Tourism, Culture and Recreation
February 20, 2009Artistic
Fraud Theatre Production Among Latest Projects
to Receive Provincial Government Arts Sector Support
Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, a theatre company
based in St. John�s, has received $20,000 in Provincial Government
support to offset costs associated with preparing to stage its newest
production, entitled AfterImage.
The Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation, said the theatre production is among the latest
arts-related projects which have recently received a total of $78,745
through the department�s Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP).
Based on a short story by award-winning Newfoundland
and Labrador author Michael Crummey, AfterImage explores the
theme of electricity and how it relates to family connectivity. It
premieres at the Harbourfront Centre�s Enwave Theatre in Toronto from
April 16-26.
"Our government recognizes the economic and social
value of our cultural industries and continues to invest in our
professional artists and their work," said Minister Jackman. "This
latest round of project funding provided through the arts component of
CEDP underscores our commitment to further develop and support the
creative process, and to enable our artists to share their work with
provincial, national and international audiences."
Recent CEDP funding approved for the arts sector is as
follows:
$8,000 to the Labrador Creative Arts Festival
to offset the cost of its 33rd annual festival, held
in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this past fall;
$7,100 to the English Harbour Arts Association
to assist with the production of marketing materials;
$6,800 to professional dancer Louise Moyes to
enable her to perform at the FrancoF�te en Acadie in Moncton,
N.B. this past fall, and at the Ten Days on the Island event in
Tasmania in March, 2009;
$5,000 to Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Arts
Gallery to offset costs associated with the production of
promotional materials to accompany the international exhibition
Shorelines;
$5,000 to artist Luben Boykov to design and
build a marketing and promotions-based website to help generate
new sales opportunities in national and international markets;
$5,000 to the March Hare literary and musical
festival, which this year marks its 23rd anniversary.
This year�s festival will be held in March with a total of 11
shows taking place in Corner Brook, Gander, St. John�s, and
Toronto;
$4,968 to Neighbourhood Dance Works to assist
with a production management mentorship during the production of
Broken Accidents, a co-production of Neighbourhood Dance
Works and the Resource Centre for the Arts;
$4,657 to film-maker Jordan Canning, to help
develop a website designed to market her existing work, along
with films currently in development;
$4,500 to cinematographer-photographer Ellie
Yonova to help develop a website to promote and market her work;
$4,500 to Henge Production and Consulting
Ltd., to assist in the development of a website focused on film
and new media opportunities;
$2,920 to visual artist Peter Wilkins to
assist with the development of marketing tools designed to
increase revenues from the sale of his digital prints;
$2,700 to author Ed Riche for website
development to promote his work; and,
$2,600 to Flora Planchett, which helped her
take advantage of a professional development opportunity at the
Live Design conference and trade show held in Las Vegas
this past fall.
The 2008-09 Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP)
has provided about $1.2 million for operational and project support to
the professional arts sector. For more information on the arts component
of CEDP and application guidelines, visit:
www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/services_programs/CEDP/ARTS.
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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
2009 02 19 10:10 a.m.
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