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ABOUT THE EAC The Arts Council (EAC) is a not-for- profit society and charitable organization that supports and promotes the arts community in Edmonton. The EAC works to increase the profile and involvement of arts and culture in all aspects of our community life.

q06 BOARD OF Vivianne Favreau-Sparrow, Debbie Houle Treasurer Aasttha Khajuria DIRECTORS Noel Xavier, Secretary Morgan McClelland as of December 31, 2018 Mark Power Members at Large Mireille Rijavec Executive Committee Patricia Darbasie Don Robinson Jeff Haslam, Chair Christopher Filipowicz Kent Sutherland Glen Erickson, Vice Chair Michael Hamm Will Truchon

Ex-Officio Marian Bruin, CoE* (December 2017 - March 2018) The Edmonton Arts Council thanks Heather Inglis, Jackie Foord, CoE* (April 2018 - September 2018) Scott Portingale, Murray Utas, and Christopher White Niki Anderson, CoE* (September 2018 - Present) for their contributions to the EAC board in 2018. Cheryll Watson, EEDC** (January - March 2018) * City of Edmonton Maggie Davison, EEDC** (April 2018 - Present) ** Edmonton Economic Development Corporation

STAFF Grace Law Amber Combden (January - April 2018) as of December 31, 2018 Kathryn Morin Olivia Latta Breanna Mroczek Kaelyn Saunders (January 2018) Annette Aslund Chris Roberts Amanda Skopik (on maternity leave) Sanjay Shahani Betty Thomson Jenika Sobolewska Chelsea Boida Churchill Square Programs Bobbie Todd Andrea Bowes Adam Blocka David Turnbull Jamie Chapelsky Liam Brown Eva Marie Clarke Jenna Turner (on maternity leave) Lee-Ann Grenier Shirley Combden Alexandra Perala Justina Verboom Kristina de Guzman Bob Rasko Stephen Williams Penélope Haro Aranda Marwa Salman Robert Harpin TIX on the Square Aleysha Sarinn Melanie Haynes Nicole Boychuk Ben Sures Sally Kim Liza Chatterjee Melissa Wolfinger

EAC continued to support operational development of the new Edmonton Screen Industries Office by providing office space and resources to CEO Josh Miller.

01 it struck me that we have begun to function as a truly strategic board, and a rather collegial one at that.

Our committees are robust and fluid, with strong terms of reference allowing for waxing and waning as need be. Most importantly we are all delighted to embrace and champion our new ten-year plan Connections & Exchanges.

I leave a board poised to guide, nurture, and facilitate as the EAC team, lead by the indefatigable Sanjay q07 Shahani, embarks upon the implementation of the plan’s momentous and far-reaching strategies.

As I prepare to leave the Edmonton Arts Council I am honoured to have been a small part of this after six remarkable years (the past three as Chair) beginning of the beginning, and I will miss sitting a recent moment stands out from my final board around the table with the friends I have made at the meeting just a few weeks ago. Edmonton Arts Council. I wish them all the best of good fortune as they move ahead. I am grateful for After arriving at a final rather complicated motion each and every one of them, and grateful for the new which everyone had weighed in on in a particularly artists and community leaders who will join them. satisfying manner, there was a quick zinger and a big round of laughter. As I looked around the table My sincere thanks to all our committees for their I thought, “mission accomplished!” ongoing collaboration, to Sanjay, Sally Kim, Stephen Williams, Jenna Turner, David Turnbull, Shirley I make comedy for a living you see, and laughter Combden and their respective teams for their untiring is, to me, a sign of great success. Perhaps a more and creative work, and to the Mayor and City Council apropos thought might have been “it’s the for their continued confidence. I have learned so much beginning of the beginning!” to rustically from you all. paraphrase Churchill. At any rate, after six years

02 Renewal and engagement defined 2018 for the Edmonton Arts Council (EAC). Our leadership of the cultural planning process received unanimous endorsement when Edmonton City Council approved Connections & Exchanges: A 10-Year Plan To Transform Arts and Heritage In Edmonton. That endorsement was reiterated in December when Council renewed our 4- Year Operating Budget, with an increase of funds to implement the plan and deepen the impact of the arts.

In 2019, the EAC will consult with the arts community q08 to build an implementation framework for Connections & Exchanges. We are excited to explore new ways of strengthening support for all arts sectors and further Indigenous communities. The park is an important engaging Edmontonians. milestone in our journey of reconciliation and has permanently changed the way this organization This annual report eloquently lays out the EAC’s many approaches its work with Edmonton’s citizens. accomplishments over the past year. Just the numbers are impressive: nearly $10 million dollars in I want to thank the Mayor and City Council for investments; 85 conservation projects; 12 public art their continued trust and commitment in the EAC’s installations, and 25 ongoing public art projects. In leadership. By unanimously approving Connections addition, TIX continued offering box office services & Exchanges and increasing investment in the EAC, and increased its inventory of artistic products by they have affirmed the vital role played by the arts Edmonton artists and artisans. Our community in building a healthy, vibrant and connected programming expanded from Churchill Square into Edmonton. three new communities. Finally, I would like to thank the EAC Board and The September opening of (ÎNÎW ) River Lot Staff for the care, passion and professionalism ᐄᓃᐤ 11∞ – Edmonton’s Indigenous Art Park – marked the they bring to the work of nurturing every completion of a transformative six years that relationship in Edmonton’s arts and cultural deepened our connection with Edmonton’s community. Thank You!

03 EDMONTON’S POET L AUREATE In 2018 Poet Laureate Ahmed Ali spoke and performed at over 20 events including the Association of Performing Arts Professionals in New York City, Change for Climate Talks, and Creative Mornings Edmonton.

Ahmed was recognized by the John Humphrey Centre with a Human Rights Award.

Ahmed co-founded and launched the OtherWise podcast, which gives a platform q10 to marginalized voices and highlights the ethno-cultural-linguistic diversity of Edmontonians. Partnered with the City of Edmonton to declare April as Poetry Month in the city.

