2014 annual report Tables by Mike Lam, featured in the Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,” “Vaulted Willow” by Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography photo supplied

John Ullyatt, Rebecca Northan, James MacDonald, Alex McCooeye, Farren Timoteo, Lisa Norton, Julien Arnold, Sarah Machin Tateanna-Marie Oxebin on the decks at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot Gale and Jana O’Connor in "Make Mine Love" at the , photo by David Cooper Photography 2014 annual report directory

3 arts council 20 tix on the square

6 message from the chair 22 churchill square

8 message from the executive director 24 grant programs

10 message from the mayor 45 poet laureate

12 public art 46 financial statements

1 “Elemental” by Lynn Malin, photo by Ryan Parker/PK Photography

“Hall of Fame” by Dominique Petrin at SNAP, photo supplied

2 “Visual Splice” by Mile Zero Dance, photo by Studio E Jessie Gouchie at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Epic Photography The Edmonton Arts Council 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 through activities that:

Board of Directors as of June 2014 invest represent Executive Committee in Edmonton festivals, Edmonton’s arts arts organizations and community to Brian Webb, Chair Anne Ferguson Switzer, Vice-Chair individual artists through government and other Mary Phillips-Rickey, Secretary-Treasurer municipal, corporate agencies and provide Christine Sokaymoh Frederick, Past Chair and private funding. expert advice on issues that affect the arts. Members-at-large Lyall Brenneis - City of Edmonton appointed representative build create Brad Stromberg – Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) partnerships and awareness of the quality, Representative initiate projects variety and value of Ahmed Ali that strengthen our artistic work produced Glen Erickson community. in Edmonton. Jeff Haslam Heather Inglis Terry Josey Scott Portingale Elsa Robinson Kent Sutherland Will Truchon Naz Sohni Uppal Murray Utas

3 “Councilmania!” by Jennie Vegt in collaboration with Office of the City Clerk staff

“Blair Introspectionism” by Royden Mills, Borden Park, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

Clarice Eckford and Patricia Zentilli in “The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble” 4 by Beth Graham, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography Amber Borotsik and Sheldon Elter in Workshop West Theatre’s “Beowulf,” photo by Michael Clark Edmonton Arts Council Staff as of December 31, 2014

Executive Director Communications Paul Moulton Annette Aslund Eva Marie Clarke Operations Jenna Turner Shirley Combden Kristina de Guzman TIX on the Square Sally Kim Kaitlyn Grant Cris Derksen and Joshua Jackson at Legacy of Living Together, photo by Marc Chalifoux Stephanie Hample Grants, Awards & Lisa McNicol Support Programs Kaelyn Saunders Mary Jane Kreisel Amanda Skopik Justina Watt Judy Stelck Stephen Williams Betty Thomson

Public Art Churchill Square Andrea Bowes Bob Rasko Robert Harpin Katherine Kerr In recognition Dawn Saunders-Dahl The Edmonton Arts Council would like to thank Shad Bassett, Public Art Rachel Osolen, Krista Posyniak, Conservation Amelia Shultz-McPherson and Jenika Sobolewska Alexandra Truscott for their David Turnbull contribution to Edmonton Arts Martin Wasserfall Council operations in 2014.

Public Art Conservation Assistant Jenika Sobolewska with untitled work by Jordi Bonet, photo by David Turnbull 5 message from the chair Brian Webb

The Edmonton arts community community Board of Directors and administrative staff ensured that these commitments were dynamically and is dynamic and exhilarating. responsibly initiated and nurtured. All three of these strategic priorities recognize that Edmonton is a rapidly In 2014, Usha Gupta Dance Entourage toured its evolving community, and that its arts practices are also production of Aalaap to seven cities in India; the Wet evolving at a rate unimaginable when the EAC was created. Secrets won more than $100,000 in the Peak Performance Project; Shreela Chakrabartty’s suspense film Rock Paper Leadership by an organization like the EAC is an ability Dice Enter screened in cities across Canada and India; and to prepare for the near, and not so near future while University of Alberta Fine Art student Tiffany Adair won supporting current practices of artists and arts an Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary organizations. How the Council develops and adapts Sculpture Award from the International Sculpting Centre. policies to meet the needs of the community, rather than Continuing with that trend, 2015 began with an Off enforcing rules that the community must adapt to, will Broadway opening of Catalyst Theatre’s production of determine the organization’s real vitality – and the EAC Nevermore. WOW!!! These are just a few examples of our is vital! We acknowledge that Edmonton is still a young arts community’s success. city that has seen, and is experiencing, exciting changes. Edmonton’s demographic is changing, its institutions are The Edmonton Arts Council’s commitment to the success changing, its way of living with its history is changing, and of our local arts community was strong throughout 2014. its arts community’s creative and community engagement As the organization responsible for overseeing the City practices are changing. This year, the EAC has put forward of Edmonton’s investment in the arts, the Edmonton propositions that I believe will encourage the arts to Arts Council (EAC) continued to celebrate and promote flourish amongst all of these changes. our community’s successes, administer the City’s funding for artists and arts groups, and manage the City of The EAC continued to implement the recommendations Edmonton Public Art Collection. The EAC also emphasized of the Edmonton Arts Council – Cultural Diversity Audit in three main development goals for 2014: support and real and tangible ways in 2014. That work was most evident funding for artists and arts groups from culturally diverse with the move from a Cultural Diversity in the Arts award, communities; recognition and appreciation of customary to a project grant. The new program was celebrated at and contemporary arts practiced by Aboriginal artists; our EAC Winter Social event in early 2015, where Mayor and development of practices by the Edmonton arts Don Iveson presented cheques to the 12 successful community to remain stable and sustainable in a quickly recipients. The Equity Committee met regularly with the changing world. The EAC’s collaboration between our staff throughout the year to develop practices that really

6 Leadership by an organization like the EAC is an ability to prepare for the near, and not so near future while supporting current practices of artists and arts organizations.

Mayor Don Iveson, EAC Board Chair Brian Webb, and EAC Executive Director Paul Moulton, photo by Doyle C. Marko/DCM Photography

encourage inclusion. I find this progress so exciting, and I arts organizations have entered a three-year process of thank the committee and staff for their work in making this exploring adaptive and innovative ways to engage the happen. This is a fluid beginning, and the EAC continues public in arts experiences, and to become sustainable – all to review its interaction with the many culturally diverse at no cost to the participating organizations. This multi-year communities in Edmonton to ensure that we grow together. project brings arts groups of all sizes together to explore possibilities and develop creative ways to continue to be In 2013, we formed an Aboriginal Initiatives Committee relevant and vibrant. made up of board members, staff and community representatives, and the dialogue in this committee has As we move into 2015, new and unexpected challenges lie been inspiring. The EAC adopted the Audit of the Edmonton ahead. The community is already dealing with a loss; the Arts Council’s Current Practices and Offerings in Relation to destruction by fire of the Roxy Theatre was devastating for the Aboriginal Arts Community and its policies. Following Theatre Network and for many independent artists, but the the audit recommendations, the Aboriginal Initiatives EAC and the community have stepped up to ensure that Committee moved forward with development of an the company’s season continued. This care demonstrates Aboriginal arts gathering. The gathering of Edmonton our spirit as community players. Aboriginal artists, Aboriginal artists from across the prairie region, and funders from all three levels of government I express my thanks to the Edmonton arts community, to was hosted by the EAC in May 2015. Paul and his staff at the EAC, and to the volunteer Board of Directors for their commitment, tenacity and passion in Executive Director Paul Moulton also initiated the New celebrating Edmonton arts as a dynamic component of our Pathways Project between EmcArts of New York and culture. We are on a wonderful journey! the Edmonton and area arts community in 2014. With the support of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Edmonton Community Foundation and the EAC, 20

7 message from the executive director Paul Moulton

2014 was a year of strategic The EAC also supported a number of special projects for culturally diverse artists in 2014, such as an artist residency focus for the Edmonton Arts with the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN). Local painter, photographer and ceramicist, Juan Council, as our staff and board Lopezdabdoub spent six months building a rapport with narrowed in on key priorities clients at the EMCN in order to tell their stories through art. We also funded the Vision Quest scholarship through the for the organization, and for Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA), for filmmakers Edmonton’s arts community. from culturally diverse and Aboriginal communities. The scholarship includes a one-year membership to FAVA and access to film and video workshops taught by experienced Our three main areas of focus for the year were equity and mentors. inclusion for artists from culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal arts initiatives, and New Pathways, a program to This year we worked with Promethean Heritage & Cultural support adaptive change and innovation in Edmonton’s Services to conduct an audit on our practices and offerings arts organizations. in relation to the Aboriginal arts community, and staff attended Aboriginal cross cultural awareness training. We The EAC took steps in 2014 to ensure that our juries are supported two important projects related to the Truth more reflective of the full diversity of the City of Edmonton, and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) national event in and that our grant programs are inclusive and accessible. March – the Grandin Murals by Aaron Paquette and Sylvie Following recommendations arising from our 2012 Nadeau (with Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta and the Cultural Diversity Audit and the resulting work of our City of Edmonton), and the Legacy of Living Together events Equity Committee, the EAC transformed the Cultural presented by Alberta Aboriginal Arts. Both projects were Diversity in the Arts award into a grant program in 2014. well received, and helped to reinforce many of the critical The intention of the new grant is to encourage artists conversations towards healing and reconciliation that from culturally diverse communities to participate in the transpired at the TRC. grant process, while continuing to support those who face cultural, linguistic or historical barriers to support. To In 2014, the EAC’s Aboriginal Initiatives Committee raise awareness of this, and other EAC opportunities, staff expanded, allowing us to build new partnerships and facilitated multiple workshops at public venues throughout introduce additional members of Edmonton’s Aboriginal the city, resulting in a significant increase in applications to communities to the EAC. Again with Promethean Heritage the 2014 grant program. The grant maintained the public & Cultural Services, this committee laid the groundwork celebration aspect of the award, with recipients being for a symposium for Aboriginal artists from across the prairies, which occurred in May 2015. Consultations for an recognized at our annual member’s Winter Social. Aboriginal Art Park are also ongoing.

