Annual Report 2004
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Annual Report Year ending August 31, 2003 January 27, 2004 THE LIVING ARTS CENTRE THE LIVING ARTS 1 Annual Report 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by The Chairman & CEO . .1 Living Arts Centre Board of Directors . .2 Mission Statement . .3 Highlights Performing Arts: . .4 • Living Arts Centre Presents • Community On Stage • Resident Tenants • Mississauga Symphony Orchestra • Opera Mississauga • Mississauga Choral Society • Mississauga International Children’s Festival • Other • Community Access Program Studio Arts . .6 Volunteer . .8 Communications & Marketing . .9 Sponsorship & Development . .11 Finance / Live Cuisine / Corporate Sales . .13 Living Arts Centre Staff . .14 Audited Financial Statements . .15 Annual Report 2003 Drew Pallett, Chairman Gerry Townsend, CEO Financial Consultant Living Arts Centre RBC Dominion Securities We are pleased to present to you the Annual Report for The Living Arts Centre in Mississauga for the year ended August 31, 2003. Early in the year, your Board of Directors reviewed our mission statement.The Board decided to revise and expand the mission statement to better reflect our commitment to give the community access to first class facilities and fine programming at a reasonable price.The introductory sentence of the new mission statement is as follows: To nurture, foster, encourage, promote and support the presence and development of the performing and visual arts in Mississauga and the neighbouring communities. The new mission statement is reproduced in full on Page 3 of this Annual Report. Our activities in Performing and Studio Arts, as well as the support provided by Marketing, Administration & Finance, Food and Beverage,Volunteers and Fundraising operations, are summarized in the following pages.The financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2003 are also attached. Over the past several years, we have experienced increasing success in addressing the programming expectations of our community. In 2004, we expect this positive trend to continue, while at the same time meeting our objective of providing a diverse range of artistic experiences to our audiences. The Living Arts Centre benefits from the financial support of a growing number of corporations in the greater Mississauga area through sponsorship, donations and group sales. In 2004 and beyond, we will seek to broaden the financial support from our community, particularly for programming that is designed to provide children with formal arts education and exposure to a variety of art forms. For example, in the coming years, we will extend and revitalise our Friends annual donor program. The Living Arts Centre gratefully acknowledges the continuing support of The Corporation of the City of Mississauga, which has been instrumental in providing the Mississauga community with our outstanding arts facility. On behalf of the Board of Directors, we wish to thank all the staff, volunteers and patrons who have contributed to another successful year. Drew M. Pallett Gerry Townsend Chairman of the Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer 1 Annual Report 2003 2003 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Drew Pallett, Chairman Ralph Hunter,Vice Chair Councillor Frank Dale Brian deLima Financial Consultant President, Hunter-Gray City of Mississauga Freelance Musical Director RBC Dominion Securities Financial Services Ward 4 Ron Duquette Doug Fowles Sherry Lee David W. Irwin André J. Mak President, Ad-Venture President, Mississauga, Ontario Deloitte & Touche LLP Owner, Kwik Kopy Printing Sight & Sound Ltd. Henge Developments Inc. President, Makvision Inc. Les Mayer Professor Robert H. McNutt Councillor Pat Mullin David O’Brien Vice-President, HR, Professor Emeritus City of Mississauga City Manager ADT Security Services Canada Inc. UTM Ward 2 City of Mississauga Councillor Maja Prentice Anthea J. Radford Frank Rende Anthony Schwartz Ted Woloshyn City of Mississauga President & CEO Vice-President Streetsville, Ontario The Ted Woloshyn Show Ward 3 Arjane Governance Group Bernia of Canada Inc. CFRB,Toronto EX-OFFICIO Ruben Goulart Gerry Townsend Partner CEO 2 Keyser Mason Ball Living Arts Centre Mission Statement Annual Report 2003 Mission Statement of the Living Arts Centre To nurture, foster, encourage, promote and support the presence and development of the performing and visual arts in Mississauga and the neighbouring communities. The Board of Directors, staff and volunteers are dedicated to actively pursue the fulfillment of this mission and pledge to: 1. Present high quality performing and visual artists 5. Provide diverse educational experiences in for the enjoyment and enrichment of all ages. This performing and visual arts programming. will include the presentation of upcoming Canadian talent. 