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04 ART LIVES HERE By Ahmed Ali

Its curators named it Edmonton is a theatre The Gathering Place named transient Still unfinished, we now Where the curtain never drops Call this gallery Edmonton and the audience never leaves Eventually becoming cast or crew Known to exhibit resilience The art lives here and Any appraisal would be incorrect breathes culture into this city The real value is how the Pieces compliment the collection It is home to ensembles of They provide each other meaning imaginations connected by the desires to create You might as well call it poetry Its sympathies of colourful rhythms Its roots extend in every direction drew the world here A collection of unique poems looking to fill the pages of destiny

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Shared visions and engagement drive Connections More than 8,000 Edmontonians were engaged & Exchanges: A 10-Year Plan To Transform Arts and through diverse consultation methods: Heritage In Edmonton. Unanimously endorsed by Edmonton City Council, this plan outlines a deliberate, • 40+ sessions, including interviews, pop-ups, collaborative, and adaptable strategy to advance and facilitated engagements reached out to city-building goals through a community-driven Edmontonians, arts and heritage organizations vision for cultural development, linking directly to and festivals. the City’s own strategic vision. • Five dedicated sessions with urban Indigenous Connections & Exchanges lays out the vision for Elders, artists, and youth. Edmonton’s cultural development through its three Ambitions, the eight Aims which articulate the desired • YEGCulture Map, an online forum for outcomes and fifty-five strategic Actions that sharing cherished arts and heritage memories complete the roadmap which will guide transformation and visions for the future; a City of Edmonton over the next decade. The measurement framework is Insight Community Survey, and the “One integral to Connections & Exchanges and will validate Idea” Question Series. the progress made by the EAC and its partners on an annual basis.

To develop Connections & Exchanges, the EAC partnered with the Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC), Connections & Exchanges contains an Arts Habitat Edmonton (ArtsHab), the City of Edmonton , implementation principle that recognizes and a consortium of consultants. Together the project team designed an engagement strategy to that Indigenous peoples have agency in their consult with, and represent, the full diversity of journeys of revitalizing and participating in Edmonton’s arts and heritage communities. traditional, contemporary, and future manifestations of their culture. The consultation process and the secondary research were guided by the following overarching principles This key principle guides the EAC, EHC, for artists, festivals, and arts organizations: inclusivity; innovation, excellence and leadership; and ArtsHab in our work with Indigenous collective responsibility; and economic security. communities, and reflects the autonomy and development of Indigenous cultures.

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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE The Artist in Residence program launched in 2012 Photographer Leanne Olson began her residency with and has embedded 12 visual artists within City of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre in February Edmonton departments and not-for-profit community 2018. In August, her six-month residency was extended organizations. Working within the host’s facility, through February 2019. Her work generated media artists interact with a variety of communities, offer coverage locally and nationally. public art-making opportunities, and create bodies e residency. of work directly inspired by th “The draw of this call was an opportunity to understand waste. Waste is a necessary part of ed her year-long residency Candace Makowichuk complet human existence, yet it can be somewhat of a meteries Department in with the City of Edmonton Ce mystery—what happens when it goes ‘away’ and selection of artwork in April 2018. She showcased a why is it often ‘thrown out’? Where is this away exhibition in City Hall Time Passes, Love Remains – an place and why do I always tend to crumple it May 8 - 21, 2018. before it goes there?” - Leanne Olson

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TIX ON THE SQUARE Established and operated by the Edmonton Arts Council, TIX on the Square is a community box office that offers affordable ticketing services and marketing support to local artists and venues. TIX plays an important role in supporting the work that Edmonton’s artists, arts organizations, and festivals present for local and visitor audiences. It is also a vibrant boutique that sells the work of local artists on consignment.

• 20,000 tickets • 700 events • 325 local artists • 21 new artists

The annual TIX Holiday Open House returned on December 8. As in other years, the event brought artists in direct contact with the public. Sarah Chestnutt made 15 q festive wreaths from book pages, Linda Hornig demonstrated her stained glass-making techniques, and Brandon Wint composed personalized poems.

“I spent the morning at an event where I was commissioned to write poems on-the-spot for complete strangers. I was struck by the realization of how much empathy and emotional intelligence it takes to write satisfying poems, in ten minutes or less, about things arising in the lives of strangers. I felt beautiful. It was like performing magic tricks for a grateful audience. It was a welcome reminder of who I am, and who I dare to be whenever I trust myself.” - Brandon Wint, Holiday Open House participant

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CHURCHILL SQUARE Sundays in January and February, and Family Day Monday, came alive with Swing and Skate in City Hall. Over 1,000 Edmontonians danced to eight different bands and took dance lessons from the Sugar Swing Ballroom pros.

The downtown lunch crowd enjoyed performances by 21 artists through the Live at Lunch Concert Series in May through August.

Churchill Square came alive with Happy Wall, a 17-metre interactive analog pixel installation. This transitory art piece was created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo and was presented in partnership with City of Edmonton’s Civic Events Office. Following installation on May 16, Happy Wall quickly became a destination spot for locals and visitors alike. The Mayor, community groups, students, and arts organizations used it as a background for many events. The wall became an Instagram sensation with more than 14,000 posts.

DJ and dance collective Cypher Wild returned to Churchill Square during Culture Days with their popular all-ages programming.

10 COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING In 2018 the Churchill Square team got mobile, taking programs into Edmonton’s communities, while maintaining some favourites downtown. q18 The Churchill Square team animated public art in Castle Downs, The Meadows, and on Stony Plain Road with three Community Public Art Picnics in August and September.

Konstantin Dimopoulos's Wheatfield with Crows at The Meadows Recreation Centre inspired interactive improvisational theatre from Grindstone Theatre, while Cindy Zuby and Lynette Maurice (Zu-Ma) illustrated crows and made paper wheat sheaves with the participants. AC-Dixie and Booming Tree Taiko filled the space with musical performance.

The other picnics took place at the 152 Street Parkette on Stony Plain Road next to Trio, a sculpture by Bella Totino-Busby and Verne Busby, and by the Castle Downs Park Pavilion, which contains Sergio Serrano and Alexander Stewart’s lenticular mural Mountain Brother.

