Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report Table of Contents WAAC: Role and Structure 2 2002 Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council and Staff 4 Report from the Chair 6 Strategic Plan 8 Public Art Policy 9 Public Art Committees 10 Schedule A: Distribution of Grant Pool 11 Schedule B: Operating Grants 13 Schedule C: Special Project Grants 15 Schedule D: Grants to Individuals 17 Schedule E: Downtown Festivals Grants 19 The Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award 21 Grant Allocation History and Data 22 Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 102 – 555 Main Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 1C3 Tel. (204) 943-7668 Fax (204) 942-8669 Email: [email protected] Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report 1 WAAC: Role and Structure The Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council was City Council. Two City Councillors also established in 1984 by Winnipeg City sit on WAAC. Terms are a maximum of Council to assist the City of Winnipeg in two 2-year terms. The Chair and determining funding to arts and cultural Executive are elected internally by organizations, and to provide the City WAAC. with advice on cultural policy development. Other than the infrequent The total allocation from the City of request that a grant recommendation be Winnipeg is $1,974,552 (excluding the reviewed, the City has not in practice Book Award and Downtown Festivals). overruled WAAC’s grant recommendations. Grants Operating and Special Project Grants are In October 2000, City Council voted intended to support not-for-profit cultural unanimously that WAAC should become organizations with regular operations or an arm’s-length independently one-time cultural projects. The existence incorporated council. The development of high professional standards, of the new Council model and community and audience support and incorporation is underway, and will be financial viability are key considerations in completed in 2003. The Council is also arriving at grant recommendations. developing a Public Art Policy for the City. These initiatives are two of the Operating Grants recommendations from the 1997 Cultural These make up approximately 90% of the Policy Review, Into the 21st Century: Arts total grants budget and are intended for and Culture in Winnipeg, produced by an established organizations with ongoing independent panel, chaired by Harold activity. Applications are assessed once a Buchwald, Q.C. year, with a mid-September deadline. In 1999, WAAC assisted the City in Special Project Grants establishing its first book award, and the Up to 5% of the total yearly funding pool inaugural Carol Shields Winnipeg Book is available for Special Project Grants, Award was presented in 2000 at Brave New intended to support non-recurring Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing projects and start-up costs for new Awards. operations. The committee considers applications three times yearly. Maximum WAAC Structure (under review) award is $10,000. The Council consists of 12 individuals. Six are elected by arts and cultural Grants to Individuals organizations to Chair the Dance, Theatre, The City of Winnipeg established this Music, Creative Arts, Festivals, and program in 1987 in recognition of the Museums & Galleries Committees. individual artist as the primary source of Organizations that received a City cultural creative activity. One per cent of the total grant in the previous two years are eligible funding pool is available to artists of all to vote in that category. Once elected, disciplines, awarded once yearly in $500 or members serve the City of Winnipeg and $1,000 grants. not the particular group that elected them. Four citizen members are appointed by Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report 2 WAAC: Role and Structure Downtown Festivals Grants This pilot program is in its third and final year, with a budget of $200,000, of which 10% is reserved for administration. There are two application deadlines yearly. Grants are intended to encourage the creation of new festivals from mature arts and cultural organizations, and from other organizations proposing new festivals with the potential for tourism, downtown revitalization, and wide community participation. Maximum grant: $25,000. The Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award The call for submissions is issued in late fall. The submission deadline is in January, and the Award is presented in late April. The award is $5,000. Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report 3 2002 Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council and Staff Elected Members and Category Chairs City Council Representatives Dave Williamson, Creative Arts Deputy Mayor Lillian Thomas Faye Thomson, Dance Councillor Harvey Smith Beth Shore, Festivals Claudette Lagimodiere, Museums and Mayor’s Task Force on Public Art Galleries Heather Cram, Chair Bill Muir, Music Leona MacDonald, Theatre Administration Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles, Citizen Appointees Executive Director Heather Cram Karen McElrea, Assistant to Director Christian Delaquis (until September) Nestor Dudych Spencer Duncanson Deborah Perry, Administrative Assistant Pauline Riley (from September) Executive Consultants & Special Staff Christian Delaquis, Chair Tricia Wasney, Public Art Coordinator Leona MacDonald Tanya Christensen, Bookkeeper Pauline Riley John Lovell, CMA, Accountant Beth Shore Don DeGrow, Consultant Sandy Hopkins, Consultant Special Project Grants Pauline Riley, Chair City Administration Liaison Kenny Boyce, Manager of Film and Downtown Festivals Cultural Affairs Beth Shore, Chair Committee Members: Heather Cram Nestor Dudych Spencer Duncanson Leona MacDonald Bill Muir Pauline Riley Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report 4 2002 Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council and Staff Standing Policy Committee on Protection and Community Services January 1 – November 12, 2002 His Worship Mayor Glen Murray Councillor Jae Eadie, Chairperson Councillor Mark Lubosch Councillor Harvey Smith Councillor Garth Steek Wayne Gulenchyn, Clerk November 13 – December 31, 2002 His Worship Mayor Glen Murray Councillor Jenny Gerbasi, Chairperson Councillor Mike Pagtakhan Councillor Harvey Smith Councillor Russ Wyatt Wayne Gulenchyn, Clerk Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report 5 Report from the Chair For the Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council Winnipeg Arts Council in public 2002 was a particularly busy year during correspondence. which much progress was made in a number of areas of activity. Strategic Plan Appointment of New Director The Council engaged the arts community and the community at large in a process of On January 1 Andrew Wilhelm-Boyles consultations leading to the development assumed the directorship of WAAC left of a strategic plan for the newly- vacant by the retirement of Billie Stewart. incorporated entity. Following several large-scale consultations, a draft plan was The Council wishes to thank Ms. Stewart prepared and presented to several smaller- for her many years of dedicated service to scale discussion groups for advice and the arts and artists of Winnipeg. Her guidance. That process will continue well relentless efforts paved the way for many into 2003. The members of Council are of the advances made in the past year. very excited by our new vision “Arts for All” and by the framework that the Building on the foundations laid by Ms. strategic plan sets out for the next five Stewart and members of the Council over years. An abstract of the salient features the years, Mr. Wilhelm-Boyles has of the draft plan is included in this Annual provided strong leadership in assisting the Report. Council to advance several agendas: the creation of the Winnipeg Arts Council, Public Art Policy the facilitation of broad-based community consultations, the development of a public In March the Mayor appointed a Task art policy, advocacy for increased funding Force on Public Art with the from the City of Winnipeg, and responsibility of collaborating with the maintenance of positive communication Winnipeg Arts Council to develop a with our many constituents. Council is Public Art Policy for the City of grateful for his hard work, and dedication. Winnipeg. A report on progress is included in this Annual Report. Incorporation of the Winnipeg Arts Council Pursuant to a directive from City Council Advocacy passed unanimously in 2000, on April 17 the Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council Motivated by the initiative of Mayor Glen became incorporated as the Winnipeg Murray in making increased support for Arts Council, a non-profit corporation the arts a key element in his campaign for registered in Manitoba. re-election, the Council conducted an assertive advocacy campaign leading up to By-laws the municipal elections in October. The office urged artists, arts organizations and By-laws for the new entity were developed arts supporters to make their views known and referred to City Council for approval to candidates for municipal office in in 2003. Pending such approval, the letters, phone calls and face-to-face Advisory Council began using the name meetings. Winnipeg Arts Advisory Council 2002 Annual Report 6 Report from the Chair Also proving invaluable was the work of The Council was supported in this by the the volunteers who formed the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, which Committee for Public Art in Winnipeg collaborated with the Council to compile a and the Mayor’s Task Force on Public survey of the economic benefits the arts Art. bring to the City. Thanks to Chamber president, Dave Angus, and to Cherry City of Winnipeg Karpyshin, chair of the Chamber’s cultural affairs working committee, for their Mayor Glen Murray continues to be a leadership. source of inspiration and support through his commitment to, and promotion of, Following the election, arts supporters Winnipeg’s arts and artists, and his staff, continued to contact elected officials to especially Kenny Boyce, Manager of Film urge increased support for the arts in and Cultural Affairs and Rose Passante, Winnipeg. City Councillors responded the Mayor’s Chief of Staff, were always very positively, raising hopes of increases supportive. The staff in the City Clerk’s to WAAC’s allocation in the City’s 2003 Office were constantly helpful and budget to be approved early in the New accommodating, especially Wayne Year.