial Fellowship (Seattle Print Arts, WA). She has taught at
Pratt Institute (New York, NY); Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, NY); University of Southern Maine (Gorham, ME);
Washington State University (Pullman, WA); in addition to her current position at OCAD University (Toronto, ON).

Dave Kemp
Dave Kemp is a visual artist whose practice looks at the intersections and
interactions between art, science and technology: particularly at how these
fields shape our perception and understanding of the world. His artworks
have been exhibited widely at venues such as at the McIntosh Gallery,
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Art Gallery of Mississauga, The Ontario
Science Centre, York Quay Gallery, Interaccess, Modern Fuel Artist-Run
Centre, and as part of the Switch video festival in Nenagh, Ireland. His works
are also included in the permanent collections of the Agnes Etherington Art
Centre and the Canada Council Art Bank.
Dave obtained his PhD in Art and Visual Culture from the University of Western
Ontario and is a graduate from the Master of Visual Studies program at the
University of Toronto where he also completed the Collaborative Program
in Knowledge Media Design. Prior to this, he earned an Image Arts (photography) BFA from Ryerson University
and his BScE in Mechanical Engineering at Queens University. He currently works as a sessional instructor at
Western University.

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Take Control Know Your Rights

Written by Melissa Gruber, Advocacy and Communications Director, CARFAC National
Like all small business people, there are many
laws that govern the rights and responsibilities of
artists in society. It is important to understand and
comply with laws relating to contracts, immigration,
spam, etc.

read it carefully, you may not even be aware of

whats happening. If you give your rights away,
you no longer have control and, in fact, could need
permission from the new copyright holder to use
images of your own work.

In the legal universe, there are also a couple of

areas in which rights have been laid out specifically
for artists. To take advantage of these rights, it is
essential that you understand them. All too often,
artists rights are ignored either purposefully or out
of ignorance.

CARFAC recommends that artists license the

use of their work rather than assigning. A license
gives someone permission to use your work in a
certain way for a certain period of time whereas
assignment is usually forever. License templates
are available in a book of Artists Contracts by
CARFAC Ontario. We also recommend that you
use written contracts when your work is exhibited
or reproduced. Because your power lies in giving
permission, you need to negotiate your payment
and other conditions BEFORE you agree to
let someone use your work. If you try to ask for
payment after you have already given permission,
you will have lost your leverage.

Copyright
There are a few rights in the Copyright Act which
benefit visual artists:
The Exhibition Right gives artists power over how
their work is exhibited. Permission must be given
before your work is exhibited and in exchange
for that permission, you may negotiate payment
and other conditions. The CARFAC Minimum Fee
Schedule sets recommended rates for exhibitions
which you can use as a reference.

The Status of the Artist Act

If you were following the legal battle between
CARFAC and the National Gallery of Canada, you
may have heard about the Status of the Artist Act.
The Status of the Artist Act recognizes the
important role of the creator in society. The main
right it gives artists is to negotiate collectively
with federal producers like the National Gallery of
Canada.

Canada is one of the few countries that has the

Exhibition Right. It was added to the Copyright Act
in 1988 after lobbying from CARFAC.
The Reproduction Right gives artists power over
how images of their art are used. For example, if a
gallery wants to use an image of your artwork on
their website, they usually need your permission.
A long list of different kinds of reproductions are
covered in CARFACs Minimum Fee schedule.

Many artists find negotiating challenging on

their own. Understanding your rights can help
but sometimes artists undercut each other by
accepting less than they are worth in exchange
for exposure. Collective bargaining solves this
problem by setting minimum rates that are binding
artists can negotiate more if they like but not
less.

Moral rights include:

The right to protect your artwork against distortion,
alteration or mutilation in a way which prejudices
your reputation;
The right to associate your name as the author of
your work or remain anonymous if you choose and
The right to protect your visual image from
association with a cause, product, service, or
institution to which you are personally opposed.

After the Supreme Court established that the

Status of the Artist Act works to compliment
the Copyright Act, CARFAC and our Quebec
partner RAAV came to our first agreement with
the National Gallery last fall. You can learn more
about the agreement on our website at carfac.ca/
agreements.