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q26 “It’s not only a beautiful gathering place for all people, but a celebration of Indigenous peoples, Indigenous artists, and the city’s commitment to reconciliation.” - Mayor Don Iveson

Six artists were selected, and each worked closely with Edmonton’s Indigenous communities to create their pieces. The artworks and artists are: iskotew - Amy Malbeuf (Rich Lake, Alberta), pehonan - Tiffany Shaw- Collinge (Edmonton, Alberta), mikikwan - Duane Linklater (Moose Cree First Nation, Ontario), mamohkamatowin - Jerry Whitehead (James Smith First Nation, Saskatchewan), Reign - Mary Anne Barkhouse (Nimpkish Band, Kwakiutl First Nation, (ÎNÎW ) RIVER LOT 11 British Columbia), and Preparing to Cross the Sacred ᐄᓃᐤ ∞ River - Marianne Nicolson (Dzawada'enuxw Nation, INDIGENOUS ART PARK British Columbia). (ÎNÎW ) River Lot 11∞ celebrates the Indigenous ᐄᓃᐤ presence in Edmonton’s River Valley. The six artworks The process culminated with a snowy community express the vitality and scope of Indigenous cultural celebration on September 15, 2018 that expressed practice embedded within, and celebrated as, the the diversity and scope of Indigenous culture. heart of Canada’s contemporary identity. The artworks also reveal an Indigenous worldview that The EAC extends thanks to the steering committee honours the environment, the land, and the dignity members who, with generosity and wisdom, guided of each creature living upon it. They express the story the process over five years – Elder Jerry Saddleback, of “this place,” which has been a gathering spot for Elder JoAnn Saddleback, Roberta Bearhead, Beatrice many cultures over millennia. Demetris, Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, Candice Hopkins (Curator), Ron Lameman, Marilyn Lizée, Dawn Bringing the (ÎNÎW ) River Lot 11∞ artworks to Marie Marchand, Doreen Poitras, and Lana Whiskeyjack. ᐄᓃᐤ reality was a five-year process wherein the Edmonton Arts Council engaged with Edmonton’s Indigenous Participation by the City of Edmonton Indigenous communities, Elders and knowledge holders as well as Relations Office, River Valley Park and Facility Indigenous artists from across Canada. The process Development department, and Integrated began in September 2013 when curator Candace Infrastructure Services was integral to the Hopkins facilitated a visioning workshop that project’s success. immersed artist and community participants in ceremony and cultural protocols alongside site “If the role of public art is to form a map of where visits and brainstorming. This process informed the a community or city has been, and where it’s going, nation-wide call for expressions of interest. then ᐄᓃᐤ (ÎNÎW ) River Lot 11∞ is a momentous signpost on that journey.” - Sanjay Shahani

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Dylan Toymaker – Inspiral Arches at Ivor Dent Sports Park • A brightly coloured array of curved arches that creates the illusion of movement attached to the lamp posts flanking the entrance to the sports park.

Karen Klassen and Erin Pankratz – Spring is Sprung, the Grass is Riz (I wonder where the Birdie is?) at Dermott District Park • Interactive mosaic featuring garden flowers with q29 birds hiding amid the foliage.

Curatorial Projects The EAC is working with the revitalization teams and public art curator Ciara PUBLIC ART McKeown to create a strategy for integrating public Public Art Completed in 2018 art into the project plans. The revitalization will take place along Jasper Avenue from 92-124 Street over William Frymire – Ripples on a Pond at Borden Park the next decade. McKeown will develop a longterm Natural Swimming Pool strategy and methodology for integrating artists’ • Two mosaics featuring aquatic species that work into city processes that will also ensure the final indicate pond health – inspired by the new artworks are relevant to their site(s) and communities. natural swimming pool. The City of Edmonton Public Art Collection is a civic LeuWebb Projects (Christine Leu and Alan Webb) asset; its value goes beyond dollars. A team of – Animal Family at prominent Alberta-based curators and academics - • Interactive artwork portraying colourful farm Diana Sherlock, Nancy Tousley, and Ciara McKeown - animals designed to flip like a child’s picture book. began surveying the collection. They will identify Percent for Art milestones while tracing the Kevin Sehn and Chai Duncan – The Magpies’ Nests collection’s social impact and context within at Rossdale Linear Park Canadian public art history. • Sculptural installation inspired by an English folktale featuring magpies in four nests that reflect structures found in the Rossdale neighbourhood.

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CONSERVATION Each year, the EAC Conservation team oversees maintenance of the City of Edmonton Public Art Collection. 2018 was busy with 85 objects requiring Alberta Public Art Network (APAN) Summit in-depth assessment and conservation work. The EAC hosted the 2018 APAN Summit. More than 60 Alberta public art professionals attended the two-and- Restoration on the 1967 Norman Yates mural a-half-day event. Public Art – It’s Complicated continued through 2018. Major milestones included highlighted public art and conservation case studies removal of 50-year-old architectural plaster from the alongside communications strategies for community back of each section, stabilizing the exposed plaster engagement. Panel discussions focussed on the surfaces, and creating a support system for each challenges, opportunities, and developments in the panel. The team will continue to address stabilization field, and included a tour of (ÎNÎW ) River Lot 11∞. issues and restoral of the painted surface through 2019. ᐄᓃᐤ Transitory Public Art The statue of Emily Murphy in the river valley park • The third iteration of #YEGCanvas: a citywide named for her was cleaned and waxed to protect it billboard and LRT station-based art exhibition from dust, pollutants, and birds. concluded in April. To address long-term paint loss issues with • The EAC supported the Empty Storefront Konstantin Dimopoulos’s Wheatfield with prototype project – part of the city’s Recover: Crows, EAC conservators tested different paint Edmonton’s Urban Wellness Plan in May. Artists application systems. The test sections will be from the I.A.M Collective and iHuman were exposed to the weather for one year to assess featured. their performance.

The Ballroom, a mural by France Dubois, was cleaned and a protective coat was applied. New baseboards designed to reduce damage to the wall were also installed.