8 Our three main areas of focus for the year were equity and inclusion for artists from culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal arts initiatives, and New Pathways, a program to support adaptive change and innovation in Edmonton’s arts organizations.

Paul Moulton with “Lunchbreak” by John Seward Johnson, photo by Laughing Dog Photography

Another strategic area of focus in 2014 was the The Edmonton Arts Council continues to provide support engagement of EmcArts to lead 20 local arts and culture to many arts organizations and artists through our organizations through New Pathways, a training and community box office and store, TIX on the Square. TIX’s immersion program focused on adaptive change, expansion into sales of work by local artists and artisans innovation and best practices. The program will build has continued to grow in diversity and public awareness, on EmcArts’ ongoing work in Edmonton with the Art reaching milestone sales numbers this year. Attendance Gallery of Alberta, as well as with other Canadian arts has also increased every year for our daily Churchill Square organizations, including the City of Vancouver and Happenings programming, and growth is expected to Calgary Arts Development. continue through 2015.

The EAC was productive this year with many additional I would be remiss if I did not offer thanks to the extremely initiatives and activities. In July 2014, a temporary sculptural dedicated and hard working staff at the EAC. I extend my exhibition was installed in Borden Park, featuring ten thanks also to the members of the EAC Board of Directors artworks by four of Edmonton’s most senior and influential for their extraordinary volunteer efforts on behalf of our sculptors – Peter Hide, Royden Mills, Ken Macklin, and Clay arts community. We also offer thanks to City Council and Ellis. One permanent sculpture, Vaulted Willow by Marc administration for their faith and trust in our organization. Fornes, was also installed in the park, and was embraced We will continue to work diligently on behalf of the enthusiastically by Edmontonians from the moment the arts community to align with the goals of the City of construction fence came down. Edmonton. As we chart a path forward, I look forward to many exciting new initiatives in 2015 and beyond. In partnership with Capital City Clean Up and the City of Edmonton, we launched a second graffiti “free wall” in in 2014. This location, behind Tirecraft on 101 Street and Whyte Avenue, is supported by the surrounding businesses, and attracts a wide range of artists whose art regularly changes the content on the wall.

9 message from his worship Mayor Don Iveson

Nearly 8,000 years before the be at the forefront of a dialogue about how Aboriginal communities are affected as a result of the Residential arrival of the Europeans, what School System, and how we are all a part of the healing is now Edmonton was the focal process. Through this journey we are starting to recognize an important part of the process of reconciliation is point of ceremony and trade for allowing the Aboriginal People to tell stories from their perspective as part of the historical narrative and record Indigenous peoples. of their experience.

The contributions – in every area from arts to commerce In the week leading up to TRC, the City partnered with – by our Aboriginal Peoples helped Edmonton develop the Edmonton Arts Council on two specific initiatives to into the thriving urban centre it is today. We must honour engage our local urban Aboriginal arts community to our place on Treaty Six territory and continue to celebrate showcase their talent and tell these stories. our rich and shared history.

Perhaps the most monumental initiative was the As a city, we recognize the need to continue to build unveiling of the Grandin Mural Project in the Grandin relationships with our Aboriginal Peoples based on LRT Station. This project began in September 2011 after values of honesty, respect and mutual sharing. We are City Council was approached about how the existing fortunate to share in the diverse cultural, social and mural did not reflect the true experience of Aboriginal economic contributions Aboriginal Peoples bring to our children raised in Residential Schools. In the spirit of city each day and are committed to ensuring their long- Truth and Reconciliation, a new mural reflecting the term success. As they work to reclaim and nurture their spirit of Aboriginal history, culture and contributions was cultural identities, we must offer them a strong voice in installed across from the original mural. This powerful art our community for our future and long-term prosperity. is a symbol of the City’s commitment to building positive We also need to support and provide more opportunity relationships with our Aboriginal communities, speaks for Aboriginal artists to express themselves in a creative to our shared and troubled history, and is a space for and therapeutic setting in an effort to allow for healing. positive learning and healing.

The year 2014 was significant for our city. Edmonton Alberta Aboriginal Arts also presented the Legacy of was honoured to host the final event for the Truth Living Together, a “local meets national” arts project and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). This to bear witness to the Truth and Reconciliation historic event provided an opportunity for Edmonton to

10 message from his worship Mayor Don Iveson

“Spirit and Intent” by Jennie Vegt, artist in residence for the Office of the City Clerk

As a city, we recognize the need to continue to build relationships with our Aboriginal Peoples based on values of honesty, respect and mutual sharing.

Commission of Canada’s Alberta National Event. The Edmonton of today is the direct result of people Professional Aboriginal artists were highlighted in a of all ages and interests building extraordinary things series of presentations complementing the TRC. The together. City-building is about creating spaces to help project welcomed delegates and the general public to people reach their potential, to promote learning and experience challenging artistic works that speak from understanding and to provide healing. This investment a unique Aboriginal perspective. in our community is essential for us to build a city that is more prosperous and competitive; more healthy and The City is committed to continuing to work with inclusive; more resilient and caring; and altogether more the Edmonton Arts Council to advance a number of uplifting. public art projects by Aboriginal artists. These include artworks by Faye Heavyshield, Rebecca Belmore, William I thank the Edmonton Arts Council for enhancing our Frymire and Destiny Swiderski for the 102 Ave Bridge, city’s reputation as a culturally diverse, artistic hub. Art in the Quarters Redevelopment, the Borden Park Swim Edmonton should be integral to everything the city does Experience and Library, respectively. An and I look forward to continuing our partnership to make Aboriginal Art Park being planned for the City anticipates our city brighter, more vibrant and more welcoming for all. up to six artworks by Canadian Aboriginal artists, and internationally acclaimed, senior Aboriginal artist Alex Janvier was recently selected to create a 45-foot diameter mosaic work, set into the floor of the Arena Winter Garden.

11 public art

The Edmonton Arts Council

“Letter Cloud” directs the City’s Percent for Art by Coryn Kempster and Julia Jamrozik photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography policy, and provides vision for, and stewardship of, the City of Edmonton Public Art Collection

“Sculptures in Landscapes” Cliff Eyland, photo by Ryan Parker / PK Photography

12 “Wheatfield with Crows” by Konstantin Dimopoulos, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography “ARC Mural” by Scott Sueme, photo by Brad Crowfoot “Vaulted Willow” by Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography 13 public art committee

The Public Art Committee (PAC) serves as an advisory body to the City of Edmonton. The Committee is comprised of community PAC Membership January-December 2014 members who include, but are not limited to, art, architecture and design professionals, City personnel, and business representatives. Will Truchon (Chair) Will Bauer PAC’s role is to maintain the vision and objectives of the Percent Ken Cantor for Art program; support the implementation of the Public Art Chet Domanski Master Plan (MAP); provide periodic review of the City of Edmonton Carmen Douville Public Art Collection; advise on the accession, de-accession and Cynthia Dovell conservation of public artworks; and make recommendations to Kira Hunt the City regarding public art policy. Joshua Kupsch Agnieszka Matejko Activities in 2014 included advisement on the Transitory Art Call, Janice Mills 40 completed and in-progress Percent for Art projects, as well as Royden Mills the public art plans for the Rogers Place Arena and SE Valley Line Jesse Thomas LRT. Other initiatives included startup review of the City of Edmonton Brian Van Sickle Percent for Art to Provide and Encourage Art in Public Areas Policy (replaced by Evgeny Voutchkov in May) (C458C) and input on program development for increased artist Linda Wedman and community outreach (e.g. bus tours, workshops and artist Vikki Wiercinski talks). Initiated in 2013, the PAC observer role in the juried selection with Katherine Kerr as the Public Art committees for new EAC-directed public art projects has been Director and key staff liaison. successfully implemented, developing increased capacity of PAC members to advise on public art processes.

14 “Carousel” by Nicole Galellis, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography “The Ballroom” by France Dubois, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography Complete 2014

Project Title Artist Abbottsfield Recreation Centre ARC Mural Scott Sueme Borden Park Vaulted Willow Marc Fornes & THEVERYMANY Borden Park Pavilion Carousel Nicole Galellis Borden Park Sculpture Park Royden Mills, Clay Ellis, Peter Hide, Ken Macklin Callingwood Park Pavilion Callingwood Sidewalk Poetry Agnieszka Matejko Capital Boulevard Transitions Keith Walker Cardinal Collins High School Elemental Lynn Malin Castledowns Park Pavilion Untitled Alexander Stewart/Sergio Serrano Clareview Library Letter Cloud Coryn Kempster & Julia Jamrozik Clareview Recreation Centre Eclipse Christian Moeller Grandin LRT Stations of Reconciliation Aaron Paquette & Sylvie Nadeau Highlands Library Community Benches Becki Chan /Downtown Geese in the City Holly Newman Streetscape Kennedale Waste Garbage Trucks Jeff Chan, Karen Campos, David Treatment Centre Goulden, Laughing Dog Photography MacEwan LRT- North Still Life Studio F-Minus Meadows Library Sculptures in Landscapes Cliff Eyland Meadows Recreation Centre 1 Wheatfield with Crows Konstantin Dimopoulos Meadows Recreation Centre 2 The Ballroom France Dubois Mill Woods Library Phantàsien realities:united Mill Woods Park Pavilion Landscape Series 1 Erin Ross Open Source Street Art Pilot Project Tirecraft Wall Wil Yee / AJ Louden Valley Zoo Entry & Wander Grove of Light Thomas Drugan & Laura Haddad

