Thursday, November 22 at 7PM
TMAC, 32 Lisgar St. Toronto
or remotely by Ring Central
The meeting of the membership will take place simultaneously in person at TMAC in Toronto and over teleconference. Please note that only those organizations in good standing will be eligible to vote. If you have any questions about your eligibility please email Adriana at membership@mano-ramo.ca.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
3–5 PM
TMAC, 32 Lisgar St.
MANO will kick off its series of community roundtables this fall in Toronto. This is a great opportunity for those working in the Media and Visual Arts sectors to meet and discuss issues relevant to the local arts community. All artists and arts workers are welcome!
Please RSVP by Friday, October 5th to membership@mano-ramo.ca
Ottawa Granting Consultations March 12
Monday March 12, 2018
SAW Video Hub, Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, main floor
Session 1 – Focused on Multi-year or Core grant recipient organizations 2:00–5:00pm
Session 2 – Focused on groups and collectives and project funding 6:30pm-8:00pm
After a year of significant change at the Canada Council for the Arts, MANO would like to assemble Ottawa members and allied organizations/collectives for two discussions to share experiences and strategize for the coming year. The discussion will provide a space for knowledge sharing and developing advocacy questions. These meetings will focus on grants to organizations and collectives, programs for individual artists will be discussed at a later date.
In this informal discussion the Media Arts Network of Ontario and Ontario Arts Council will cover funding programs, collective and organization building, changes to the field, and the perennial question, “what is media art?” Let us know what the region needs and what you’ve experienced.
Please join us for a free discussion with Media Arts Network of Ontario (MANO), and Ontario Arts Council in Thunder Bay.
When: Tuesday March 6th, 6:00 – 7:30 pm. Doors open at 5:45.
Where: Magnus Theatre Lobby, 10 Algoma St. S.
RSVP’s are appreciated but not mandatory. Reply to aforslund@arts.on.ca or 807–632-4575.
Light refreshments will be available.
Representatives in attendance:
Ben Donoghue, Director, Media Arts Network of Ontario
Mark Haslam, OAC Media Arts Officer
Alana Forslund, OAC Northwestern Representative
Please note, funding may be available to support gas for those travelling from more than 50 km away from Thunder Bay. Please contact aforslund@arts.on.ca or call 807–632-4575 for more information.
Session will be delivered in English only. For support in French, please contact Clelia Farrugia with the Ontario Arts Council’s Francophone section: 1–800-387‑0058 ext. 7427; cfarrugia@arts.on.ca
As a partner in the ODSP and Arts Grants Coalition MANO is pleased to announce a recent change to the rules in the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW) will be a huge step forward for artists in Ontario who get benefits from these income support programs and receive arts grants.
On December 13, 2017, the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS) announced that, effective that day, arts grants are exempt as income and assets in both ODSP and OW. This means that artists who are on OW or ODSP and receive an arts grant will no longer have the money deducted from their monthly benefits, and will not have to risk becoming ineligible for continuing support from these programs. This important change will give artists on ODSP or OW the ability to pursue the creation of their art without fear of losing their monthly income and the health and other benefits that ODSP and OW provide. It will also reduce the huge administrative burden that artists previously faced with reporting the funds to ODSP or OW.
Please see HERE for the full information bulletin and please circulate to your memberships.
February 21 — Two Sessions
Toronto Roundtables on Funding for the Independent Media Arts and Artist-Run Centre Organizations and Collectives
Wednesday February 21, 2018
The Commons @ 401 — Suite 440 — Multi purpose room B
401 Richmond Street West, Toronto
Session 1 – Focused on Multi-year or Core grant recipient organizations 2:00–5:00pm
Session 2 – Focused on groups and collectives and project funding 6:30pm-8:00pm
After a year of significant change at the Canada Council for the Arts, MANO would like to assemble Toronto members and allied organizations/collectives for two discussions to share experiences and strategize for the coming year. The discussion will provide a space for knowledge sharing and developing advocacy questions. These meetings will focus on grants to organizations and collectives, programs for individual artists will be discussed at a later date.
For more information contact:
Ben Donoghue – Director at director@mano-ramo.ca
Join us on Saturday, February 10th at 11am at White Water Gallery to learn more about funding opportunities available to media artists and filmmakers in our area, and also give your input and feedback regarding the Media Arts community in Ontario.
Hosting the session will be Mark Haslam, Officer for the Media Arts section of the Ontario Arts Council and Ben Donoghue, Executive Director of the Media Arts Network of Ontario.
Light refreshments will be served. This event is free to the public
Breakthroughs Film Festival is the only festival in Canada devoted exclusively to short films directed by emerging women directors. We showcase films from any and every genre made by talented artists breaking through into the Canadian and worldwide film scene.
Vertical Features takes its name from Peter Greenaway’s 1978 featurette Vertical Features Remake. A fictional documentary that also borrows from the language of structural film, Greenaway’s experiment serves to trouble claims of authenticity and authorship, issues still relevant in the world of documentary and other non-fiction media, especially as it moves online and into the gallery.
The name Vertical Features serves to evoke the idea of work that exists adjacent—even perpendicular—to conventional cinema, works that risk oversight. The series hopes to promote vital non-fiction film and video that has had little or no Toronto exposure, including documentary, essay films, hybrid experiments, and artists’ moving image, placing contemporary films in dialogue with historical rediscoveries. Supplemented by introductions and discussions with guest scholars, artists, and critics, Vertical Features serves to highlight and situate these exceptional works.
Mirror Mountain Film Festival brings the best in independent and alternative cinema to Canada’s capital. Mirror Mountain is an inclusive festival that welcomes all types of films and all types of people to share in the collective cinema experience. In addition to film screenings, our festival features live performances, parties, panel discussions, Q&A sessions and more.