6. Create opportunities and incentives for staff and 2. Enrich the community by acting as a catalyst to volunteers to optimize their contributions towards stimulate diverse artistic and cultural development accomplishing the goals of the Centre in a within the community such as through resident challenging and satisfying environment. companies, festivals, visiting artists, ethnic programs and special exhibitions. 7. Ensure that one of the goals of the Centre is to move towards self-sufficiency. Consequently, it will 3. Enhance community growth and experiences by also engage in commercial activities such as partnering with community arts organizations to corporate rentals and catering to the extent achieve growth and diversity of arts in an econo- necessary to supplement its income. It will also mically viable manner such as by providing access seek support for its various activities through to the Centre's facilities as well as cooperating, sponsorship and donations. integrating resources and the sharing of information. 8. Operate in a fiscally responsible manner. 4. Encourage artists to pursue their art, showcase their work and to assist in teaching and mentoring others by offering them an opportunity to become resident at the Living Arts Centre. Live Cuisine Restaurant Dance Studio Galleria Laidlaw Hall Hammerson Hall Gift Shop Performing Arts Highlights Annual Report 2003 Total Theatre Usage Total combined usage including the Living Arts Centre programming, community performance rentals, rehearsals and corporate rentals: ◆ 211 days in Hammerson Hall ◆ 208 days in RBC Theatre Total number of performances in the theatre spaces: 234 LAC Presents... Colleen Furry HAMMERSON HALL ◆ performances included Holly Cole, Roch Voisine,The Nutcracker (sold-out), Shanghai Acrobats (2 sold-out performances), and the Canadian Brass ◆ total number of performances was 27 including shows in the Kidstuff, Family Passport and Nightlife series, as well as school performances ◆ total number of attendees was 14,819 RBC THEATRE ◆ performances included Dufflebag Theatre (sold-out), Rik Emmett (2 sold-out performances), the Arrogant Worms, and the Canadian Opera Company - Cinderella (2 sold-out performances) Danna Evans, Sarah McCutcheon, Sally Rideout ◆ total number of performances was 19 including shows in the Wiggle Club and the Relaxed series ◆ total number of attendees was 3,647 The Community OnStage... The Living Arts Centre Tenants... ◆ Mississauga Choral Society (2 performances) Victor Svenningson Bob Mitchell ◆ Mississauga Symphony (8 performances) ◆ Opera Mississauga (19 performances) John De Melo ◆ Mississauga International Children's Festival 4 (35 performances) Performing Arts Highlights Annual Report 2003 The Living Arts Centre enjoys a strong relationship with the community's not-for-profit organizations and associations. In addition to the Centre's Tenants listed above, performances were offered by: ◆ Chamber Music Society ◆ Mississauga Festival Youth of Mississauga Choir ◆ Clarkson Music Theatre ◆ Mississauga Youth Orchestra ◆ Mississauga Big Band Jazz ◆ Mississauga Youth Theatre Ensemble ◆ Earl Nelham Singers ◆ Mississauga Children's Choir ◆ Salvation Army ◆ Mississauga Festival Choir ◆ Streetsville Musicorp Inc. Culturally Specific Events... Performances offered to the community included: Holly Cole ◆ Barvinok School of Dance ◆ New Start Support & Training ◆ Bharat Cultural Organization: Centre Sirf Aapke Liye ◆ OPLENAC ◆ Datta Yoga Centre ◆ Punjabis in Canada for the ◆ Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe Promotion of Arts & Culture ◆ Filipino Seniors of Mississauga ◆ Queen Helena Croatian ◆ Joint Chinese Choirs Canadian Cultural & Charitable ◆ Lechowia Polish Canadian Society Folkdance Company ◆ Savior of the World Chinese ◆ Linhson Buddhist Association Catholic Mission of Ontario ◆ Toronto Kalibari ◆ Manets Entertainment & ◆ The Spiritual Assemble of Ukrainian International Media the Baha'is of Mississauga ◆ World Islamic Mission Commercial Productions... ◆ Live CBC Radio recording for Stuart McLean: Live From the Vinyl Café ◆ Canadian Academy of Floral Art ◆ Celebrity Symphony ◆ Miss Canada / Miss Teen Canada International ◆ Filming for Ministry of Health Commercial ◆ Filming for television series: Mutant X ◆ Filming for music video: Scarlett Community Access Program (CAP) During Fiscal 2003 we continued this program to assist and encourage local arts organizations to successfully use our facilities on a continu- ing basis. CAP provides financial assistance to meet rental and other facility charges by the Centre to organizations where these expenses have been a barrier to access.The funding is provided through the generous support of the Mayor's Gala Fund. Organizations approved under the program this year are: ◆ Candy Factory Theatre Rita Chiarelli ◆ Mississauga