15 public art projects

In Progress 2014 To encourage community engagement Project Artist around Edmonton’s public art projects, the 102 Avenue Bridge Faye Heavyshield EAC launched an artist talk series called Public Art in Conversation in November 2014 Transitory Art Call Jesse Sherburne and 2014. Keith Walker presented an intimate Threshold Collective discussion about his journey through public Borden Park Natural Swim Experience William Frymire art at the Alberta Craft Council; Alex Stewart Clareview Multicultural Centre Eugene Uhuad and Sergio Serrano with Jesse Sherburne Heritage Valley Fire Station Mark Clintberg & Jeff Kulak and the Threshold Collective spoke about Kennedale Eco Station Brandon Blommaert upcoming projects by their respective Lewis Estates Fire Station Vikki Wiercinski collectives in Edmonton. Other engagement Mill Woods Multicultural Facility & Destiny Swiderski activities included availabilities by Nicole Seniors Centre Galellis, Royden Mills, Ken Macklin, Clay Ellis and Peter Hide at the opening celebrations MacEwan and NAIT Bikeracks MacEwan and NAIT students for the new Borden Park. Quarters Armature #1 Rebecca Belmore and Osvaldo Yero Quarters Armature #2 Brandon Vickerd Quarters Armature #3 Derek Besant Stony Plain Rd Streetscape Vern Busby and Bella Totino Terwillegar Foot Bridge Royden Mills Pavilion Marc Siegner Walterdale Bridge Ken Lum

16 “Milled Woods” by Destiny Swiderski (artist rendering) “Eclipse” by Christian Moeller, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography conservation

In Progress 2014

As steward of the City of Edmonton Public Art Collection, Major projects included restoration and re-siting of Gigi, the EAC protects this asset through one of the very few designed by Louis Munan and sculpted by the Sculptors’ integrated public art conservation programs in North Association of Alberta, into Borden Park. The Conservation America. Although the Public Art Collection dates from the program also restored and installed an untitled ten-tonne 1950s, the Conservation program was not implemented iron relief mural by the late Canadian artist, Jordi Bonet, until 2008. into the newly built Mill Woods Public Library. This project took nearly two years of planning and coordination, over EAC conservators carry out preventative maintenance to, six months of conservation and preparation, and two days and routine care of, artworks in the collection. This work to install. encompasses newer artworks, acquired via gifts, donations, and the Percent for Art policy, as well as historic works. In its The Conservation team also participates in outreach entirety, the collection is valued at more than $15 million. activities including public art tours, conferences, and media availabilities. In 2014, the Conservation program continued its support role, executing more than 50 major and minor conservation projects that included emergency repairs and warranty work on recently installed artworks.

“Gigi” by Louis Munan et al, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography 17 Stations of Reconciliation: The Grandin Murals

Artists Sylvie Nadeau & Aaron Paquette The healing power of art and 10,000 years of history illuminate the subterranean walls of Grandin LRT Station. Two murals, created 25 years apart by Francophone painter Sylvie Nadeau and Métis artist Aaron Paquette, capture the contributions of Alberta’s Francophone community, and evoke millennia of Aboriginal history in the Edmonton area.

Sylvie Nadeau was commissioned by Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta in 1989, to paint a mural honouring Bishop Vital Grandin. Her creation illustrated the work of Catholic clergy from the 19th Century to the present. However, many within the community felt that the imagery evoked the troubling history of the residential schools and their impact on Canadian history. Many survivors found using the station to be a shattering emotional experience.

The City of Edmonton Aboriginal Relations Office convened a working circle with membership from the Aboriginal and Francophone communities, the University of Alberta, the City, and the Edmonton Arts Council to discuss the situation. On the advice of Elders it became clear that simply removing Sylvie Nadeau’s mural or substantially changing the imagery would be akin to sweeping history “under the carpet.” Instead, the circle concluded that the mural needed to be placed in context – side by side with an Aboriginal voice.

Aaron Paquette was chosen as the lead artist. He is committed to the Aaron Paquette & Nick “Smokey” Johnson install the mural cause of reconciliation and creates artworks that employ intense hues and traditional symbolism to speak about the contemporary experience of Canada’s Aboriginal population. He strongly felt that Sylvie Nadeau needed to be invited to contribute to the re-envisioned artworks; that her artistic vision was important to creating a circle of reconciliation. She created two new panels that accompany the original mural and respond to the new.

Aaron recalls, “I chose to follow a healing path, a path that didn’t see history or humanity as an isolated thing, but as part of a long arc of time, a small part of the web of life.” His mural creates a journey of history and hope.

18 All photos Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography Raven & Thunderbird portion of “Stations of Reconciliation”

In his artist statement, Aaron Paquette writes extensively a positive or negative charge, the lightning flashing from the about the imagery: Thunderbird’s eyes can annihilate or renew you. It all depends on your own choices. “The centre of the mural, the part I was told was so important and essential, is the White Buffalo. The White Buffalo is considered Inside the Thunderbirds are carried the reminders of the true a sacred animal and it represents many things for many people, history of this place. The land on which the City of Edmonton has most of all it represents peace, renewal and hope. It symbolizes the been built has been inhabited for over 10,000 years. Our history dawn of a new era, of true knowledge, wisdom and education. is longer than Canada, than Rome, than Christianity and the Pyramids. And it has continued unbroken to today. Flanking the White Buffalo are two wolves. They represent our close connection to the land, they remind us we are all family The four end panels – drums – compose the call to action and turn and we are all connected. While they walk alone from time to the station platform into a circle of reconciliation and healing.” time, they also run together. The bears surround the wolves and Each artist contributed two drum images based on the the buffalo. They are the protectors. They are health and healing. medicine wheel. The panels with their imagery of two They are filled with starlight and power. young men and two young women symbolize balance The ravens extend from the centre panel, stretching across and harmony. Their peaceful voices do not bring the the wall, casting their strange, broken shadows. They are the conversation to an end; instead, they point to the work Tricksters and they represent uncertainty, of waiting to see what that still needs to be done. the lesson will be. They are unfathomable teachers, instructing “The drums beat in partnership,” says Aaron Paquette. “They sometimes through humour, sometimes through pain. They are speak across what seems a distance, but when hearts a bridge between worlds, warning of death, but also in many beat in unison what distance could there be? Look at your legends are the bringers of light. They wake up the world. Indigenous brothers and sisters. This is the soil of their The Thunderbird stretches across the entire mural, rippling with inheritance, they are the stewards of this land, and greed energy and the power of change, of new beginnings. We hear attempted to destroy all that. Emptiness almost did. Only the Thunderbird in the spring and it tells us to prepare, to begin, now are the Indigenous people rebuilding the things that to move and create. The Thunderbird is a warrior, a defender, were lost. And just as their ancestors did, they still welcome and can create or destroy. Just as an electric current can carry all good-hearted people into the loop.”

19 Located on the southwest corner of Churchill Square, TIX on the Square is a not-for-profit box office and gift shop owned and operated by the Edmonton Arts Council.

TIX experienced a busy and productive year in 2014, with increases in ticket and merchandise sales as well as a renovation to improve our client/customer experience.

In 2014, TIX worked with over 200 organizations, managed ticket sales and/or promotion of more than 1,200 events, Sister Bear Designs, photo by TIX on the Square sold 48,000 tickets and grossed over $1.7 million.

TIX is becoming a destination for locals, tourists and travellers looking for original gift ideas. Retail sales of more than 200 local artists’ handcrafts and merchandise (such as jewelry, pottery, photography, clothing, books, music and more) increased three times over the 2013 totals – great for the artists, and for TIX!

In December 2014 and early 2015, TIX had a new workstation installed in the centre of the store, and daily operations were moved from a small booth to a friendly, new “pod” with four stations and a barrier-free counter. In 2015, we are moving forward with a new and robust ticketing system that will add value to the services that we now provide to both promoters and purchasers.

20 Mod Pots Ceramics, photo by Jenna Turner Joan Jones, Edmonton Potters’ Guild, photo by Stephanie Hample

Mump & Smoot (Michael Kennard and John Turner) in “Anything,” photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

Meghan Wagg, jeweller, photo photo by Lauren Voisin Little Day Miniatures, photo by Jenna Turner 21 The Edmonton Arts Council, in partnership with the City of Edmonton, programs activity and event Happenings on Sir Winston Churchill Square for casual and day-to-day public use between major festivals and civic events. B-boy at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot

Since August 2011, EAC Churchill Square Happenings programmer Bob Rasko has produced a diverse schedule of offerings open to the public including: Sunday Swing ‘n’ Skate, lightsaber training, Live at Lunch, and Zumba on the Square.

In addition to our regular programming, 2014 included literary collaborations: Word on the Square author talks in partnership with LitFest, and interactive Writer’s Blocks for the Edmonton Poetry Festival. Straight from Burning Man, Daisy, a giant solar powered tricycle from the eatART space in Vancouver, made a special appearance on the Square. Brooklyn hip-hop photographer and Native American activist, Ernie Paniccioli, also visited the Square to join Edmonton’s local hip-hop talent at CypherWild.

Over 100 performances graced the Square in 2014, including The Carolines, Mitchmatic, Jason Kodie, and the Pluck’n Holler Boys. It is estimated over 22,000 participants took in Happenings on Sir Winston Churchill Square in 2014. Attendance increases every year and growth is expected to continue through 2015.

