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July 20, 2010

Latest Round of Cultural Sector Investment Exceeds $60,000

Organizations and individuals operating within the cultural sector in Newfoundland and Labrador have received a total of $60,259 through the latest round of funding approved through the province's Cultural Economic Development Program (CEDP).

"The Provincial Government is committed to continuing support for this province's diverse cultural industries which enable Newfoundland and Labrador's professional artists to produce and advance their work," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "These latest investments provide funding to a number of cultural endeavours in the literary, theatre, music and visual arts sectors, and will assist with the continued growth of this important contributor to our economy."

In addition to CEDP funding previously announced for the cultural sector, recent investments include:

  • Sound Arts Initiatives — $10,000 to offset costs associated with presenting Sound Symposium 2010, an international music, visual, and performance art event that included concerts, workshops, lectures, indoor and outdoor performances, multi-media presentations and related activities, held July 2-10.
  • Tuckamore Festival — $8,000 to assist with the production of the Tuckamore Festival (August 2-15), which offers intensive chamber music programming to emerging musicians.
  • Marnie Parsons — $6,924 to assist with the design and production of a catalogue that will feature the publications of her company Running the Goat Books & Broadsides, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
  • Gros Morne Summer Music — $5,000 to offset costs associated with presenting its summer concert series in three communities, Corner Brook, Woody Point and Norris Point, throughout the summer.
  • Southern Shore Folk Arts Council $5,000 to assist with the presentation of the 25th annual Shamrock Festival, to be held July 24-25 in Ferryland.
  • Tramore Productions — $5,000 to assist with costs associated with its 11th summer season of ballad singing/storytelling concerts, dances, and theatre in Branch and Cuslett, in Placentia Bay.
  • Exploits Valley Economic Development Corporation — $5,000 to provide support for the countdown and branding of Art Ex, a visual arts cultural tourism experience, the first of which will to be held in August 2011.
  • Rabbittown Theatre Company Inc. — $4,545 to provide support in developing a website to assist with promotion.
  • Cape St. Mary's Arts Inc. — $4,000 to assist with the presentation of the 2010 Cape St. Mary's Performance Series, which offers events featuring music, storytelling, readings, and sound art at the Interpretation Centre at Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve. Performances run through September 18.
  • Craig Francis Power — $2,590 to help him participate in an artist residency and solo exhibition last month at the Pickled Art Centre in Beijing, one of that city's most prestigious contemporary art galleries.
  • Pedlar Press — $2,200 to assist with expenses associated with a Craig Francis Power reading tour.
  • Monica Walsh — $2,000 to offset costs to attend the Montgomery Theatre in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, for a two-week conservatory program (July 26-August 8) for professional actors devoted to performing and producing international-standard professional theatre.
  • Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides $2.5 million to support arts, cultural and heritage initiatives throughout the province, with $1.2 million earmarked for the arts and culture sectors and $1.27 million provided to the heritage sector. CEDP applications are considered based on the strength of the business plans, vision, and potential development within the sector.

    For more information on the program and application guidelines for the arts and culture sector, please visit: www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/artsculture/cedp/index.html.

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    Media contact:

    Heather May
    Director of Communications
    Tourism, Culture and Recreation
    709-729-0928, 697-5061
    heathermay@gov.nl.ca

    2010 07 20                                                     12:25 p.m.
     


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