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Datathon were Nicole Lachat, Beth LaRocque, Daniel Poitras, Edmonton Arts Council (EAC) partnered with Data for Kelly Shepherd, Hailey Siracky, Elisia Snyder, Melody Good Edmonton, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and Williamson, and Nermeen Youssef. Edmonton Community Foundation to host a datathon. Over 20 volunteer data scientists looked through Workshops datasets to provide insights into Edmonton’s arts EAC’s grants and public art departments deliver community and five artists created work inspired by workshops, information sessions, and presentations their interactions with the volunteers and their findings. throughout the year. These sessions provide artists with additional opportunities to interact directly with Media Coverage EAC staff and engage their expertise. This year, three Artists, programming, and public art supported by workshops were presented six times in classrooms and the EAC were featured in 156 media stories in 2018. community spaces, reaching over 200 Edmontonians. GRANTS, AWARDS AND Partnerships The Eldon and Anne Foote Visual Arts Prize celebrates SUPPORT PROGRAMS the brilliance of visual artists in Edmonton and is Poetry Moves on Transit funded by the Edmonton Community Foundation in Poetry Moves on Transit is an Edmonton Poetry Festival partnership with Visual Arts Alberta Association project funded by the EAC that places short poems (VAAA), with support from EAC. into 800 public transit vehicles. The 2018 poets

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The 2018 recipient is painter Gillian Willans. Artists Isla The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize is Burns and Blaine Campbell were shortlisted. administered by the Writers' Guild of Alberta and sponsored by Audreys Books and the EAC. Billy-Ray The Edmonton Film Prize was created to celebrate Belcourt received the 2018 prize for his debut poetry excellence in Edmonton’s screen-based industries. The collection This Wound is a World. Norma Dunning and award is presented and facilitated by Alberta Media Lisa Martin were shortlisted. Production Industries Association (AMPIA) with funds from EAC. Grant Programs Every year, Edmonton’s artists and arts organizations Zsófia Opra Szabó received the 2018 prize for her share their creativity, bringing arts and culture to stop-motion animation and puppetry short film Edmontonians through performances, festivals, Sophia. Filmmakers Adam Scorgie and Alexandra literature, celebrations, and exhibits. Grants allow Lazarowich were shortlisted. artists, arts organizations, and festivals to create, produce, and present artistic work, reach new audiences The Edmonton Music Prize is facilitated and presented at home and abroad, manage facilities, support by Alberta Music Industry Association, with funds from their communities, and develop new partnerships. EAC, to recognize Edmonton-based musicians who have released a full-length recording. Jazz musician Audrey Ochoa received the prize for her album Afterthought. Runners-up Nuela Charles and Marco Claveria were also recognized.

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ARTS OPERATING the funding that would otherwise be provided from $2,606,050 multiple grant streams. Edmonton’s arts community is comprised of a wide Representatives from these organizations meet with range of arts organizations, including grassroots EAC board members and senior staff, City of Edmonton community groups and professional arts organizations. representatives, and occasionally outside assessors, to This program provides operating support to enhance discuss the complex issues they face. The outcome is their ability to perform, produce, exhibit, and present a funding agreement between the EAC and the art to Edmontonians. organization that supports all aspects of their activities. 124 applications 116 funded : $1,125,000 CORNERSTONE ARTS OPERATING : $1,070,000 $3,650,000 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra: $1,070,000 Operating and programming a major arts organization Fringe Theatre Adventures: $385,000 is a complex task. Edmonton’s largest organizations own and operate major cultural facilities, while presenting full seasons of artistic programs and festival events. The Cornerstone process replaces and unifies

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ARTS BuILDING OPERATING FESTIvAL OPERATING $370,800 $1,761,500 The Arts Building Operating grant offsets costs Festival Operating grants provide stable funding associated with maintaining clean, well lit, heated, that enhances an organization’s ability to produce and secure facilities. Facilities are publicly accessible and present a festival that highlights diverse art venues for film screenings, performances, plays, forms, social activities and interests, and cultural concerts, exhibits, lectures, major events, and more. traditions, and that engages diverse audiences.

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CELEBRATIONS $63,470 Celebrations are an integral part of a community’s fabric, bringing people together to recognize cultural traditions, or to create new ones. Celebrations grants assist with the production of one-day events or major parades within the City of Edmonton.

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FESTIvAL SEED ORGANIzATIONAL SuPPORT $66,500 $16,300 Edmonton’s creative minds are never short of new Organizational Support grants are available on an festival ideas. Every year, more events are embraced in ongoing basis to established non-profit arts the community and allow community groups to share organizations in order to provide additional resources their interests and vision with new audiences. The and expertise related to training, organizational Festival Seed grant supports new or emerging festival development, marketing, and other timely challenges . celebrations, and applicants are able to apply for seed funding for up to two years before having the 11 applications 11 funded opportunity to access the Festival Operating grants.

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TRAvEL $100,773 “Just got home from the Art in Odd Travel grants allow artists to tour or promote their Places event, thanks to Katya Grokhovsky work around the world, or to pursue professional for including Kasie Campbell and me in development and training opportunities. the show and the Edmonton Arts Council Netherlands Colombia Portugal Greece France Costa Rica for supporting these projects.” - Stacy USA Ireland Spain Cann, travelled to New York City for Art in Canada Sweden Israel Odd Places exhibit Norway Cuba Switzerland Germany Iceland England Mexico

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COMMuNITY ARTS ARTIST PROJECT $88,370 $1,039,210 Community Arts project grants support artists working Investments made through this grant program on collaborative, shared, creative projects that engage support individual artists in creating, producing, and with distinct communities. presenting projects that cover a wide range of artistic disciplines and practices. These projects contribute 18 applications 9 funded to the development of individual artist careers and engage diverse Edmonton audiences.

My community arts grant proposal, submitted in 317 applications 107 funded partnership with Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts, has been accepted by the EAC! I’ll be working with the organization to offer a ‘sci-art’ workshop series “So many people and orgs feature in this book of for Nina artists. I can’t wait to see what the artists stories. I’ll send shoutouts in the coming days but will create, and what I can learn from them in this thanks today goes out to Matthew Halton, BJ Halton, experience... I see this as a full circle experience that BentArrowYEG, Edmonton Public Library, Alberta will inform my own work.” - Amanda Schutz Views Magazine (which printed the essay that started it all!) Edmonton Arts Council (that funded first draft)” - Carissa Halton, author of The Little Yellow House book

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expenses as they devote a concentrated amount of I got the news yesterday that I received a grant to time to their work. fund the latter post-production stages for my album, Under a Dancing Sky! Thank you to the Edmonton Arts Thanks to continued funding from the Foote Family, Council for your generous support! Congrats to all EAC was able to give recipients $15,000 each. the other recipients! I am ecstatic for everyone and 53 nominations 10 awards can’t wait to see the unique art that comes of these grants! I am on cloud nine.” - Kate Blechinger "Winning an award for a career I felt absolutely compelled to pursue at this time in my life felt like a good indication that I was on the right path, wherever EDMONTON ARTISTS’ it may lead in the future. It felt like my art was doing TRuST FuND what it needed to do, and that I had a future that I $150,000 could build with it in this city." - Nisha Patel Offered jointly by the EAC and Edmonton Community Foundation, the Edmonton Arists’ Trust Fund award recognizes outstanding artists in our community, and provides funds to offset their living and working

