2018 / 2019 Niagara Investment in Culture Projects
Learn about the Niagara Investment in Culture Program.
| Applicant | Project | Description | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carousel Players | CRANKED Youth Tour | A powerful touring theatre production using hip-hop and spoken word about addiction and the fentanyl and opiod crises, especially for Niagara area youth. | $20,000 |
| Essential Collective Theatre | The Team | A new award-winning Ontario play written to be relevant and accessible for young adult audiences who are underserved and vital to Niagara's cultural future. |
$10,000 |
| First Ontario Performing Arts | Celebration of Nations | Celebration of Nations is an annual gathering of Indigenous arts, culture and tradition in downtown St. Catharines from September 6-8, 2019 featuring a new Empathetic Traditions Teaching Series, expanded backyard programming and additional interactive workshop offerings. | $15,000 |
| Fort Erie Festivals | Fort Erie Festival Music Component | Fort Erie Festivals plans to add a new component consisting of a full day of music highlighting local, regional and musical and cultural performers. | $8,275 |
| Gallery Players of Niagara | The Borodin Reaction: The Chemistry of Music | An animated concert scripted by Anthony Magro, featuring the music of Alexander Borodin and his friends. Includes three actors, a pianist and string quartet. | $11,000 |
| Music Niagara | Biennial Choral Festival | Two new consecutive weekends of different high-quality professional choirs for audiences in the Niagara region. | $27,000 |
| Nelles Manor Heritage House | Battle of the Forty Re-enactment | Re-enactment of June 8, 1813 when a battle took place that could have changed the War of 1812 in Niagara. | $5,000 |
| Niagara Falls Art Gallery | Kid's Arts Day | An outdoor celebration day providing family activities including children's performers, music performances, hands on art activities for children and vendors at the Niagara Falls Art Gallery. | $5,000 |
| Niagara Folk Arts Festival | Youth Arts Presentation Project | Creation of diverse venues for youth or emerging artists to present various forms of art, with some mentoring support, within the annual Niagara Folk Arts Festival. | $11,000 |
| Niagara Historical Society | St. Andrew's: 225 Years of Community History | Theatrical presentations centred on the secular role played in early settler history by St. Andrews Presbyterian Church on its 225th anniversary, with stories of Scottish settlers, the first Black community school, the role of historical women and more. | $7,875 |
| Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre | Looking Back - Forging Forward | A series of educational pop-up art-making opportunities and engaging cultural experiences for all ages in a variety of historical locations. Inspired by Niagara's history and delivered through contemporary perspectives by local artists. | $8,500 |
| Norm Foster Theatre Festival | Aunt Agnes for Christmas - A Foster Festival Holiday Show | To develop and produce a family-oriented holiday show entitled Aunt Agnes for Christmas by Norm Foster in December 2019 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines. | $25,000 |
| Shaw Festival Theatre | Holiday Inn | The Shaw's first ever holiday production in its largest venue, the Festival Theatre, will build on the attraction of Niagara-on-the-Lake as a destination for the holidays. | $20,000 |
| Suitcase in Point | In the Soil Arts Festival 2019 - Four New Projects | Four new projects added to the Festival's site-specific outdoor performances and installations: SOUNDchitecture, Video Installation Series, Diverse Program Series and Niagara-Themed Main-stage Design | $26,500 |
| TD Niagara Jazz Festival | Niagara's Summer Mardi Gras | Niagara's Summer Mardi Gras is a celebration of music, art and culture for all ages in beautiful Niagara: 'New Orleans of the North'. | $25,000 |
| Town of Lincoln | A Tale of a Town: Lincoln | A Tale of a Town gathers stories in small towns and big cities alike through scheduled and impromptu interviews with independent business owners, local heroes, community stakeholders and neighbourhood residents inspiring performance installations that take place in site-specific downtown locations created in collaboration with local artists. | $15,000 |
| Town of Pelham | Niagara Improv Festival | The "Niagara IMPROV Festival" will be hosted on November 16, 2019, welcoming groups from across the Niagara region and local schools to participate in a fun morning of improv. | $3,500 |
| Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre | Welland Multicultural Festival | An event that brings our community together at Welland Market Square and gives the opportunity to all to celebrate and experience local cultural entertainment and food with no entry fee. | $1,350 |
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