Our clients in the news: City votes to up Arts Council funding

The City of Toronto voted last week to increase arts funding by almost 50% (from $17 to $25 per capita) by 2013. Even councilors who have traditionally been reticent to fund the arts voted in favour.

This, I’m sure, is great news for Fruition client Toronto Arts Council, who are the City’s go-to agency for providing funding to arts creators in a way that’s free of political interference, along with the hundreds of arts organizations that they fund.

In addition to the promise of extra dollars, the Arts Council also received this lovely shout-out:

The debate didn’t faze Camilla Holland, co-chair of ArtsVote, who says that kind of tension is part of the process and that there’s an arbitrator for all this. “It’s an excellent organization that has a very fair, transparent and arm’s-length process, and that’s the Toronto Arts Council.”

Coverage in NOW Magazine

Coverage in the Toronto Star