22 Daisy the Solar Powered Bicycle by eatART, photo by Jenna Turner Trocadero Orchestra at Swing ‘n’ Skate, photo by Annette Aslund AJ Louden paints at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot

Janine Waddell Hodder and Alex Mackie instruct Lightsaber Training, photo by Meryl Smith-Lawton DJ CreeAsian dances at CypherWild, photo by Brad Crowfoot

funKi Fit leads Zumba on the Square, photo by Meryl Smith-Lawton 23 grant programs

The Edmonton Arts Council invests in Edmonton’s artists and arts community through our many grant programs. Every year, these grants help countless Edmontonians attend performances, explore exhibits, expand their creative skillsets, share their artistic creations, celebrate their communities, and Citadel Theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” photo by Epic Photography much, much more. In total, the EAC managed more than $9,000,000 in grant funds in 2014.

Community Investment Program

Except as specifically noted, the grants listed are all funded by the City of Edmonton’s Community Investment Program (CIP), which supports artists, arts and festival organizations, and non-profit organizations in Edmonton from the municipal tax base. For these programs, the EAC is guided by the City of Edmonton Bylaw 14157 and Policy C211 on community investment grants.

24 Koichi Yamamoto workshop at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Hassidic Dance by Vinok World Dance, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography

Stilt walker Randall Fraser at Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography

Natalia Knowlton, Saima Butt, Aliya Jamal, and Neelam Chattoo in Undercurrent Theatre’s “Escape Velocity” Mile Zero Dance’s “SHO-TEL,” photo by Andrew Paul directed by Nikki Shaffeeullah, photo by Girl Named Shirl Photography 25 festival operating

Edmonton is home to a widely diverse festival community. Recipient Amount Festival Operating grants help create a stable funding base, Accordion Extravaganza $2,400 and enhance the ability of organizations to produce and ArbreDeVie Youth CreatiVibes $7,000 present festival celebrations with a theme of interest and appeal to the general public. Bikeology Festival $4,100 Cariwest - Caribbean Arts Festival $28,000 The Edmonton Arts Council assessed 40 eligible applications Creative Age Theatre Festival $9,000 for Festival Operating grants, all of which were supported. DEDfest $5,000 Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival $35,000 Festival support previously allocated to the Edmonton Dreamspeakers International $20,000 Symphony Orchestra for the Symphony Under the Sky event Aboriginal Film Festival was transferred to the Cornerstone Arts Operating grant. ECMS Summer Solstice Festival $9,000 Edmonton Chante $9,700 Edmonton Comedy Festival $25,000 Edmonton Dragon Boat Festival $15,000 Edmonton Folk Music Festival $200,000 Edmonton International Film Festival $86,000 Terry Josey – Chair Ainsley Hillyard Rayanne Doucet Mary-Ellen Perley Jerrold Eilander Craig Stumpf-Allen Donna Coombs- Ritchie Velthuis total $1,729,850 Montrose JURY

Yamoussa at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, 26 Ted Bishop and Todd Babiak at LitFest, photo by Dave McQueen Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography Recipient Amount Recipient Amount Edmonton International Fringe $230,000 Litfest: Edmonton’s Nonfiction Festival $32,000 Theatre Festival Lunar New Year Extravaganza $2,500 Edmonton International Jazz Festival $99,900 Nextfest $41,500 Edmonton International Street $110,000 Now Hear This – Festival of New Music $5,000 Performers Festival In Edmonton Edmonton Poetry Festival $16,500 Pure Speculation Festival $2,500 Edmonton Pride Festival $38,000 Rubaboo Arts Festival $15,000 Feats - Festival of Dance $21,200 $110,000 Found Festival (The) $2,300 Silver Skate Festival $56,000 Freewill Shakespeare Festival $83,000 TALES Fort Edmonton $7,000 Global Visions Film Festival $15,000 Storytelling Festival Heart of the City $5,500 Taste of Edmonton $100,000 Hip Hop in the Park $750 The Works Art & Design Festival $165,000 Ice on Whyte $45,000 Thousand Faces Festival $7,000 Kaleido Family Arts Festival $40,000 Vocal Arts Festival $24,000

Street performers at the Edmonton International Pianist at Kaleido Family Arts Festival, photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography Fringe Theatre Festival, photo by Nancy Price 27 arts & museums building operating

Meghan Wagg Lapis Pendant featured in the Green & Red Bowl by Diane Krys, featured FAVA GALA marquee at Metro Cinema, Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Continuum,” Jesse Gervais and Amber Borotsik in Little One by Hannah Moscovitch, in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition “Furnish,” photo by Fish Griwkowsky photo by Meghan Wagg photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography photos by Lynn Streeter Photography

Facilities are important hubs in our city’s arts and Recipient Amount museum communities, providing space for film Association $27,100 screenings, dance performances, plays, concerts, Alberta Craft Council $19,200 exhibits, lectures, major events and more. The Alberta Pioneer Railway Association $6,100 Arts and Museum Building Operating grant Arts Habitat Association $12,100 invests in a portion of the costs associated with Arts on the Avenue Society $7,900 maintaining clean, well lit, heated and secure arts Catalyst Theatre $21,400 and museum facilities. These facilities are regularly accessible by the public, and their use is of CKUA Radio Foundation $24,500 interest to the public and community groups. Edmonton Jazz Society $11,800 Edmonton Radial Railway Society $400 The Edmonton Arts Council received 25 eligible Edmonton Historical Telephone Centre $4,900 applications for Arts and Museums Building Expressionz Cafe $14,700 Operating funding in 2014, all of which were Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $4,800 supported. Fringe Theatre Adventures $74,000 La Cité Francophone $37,400 This grant is based on a formula calculation and is not assessed by a jury. Latitude 53 Society of Artists $18,000 Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum $3,700 The EAC continued to work with the Edmonton Metro Cinema Society $40,200 Heritage Council in 2014 to determine the future Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $11,200 funding of museums. In 2015, museum-specific funds Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre $10,200 will be transferred to the Heritage Council, and will Société Francophone des arts visuels de L’Alberta $15,400 no longer by managed by the EAC. Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $17,300 Theatre Network $18,400 $ Varscona Theatre $17,400 total 434,800 Walterdale Theatre Associates $10,500 WECAN Society $6,200 28 festival seed

Festivals bring together diverse cultural and community groups, Recipient Amount and allow arts and cultural communities to share their passions ArtSpirit Festival $2,300 with new audiences. Edmonton’s residents and visitors celebrate at festivals year-round, and new festival events are welcomed Avenue Goes to the Dogs $3,000 in our community. The Festival Seed grant supports new or C’Mon Festival $1,600 emerging festival celebrations. Applicants may be considered Early Music Alberta Festival $3,500 for a Festival Seed grant for up to two consecutive years. Edmonton Rock Music Festival $15,000 Flying Canoe Adventure $35,000 The Edmonton Arts Council received nine eligible Festival Gotta Minute Film Festival $30,000 Seed applications in 2014, all of which were supported. SkirtsAfire, HerArts Festival $10,000 Up + Downtown Music and $20,000 Visual Art Festival

Wayne Arthurson – Chair Giuseppe Albi Ron Harrison Svetlana Sapelnikova JURY total $120,400

Red Fang at Up + Downtown Music and Visual Art Festival, photo by Eric Kozakiewicz “A Place to Play” by Adam Bentley, Gotta Minute Film Festival 29 arts operating

Edmonton’s arts organizations range from the smallest Recipient Amount community groups to the largest professional flagships. Together they form a creative, supportive framework for the A Joyful Noise Choir Association $3,000 local arts community. The Arts Operating grant program Alberta Ballet $230,000 provides operational support to organizations to enhance Alberta Baroque Ensemble $22,500 their ability to produce, exhibit and perform artistic works for Alberta Choral Federation $23,000 the benefit of all Edmontonians. Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts $4,800 Alberta Craft Council $61,000 The Edmonton Arts Council received 106 applications for Alberta Dance Alliance $15,000 Arts Operating funding in 2014, all of which were supported. Alberta Media Arts Alliance $4,000 Alberta Media Production $16,500 Industries Association Alberta Music Industry Association $4,000 Murray Utas - Chair Tololwa Mollel Alberta Opera Touring Association $11,000 Shannon Blanchet Garth Prinsonsky Tamara Bliss Marc Siegner Alberta Playwrights Network $8,000 Marilyn Dumont John Wiebe Alberta Society of Artists $5,500 Lindsay McIntyre Noel Xavier Alberta Ukrainian Dance Association $2,500 Ariose Women’s Choir $1,000 JURY Arts on the Avenue Society $31,900 Azimuth Theatre Association $35,000 Book Publishers Association of Alberta $7,000 total $2,288,000 Brian Webb Dance Company $45,000 Canadian Authors Association $7,500 Cantilon Choral Society $15,000

Sheldon Elter as Beowulf in “Beowulf the King” by Blake William Turner, produced by Workshop West Theatre, Nadien Chu and Trevor Duplisses in “SPACE // SPACE” by Jason Craig presented by Northern Light Theatre, 50th Anniversary Hopak performed by the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers, 30 photo by Michael Clark photo by Ian Jackson/EPIC Photography photo by Ellis Photography Recipient Amount Recipient Amount Catalyst Theatre $52,000 Edmonton Story Slam Society $700 Christian Music Society $1,000 Edmonton Vocal Alchemy Society $2,500 Citie Ballet Society $50,000 Edmonton Vocal Minority Music Society $2,500 Concrete Theatre Society $33,700 Edmonton Weavers’ Guild $5,000 Cosmopolitan Music Society $13,000 Edmonton Youth Choir $8,500 Da Camera Singers $4,000 Edmonton Youth Orchestra $23,000 Edmonton Calligraphic Society $1,200 Festival City Winds Music Society $7,500 Edmonton Chamber Music Society $10,000 Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $94,900 Edmonton Classical Guitar Society $2,000 Firefly Theatre & Circus Society $30,000 Edmonton Columbian Choirs $5,500 Fringe Theatre Adventures $38,000 Edmonton Festival Ballet $3,000 Good Women Dance Society $3,200 Edmonton Jazz Society $34,000 Greenwood Chamber Singers Society $4,000 Edmonton Kiwanis Music $15,000 Ground Zero Productions $6,500 Festival Association i Coristi Chamber Choir Society $5,000 Edmonton Metropolitan Chorus Society $4,000 Kita No Taiko $2,000 Edmonton Musical Theatre $3,500 Kiwanis Singers Association of Edmonton $3,500 Edmonton New Shadow Theatre Society $27,500 Kokopelli Choir Association $30,000 Edmonton Opera Association $310,000 Kompany! Dance & Affiliated Artists Society $5,000 Edmonton Philharmonic Society $1,100 KYKLOS Hellenic Performing Arts $3,000 Edmonton Potter’s Guild $6,500 L’UniThéâtre $35,000 Edmonton Schoolboys’ Band $700 Latitude 53 Society of Artists $54,000 Alumni Association McDougall Concert Association $1,000

Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival, Wool and linen rug by Diane Krys, featured in the Alberta Craft Council exhibition Jason Vaz and Kayley Winfield in Citie Ballet’s photo by Epic Photography “Furnish,” Lynn Streeter Photography “An Homage to Billie Holiday,” photo by Jeff Vanelle 31 arts operating continued...