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CuLTuRAL DIvERSITY IN THE ARTS $219,930 "With the Cultural Diversity in the Arts grant, my sister and I were able to fully develop and produce Lake of The Cultural Diversity in the Arts program expands the Strangers, a one-man theatrical production Edmonton’s cultural and artistic footprint through complete with all of the design elements we needed innovation and inclusivity. The program supports to bring the story to the stage. With those resources artists working in a range of artistic traditions and we were able to put together an extraordinary team practices. of artists to dive into our family's stories, teachings, mythology, and history alongside us, and in that 31 applications 16 funded process, tell a story that spoke to the love we have for our nehiyaw, or Cree, culture and the spirit that endures today.” - Hunter Cardinal Winter Social The 2018 recipients of the Cultural Diversity in the Arts project grants and Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund awards were celebrated at the EAC Winter Social. In 2018, EAC disbursed $9,997,903 in grants funding. More than 150 guests attended this annual celebration Except as specifically noted, the grants listed are funded by the City of Edmonton’s artistic community. of Edmonton’s Community Investment Program.

26 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INDEPENDENT AuDITOR'S REPORT The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the To the Members of: risks of material misstatement of the financial The Edmonton Arts Council Society statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor Report on the Financial Statements considers internal control relevant to the entity's We have audited the accompanying financial preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements of The Edmonton Arts Council statements in order to design audit procedures Society, which comprise the statement of that are appropriate in the circumstances, but financial position at December 31, 2018, and not for the purpose of expressing an opinion the statements of operations and changes in on the effectiveness of the entity's internal fund balance, and cash flows for the year then control. An audit also includes evaluating the ended, and a summary of significant accounting appropriateness of accounting policies used policies and other explanatory information. and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as Management's Responsibility for the evaluating the overall presentation of the Financial Statements financial statements. Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements We believe that the audit evidence we have in accordance with Canadian accounting standards obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide for not-for-profit organizations, and for such a basis for our audit opinion. internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial Opinion statements that are free from material In our opinion, these financial statements present misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The Edmonton Arts Council Society Auditor's Responsibility as at December 31, 2018, and the results of its Our responsibility is to express an opinion on operations and its cash flows for the year then these financial statements based on our audit. ended in accordance with Canadian accounting We conducted our audit in accordance with standards for not-for-profit organizations. Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with Edmonton, Alberta ethical requirements and plan and perform the April 4, 2019 audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Chartered Professional Accountants

27 Statement of Financial Position December 31st 2018

ASSETS 2018 2017 LIABILITIES 2018 2017 General Fund General Fund Cash $ 1,973,689 $ 1,734,164 Accounts payable $ 37,348 $ 26,752 Accounts receivable Due to TIX on the Square (Note 3) 119,715 98,330 Fund 63,703 50,000 2,093,404 1,832,494 (Note 12) 101,051 76,752 TIX on the Square Fund Due from General Fund TIX on the Square Fund (Note 12) 63,703 50,000 Bank indebtedness 23,291 2,285 Accounts payable Casino Fund (Note 3) 6,165 3,560 Cash 71,932 8,192 Unearned revenue (Note 6) 4,651 6,615 Program Fund 34,107 12,460 Cash 1,100,001 437,583 Program Fund Accounts receivable 6,140 3,017 Accounts payable 218,560 139,524 1,106,141 440,600 Community Investment Community Investment Grants Fund Grants Fund Accounts payable 582,420 209,998 Cash 707,420 662,498 Accounts receivable - 22,500 Public Art Fund 707,420 684,998 Accounts payable (Note 10) 2,868,938 4,184,207 Public Art Fund 3,805,076 4,622,941 Cash 2,432,720 3,276,655 Accounts receivable FuND BALANCES (Note 10) 1,584,333 2,285,115 General Fund 1,992,353 1,755,742 Prepaid expenses TIX on the Square Fund 29,596 37,540 and deposits 2,333 2,333 Casino Fund 71,932 8,192 4,019,386 5,564,103 Program Fund 887,581 301,076 Property and Community Investment Equipment Fund Grants Fund 125,000 475,000 Property and equipment Public Art Fund 1,150,448 1,379,896 (Note 2) 181,193 195,699 Property and Equipment $ 8,243,179 $ 8,776,086 Fund 181,193 195,699 4,438,103 4,153,145 $ 8,243,179 $ 8,776,086

28 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance December 31st 2018

GENERAL FuND 2018 2017 TIX ON THE 2018 2017 Revenue SQuARE FuND City of Edmonton service Revenue contract (Note 8) $ 1,864,785 $ 2,127,087 Sales for distribution $ 691,887 $ 1,670,209 Investment income 31,536 11,041 Commissions 111,301 184,019 Other income 22,429 14,383 City of Edmonton Grant - administration 5,127 7,694 - operating income 60,000 60,000 Memberships 4,950 6,600 Bank charges recovered 12,919 32,826 1,928,827 2,166,805 Gift certificates 593 727 Expenditures 876,700 1,947,781 Staffing costs and benefits 1,268,673 1,167,008 Expenditures Jury and honorariums 87,305 54,349 Sales reimbursement 661,111 1,625,128 Office costs 70,338 107,440 Staffing costs and benefits 182,940 221,739 Telephone, internet Purchases 41,663 57,988 and website 62,280 60,673 Rent 28,499 32,029 Rent 27,044 32,032 E-Commerce 17,388 14,806 Consulting fees 21,712 25,025 Bank charges and interest 14,690 31,052 Equipment lease 18,963 14,664 Telephone and internet 13,317 14,011 Board of Directors costs Office 12,790 11,857 and AGM 17,682 15,896 Advertising and promotion 8,699 7,286 Marketing and promotion 15,917 11,778 981,097 2,015,896 Professional fees 9,925 9,475 Excess (deficiency) of Conferences and travel 9,592 5,540 revenue over expenditures (104,397) (68,115) Insurance 4,740 5,553 Transfer from General Fund 96,453 59,987 Bank charges and interest 1,290 1,301 Transfer to Property and 1,615,461 1,510,734 Equipment Fund - (13,468) Excess of revenue 96,453 46,519 over expenditures 313,366 656,071 Net increase (decrease) Transfer to Property and in Fund balance (7,944) (21,596) Equipment Fund (42,761) (36,285) Fund balance, beginning Transfer from of year 37,540 59,136 Public Art Fund 51,856 67,809 Fund balance, end of year $ 29,596 $ 37,540 Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (96,453) (59,987) Transfer from Casino Fund 10,603 9,132 (76,755) (19,331)