Caution!
It is possible for an artist to give away exhibition
or reproduction rights in a contract if you dont

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Artists Rights and Status Around the Globe

by Victoria Ward
price reaches or exceeds the sterling equivalent of
1,000 and is calculated on a sliding scale. 2

Artists status, rights and issues are picking up

steam across the globe. CARFAC leads this
movement as research suggests that in many
countries artists are at a disadvantage compared
to Canada. However, as the discussion heats
up, legislation in different countries is being
re-evaluated and reshaped to adapt to digital,
funding and international trade challenges. While
CARFAC engages in policy-making surrounding
artist resale rights in Canada, here is a snapshot
of what is happening elsewhere:

Ireland:
Artists Resale Right
(ARR) also known as
droit de suite (Right
to Follow), has been
in operation in Ireland since June 2006. The
regulations entitled artists to receive a royalty
each time their work is resold by an auction house,
gallery or art dealer.
To be eligible for a resale royalty the following
conditions must be met:
- It must be a resale (i.e. the second or subsequent
sale of the art work).
- The work must be in copyright which means the
artist must be alive or less than 70 years deceased.
- The work must sell for at least 3,000.
- The work must be sold through the professional
art market such as a gallery, auction house or art
dealer. 3

Australia:
The Resale Royalty
Scheme,
established
under the Resale Royalty
Right for Visual Artists
Act 2009 (the Act), commenced on 9 June 2010.
Under the Scheme, artists receive five per cent
of the sale price when eligible artworks are resold
commercially for $1000 or more. 1
The Resale Royalty Right applies to original
artworks by living artists and for a period of 70
years after an artists death. It applies only on
resales where the seller acquires an artwork after
the resale royalty scheme commenced.1

Copyright is by far the most complicated issue for

artists not only due to working in the internet age,
but also because of extensive international trade
agreements:
Copyright protection in Australia is provided
automatically under the Copyright Act 1968 and
gives you exclusive rights to license others in
regard to copying your work, performing it in
public, broadcasting it, publishing it and making
an adaptation of the work. Rights vary according
to the nature of the work. Those for artistic works,
for instance, are different from those for literary
and musical works. Copyright doesnt protect you
against independent creation of a similar work.
Legal actions against infringement are at times
complicated by the fact that a number of different
copyrights may exist in some works - particularly
films, broadcasts and multimedia products. 4 There
are some grey areas here and in 2004 greyer areas
appeared after they amended the act to comply
with a free trade agreement.

United Kindom (UK):

The Artists Resale Right
(ARR) in the UK entitles
creators (authors) of
original works of art
(including paintings, engravings, sculpture and
ceramics) to a royalty each time one of their works
is resold through an auction house or art market
professional. The right to this royalty lasts for the
same period as copyright. Since January 2012
ARR has applied to qualifying works by artists
who have been dead for less than 70 years. Some
sales are exempt, for example, where the work
being resold was bought directly from the artist
less than three years previously and it is being
resold for 10,000 or less. This is generally known
as the bought as stock exception. Sales between
private individuals, without the use of an art market
professional, or to public, non-for-profit museums
do not attract royalty payments. ARR derives from
a European Directive and came into force in the
UK in 2006. The right only applies when the sale

Copyright law in the UK is governed by Part I of the

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA,
the Act). It has been subject to various amendments
over time including revisions recognizing the digital

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age in 2003, and with recognition of creative industry

and education in 2014. The UK legislation has been
updated on a number of occasions to harmonize
it with the provisions of international treaties and
conventions to which the UK is a signatory. A work
is entitled to copyright protection if:
It is of a type protected by copyright under the Act.
It is recorded in some form e.g. in writing, by a
sound recording, on a computer disk, or in a printed
form.
The work meets the requisite degree of originality.
A work is original if adequate skill, labour and
judgment is expended on creating it. 5
I would need to write a book that details the intricate
web of copyright legislation in the UK. Suffice to
say it does protect a creator and their work. As in
all the research I have done however, grey areas
appear because of international trade agreements.

enough to cover artists rights and protections.

However, complex trade agreements and the
mercurial nature of the internet are posing risks
for artists in both countries, issues not lost on their
artistic communities.
The representative body Visual Arts Ireland (VAI)
states: The argument for a public subsidy for the arts
derives from the same principle applied to providing
a public subsidy for a range of public services. The
arts are a social good which, if left to the marketplace,
would not survive or would do so in a fashion so
distorted that the public good would not be served.
Up to now the arts sector has enjoyed a number of
years of growing financial allocations, admittedly
from a low base. The money was well spent during
the past five years. As the Minister noted, the State
appreciates and values the contribution the sector
has made to the country internationally. Ireland has
had a fantastic run in winning awards in recent times,
which proves that our greatest natural resource is
the arts. 8 The VAI then outlines how artist salaries
have remained stagnant since 2008, and that this
will need to be addressed.