Recipient Amount Recipient Amount Media Architecture Design Edmonton $8,000 St. David’s Welsh Male Voice $500 Metro Cinema Society $83,000 Choir Association Mile Zero Dance $39,000 Stroll of Poets Society $3,200 Mill Creek Colliery Band $2,300 TALES Edmonton $2,000 New Edmonton Wind Sinfonia $3,000 Teatro La Quindicina $18,000 NeWest Publishers Ltd. $30,000 Theatre Alberta Society $35,000 Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $25,000 Theatre Network $55,000 Northern Light Theatre $26,500 Theatre Prospero Association $2,000 Nova Musica Symphony Society $750 Theatre YES $2,000 Opera NUOVA $22,550 Today’s Innovative Music Edmonton $5,000 Pro Coro Canada $46,000 Two One Way Tickets to Broadway $1,000 Punctuate! Theatre Society $1,000 Ukrainian Cheremosh Society $15,000 Rapid Fire Theatre Society $40,000 Ukrainian Shumka Dancers $70,000 Regroupement Artistique $5,000 Vinok Folkdance Society $27,500 Francophone d’Alberta Visual Arts Alberta Association $18,500 Richard Eaton Singers $10,000 Viter Ukrainian Dancers $6,000 Ritchie Trombone Choir Society $1,000 Volya Ukrainian Dance $500 Sadhana Music and Dance Society $1,000 Ensemble Association Sculptors Association of Alberta $5,000 Walterdale Theatre Associates $16,000 Sing For Life Society of Edmonton $1,500 WECAN Society $35,000 Société Francophone des arts visuels $2,000 Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre Society $43,000 de L’Alberta Writers' Guild of Alberta $20,000 Society for New Music Edmonton $4,000 Young Alberta Book Society $15,000 Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists $45,500

“Just FABULOUS!” by Edmonton Vocal Minority and Booming Tree Taiko David Horak and Mathew Hulshof in Workshop West Theatre’s “An Homage to Billie Holiday” by Citie Ballet featuring Kanae Muta, 32 Drummers, photo by Jeff Vanelle “Kill Me Now” by Brad Fraser, photo by Michael Clark Parisa Mehregan, Kiera Keglowitsch and Jason Vaz, photo by Jeff Vanelle celebrations

Celebrations bring together members of our communities to recognize cultural traditions or create new ones. Celebrations grants assist with the production of one-day celebratory events and/or major parades within the City of Edmonton.

The Edmonton Arts Council received eight eligible applications for Celebrations funding in 2014, all of which were supported.

Nicole Reeves – Chair Marc Crossman Habib Fatmi Rick Ireland Marissa Loewen JURY

Mid Autumn Lantern Festival, photo by Mack Male

$ total 37,500 Recipient Amount 115th Philippine Independence $4,000 Day Commemoration 24th Annual Mill Woods $10,000 Canada Day Celebration All is Bright on 124 $12,000 Art in Our Park $2,500 Boyle Street Multi Cultural Event $2,500 El Once - Memoria Viva Society $1,000 of Edmonton Mid Autumn Lantern Festival $4,000 Multicultural Seniors’ Day $1,500

33 cornerstone arts operating

The Cornerstone Arts Operating process directs support for Recipient Amount our city’s large arts organizations that own and operate major The Citadel Theatre $1,042,000 cultural facilities. Representatives from these organizations meet with board members and staff of the Edmonton The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra/ $1,020,000 Arts Council, representatives of the City of Edmonton, and Francis Winspear Centre for Music occasionally outside assessors, to discuss the complex issues The $1,475,000 that they face.

The outcome is a funding agreement between the EAC and the organization. Funds support operating costs for the facility, and production and presentation activities of the organization. Prior to 2013, these funds were directed via Patrick Ares-Pilon ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP other operating programs managed by the EAC.

The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s 2014 grant includes funds previously assessed separately under the Festival Operating program for the Symphony Under the Sky events.

The Art Gallery of Alberta’s 2014 support represents $1,125,000 in base annual funding, plus $350,000 in supplemental support from the EAC that is declining on an annual basis, due to expire in 2017.

34 Jason Carter and Bridget Ryan “The World of Boo” at the Art Gallery of Alberta, photo by MN Hutchinson, Calgary Citadel Theatre’s “One Man, Two Guvnors,” photo by David Cooper Photography microgrant

Patrick Ares-Pilon ÉTUDES DE MOUVEMENTS at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Patrick Mahon “Lifeboats” at SNAP Gallery, photo by SNAP Wilfred Kozub, photo by Daryl Kozub

With no set deadlines for Recipients applications and amounts up to Mackenzy Albright Darrin Hagen Wes Miron $1,000 available per recipient, the Julie Adams Jim Head Gabriel Molina Microgrant program supports the Miranda Allen Jane Heather Michelle Molineux hard costs associated with timely, Patrick Arès-Pilon Sophie Heppell Julio Munhoz short-term projects that might Kyle Armstrong Ashley Hollands Christian Murillo otherwise falter for want of a small Lyle Bell Kristen Hutchinson Spencer Murray investment. The Edmonton Arts Adam Bentley Derek Jagodzinsky Eddy Ndakunze Council received more than 125 Michael Betmanis Bridget Jessome Jason Norman applications for Microgrants in Colleen Brown Ashanti Karimah Marshall Erik Osberg 2014, of which 71 were supported. Rachelle Bugeaud Jeffrey Klassen Mo Ossobleh Geraldine Carr Wilfred Kozub Jeremy Pudlowski As of October 2014, the Microgrant Joel Crichton William LeBlanc Andrew Ritchie program was suspended pending Benjamin Crossman Brooke Leifso Erin Ross a full program review. Dan Davis Stephanie Lilley Brittney Roy Father Douglas osf Brenna MacQuarrie Sherryl Sewepagaham Applications to this program were Byran Finlay Anna Maria Manalo Jesse Sherburne reviewed directly by EAC Board Cameron Ford Byron Martin Jason Troock members. Carlo Ghioni Agnieszka Matejko Maxwell Uhlich Simon Glassman Anastasia Maywood Kami Van Halst Anthony Goertz Emily McCourt Alma Visscher Perry Gratton Mike McDonald Manuela Wuthrich Emily Grieve Blake McWilliam Theresa Wynnyk total $69,770 Jim Guedo Angela Meyer Peter Zivkovic Michael Gust Sharlene Millang

35 project grant for individual artists

Individual artists and their work are the foundation of our arts community. Their projects are the research and development Recipient Amount activity of the creative sector, feeding the greater arts ecosystem Lyle Bell $25,000 locally and for export. Investments made through the Project Thom Bennett $5,570 Grant for Individual Artists help recipients move ahead with their creative projects in order to develop their practice. Thea Bowering $9,600 Silvia Buttiglione $20,690 The Edmonton Arts Council received 165 eligible applications Jason Chinn $5,600 to this program in 2014 of which 48 were supported. Alysha Creighton $1,940 Nathan Cuckow $20,000 Tamar Dinner $6,775 Candas Jane Dorsey $25,000 Robin Doyon $3,500 Jeff Haslam – Chair Jen Mesch Allen Ball Peter Midgley Simon Fallon $14,425 Don Berner Anne Nothof Peter Fiala $12,000 Junetta Jamerson Dylan Rhys Howard Ève Marie Forcier $18,000 Cindy Kerr Claire Uhlick Jim Guedo $10,000 Jesse Lipscombe Fred Zbryski JURY Kristi Hansen $20,000 Ainsley Hillyard $5,500 Jill Ho-You $4,150 Dave Horak $17,000 $ Matthew Howatt $2,595 total 556,880 Dara Humniski $2,290 Gary James Joynes $3,600 Laura Krewski $10,000 Shawna Lemay $12,400 Ian Leung $18,000

36 Recipient Amount Beth Levia $3,380 Matthew MacKenzie $15,335 Sharmila Mathur $22,580 Lindsay McIntyre $17,500 Blake McWilliam $25,000 Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail $13,000 N. Antonio Peruch $16,575 Charles Pilon $1,165

Evan Prosofsky $25,000 Ron Walker, photo supplied Kadrush Radogoshi $20,650 Kathryn Ryan $13,500 R. Teace Snyder $6,000 Laurel Sproule $5,560 Jill Stanton $6,120 Kate Stashko $11,600 Angela Tassone $25,000 Farren Timoteo $4,300 Kami Van Halst $6,500 Alexander Varughese $18,100 Alma Visscher $1,800 Raena Waddell $9,970 Ron Walker $8,680 “Brothers in the Buddha” documentary by Beth Wishart MacKenzie Kayley Winfield $930 Frank Zotter $5,000

Vaughan String Quartet, Silvia Buttiglione, Mattia Berrini, Vladimir Rufino and Fabiola Amorim, with guest Brazilian clarinetist Amandy Bandeira, photo by Nicholas Yee 37 travel grants

Travel grants assist with the travel costs of Edmonton residents active in the arts and festival communities. Travelling to perform, conduct research, attend conferences, or exhibit work offers professional and creative opportunities that may not exist locally. These outside opportunities are vital to the continued advancement and growth of Edmonton’s arts community.

