Deadlines January to March 2010

Decisions on most grants are generally announced within three months of the application date. The following listings may also include grants that have been rescinded, withdrawn or refused by the applicant, since posting.

January to March 2010

Major Arts Grant
Competitions and Prizes (organizations)
Manitoba/New Brunswick Creative Residency
Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts – A
Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts – B
Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts – C
Commission and Development Grant for Composers
Commission and Development Grant for Established Playwrights
Commission and Development Grant for Emerging Playwrights
Production Grant – Music
Production Grant – Theatre
Dance Creation – Individuals
Dance Creation – Organizations
Dance Two-Year Grant – Creation/Production
Operating Grant – Dance
Operating Grant – Music
Music Two-Year Grant – Concert Series
Manitoba Arts Partenship – Music
Manitoba Arts Partnership – Theatre
Manitoba Arts Partnership – Dance
Operating Grant – Multi-year – Theatre
Professional Arts Training Schools Grant
Touring Grant for Organizations – Dance, Music & Theatre
Film / Video Grants



January 15 Total Amount: $100,000
Major Arts Grant
Jurors: City:
David Arnason Winnipeg
Brenda Austin-Smith Winnipeg
Glenn Buhr Winnipeg
William Pura Stonewall
Mansel Robinson Saskatoon
Jenny Western Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
Jim Hiscott $25,000
Reva Stone $25,000
Richard Hines $25,000
Jake MacDonald $25,000

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February 1 Total Amount: $24,000
Competitions and Prizes (organizations)
Recipient(s): Amount:
Canadian Music Competitions $4,400
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals $4,800
Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition $11,500
Manitoba Band Association Inc. $3,300

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February 15 Total Amount: $000,000
Manitoba/New Brunswick Creative Residency
No applications received

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February 15 Total Amount: $44,240
Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts – A
Assessor(s): City:
Steven Nunoda Winnipeg
Reva Stone Winnipeg
Colette Balcaen Winnipeg
Ben Davis Brandon
Irvin Head Cranberry Portage
Recipient(s): Amount:
Catherine Mattes $ 10,000
Dominique Rey $ 10,000
Elvira Finnigan $ 10,000
Ken Gregory $ 9,650
Steve Gouthro $ 4,590

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February 15 Total Amount: $20,000
Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts – B
Assessor(s): City:
Steven Nunoda Winnipeg
Reva Stone Winnipeg
Colette Balcaen Winnipeg
Ben Davis Brandon
Irvin Head Cranberry Portage
Recipient(s): Amount:
Adam Brooks $ 4,000
Fay Jelly $ 4,000
Kristin Nelson $ 4,000
Nicole Shimonek $ 4,000
Teresa Burrows $ 4,000

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February 15 Total Amount: $8,000
Creation/Production Grants in the Visual Arts – C
Assessor(s): City:
Steven Nunoda Winnipeg
Reva Stone Winnipeg
Colette Balcaen Winnipeg
Ben Davis Brandon
Irvin Head Cranberry Portage
Recipient(s): Amount:
George Gartrell $ 2,000
Heather Komus $ 2,000
Jaimie Isaac $ 2,000
Randy Warren $ 2,000



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March 1 Total Amount: $30,000
Commission and Development Grant for Composers
Assessor(s): City:
Jeffrey Presslaff Winnipeg
Marie-Josée Dandeneau Winnipeg
Troy Ducharme Winnipeg
Megumi M. Masaki Brandon
Recipient(s): Amount:
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc. $ 2,400
Camerata Nova $ 8,050
GroundSwell $ 3,400
Beverley Johnston $ 6,025
Jerry Semchyshyn $ 9,100
Marco Castillo Cunha $ 1,025

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March 1 Total Amount: $24,000
Commission and Development Grant for Established Playwrights
Assessor(s): City:
Bruce Sarbit Winnipeg
Deborah Patterson Winnipeg
Bob Armstrong Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
Michael Nathanson $ 6,000
Rick Chafe $ 10,000
Tricia Cooper $ 8,000

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March 1 Total Amount: $6,000
Commission and Development Grant for Emerging Playwrights
Assessor(s): City:
Bruce Sarbit Winnipeg
Deborah Patterson Winnipeg
Bob Armstrong Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
Gordon Tanner $ 3,000
Steven Ratzlaff $ 3,000

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March 1 Total Amount: $40,000
Production Grant – Music
Assessors: City:
Christine Fellows Winnipeg
Natalie Bernardin Winnipeg
Rose van der Hooft Winnipeg
Donovan Seidle Calgary
Recipient(s): Amount:
The Musical Offering $ 2,000
Winnipeg Folk Festival $ 7,000
Winnipeg Classical Guitar Society (The) $ 3,000
Manitoba Conservatory of Music & Arts  Inc. $ 3,000
Les Surveillantes $ 2,000
Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival $ 5,000
Jazz Winnipeg Inc. $ 4,000
Canzona $ 4,500
Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir $ 4,500
West End Cultural Centre $ 5,000

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March 1 Total Amount: $50,000
Production Grant – Theatre
Assessor(s): City:
Gerry Atwell Winnipeg
Bob Armstrong Winnipeg
Mia Van Leeuwen Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
zone 41 Theatre Inc. $ 6,000
Théâtre Vice Versa Theatre $ 12,000
Sarasvati Dramatic Theatre Productions & Repertory Inc $ 10,000
Winnipeg Studio Theatre $ 8,000
Squeezebox Mama $ 7,800
Tom-Tom Theatre $ 6,200