In Ireland, copyright law is contained in the

Copyright & Related Rights Act, 2000. Copyright
protects original literary, dramatic, musical and
artistic works (traditionally called the classical
copyrights); film, sound recordings, broadcasts
and the typographical arrangement of published
editions (often called related rights, because
they involve the exploitation of classical works);
computer software and non-original databases
(despite their modest credentials as creative
works) and performances. 6

Victoria Ward is an artist and writer living in a log

cabin in the Boreal Forest. For more information
on her visit www.hotspurstudio.com or follow her on
Twitter @hotspurstudio.
References:
1. Australian Government: http://arts.gov.au/visual-arts/
resale-royalty-scheme
2. Gov UK: www.gov.uk/artists-resale-right
3. The Irish Visual Artists Rights Organisation: www.
ivaro.ie/artists-resale-rights
4. Australian Government, IP Australia: www.ipaustralia.
gov.au/get-the-right-ip/copyright/
5. JISC Legal Information: www.jisclegal.ac.uk/
ManageContent/ViewDetail/ID/3588/Copyright-LawOverview-12-June-2014.aspx
6. Copyright Assoction of Irelend: www.cai.ie/?page_id=11
7. National Association for the Visaul Arts (NAVA):
https://visualarts.net.au
Parliament of Australia:
www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_
Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/0809/
ArtsPolicy
8. Visual Artists Ireland: http://visualartists.ie/advocacyadvice-membership-services/advocacy/advocacydatasheet-1-topic-the-status-of-the-artist-in-ireland/thesocial

Canada stands as an example for legislation

regarding the status of the artist. Other countries
art communities would like to see this adopted
there as well. The Federal Status of the Artist Act
established in 1992 proclaimed, recognizing artists
as professionals; it aims to improve the economic,
social and political status of professional artists.
Status of the Artist is not written into legislation
in Australia as yet. It has been recommended
repeatedly that legislation is needed for the status
of the artist in Australia.7 Arts Council England
has spent much time this century studying the
status of the artist in England. They have officially
recognized the centrality of the individual artist,
creator or maker within one of its five strategic
priorities and is committed to developing the
necessary infrastructure and environment to
support new work, experimentation and risk. But
at this point there is still no legislation pertaining to
the status of the artist. A study done in 2001 used
Canadas status legislation as a possible example.
Like Australia, Englands comprehensive copyright,
taxation and labour laws are felt to be sufficient

*According to www.xe.com, at the time of publishing this

article: 1,000 AUD is equivalent to 953.63 CAN.
10,000 EUR is equivalent to 14,181.71 CAN.
3,000 EUR is equivalent to 4,255.16 CAN.

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Artist Profile: Laurent Vaillancourt

Victoria Glizer interviews Laurent Vaillancourt
Born in Hearst, Northern Ontario, Laurent Vaillancourt
was among the leaders spearheading the awakening
of the Franco-Ontarian arts community of the early
1970s, he choose Hearst as his base and visual
art as his calling. Hearst is a predominantly French
speaking community. Vaillancourts practice is not
limited to one medium or concept; his early artistic
explorations were with macram, which evolved to
steel cable, with incursions into theatrical set and
landscape design. Laurent now works with found
objects as base material and is turning his practice
to performance art.

non-profit organization that seeks to promote and

maintain the Franco-Northern Ontario identity.
The eco prefix refers to a concept of human
ecology - the dynamic relationship between man,
his environment and traditions. Ten years ago I
bought an abandoned hotel that I turned into an
artist residency location. It serves francophones,
but is not exclusive.
Why are advocacy and community involvement
important to you? How do they influence your
artistic practice?
Since my teenage years Ive been involved in
community organizations both at the local and
provincial levels. Being involved is the best way to
ensure things happen; of course I adhere to causes
that are dear to me. I guess I learned altruism from
my parents who were involved too, but mainly in
religious organizations.
Being involved brings networking, visibility and
opportunities. Through the years, Ive traveled across
the country, met countless people, and created
bonds. It is through these activities that opportunities
happen. It has also broadened my knowledge of
how things work, and with my eclectic practice,
being involved with the artist run organizations was
certainly a good choice.

MAYDAY, Installation, May 2015, 24 Hour Affair, BRAVO

AGM, North Bay ON. Elements of a performance at
Galerie du Nouvel-Ontario, October 2014. MAYDAY was
a performance exploring assisted suicide.

Based on your career and your experiences, what

would you consider pros and cons of working in
the North?

How are you involved in the Franco-Ontarian

arts community?

The North is home. My family has always been

supportive and maybe that is one of the reasons I
chose to live here. Also, when I spend too much time
in the city I become a nervous wreck!

Im a founding member of the Galerie du NouvelOntario artist run center in Sudbury and of
BRAVO (Bureau des regroupement des artistes
visuels de lOntario). I was the president of both
at different times and am still on the board of
BRAVO as vice-president. I also represented
BRAVO at AGAVF (Association des groupes en
art visuel francophone du Canada) which is an
association of Francophone visual artists groups.
For a few years I was the president at the Conseil
des arts de Hearst and Im currently the vice
president of Hearst Ecomuseum where I act as
a volunteer curator. The Hearst Ecomuseum is a

The pros: Space - it is relatively easy to find studio

space at low cost if not free for specific projects;
tight knit community - if I have a special need, the
word gets around; the environment - in 10 minutes
Im in the country side, the sky is amazing; cost of
living - not everything is less expensive, of course
not! But when you add it all up it may be less than
living in a city. Living in the North, where there is a
will, there is a way.