Travel grants are available to a maximum of $750 per individual applicant. The Edmonton Arts Council received nearly 200 travel grant applications in 2014, of which more than 110 were supported.

Kristin Gibson in India, photo supplied One not-for-profit arts organization, The National Stiltwalkers of Canada, received a travel grant of $3,750 to support five Edmonton artists’ attendance at a conference in Europe.

Jurors that assessed travel grants over the course of three deadlines in 2014 include:

Ahmed Ali - Chair Lindsay McIntyre Nicole Reeves – Chair Hans Olsen Adam Waldron-Blain Adam Pappas

JURY Lori Gawryluik Kate Stashko Carol Holmes Richelle Thoreson and Jake Hastey of Toy Guns Dance Theatre, photo supplied

total $76,515

38 Allison Balcetis and composer André Ribeiro in Sorocaba, Brazil, photo by Yuri Pires Tavares Recipients Mackenzy Albright Rachelle Bugeaud Dale Ladouceur Scarlet Welling-Yiannakoulias Jacques Arsenault Nathan Burge Sydney Lancaster Justin Zawada Susanna Barlow Nathania Burnabe Grace Law Miranda Allen Jenna Butler Celeigh Cardinal David Letersky Rebecca Anderson Trent Crosby Michael Clark Matthew Letersky Carla Benavides Kimberly Denis Annie Dugan Ronald Long Ruth Burns Lauren Gillis Maria Dunn Lynn Malin Vedashree Chakrabartty Don Hill Renee Englot Byron Martin James Cuming Christine Lesiak Terry Fairfield Mairi Irene McCormack Nich Davies Denise Mackay Emma Frazier Tammy-Jo Mortensen Jennie Frost Jessica Marsh Dallas Friesen Erik Mortimer Darrin Hagen Mary Norton Raimundo Gonzalez Cameron Neufeld Jake Hastey Gail Olmstead Matthew Gooding Jenie Nolan Sue Huff Erin Pankratz-Smith Lyne Gosselin Bramwell Park Katherine Koller Evan Pearce Brittney Grabill Shawn Pinchbeck Megan Koshka Anna Marie Sewell Scott Greene Stephen Pinsent Heather Leier Nikki Shaffeeullah Derina Harvey Ryan Podlubny Laurie MacFayden Katrina Stashko Brett Henry Corey Polo Lindsay McIntyre Peter Stone Kendra Heslip Kim Rackel Nicole Moeller Mark Templeton Ashley Hollands Giana Read Andy Northrup Mia Van Leeuwen Dave Horak Travis Sargent Rick Reid Elizabeth Withey Dara Humniski Craig Schram Pierrette Requier Marlena Wyman Brianne Jang Nathan Setterlund Jesse Silkie Scott Zubot David Johnston Gail Sidonie Sobat Richelle Thoreson Trevor Anderson Matthew Kaprowy Edward Smith Kevin Tokarsky Paul Arnusch Candice Kelly Giuseppe Stagliano Jenny Willson Lyle Bell Nik Kozub Carson Tarnasky Linda Wood Edwards Astrid Blodgett Ashley Kumar Erin Voaklander

39 cultural diversity in the arts

The City of Edmonton, through the Edmonton Arts Council, established the Cultural Diversity in the Arts Program to recognize that artists from all parts of the world enrich Edmonton’s cultural scene.

Following significant review and consultation, the EAC revised the delivery of this program in 2014, to become a project grant that now parallels other programs for individual artists. The intention of the new grant is to encourage artists from culturally diverse communities to participate in the grant process, while continuing to support those who face cultural, linguistic or historical Will Belcourt, photo by Carla Ulrich barriers to support.

Recipient Amount May Banh $15,000 William Belcourt $14,300 Elsa Robinson - Chair Savithri Machiraju Sofia Cristanti $15,000 Marco Claveria Nikki Shaffeeullah Yong Fei Guan $6,000 Shreela Chakrabartty Chaka Zinyemba Todd Houseman $10,000 With Ben Gorodetsky Elisa Marina Mair $10,500 JURY Yukari Meldrum $7,400 With Sharmila Pokharel, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Tiffany Adair Erika Namsechi $8,500 total $86,700

40 edmonton artists’ trust fund

The Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund (EATF) is a joint project of the Edmonton Arts Council and the Edmonton Community Foundation. The EATF is designed to invest in Edmonton’s creative community and encourage artists to stay in our community. The funds are intended to offset living and working expenses, allowing the artist to devote a concentrated period of time to his/her artistic activities, career enhancement and/ or development.

The EAC received 74 nominations for this award in 2014. Eight artists were selected, and awards were fixed at $7,500 each.

EATF recipients with ECF and EAC representatives, These awards are provided through an endowment held by photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography the Edmonton Community Foundation.

Recipient Colleen Brown Mary Phillips-Rickey – Chair Kyle Charles Jacqueline Dumas Elizabeth Dart Ian Leung Beth Graham Marlon Wilson Laura Krewski Lindsay McIntyre JURY Manuela Wuthrich Doug Organ total $60,000

41 john mahon arts administrators’ sabbatical fund

Administrators form an integral part of the arts infrastructure of Edmonton. The work behind the scenes, and the expertise required for all aspects of arts management, is often under-recognized. The individuals who specialize in this field are a critical piece of a sustainable arts ecosystem.

John Mahon was the Executive Director of the Edmonton Arts Council for 15 years until his retirement in 2013. This fund and program recognizes his contributions to the Edmonton arts community by providing short-term support to local arts organizations to allow their senior administrators to undertake sabbatical leave projects.

The 2014 Awards are funded in part by donations from the community, and in part by a special grant from the Edmonton Community Foundation.

aAron munson, Daron Donahue, Niobe Thompson at FAVA FEST Artist Talk: Around the World with Clearwater Documentary, photo by Kailey Schwerman

Brian Webb – Chair Recipient Amount Eva Cairns Film and Video Arts Society Alberta $25,000 Marsh Murphy – in support of Dave Cunningham. Raj Nigam Writers' Guild of Alberta $25,000 – in support of Carol Holmes. JURY

total $50,000

42 community arts

Recipient Amount Community art is valued for its ability to bring people together in shared, collaborative, creative Alberta Aboriginal Performing Arts Association $15,000 experiences to express the things that have Work with youth from Soar Arts program meaning to us. The program invests in projects Boyle Street Education Centre $9,000 that are described as collaborations between Work with Matt Wood (DJ CreeAsian) as professional artists and a distinct community. artist-in-residence Applicants can be individuals, organizations or Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers $8,600 groups that define themselves by geography, Society in Edmonton tradition, culture or spirit. Work with the Mindhive Collective for a site specific performance The Edmonton Arts Council received a total of FAVA (Film and Video Arts Society) $15,000 19 Community Arts applications in 2014, ten of Future Visions 2014 - video intensive supporting which were supported. youth with barriers Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts $15,000 These grants are funded through the City of A collaborative multi-media installation with artists Edmonton Community Investment Program and Raphael Freynet and Carolyn Gingrich The Lee Fund for the Arts endowment held by Nyarkenyi Development Foundation $15,000 the Edmonton Community Foundation. Opportunities for Sudanese youth to explore art in studio and galleries under the guidance of community elders Rising Sun Theatre Society $15,000 Interactive theatre project with persons with developmental disabilities with professional theatre, Heather Inglis - Chair dance and music artists Leo Campos Aldunez Stephanie Gregorwich Robin Hood Association $15,000 Michelle Todd Music without Boundaries: collaboration with Edmonton musicians

Somaliland Cultural Association $15,000 JURY Collaborative visual arts work with Amin Amir and Somaliland youth total $122,600

43 partner awards

The Eldon and Anne Foote Visual Arts Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Edmonton Community Foundation and the Visual Arts Alberta Association. The third Eldon and Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Award was awarded to Brenda Draney for her installation Suspend.

The Edmonton Film Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Edmonton Film Commission. The 2014 Edmonton Film Prize was awarded to Rosie Brenda Draney’s “Suspend” installation at the Art Gallery of Alberta, photo by M.N. Hutchinson, Calgary Dransfeld for her documentary Antisocial Limited.

The Edmonton Music Prize (1st prize of $8,000, two runners-up prizes of $1,000), in partnership with the Alberta Music Industry Association. The winner of the second annual Edmonton Music Prize was The Provincial Archive for their album It’s All Shaken Wonder. The runners-up were Joe Nolan’s Tornado and Marco Claveria’s Origins.

The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize ($10,000), in partnership with the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. The 2014 recipient was Tim Bowling, the author of Selected Poems (Nightwood Editions).

Still from Rosie Dransfeld’s “Antisocial Limited”

44 City of Edmonton Poet Laureate Mary Pinkoski

The role of Edmonton’s Poet Laureate is to reflect the life of a city through creation and readings of poetry. As an ambassador for the literary arts, the Laureate incorporates poetry into a range of official and informal City activities.

Edmonton’s fifth Poet Laureate, serving from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2015, is Mary Pinkoski. Mary is a dynamic spoken word performer who has been Edmonton’s fifth Poet Laureate, Mary Pinkoski, photo by City of Edmonton active as a poet for over a decade.