Net increase in Fund balance 236,611 636,740 Fund balance, beginning of year 1,755,742 1,119,002 Fund balance, end of year $ 1,992,353 $ 1,755,742 29 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance December 31st 2018

CASINO FuND 2018 2017 PROGRAM FuND 2018 2017 Revenue Revenue Casino revenue $ 76,670 $ - City of Edmonton - Programs $ 1,817,000 $ 1,359,494 Expenditures Edmonton Artists Casino expenses 2,288 - Trust Fund (Note 4) 295,000 165,000 Interest and bank charges 39 49 City of Edmonton - 2,327 49 Sir Winston Churchill Square 88,578 105,221 Excess (deficiency) Lee Fund Grant (Note 4) 60,000 60,000 of revenue over Edmonton Community expenditures 74,343 (49) Foundation 44,874 40,000 Transfers to General Fund (10,603) (9,132) Alberta Foundation Transfer to Property for the Arts - 50,000 and Equipment Fund - (13,547) Arts Administrator Transfer to Program Fund - (20,000) Sabbatical Fund (Note 4) - 25,000 (10,603) (42,679) 2,305,452 1,804,715 Net increase (decrease) in Fund balance 63,740 (42,728) Expenditures Fund balance, beginning Arts Habitat 450,000 450,000 of year 8,192 50,920 Cultural Plan 435,967 33,143 Fund balance, end of year $ 71,932 $ 8,192 Cornerstone Grants 250,565 250,459 Special Programs 232,428 255,870 Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 150,000 153,000 Sir Winston Churchill Square (Note 11) 143,959 157,265 Indigenous Initiatives 52,684 73,793 Community Art and Outreach 3,344 85,000 New Pathways - 99,152 Lee Fund Grant - 60,000 Arts on the Avenue - 20,000 1,718,947 1,637,682 Excess of revenue over expenditures 586,505 167,033 Transfer from Casino Fund - 20,000

Fund balance, beginning of year 301,076 114,043 Fund balance, end of year $ 887,581 $ 301,076

30 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance December 31st 2018

PROPERTY AND 2018 2017 COMMuNITY 2018 2017 EQuIPMENT FuND INvESTMENT Expenditures GRANTS FuND Amortization $ 57,267 $ 63,760 Revenue City of Edmonton Excess (deficiency) of Community revenue over expenditures (57,267) (63,760) Investment Grants $ 9,928,000 $ 9,735,000 Transfer from Casino Fund - 13,547 Investment income 48,723 23,360 Transfer from General Fund 42,761 36,285 9,976,723 9,758,360 Transfer from TIX on the Expenditures Square Fund - 13,468 Arts Operating Grants 6,256,050 5,979,100 42,761 63,300 Festival Operating Grants 1,791,500 1,630,200 Edmonton Artists Net increase (decrease) Individual Grants 1,039,210 689,210 in Fund balance (14,506) (460) Arts and Museum Fund balance, Building Operating Grants 370,800 394,800 beginning of year 195,699 196,159 Administration 290,820 254,509 Fund balance, end of year $ 181,193 $ 195,699 Cultural Diversity Grants 219,930 134,998 Travel Grants 100,773 77,605 PuBLIC ART FuND Community Arts Grants 88,370 90,113 Revenue Festival Seed Grants 66,500 97,600 City of Edmonton - Major Parade and Public Art Funds revenue $ 617,243 $ 1,345,875 Celebration Grants 63,470 48,150 Organizational Support Expenditures Grants 39,300 12,075 Public Art Projects 10,326,723 9,408,360 expenditures (Notes 10 and 11) 794,835 1,521,772 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (350,000) 350,000 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (177,592) (175,897) Fund balance, Transfer to General Fund (51,856) (67,809) beginning of year 475,000 125,000 Fund balance, end of year $ 125,000 $ 475,000 Fund balance, beginning of year 1,379,896 1,623,602 Fund balance, end of year (Note 10) $ 1,150,448 $ 1,379,896

31 Statement of of Cash Flows December 31st 2018

GENERAL FuND 2018 2017 Net inflow (outflow) of cash related to the following activities:

Operating activities Excess of revenue over expenditures $ 313,366 $ 656,071 Change in non-cash balances relating to operations Accounts receivable (21,385) 32,558 Accounts payable 10,596 (10,873) 302,577 677,756 Financing activities Due from TIX on the Square Fund 13,703 - Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (42,761) (36,285) Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (96,453) (59,987) Transfer from Public Art Fund 51,856 67,809 Transfer from Casino Fund 10,603 9,132 (63,052) (19,331)

Increase in cash 239,525 658,425 Cash, beginning of year 1,734,164 1,075,739 Cash, end of year $ 1,973,689 $ 1,734,164

32 The Edmonton Arts Council Society Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2018

Nature of Operations (Note 4) or John Mahon Arts Administrator The Edmonton Arts Council Society (EAC) exists Sabbatical Fund are placed in the General Fund. to support and promote the arts community in The costs of administering the Society and the Edmonton. The EAC meets the needs of its costs of improving or expanding the Society are members and the arts community as a whole recorded in this fund. though activities that: TIX on the Square Fund • Invest in Edmonton festivals, arts organizations TIX on the Square is a community box office, and individual artists through municipal, retail store, and information booth. It is owned corporate and private funding and operated by The Edmonton Arts Council • Represent Edmonton's arts community to Society and serves the entire arts and cultural government and other agencies and provide community in the greater Edmonton region. expert advice on issues that affect the arts • Build partnerships and initiate projects that Casino Fund strengthen our community The Casino Fund was set up in response to • Create awareness of the quality, variety and the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission’s value of artistic work produced in Edmonton requirement to have a separate account to receive proceeds from casinos managed by the The EAC was incorporated on April 19, 1995 Society. Funds from this account can only be under the Societies Act of the Province of spent in areas approved in each casino application. Alberta and was registered as a charity effective Proceeds are used mainly for community August 1, 1997 under the Income Tax Act of programs as well as EAC and TIX on the Square Canada. Work carried on by the EAC is dependent website development and updates. The Society upon the current Service Agreement funded by currently holds a fundraising casino every two the City of Edmonton. years.