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What brought you to CARFAC Ontario and what

services do you find useful?

The cons: distances - it takes a day to drive to

Toronto so planning is important to maximize
the stay; very small artistic community - we are
spread out over large distances: availability of artist
material, but that does not concern me: uncertainty
of wireless communications, which is fine with me:
not everything is 24 hrs, ah well

CARFAC is the first artist organization I joined; back

in the 70s it was called CARO (Canadian Artists
Representation Ontario) and had local groups in
different municipalities across Ontario. CARFAC has
been an incredible resource to make me understand
my rights, how to manage my artist business, income
tax, copyrights (CARCC), etc. There are great
services at CARFAC Ontario, not that I use them all,
but there may be a day when I will be grateful that
these services are there and available.

A visual artist or a writer can easily live here; it is

more difficult for an actor or musician. As you can
see, for me there are few cons. Even distance is not
a problem, often while driving; it is when I refine my
ideas.

Keeping you connected ...

Local News from Across the Province
News from Sudbury by Leesa Bringas
On April 28, 2015 Greater Sudburys Cultural Plan was passed unanimously by City Council and put into
action over 20 months of extensive community consultation and Steering Committee guidance, including
over 1,600 individual public engagements. In 2006, the City of Greater Sudburys Art and Culture Charter,
Strategy and Grant Policy was developed and set the groundwork for the initiation of the Greater Sudburys
Cultural Plan. It follows many other municipalities in the development of plans that recognize the importance
in providing a framework for recognition and support of arts and culture. A steering committee made up of
19 members of different backgrounds of the community, as well as board members of the Greater Sudbury
Development Corporation, met monthly and provided important discussion throughout the process. Moving
forward with the Cultural Plan, the accompanying Cultural Action Plan will have 12 community appointments
and continue the momentum. For more information, visit: www.greatersudburyculture.ca

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CARFAC Ontario Members Exhibition Listings

Any CARFAC Ontario member can be included in these free listings. The deadline for inclusion in the next
issue is Friday, August 7, 2015 for shows running during October, November and December 2015. Please
send listings for shows running only during these months to: bri@carfacontario.ca
The listing should include: your name; title of your show; gallerys address and contact information; date
for which the show will be on display; and a brief artists statement or description of the work. The subject
line of the e-mail should clearly request inclusion in the next issue of DISPATCH. You can also post your
exhibition listings on the members section on our web site: www.carfacontario.ca

Rowena Tolson

bled from found materials, whatever their characters

require. And early on, it became apparent that these
creations would be revisiting themes of previous
work - familial relationships, misogyny, fear of loss,
the worth of material objects.

Wisteria and Birds

June 1 - August 30, 2015

Reception: Monday, June 1, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Bytown Museum
1 Canal Lane, Ottawa ON K1P 5P6

Tina Newlove

Counterpoints

Spring Flowers and Birds: Rowena has been painting since her childhood and currently, residing in
Ottawa. Working with watercolours on silk, rice
paper, mulberry paper, and arches, she uses FineDetailed and Free-Brush styles of painting. Her
subjects included landscapes and flower & birds.

July 9 - July 30, 2015

Rotunda Gallery, Kitchener City Hall
200 King Street West, Kitchener ON N2G 427
My latest paintings explore situations where women
react and interact, alone or with each other, to and
with nature, children, men and the controllable and
uncontrollable environments around them. The figures in my paintings struggle to be seen and heard
and yet at the same time hide and sink away from
the viewers sight line. Layers of paint define and
then defuse the themes, adding complicated relationships between repeating shapes and overall
composition.

Adrian Gllner

A Brief History of Explosions

July 14 - July 25, 2015

Reception: Monday, July 13 at 5:30pm
Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University
5163 Duke Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Adrian Gllner presents artworks that challenge our
abilities to perceive. By gently displacing elements
of sound, time and motion, objects are created that
defy easy interpretation and bring temporality to the
fore. Recently, Gllner has been exploding things.

Frances Ferdinands
Lassanai

September 24 - October 24, 2015

Reception: Thursday, September 24 at 6:00pm

Barbara Rehus

Articsok Gallery
1697 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, ON M6N 1J2

But whats its value?

August 15 - September 6, 2015

Reception: September 6 at 2:00pm

LASSANAI, (Beautiful) translated from Sinhala, is

a collection of new work emanating from Frances
Ferdinands 3 month program of study and research
in her homeland, Sri Lanka.
It features 26 pairs of slippers individually painted in
designs inspired by the floral motifs found in the
many Buddhist temples she visited. Each pair
memorializes a year of the civil war, embodying its
cultural tradition of rich ornamentation within a con-

Loop Gallery
1273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1X8
A serendipitous find of old puppet head molds
marked the start of this ongoing series. The puppets
present themselves to me in various forms animate or not, knitted, sewn, drawn, painted, assem-

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temporary context, and suggesting symbolically a

step into a new era.