As the City of Edmonton Poet Laureate, Mary Edmonton, travelled to cities such as Nelson, BC, Ottawa, you are familiar but also unexpected Ontario, and Reykjavik, Iceland to represent unique in your ordinary Edmonton’s literary community. Engaging with Edmonton citizens, Mary has coordinated performances at the CBC Centre Stage in City in a city that has never outgrown its own Centre Mall, spray-chalked her poems in locations sense of who it is throughout the city, and is involved with many a city that is still making something of itself organizations and festivals in Edmonton.

Mary works to involve young aspiring writers with -Excerpt from Edmonton, You Hardy Marigold YouthWrite workshops at Victoria School of the by Mary Pinkoski Arts, and founded YOURS: Edmonton Youth Open Mic Series for youth ages 12 to 19. Throughout her term as Edmonton’s Poet Laureate, Mary has performed at over 80 events.

Edmonton’s Poet Laureate program is supported jointly by The City of Edmonton, Edmonton Public Library (EPL) and the Edmonton Arts Council (EAC).

45 Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies" presented by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, photo by Ed Ellis

Aerialist Ryan Ouellet in Firefly Theatre’s “Let There Be Height,” photo by Studio E Photography

“11130 81 Ave” by Wendy Gervais for Houses/Homes: 46 Neighbourhood Scenes and Stories "A View from a Train" by Chris Doyle, photo by Doyle C. Marko / DCM Photography financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an To the Members of: The Edmonton Arts Council Society opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control.

Report on the Financial Statements An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness We have audited the accompanying financial statements of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of of The Edmonton Arts Council Society, which comprise the accounting estimates made by management, as well statement of financial position at December 31, 2014, and as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial the statements of operations and changes in fund balance, statements. and cash flows for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is information. sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Basis for Qualified Opinion Management is responsible for the preparation and fair In common with many not-for-profit organizations, the presentation of these financial statements in accordance Society derives revenue from donations, the completeness with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit of which is not susceptible to satisfactory audit verification. organizations, and for such internal control as management Accordingly, our verification of these revenues was limited determines is necessary to enable the preparation of to the amounts recorded in the records of the Society and financial statements that are free from material misstatement, we were not able to determine whether any adjustments whether due to fraud or error. might be necessary to revenues, excess of revenue over expenditures, assets and fund balances. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial Qualified Opinion statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit In our opinion, except for the effect of the matter described in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph, these financial standards. Those standards require that we comply with statements present fairly, in all material respects, the ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to financial position of the Edmonton Arts Council Society obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial as at December 31, 2014, and the results of its operations statements are free from material misstatement. and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profit An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit organizations. evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the Comparative Figures auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of The prior year comparatives were reported upon by another material misstatement of the financial statements, whether firm of chartered accountants. due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements Edmonton, Alberta in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in April 2, 2015 Chartered Accountants

47 Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014

Assets 2014 2013 General Fund Cash $ 437,048 $ - Accounts receivable (Note 3) 54,306 247,145 491,354 247,145 TIX on the Square Fund Cash 27,559 105,664 Due from General Fund (Note 12) 132,384 - 159,943 105,664 Casino Fund Cash 9,711 68,169 Program Fund Cash 170,618 206,901 Accounts receivable 37,250 50,000 207,868 256,901 Community Investment Grants Fund Cash 220,134 434,850 Accounts receivable 72,306 - 292,440 434,850 Public Art Fund Cash 1,106,979 57,633 Accounts receivable 4,795,688 2,668,549 Prepaid expenses and deposits 2,333 2,333 5,905,000 2,728,515 Property and equipment (Note 2) 118,143 90,230 $ 7,184,459 $3,931,474

48 Statement of Financial Position December 31, 2014

Liabilities 2014 2013 General Fund Accounts payable (Note 3) $ 88,300 $ 49,160 Due to TIX Fund (Note 12) 132,384 - 220,684 49,160 TIX on the Square Fund Accounts payable 53,319 82,432 Unearned revenue (Note 6) 5,240 21,734 58,559 104,166 Casino Fund Accounts payable - 871 Program Fund Accounts payable 57,873 109,598 Community Investment Grants Fund Accounts payable 241,940 409,850 Public Art Fund Accounts payable 4,660,578 2,450,011 5,239,634 3,123,657

Fund Balances 2014 2013 General Fund 270,670 197,985

TIX on the Square Fund 101,384 1,498

Casino Fund 9,711 67,298

Program Fund 149,995 147,303 Community Investment Grants Fund 50,500 25,000 Public Art Fund 1,244,422 278,504

Property and Equipment Fund 118,143 90,230

1,944,825 807,818

$7,184,459 $3,931,474

49 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014

General Fund 2014 2013 Revenue City of Edmonton service contract (Note 8) $ 1,491,063 $ 1,367,508 Other income 21,681 46,851 Investment income 9,880 10,908 Memberships 9,175 6,550 Grant - administration 3,602 5,191 1,535,401 1,437,008 Expenditures Staffing costs and benefits 982,548 921,149 Office costs 59,003 58,915 Telephone, internet and website 54,348 53,210 Equipment lease 30,070 31,508 Jury and honorariums 28,499 32,424 Rent 22,094 17,559 Board of Directors costs and Annual General Meeting 14,574 16,515 Professional fees 7,560 7,295 Marketing and promotion 6,962 25,962 Consulting fees 6,770 21,000 Insurance 6,277 4,920 Conferences and travel 2,450 15,735 Bank charges and interest 929 1,688 Summit - 59,919 Arts sabbatical fund contribution - 50,000 Arts sabbatical event costs - 29,339 1,222,084 1,347,138 Excess of revenue over expenditures 313,317 89,870 Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (62,764) (19,287) Transfer to Public Art Fund (23,511) (78,396) Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (185,000) (90,000) Transfer from Casino Fund 30,643 25,935 Net increase (decrease) in Fund balance 72,685 (71,878) Fund balance, beginning of year 197,985 269,863 Fund balance, end of year $ 270,670 $ 197,985

50 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014 For the year ended December 31, 2014

TIX on the Square Fund 2014 2013 Revenue Sales for distribution $ 1,589,266 $ 1,524,912 Commissions 149,276 147,215 City of Edmonton - Operating income 60,000 60,000 Credit card charges recovered 32,394 31,841 Gift certificates 18,565 476 1,849,501 1,764,444 Expenditures Sales reimbursement 1,535,086 1,481,673 Staffing costs and benefits 231,462 208,808 Purchases 60,280 38,135 Credit card charges 30,123 29,288 Office 26,043 17,461 Rent 24,460 25,273 Bank charges and interest 10,807 10,954 Telephone 6,981 5,638 Advertising and promotion 5,492 29,077 E-Commerce 3,881 12,064 1,934,615 1,858,371 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (85,114) (93,927) Transfer from General Fund 185,000 90,000 Fund balance, beginning of year 1,498 5,425 Fund balance, end of year $ 101,384 $ 1,498

51 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014

Casino Fund 2014 2013 Revenue Casino revenue $ 2,350 $ 79,880 Investment income 66 - 2,416 79,880 Expenditures Casino expenses 2,304 1,985 Interest and bank charges 56 230 2,360 2,215 Excess of revenue over expenditures 56 77,665 Transfers to General Fund (30,643) (25,935) Transfer to Program Fund (27,000) - Fund balance, beginning of year 67,298 15,568 Fund balance, end of year $ 9,711 $ 67,298

52 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014

Program Fund 2014 2013 Revenue City of Edmonton - Programs $ 1,621,281 $ 1,496,269 City of Edmonton - Sir Winston Churchill Square 100,000 100,000 Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (Note 4) 72,000 46,878 Lee Fund Grant 50,017 38,350 Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund (Note 4) 2,203 107,320 1,845,501 1,788,817 Expenditures Arts Habitat 500,000 500,000 Cornerstone Grants 419,603 500,000 Special Programs (Note 11) 335,479 349,442 Sir Winston Churchill Square 132,175 183,046 Aboriginal Initiatives 77,408 - New Pathways 75,144 - Lee Fund Grant 75,000 38,350 Living Local 75,000 75,000 Edmonton Artists Trust Fund 72,000 56,000 Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund 58,000 - Arts on the Avenue 50,000 50,000 1,869,809 1,751,838 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (24,308) 36,979 Transfer from Casino Fund 27,000 - Fund balance, beginning of year 147,303 110,324 Fund balance, end of year $ 149,995 $ 147,303

53 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014

Property and Equipment Fund 2014 2013 Expenditures Amortization $ 34,851 $ 32,998 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures (34,851) (32,998) Transfer from General Fund 62,764 19,287 Fund balance, beginning of year 90,230 103,941 Fund balance, end of year $ 118,143 $ 90,230

Public Art Fund 2014 2013 Revenue City of Edmonton - Public Art Funds revenue $ 4,965,700 $ 1,102,744 Expenditures Public Art Projects expenditures (Notes 10 and 11) 4,023,293 1,617,420 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenditures 942,407 (514,676) Transfer from General Fund 23,511 78,396 Fund balance, beginning of year 278,504 714,784 Fund balance, end of year (Note 10) $ 1,244,422 $ 278,504

54 Statement of Operations and Changes in Fund Balance For the year ended December 31, 2014

Community Investment Grants Fund 2014 2013 Revenue City of Edmonton Community Investment Grants $ 8,843,111 $ 8,673,137 Investment income 29,063 31,300 8,872,174 8,704,437 Expenditures Arts Operating Grants 5,475,100 5,210,100 Festival Operating Grants 1,730,050 1,723,200 Edmonton Artists Individual Grants 556,880 599,850 Arts and Museum Building Operating Grants 434,800 522,600 Administration 172,957 142,470 Festival Seed Grants 120,400 150,400 Cultural Diversity Awards 86,700 87,500 Travel Grants 76,515 78,448 Microgrants 69,770 68,919 Community Arts Grants 47,600 60,070 Major Parade and Celebration Grants 37,500 41,000 Emergency Grants 24,500 2,350 Organizational Support Grants 13,902 5,000 8,846,674 8,691,907 Excess of revenue over expenditures 25,500 12,530 Fund balance, beginning of year 25,000 12,470 Fund balance, end of year $ 50,500 $ 25,000