The Society follows the restricted fund method Program Fund of accounting and the operations of the Society When requested by the City of Edmonton, the are organized into project funds. A summary of EAC produces special projects. These projects each of the funds is as follows: have included Churchill Square Programming, Arts Habitat, community-based projects, equity General Fund and inclusion, and others. In addition, the EAC Donations which have not been designated by develops grant programs with the Edmonton the donor for the Edmonton Artists Trust Fund Community Foundation and corporate partners.

33 Public Art Fund have occurred. If a separate fund does not exist, The Service Agreement between the City of the restricted contribution will be recorded as Edmonton and the EAC identifies support for part of the General Fund and will be deferred the City's public art program as one of the key and recognized as revenue when the related responsibilities of the EAC. This involves creation expenses are incurred. Unrestricted contributions of master plans for public art, policy development, are recognized as revenue of the General Fund and production of specific public art projects in the year received. generated by the Percent for Art program or from other sources. The public art projects are Public art revenue is recognized when the public multi-year projects that range from three to art project has been approved by the City of seven years. Edmonton and collection is reasonably assured.

Community Investment Grants (CIG) Fund Cash (bank indebtedness) The Service Agreement between the City of Cash includes cash on hand, bank deposits and Edmonton and the EAC identifies responsibility term investments with maturities less than one for the City's Community Investment Grants year. Bank indebtedness includes cheques issued program in the arts and festivals as a core duty in excess of bank balance. of the EAC. This involves administration of all relevant existing CIG programs as well as Property and Equipment development of new CIG programs in the Property and Equipment are recorded at cost. arts and festivals. Amortization is calculated on the declining balance basis over the assets estimated useful Property and Equipment Fund life at the following annual rates: The Property and Equipment Fund was Computer equipment and website 30% established to collect and disburse funds on TIX renovations 30% capital projects undertaken by the EAC and to Office equipment 20% maintain the assets, liabilities, revenues and Vehicle 30% expenses related to the Society's property and equipment. Contributed Services Contributed services of volunteers are not Note 1: Significant Accounting Policies recognized as revenue in these financial Basis of Presentation statements becausetheir fair value cannot be These financial statements have been prepared reasonably determined. in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit organizations. Contributed Goods The Society only records non-cash donations Revenue Recognition when a charitable receipt is issued. These Restricted contributions are recognized as donations are recorded at the fair value of the revenue of the appropriate fund in the year in items received. which the events giving rise to the contribution

34 Donations instruments are expensed when incurred. With the establishment of the Edmonton Artists Conversely, transaction costs are added to the Trust Fund (Note 4) and John Mahon Arts carrying amount for those financial instruments Administrator Sabbatical Fund, donations that subsequently measured at amortized cost. are not restricted are forwarded directly to either Fund held by the Edmonton Community Long-lived Assets Foundation at the discretion of the Society. Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment. Long-lived assets held for use are Income Taxes measured and amortized as described in the The Society is a not-for-profit organization applicable accounting policies. incorporated under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and, as such, is exempt The Society performs impairment testing on from income taxes under Section 149(1) of long-lived assets held for use whenever events the Income Tax Act of Canada. or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset, or group of assets, Use of Estimates may not be recoverable. Impairment losses are The preparation of financial statements in recognized when undiscounted future cash accordance with Canadian accounting standards flows from its use and disposal are less than the for not-forprofit organizations requires asset's carrying amount. Impairment is measured management to make estimates and assumptions as the amount by which the asset's carrying that affect the reported amount of assets and value exceeds its fair value. Any impairment is liabilities at the date of the financial statements included in earnings for the year. and the reported amount of receipts and disbursements during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Items subject to significant management estimates include valuation of accounts receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and amortization.

Financial Instruments Financial instruments are recorded at fair value when acquired or issued. In subsequent periods, financial instruments with actively traded markets are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in the statement of income. All other financial instruments are reported at amortized cost and tested for impairment at each reporting date. Transaction costs on the acquisition, sale or issuance of financial

35 Note 2: Property and Equipment 2018 2017 Accumulated Net Book Net Book Cost Amortization Value Value

Computer equipment and website $ 344,735 291,650 $ 53,085 $ 73,076 TIX renovations 142,365 99,268 43,097 61,568 Vehicle 13,399 11,485 1,914 2,734 Office equipment 137,196 54,099 83,097 58,321 $ 637,695 456,502 $ 181,193 $ 195,699

Note 3: Government Remittances Note 5: Commitments As of December 31, 2018, accounts receivable The EAC has committed to minimum lease includes $108,153 (2017 - $88,890) of Goods payments of $1,750 per month for premises and Services Tax receivable from the federal they occupy until May 2022. government and accounts payable includes $331 (2017 - $2,388) of Goods and Services Tax Note 6: unearned Revenue owing to the federal government. Unearned revenue of the TIX on the Square Fund is comprised of gift certificates sold that have Note 4: Trust Funds Held by the not been redeemed. Edmonton Community Foundation The Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (EATF), Lee Note 7: Financial Instruments Fund and John Mahon Arts Administrator Credit Risk Sabbatical Fund (JMAASF) are joint projects Credit risk arises from the potential that a of the EAC and the Edmonton Community counter party will fail to perform its obligations. Foundation (ECF). The purpose of the EATF fund The Society is exposed to credit risk in respect is to invest in Edmonton's creative community to its accounts receivable balances and cash by providing grants to individual artists who balances. Cash is held at major financial institutions are living and working in Edmonton. The purpose minimizing any potential exposure to credit risk. of the Lee Fund is to support community projects. It is management's opinion that the risk related The purpose of the JMAASF fund is to enhance to accounts receivable is minimal since the the quality of life for those living in the greater Society only deals with what management Edmonton area by supporting qualified donees believes to be financially sound counterparts that support and promote the arts in Edmonton. and, accordingly does not anticipate significant Open-ended endowment funds have been loss for nonperformance. As at December 31, established with ECF to which anyone can 2018, accounts receivable consists of 93% make tax deductible donations. (2017 - 93%) due from the City of Edmonton thereby increasing the concentration of credit risk.