Donna Jean Mayne

Jurgen Mohr

May 1 - September 30, 2015

Sculpture Walk Sioux Falls & Avera McKennan
Hospital

Sculpture Walk 2015

Paintings & Sculptures

May 29 - June 20 2015

SE corner of Phillips & 10th

Dakota 57104 United States

WKP Kennedy Gallery

150 Main Street East, North Bay, ON P1B 1A8

Sioux Falls, South

Brenna (Phillips & 10th) and Adamaris (Avera

Hospital) are two 3/4 life-size bronze figures
from the dono dellacqua series. Each figure is
caught in a contemplative moment as they reach
to touch the gift of water.

Northern Ontario has had a significant impact on

my art over the years. There exists something
elemental, raw and original in the north, a primordial and mystical quality that is not restricted to
the northern landscape, but is continuously present and accessible to experience. This same
indigenous quality of Northern Ontario, is palpable
in the Dominican Republic, the country of origin
for my wife. My exposure to this foreign land and
Latin American paintings influence my colour and
style.

Gunhild Hotte
ISOLATION
COCHRANE

LAST

TRAIN

TO

July 8 - August 30, 2015

Timmins Museum NEC
Timmins 325 2nd Avenue, Timmins ON P4N 8A4

Sheila Davis

Riding the Elephant (Lake Road)

The artists work will be presented in the Red

Gallery. Her large paintings in mixed media such
as oil, acrylic, and collage are records of the artists very personal creative journey. Using distinctive visual marks and symbolism the work deals
with the North and the issues contained therein. In
Isolation/Last Train to Cochrane her focus is on
social issues. The challenges and aspects of living in the north impacting her own person as well
as all fellow residents making up the northern
community. Specifically, her work focuses on the
isolation through the severing of viable links that
shutting down The Northlander Train, connection has brought about. As such, it is her contention that the exhibition is a visual Requiem - possibly a communal experience of being on the last
train to Cochrane.

July 1 - August 1, 2015

Artist Talk: Friday, July 3 at 7:30pm

Art Gallery of Bancroft

10 Flint Avenue Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0
The Elephant Lake / Peterson Road is known to
be one of the most beautiful drives in Ontario.
The winding 34 km travels from Harcourt on
highway 648 (known as the Loop Rd) to Maynooth.
It is famous for sending a vehicles compass in
circles as it twists through the best views the
Easting Highlands has to offer with its natural
forest, rocky out crests, pristine waters and hidden winding roads.

In Memory
Gerald Steadman Smith, BFA Mt. Allison; MA (Fine Art) University of Saskatchewan, passed
away May 17, 2015. He was active in the Ottawa Arts community and taught for many years at
the Ottawa School of Art. The Foyer Gallery has recently named the award for the annual Young
at Art competition The Gerald Smith Award of Excellence.

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Lauren McKinley Renzetti

Maria Saracino

in exhibitions:

Beautiful Mother Earth- group show

in exhibitions:

DIMENSIONS 2015

May 20 - August 28, 2015

September 10 - September 13, 2015

Vernissage: Thursday, September 10 at 6:00pm

LucSculpture Gallery
663 Greenwood Ave, Toronto ON M4J 4B6

St. Brigids Center for the Arts

310 St. Patrick Street Ottawa, ON K1N 5K5

All works by many artists are views of unspoiled

mother earth.

The National Capital Network of Sculptors showcases the extraordinary work of 50 of its members.
From bronze and ceramic, wood and polymer, to
glass and stone. Youll see works in a wide assortment of sculptural mediums as well as an opportunity to meet and participate in demonstrations and
art talks. Attend the Vernissage on Thursday
September 10th and you will also have the opportunity to bid on some incredible silent auction sculptures to benefit the Boys and Girls Club.

The Sketchbook Project

August 28 - August 30 ,2015

Fri 4-8pm, Sat 12-4pm and Sun 12-4pm
Distillery District , Toronto
It is on a moving bus that stops in different parts of
the distillery district
Sketchbook project is housed in Brooklyn, each
year they travel to 5 or 6 cities and one stop is
Toronto. Hundreds of sketchbooks all create din the
last year are travelling. You can check them out.

CANADIANA

July 16 - August 17, 2015

Vernissage: Sunday, July 26 at 1:00pm

Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak

Shenkman Arts Center, AOE Gallery

245 Centrum Blvd. Suite 260, Orleans, ON K1E 0A1

Gallery Iskra
Kazanlak, Bulgaria Europe

This unique one month exhibit showcases Maria

Saracinos figurative sculptures in polymer clay. An
award winning, master polymer artist, Maria explores
candid moments in time that reflect our Canadian
culture while incorporating tidbits of information and
products that are surprisingly Canadian. Her whimsical yet realistic figures are sculpted in polymer
clay, and completed in textiles and resins. Included
with the sculptures will be a series of relief portraits.
Her influences are Norman Rockwell, Joe Fafard
and Ron Mueck.

