Monthly Archives: December 2011

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Nightwood Theatre and Opera Atelier were awarded their final Working Capital awards on December 6th , marking the completion of the granting component of Creative Trust’s eight-year Working Capital for the Arts sustainability program. Almost $4 million in deficit elimination matching grants and working capital awards have been distributed to […]

We certainly hope so, and read WolfBrown’s recent paper proposing a nuanced and multi-dimensional understanding of sustainability  with great interest. Alan Brown and his colleagues correctly note that financial health is not enough to build a strong and stable arts organization (although it’s a good place to start.) They point to the essential importance of […]

The launch of the Performing Arts Education Overview was celebrated by a full crowd last Friday at Theatre Direct’s Wychwood Theatre. This first-ever study of education activities by 50 performing arts companies in Toronto and area was a joint project of Creative Trust, PAONE (the Professional Arts Organizations Network for Education,) and Hill Strategies Research. […]

Creative Trust and PAONE (the Professional Arts Organizations Network for Education) released the  Performing Arts Education Overview  today, at Theatre Direct’s Wychwood Theatre. Minister of Tourism and Culture Michael Chan introduced this first time study, generously supported by his Ministry, of the scope of arts education activities by 50 music, theatre, dance and opera organizations […]

Arts Education Resources on Creative Trust’s website continue to expand. If you are interested in finding out what the best of the best are up to in this field, check out:  Measuring Joy: Evaluation at Baltimore Clayworks, the most joyful (and wise) approach to outcome-based evaluation of arts projects that I’ve ever seen. Measure Outcomes, […]

Or one, really, for last-minute holiday shopping. This recently published Coach House/Maytree Foundation publication evolved from a series of lunch-time discussions that Maytree hosted over the past eight years. Edited by Maytree Chairman Alan Broadbent and President Ratna Omidvar, the much-praised book covers leadership and vision, organizational effectiveness, human resources, resource development, advocacy, governance and […]