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March 1 Total Amount: $28,500
Dance Creation-Individuals
Assessors: City:
Jolene Bailie Winnipeg
Darryl Hoskins Toronto
Jennifer Mascall West Vancouver
Talia Pura Stonewall
Recipient(s): Amount:
Alison Robson $ 3,500
Freya Olafson $ 8,000
Stephanie Ballard $ 7,000
Tom Stroud $ 10,000

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March 1 Total Amount: $000,000
Dance Creation-Organizations
No applications received

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March 15 Total Amount: $40,000
Dance Two-Year Grant Creation/Production
Assessors: City:
Darryl Hoskins Toronto
Talia Pura Stonewall
Jennifer Mascall West Vancouver
Jolene Bailie Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
Young Lungs Dance Exchange $ 20,000
No assessors for 2010-11 (multi-year agreement)
Gearshifting Performance Works $ 20,000

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March 15 Total Amount: $196,700
Operating Grant – Dance
Assessor(s): City:
Darryl Hoskins Toronto
Jennifer Mascall West Vancouver
Patti Caplette Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
NAfro Dance Productions $ 25,000
Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers Inc. $ 115,000
Ruth Cansfield Dance Company Inc. $ 56,700

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March 15
Operating Grant – Music
Assessor(s): City:
Donovan Seidle Calgary
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Rita Menzies Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
Brandon Chamber Players Inc. $ 21,000
No assessors for 2010-11 (multi-year agreement)
Recipient(s): Amount:
GroundSwell $ 46,000
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Inc. $ 112,000
Winnipeg Chamber Music Society $ 17,000
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra Inc. $ 18,000
Winnipeg Singers  The $ 30,000

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March 15 Total Amount: $20,000
Music Two-Year Grant Concert Series
No assessors for 2010-11 (multi-year agreement)
Recipient(s): Amount:
Camerata Nova $20,000



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March 15
Manitoba Arts Partnership – Music
Assessor(s): City:
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Annemarie Petrov Edmonton
Donovan Seidle Calgary
Recipient: Amount:
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc. $ 735,000
Assessor(s): City:
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Kelly Robinson Banff
Mel Braun Winnipeg
Donovan Seidle Calgary
Recipient: Amount:
Manitoba Opera Association Inc. $ 220,000

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March 15
Manitoba Arts Partnership – Theatre
Assessor(s): City:
Martin Fishman Calgary
Rosemary Dunsmore Etobicoke
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Lorne Pardy Winchester
Recipient(s): Amount:
Manitoba Theatre Centre $ 700,000
Assessor(s): City:
Lorne Pardy Winchester
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Martin Fishman Calgary
Recipient: Amount:
Prairie Theatre Exchange Inc. $ 355,000
Assessor(s): City:
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Daniel Cournoyer Edmonton
Geneviève Pineault Sudbury
Recipient: Amount:
Le Cercle Molière inc. $ 175,000
Assessor(s): City:
Maja Ardal Toronto
Al Snyder Winnipeg
Kent Martin Vancouver
Recipient: Amount:
Manitoba Theatre for Young People Inc. $ 245,000

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March 15
Manitoba Arts Partnership – Dance
No assessors for 2010-11 (multi-year agreement)
Recipient: Amount:
Royal Winnipeg Ballet $ 760,000



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March 15 Total Amount: $239,000
Operating Grant – Multi-year – Theatre
Assessor(s): Ville:
Marina Stephenson Kerr Winnipeg
Lorne Pardy Winchester
Martin Fishman Calgary
Recipient(s): Amount:
Adhere And Deny Inc. $ 15,000
Manitoba Association of Playwrights Inc. $ 55,000
Shakespeare in the Ruins Inc. $ 59,000
Theatre Projects Manitoba Inc. $ 51,500
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre Inc. $ 58,500

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March 15 Total Amount: $154,550
Professional Arts Training Schools Grant
Assessor(s): City:
Patti Caplette Winnipeg
Darryl Hoskins Toronto
Jennifer Mascall West Vancouver
Recipient(s): Amount:
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School $ 126,000
School of Contemporary Dancers Inc. (The) $ 28,550

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March 15 Total Amount: $310,000
Touring Grant for Organizations – Dance, Music & Theatre
Assessors: City:
Cathy Davis Winnipeg
Jane Ann MacDonald Carman
Jan Skene Winnipeg
Recipient(s): Amount:
Le Théâtre du Grand Cercle $ 15,000
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra Inc. $ 3,000
Manitoba Opera Association Inc. $ 7,500
Manitoba Theatre Centre $ 50,000
Manitoba Theatre for Young People Inc. $ 92,500
Prairie Theatre Exchange Inc. $ 44,000
Royal Winnipeg Ballet $ 11,000
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School $ 7,500
Shakespeare in the Ruins Inc. $ 6,000
Theatre Projects Manitoba Inc. $ 4,500
Winnipeg Singers  The $ 1,500
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Inc. $ 67,500



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March 15 Total Amount: $70,000
Film / Video Grants
Assessor(s): City:
Kirby Hammond Winnipeg
Damien Ferland Winnipeg
Film/Video Script Development
Recipient(s): Amount:
Kevin Nikkel $ 6,000
Film/ Video Project
Recipient(s): Amount:
David Evans $ 6,000
Kier-la Janisse $ 6,000
Roger Boyer $ 6,000
Film/Video Production
Recipient(s): Amount:
Cindy Murdoch $ 10,000
Heidi Phillips $ 18,000
John Paskievich $ 18,000

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Where conflicts of interest arise in the peer adjudication process, the juror or assessor, at the meeting, will disclose his/her interest, withdraw from the meeting during the discussion of the application and abstain from voting.