July 15 - July 30, 2015

Largest group print show in the world, with more

than 30 countries represented and over 200 participants.

Lynn Christine Kelly

The Forest for the Trees

September 9 - September 26, 2015

The Red Head Gallery
115-401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON M5V 3A8

The Forest for the Trees envelopes the gallery with
an immersive experience that aims to bring something of the forest to the city. An installation of
fabric trees, all suspended from the ceiling, with
diffuse light from above, and the subtle sound of
life all around enhances the feeling you might be
somewhere other than a building in downtown
Toronto. As you walk through the trees you cannot
help but touch them, moving them, disturbing
them. After you pass by, the disruption fades and
the trees return to their natural state of being. A
subtle comment on how the environment restores
itself after humankind has gone.

Sylvie Grenier
Chroma

August 6 - August 26, 2015

Vernissage: Saturday, August 8 at 1:00pm
Old Chelsea Galerie
783 Route 105 Chelsea, Qubec J9B 1P1 Canada
Using mainly oil paints, I create interpretive images
of nature, exploring ways to reveal essence rather
than likeness.
I explore the boundaries between figuration and
abstraction to create a space based on memories,
somewhere behind ones eyes, somewhere between
seeing and thinking.

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Barbara Simpson in a solo-exhibition:

Marie Adam
Strange Seas of Thought / tranges
ocans de penses

Make Moments Count. An exhibition of

paintings and photography by Barbara
Simpson

June 10 - September 11, 2015

June 30 - July 30, 2015

Closed Canada Day July 1, 2015 and Sundays
Saturday, July 18, 2015 from 1 pm 3 pm

Ottawa International Airport

1000 Airport Parkway Private Ottawa, ON K1V 9B4

Brockville Arts Centre, Lobby Gallery & Display Cases

235 King St. West, Brockville, ON K6V 3S2

Abstract paintings, acrylic on canvas; I love to combine emotive and cosmological themes with the brilliant acrylic colours. If you are travelling through
Ottawa airport this summer check out my solo show.
Its between Gates 13 and 14.

My paintings define my individuality and vibrant personality. Influenced by OKeeffe, Monet, Renoir,
Manet and Gauguin. I love bold colour with a style
to call my own, representing my joie de vivre. My
work is considered upbeat, warm and flattering to
the eye. My exhibit features acrylic floral paintings
and Canadian waterfalls photography.

Sylvie Grenier
Chroma

August 6 - August 26, 2015

Vernissage: Saturday August 8 at 1:00pm

Ralph Nevins
Urban Flow

Old Chelsea Gallery

783 route 105 Chelsea QC J9B 1P1

AOE Gallery,Shenkman Arts Centre

245 Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1

Using mainly oil paints, I create imterpertive images

of nature, exploring ways to reveal essence rather
than likeness.

June 4 - June 15, 2015 and June 28, 2015 1 - 3pm

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A flow, a singular moment, one after another. The

flow of urban environment is not unlike a series of
movie stills, without surrounding content, become
their own context. In this case the movie is single
lines appended to make a photograph of the flow of
time.

CARCC

Glenna Tissenbaum

Canadian Artists
Representation
Copyright Collective

July 11 - August 16, 2015

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 11 at 2:00pm

Copyright licensing services

for visual & media artists

Colborne Art Gallery

51 King Street East, Colborne ON K0K 1S0

Visit www.carcc.ca for:

Membership information
List of affiliated artists
Fee schedules
User services
Canadian copyright law info

Colborne Art Gallery 3rd Annual Juried

Competition

Glenna Tissenbaum (www.glennatissenbaum.com)

is proud to advise that her multi-media sculpture
Gall-Livers Travails has been selected to participate in the Colborne Art Gallerys Juried
Competition. The sculpture, which is mounted on a
turntable, is based on the novel Gullivers Travels
by Jonathan Swift. Comprised of antique collectibles, childrens toys, stained glass and hand-crafted items, it features several moveable parts.
Glenna hopes sincerely to see you there! Welcome!

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613 232 3818 (Ottawa)
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Patricia Moore in solo exhibition:

Yael Brotman

July 21 - August 3, 2015

Opening Reception: July 22, 6pm - 8pm

June 21 - September 6, 2015

Biennale Internationale
Contemporaine

Selected Paintings 2014 2015

The Guild Gallery

111 Queen Street, Charlottetown, PEI

Destampe

Trois-Rivires, Quebec

The paintings are like fragments through time with

echoes of music and remembered places.