36 Liquidity Risk $58,174 (2017 - $57,219) in staffing costs and Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity will benefits. encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities. The Society Note 12: Due from (to) TIX on the is exposed to this risk mainly in respect of its Square Fund receipts from its funders and accounts payable. The balance due from (to) TIX on the Square Fund is part of ongoing operations and will be Note 8: Economic Dependence settled within the next fiscal year. Ongoing operations of the EAC are dependent upon receiving continuing funding from the City of Edmonton. The current service agreement is in effect until December 31, 2021.

Note 9: Comparative Figures Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation.

Note 10: Public Art Fund Accounts receivable at year-end represent amounts due from the City of Edmonton for approved public art projects, and accounts payable represents amount owing to artists on these approved projects. Timing of collection of receivables and payment of payables can range from one to seven years. Public art disbursements include artist fees, conservation work, and administration. The fund balance at the end of the year includes reserves for future conservation work and administration.

Note 11: Allocated Expenses Certain costs are recorded in the General Fund and then allocated to other funds. The allocations are based on staff time used by each fund. Included in Public Art expenditures in the Public Art Fund is $254,577 (2017 - $235,282) in staffing costs and benefits allocated from the General Fund. Included in Sir Winston Churchill Square expenditures in the Program Fund is

37 PHOTO CREDITS

Photo # Caption Credit Photo # Caption Credit

1. Reign by Mary Anne Barkhouse Brad Crowfoot 19. Actor from Grindstone Theatre performing during a Community 2. Preparing to Cross the Sacred River Public Art Picnic at Meadows by Marianne Nicolson Derrick Ferry Recreation Centre Breanna Mroczek

3. iskotew by Amy Malbeuf Derrick Ferry 20. iskotew by Amy Malbeuf Derrick Ferry

4. Prince of Wales Armouries City of Edmonton 21. Preparing to Cross the Sacred River by Marianne Nicolson Derrick Ferry 5. EAC Staff at the 2018 Winter Social Shirley Tse 22. mamohkamatowin by 6. EAC Staff at Happy Wall in Jerry Whitehead Brad Crowfoot Churchill Square Eva Marie Clarke 23. Reign by Mary Anne Barkhouse Brad Crowfoot 7. Board Chair Jeff Haslam Ryan Parker 24. pehonan by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge Brad Crowfoot 8. Executive Director Sanjay Shahani Ryan Parker 25. mikikwan by Duane Linklater Derrick Ferry 9. Poet Laureate Ahmed Ali Nicholas Yee (. N.W ) River Lot 11∞ 26. ᐄᓃᐤ 10. Poet Laureate Ahmed Ali Nicholas Yee Opening Ceremony Brad Crowfoot

11. Connections & Exchanges: 27. InSpiral Arches by Dylan Toymaker Dylan Toymaker A 10-Year Plan To Transform Arts Calder Bateman and Heritage In Edmonton Communications 28. The Magpies’ Nests by Kevin Sehn and Chai Duncan DCM Photography 12. Work by Edmonton Waste Management Centre’s Artist 29. Ripples on a Pond by Aspen Zettel in Residence, Leanne Olson Breanna Mroczek William Frymire Photography

13. Edmonton Waste Management 30. Spring is Spring the Grass is Riz Centre’s Artist in Residence, (I wonder where the Birdie is?) Leanne Olson City of Edmonton by Karen Klassen and Erin Pankratz Eva Marie Clarke

14. Salgado Fenwick merchandise 31. Animal Family by LeuWebb Projects LeuWebb Projects at TIX on the Square TIX on the Square 32. Cleaning Emily Murphy statue Eva Marie Clarke 15. Merchandise at TIX on the Square TIX on the Square 33. Beaver Hills House by Keely O'Dell 16. Swing and Skate at City Hall Shirley Tse for #YEGCanvas DCM Photography

17. Happy Wall by Thomas Dambo 34. Participants at APAN Shirley Tse in Churchill Square Jenna Turner 35. Injecting stabilization compound 18. Evan Crawford performs during into the section edges of the Live at Lunch in Churchill Square Bob Rasko Norman Yates mural Jenika Sobolewska

36. Datathon participants Photo and digital treatment by Charm Logan Photo # Caption Credit

37. Poetry Moves on Transit Edmonton Poetry Festival

38. Edmonton Book Prize winner Griffin Poetry Billy-Ray Belcourt Prize

39. Zsófia Opra Szabó's short film Sophia won the 2018 Edmonton Film Prize Zsófia Opra Szabó Photo # Caption Credit 40. Cast of Once performing at Citadel Theatre Epic Photography 49. Community Arts grant recipient Amanda Schutz with Grace Willard 41. Festival City Winds performers Kent Sutherland at Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts Jesse Wahl

42. Slowly to the Fast Future at 50. Carissa Halton, Artist Project Grant Boardwalk Ice on Whyte by recipient, on a tour of Alberta Avenue Karlis Ile and Maija Puncule dbphotographics during Litfest for her book Little Yellow House Leroy Schultz 43. Kimberley MacGregor performs during SkirtsAFire Keanna Hiebert 51. Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund award recipients with board 44. Sagea Academy performs Celena Louise member Noel Xavier Shirley Tse at Twinfest Photography 52. Cultural Diversity in the Arts 45. Edmonton Flamenco Festival Marc J Chalifoux grant recipients with Councillor Scott McKeen Shirley Tse 46. Work by visual artist Melissa Baron, who received a travel grant to go to 53. mamohkamatowin by Philadelphia to attend Studio Jerry Whitehead Brad Crowfoot Incammenati’s Master Portrait Class Melissa Baron 54. pehonan by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge Brad Crowfoot 47. Heather Shillinglaw’s Artist Project Grant project, a beaded and quilted 55. mikikwan by Duane Linklater Derrick Ferry hide installation Whiskey Scrip at Latitude 53 Blaine Campbell

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