55 Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended December 31, 2014

General Fund 2014 2013 Net inflow (outflow) of cash related to the following activities: Operating activities Excess of revenue over expenditures $ 313,317 $ 89,870 Change in non-cash balances relating to operations Accounts receivable 192,839 77,496 Accounts payable 39,140 (161,261) 545,296 6,105 Financing activities Loan payable to TIX Fund 132,384 - Transfer to Property and Equipment Fund (62,764) (19,287) Transfer to TIX on the Square Fund (185,000) (90,000) Transfer to Public Art Fund (23,511) (78,396) Transfer from Community Investment Grants Fund - - Transfer from Casino Fund 30,643 25,935 (108,248) (161,748) Increase (decrease) in cash 437,048 (155,643) Cash, beginning of year - 155,643 Cash, end of year $ 437,048 $ -

56 Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2014

Nature of Operations Casino Fund The Edmonton Arts Council Society (EAC) exists to support The Casino Fund was set up in response to the Alberta and promote the arts community in Edmonton. The EAC Gaming and Liquor Commission’s requirement to have a meets the needs of its members and the arts community separate account to receive proceeds from casinos as a whole though activities that: managed by the Society. Funds from this account can only - help provide financial support to festivals, arts be spent in areas designated in each casino application. organizations and individual artists; Proceeds are used mainly for community programs as well - educate those who play a role in the success of the arts as EAC and TIX on the Square website development and community about the quality of artistic work produced updates. The Society currently holds a fundraising casino here, its importance to the city, and its needs; every two years. - advise decision makers on specific issues that affect the arts; and Program Fund - nurture the quality of artistic work produced here. When requested by the City of Edmonton, the EAC produces special projects. These projects have included The EAC was incorporated on April 19, 1995 under the Churchill Square Programming, revitalization projects on Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and was registered Alberta Avenue and others. In addition, the EAC develops as a charity effective August 1, 1997 under the Income Tax grant programs with the Edmonton Community Act of Canada. Foundation and corporate partners.

The Society follows the restricted fund method of Public Art Fund accounting and the operations of the Society are The Service Agreement between the City of Edmonton organized into project funds. A summary of each of the and the EAC identifies support for the City’s public art funds is as follows: program as a core duty of the EAC. This involves creation of master plans for public art, policy development, and General Fund production of specific public art projects generated by the Donations which have not been designated by the donor for Percent for Art program or from other sources. The public one of the other funds are placed in the General Fund. The art projects are multi-year projects that range from three costs of administering the Society and the costs of improving to seven years. or expanding the Society are recorded in this fund. Community Investment Grants (CIG) Fund TIX on the Square Fund Service Agreement between the City of Edmonton and TIX on the Square is a community box office, Ticketmaster the EAC identifies responsibility for the City’s Community outlet, retail store, and information booth. It is owned and Investment Grants program in the arts and festivals as a operated by The Edmonton Arts Council Society and core duty of the EAC. This involves administration of all serves the entire arts and cultural community in the relevant existing CIG grant programs as well as development greater Edmonton region. of new CIG grant programs in arts and festivals.

57 Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2014

Property and Equipment Fund Contributed Services The Property and Equipment Fund was established to Contributed services of volunteers are not recognized as collect and disburse funds on capital projects undertaken revenue in these financial statements because their fair by the EAC and to maintain the assets, liabilities, revenues value cannot be reasonably determined. and expenses related to the Society’s property and equipment. Contributed Goods The Society only records non-cash donations when a Note 1: Significant Accounting Policies charitable receipt is issued. These donations are recorded Basis of Presentation at the fair value of the items received. These financial statements have been prepared in Donations accordance with Canadian accounting standards for With the establishment of the Edmonton Artists Trust not-for-profit organizations. Fund (Note 4) and John Mahon Arts Administrator Revenue Recognition Sabbatical Fund, donations that are not restricted are Restricted contributions are recognized as revenue of the forwarded directly to either Fund held by the Edmonton appropriate fund in the year in which the events giving Community Foundation at the discretion of the Society. rise to the contribution have occurred. If a separate fund Income Taxes does not exist, the restricted contribution will be recorded The Society is a not-for-profit organization incorporated as part of the General Fund and will be deferred and under the Societies Act of the Province of Alberta and, as recognized as revenue when the related expenses are such, is exempt from income taxes under Section 149(1) incurred. Unrestricted contributions are recognized as of the Income Tax Act of Canada. revenue of the General Fund in the year received.

Use of Estimates Cash The preparation of financial statements in accordance Cash includes cash on hand, bank deposits and term with Canadian accounting standards for not-forprofit investments with maturities less than one year. organizations requires management to make estimates Property and Equipment and assumptions that affect the reported amount of Property and Equipment are recorded at cost Amortization assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements is calculated on the declining balance basis over the and the reported amount of receipts and disbursements assets estimated useful life at the following annual rates: during the reporting period. Actual results could differ Computer equipment and website 30% from those estimates. Items subject to significant Ticket booth 30% management estimates include valuation of accounts Office equipment 20% receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, Vehicle 30% and amortization.

58 Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2014

Note 1: continued Long-lived Assets Financial Instruments Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment. Long- Financial instruments are recorded at fair value when lived assets held for use are measured and amortized as acquired or issued. In subsequent periods, financial described in the applicable accounting policies. instruments with actively traded markets are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in the The Society performs impairment testing on long-lived statement of income. All other financial instruments are assets held for use whenever events or changes in reported at amortized cost and tested for impairment at circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset, each reporting date. Transaction costs on the acquisition, or group of assets, may not be recoverable. Impairment sale or issuance of financial instruments are expensed losses are recognized when undiscounted future cash when incurred. Conversely, transaction costs are added flows from its use and disposal are less than the asset’s to the carrying amount for those financial instruments carrying amount. Impairment is measured as the amount subsequently measured at amortized cost. by which the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value. Any impairment is included in earnings for the year.

Note 2: Property and Equipment

Cost Accumulated 2014 Net 2013 Net Amortization Book Value Book Value Computer equipment and website $ 257,557 204,809 $ 52,748 $ 69,690 Ticket booth 60,284 23,169 37,115 66 Vehicle 13,399 5,427 7,972 11,389 Office equipment 38,389 18,081 20,308 9,085 $ 369,629 251,486 $ 118,143 $ 90,230

Note 3: Government Remittances projects of the EAC and the Edmonton Community As of December 31, 2014, accounts receivable includes Foundation (ECF). The purpose of the EATF fund is to $41,329 (2013 - $46,904) of Goods and Services Tax invest in Edmonton’s creative community by providing receivable from the federal government. As of December grants to individual artists who are living and working in 31, 2014, there are payroll remittances of $nil (2013 - Edmonton. The purpose of the JMAASF is to enhance the $17,726) owing to the federal government. quality of life for arts professionals living and working at qualifying arts organizations that support and promote Note 4: Trust Funds Held by the Edmonton Edmonton arts and artists. Open-ended endowment Community Foundation funds have been established with ECF to which anyone The Edmonton Artists Trust Fund (EATF) and John Mahon can make tax deductible donations. Arts Administrator Sabbatical Fund (JMAASF) are joint

59 Notes to Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2014

Note 5: Commitments Note 8: Economic Dependence The EAC has committed to minimum monthly lease Ongoing operations of the EAC are dependent upon payments of $1,653 per month for premises they occupy receiving continuing funding from the City of Edmonton. until March 2017. The current service agreement is in effect until December 31, 2016. Note 6: Unearned Revenue Unearned revenue of the TIX on the Square Fund is Note 9: Comparative Figures comprised of gift certificates sold that have not been Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to redeemed. conform with the current year’s presentation.

Note 7: Financial Instruments Note 10: Public Art Fund Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association Credit Risk Public art disbursements include artist fees, conservation Credit risk arises from the potential that a counter party work, and administration. The fund balance at the end of will fail to perform its obligations. The Society is exposed the year includes reserves for future conservation work. to credit risk in respect to its accounts receivable balances and cash balances. Cash is held at major financial Note 11: Allocated Expenses institutions minimizing any potential exposure to credit Certain costs are recorded in the General Fund and then risk. It is management’s opinion that the risk related to allocated to other funds. The allocations are based on accounts receivable is minimal since the Society only staff time used by each fund. Included in Public Art deals with what management believes to be financially expenditures in the Public Art Fund is $235,479 (2013 - sound counterparts and, accordingly does not anticipate $187,212) in staffing costs and benefits allocated from the significant loss for nonperformance. As at December 31, General Fund. 2014, accounts receivable consists of 97% (2013 - 94%) due from the City of Edmonton thereby increasing the Note 12: Related Party Balances concentration of credit risk. During the year, the General Fund agreed to finance the cost of equipment purchases and renovations for the TIX Liquidity Risk on the Square Fund. The amount is unsecured and non- Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity will encounter interest bearing. The balance outstanding is expected to difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial be settled within the next fiscal year. liabilities. The Society is exposed to this risk mainly in respect of its receipts from its funders and accounts payable.

60 Heritage Festival, photo by Edmonton Heritage Festival Association “Celtic Colours with the McDades” presented by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, photo by Ed Ellis

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Front and Back Cover photos: “Stations of Reconciliation” by Aaron Paquette, photos by Fish Griwkowsky