Each artist is exhibiting in a dedicated room within

various venues. My work is installed at the Musee
Pierre-Boucher, 858 rue Laviolette.

The IRIS Group presents:

Tracey-Mae Chambers

May 23 - July 5, 2015

July 13, 2015 - September 6, 2015

FILMIC

in exhibitions:

First Nations Group Exhibtion

Station Gallery
1450 Henry Street, Whitby ON L1N 0A8

Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant

20 Ava Road, Brantford, ON N3T 5G9

Curated by Olexander Wlasenko. Artists: Rowena

Dykins, Laura M. Hair, Holly McClellan, Judith A.
Mason, Janice Prebble, Mary Ellen McQuay,
Margaret Rodgers, Sally Thurlow, Wendy Wallace.
All things relating to film are explored, including
photography, sculpture, installation, and time based
work, further extended to include other ideas
around the word filmic itself.

Several First Nations Artists will be presented during

this group show.

Closeups at the Lake

An exhibition part of Planet IndigenUS!

The combination of this sustainable versatile
material and the talents of artists who understand
its nature and its potential create very powerful
works. Stitched and sculpted work by Tracey-Mae
Shaw, woodblock prints on dyed blue washi by
Ahmoo Angeconeb and stone and stencil prints
from Cape Dorset are just some of the exciting
mix in the exhibition.

Mother.Earth

July 24, 2015 - August 15, 2015

The Japanese Paper Place
77 Brock Avenue, Toronto, ON M6K 2L3

July 1 - August 31, 2015

Oshawa Community Museum

1450 Simcoe Street South Lakeview Park, Oshawa
ON L1H 8S8
Nine pieces from the recent CLOSEUPS exhibition
at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, along with
selections photo archives, are on display through
the summer at Guy House in Oshawas Lakeview
Park. Accompanying the exhibit will be a new work
that reflects the park as it is in 2015.
Based on photographs from Oshawas past, the series
consists of mixed media works on recovered jewellery
trays from a building formerly owned by Burns Jewellers
and part of Oshawas prosperous history.

about eve

September 1 - November 30, 2015

Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
15 Highway 551 MChigeeng, ON P0P 1G0
Installation of paintings and sculptures which
address negative body image as well as womens
issues.

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Grants Calendar
The CARFAC Ontario Grants Calendar is published in every issue, allowing you to plan in advance for
grant deadlines. All the information published here has been edited for space, and is meant to give you a
general sense of the types of grants available. Deadlines and eligibility criteria are subject to change at any
time. Visit the funders websites to verify deadlines and to find out more about application requirements.
CARFAC Ontario makes every effort to provide information which is up-to-date and accurate. Neither
CARFAC Ontario nor any of its employees can be held responsible for any errors or omissions, or for
any losses, costs or claims which arise as a result of relying on this information.

CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS

350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047, Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Phone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or at their individual numbers | Fax: (613) 566-4390
TTY (TDD) machine for hearing-impaired callers: 613-565-5194
www.canadacouncil.ca/grants

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

1 September

Long-Term Grants to Visual

Artists

Michel Gaboury,
Program Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 5265

1 September

Travel Grants to Professionals

in the Visual Arts

Brigitte Desrochers
Program Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 5270

1 September

Capacity Building Program:

The Flying Eagle

Nol Habel
Program Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 4178

30 September

John Hobday Awards in Arts

Management

Sarah Brown
Program Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 6004

1 October

New Media Residencies

laura jeanne lefave

Program Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 5254

1 October

Grants to New Media and

Audio Artists: Research and
Production Grants

laura jeanne lefave

Program Officer

613-566-4414, ext. 5254

1 October

Grants to New Media and

Audio Artists: GRAND NCE
Media Artist and Scientist
Collaboration

Felipe Diaz
Program Officer
Prizes Section

613-566-4414, ext. 5252

1 October

Grants to Film and Video

Artists Research Creation
Grants Production Grants and
Scriptwriting Grants

laura jeanne lefave

613-566-4414 ext. 5254
Anglophone emerging
and mid-career artists in
Research/Creation Grants OR
anglophone emerging artists
in Production Grants

Annual

Duke and Duchess of York

Prize in Photography

Paul Thinel
Francophone artists

613-566-4414 ext. 5253

Michel Gaboury
Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 5265

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Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

Anytime

Travel Grants to Media Arts

Professionals

Media Arts Section

613-566-4414 ext. 5914

Anytime

Travel Grants for Aboriginal

Collaborative Projects

Nol Habel
Program Officer

613-566-4414 ext. 4178

Recommended to apply at
least 10 weeks in advance.

Recommended to apply
a minimum of 8 weeks in
advance of departure date.

ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL

151 Bloor Street West, 5th floor, Toronto ON M5S 1T6
Phone: 1-800-387-0058 (toll-free in Ontario) or 416-961-1660 | Fax: 416-961-7796
info@arts.on.ca | www.arts.on.ca/Page16.aspx

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

1 Septembre

Artistes visuels et des

mtiers dart

Nina Charest
adjointe des programmes

416-969-7417 | 18003870058, poste 7417

ncharest@arts.on.ca

15 September

Aboriginal Artists in
Communities

Kateri Gauthier
Interim Program Administrator

416-969-7424 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7424

kgauthier@arts.on.ca

15 September

Aboriginal Arts Projects

Kateri Gauthier
Interim Program Administrator

416-969-7424 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7424

kgauthier@arts.on.ca

15 September

National and International

Touring

Lizzy Braoudakis
Program Administrator

416-969-7412 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7412

lbraoudakis@arts.on.ca

15 September

Ontario Touring

Lizzy Braoudakis
Program Administrator

416-969-7412 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7412

lbraoudakis@arts.on.ca

15 September

Visual Artists: Mid-Career

Caroline Cotter
Program Administrator

416-969-7455 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455

ccotter@arts.on.ca

1 Octobre

Avance mdias

Nina Charest
administratrice des
programmes

416-969-7417 | 18003870058, poste 7417

ncharest@arts.on.ca

1 October

Aboriginal Curatorial
Projects

Caroline Cotter,
Program Administrator

416-969-7455 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455

ccotter@arts.on.ca

1 October

Arts Education Projects

Terry Gitersos
Program Administrator

416-969-7401 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7401

tgitersos@arts.on.ca

1 October

Artists in the Community/

Workplace

Kateri Gauthier
Interim Program Administrator

416-969-7424 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7424

kgauthier@arts.on.ca

1 October

Culturally Diverse Curatorial

Projects

Caroline Cotter, Bilingual

Program Administrator

416-969-7455 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455

ccotter@arts.on.ca

1 October

National and International

Residency

Lizzy Braoudakis
Program Administrator

416-969-7412 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7412

lbraoudakis@arts.on.ca

1 October

Media Artists: Mid-Career

and Established

Anne Gard Gravestock

Program Administrator

416-969-7461 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7461

agravestock@arts.on.ca

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Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

15 October

Craft Projects - Connections Caroline Cotter

Program Administrator

416-969-7455 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455

ccotter@arts.on.ca

15 October

Craft Projects - Creation and

Development

416-969-7455 | 1-800-387-0058 ext. 7455

ccotter@arts.on.ca

Caroline Cotter
Program Administrator

TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL

26 Grand Trunk Crescent, Suite 200, Toronto, ON M5J 3A9

Phone: 1-800-387-0058 (toll-free in Ontario) or 416-961-1660 | Fax: 416-961-7796
info@arts.on.ca | www.arts.on.ca/Page16.aspx

Deadline

Grant Name

Contact Person

Contact Information

4 August

Community Arts Projects

for organizations and
collectives

Andrew Suri
Grants Officer, Community
Arts

416-392-6802 ext. 213

andrew@torontoartscouncil.org

14 September

Grants to Visual Artists

(Individuals)

Peter Kingstone
Acting Visual/Media Arts
Officer

416-392-6802 ext. 208

peter@torontoartscouncil.org

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At a glance ....

V o l u m e 21, I s s u e 2, J u l y 2015
ISSN 1201-0081

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Contributors

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The opinions expressed in DISPATCH are
those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect those of CARFAC Ontario, CARFAC
National or its regional affiliates.

CARFAC Ontario Board of Directors

Yael Brotman (President), Devon Ostrom (Vice

President), Kohila Kurunathan (Treasurer),
Kristen Fahrig (Secretary), Ashley McKenzieBarnes, Sophie DeFrancesca, Dave Kemp,
Leesa Bringas and Michelle Forsyth.

At the end of June 2015 the Board of Directors said goodbye to

outgoing Executive Director Kristian Clarke and wished him well at
his new role of Senior Projects Manager at Canadian Actors Equity
(Equity). In the photo: Sally Lee, incoming Executive Director of
CARFAC Ontario and Kristian Clarke.Photo by Krisztina Szabo.

CARFAC Ontario Staff

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Glizer (Membership Manager), Diann Missal
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CARFAC Ontario is supported by the Ontario
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Ontario Ministry of Culture, the Ontario
Trillium Foundation, and by our members.

an Ontario government agency

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In the photo: Kristian Clarke and Kristen Fahrig, Secretary of the

Board. Photo by Krisztina Szabo.
CARFAC Ontario is the association of
professional visual and media artists in
Ontario, Promoting the legal and economic
rights of Visual and Media Artists for over 40
years. As an artist-run organization, CARFAC
Ontario knows the needs of artists and has
developed services and programs to assist
artists at every stage of their career.

Many thanks to Kristian for all his work

over the last 14 years advocating for visual
and media artists and supporting the entire
cultural sector!