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ACCA’s YouTube channel has lots of important and relevant content for those working and consulting in the cultural sector. New Governance Models, Decolonizing the Practice and Impact Investing and the Arts are a few of the webinars in the Professional Development for Today’s Arts Consultant series of eight essential webinars. Explore the theory and skills needed to develop a sustainable digital literacy practice within the constantly changing landscape of apps, tools, and automations available on the market in the six-part Digital Tools for the 21st Century with Lacy Alana. Tune-in, Like and Subscribe.
Sustainable Development Goals and the Cultural Sector Session
Free – Online
Discover how to use the Culture for SDGs Toolkit!
This practical guide to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for cultural and heritage organizations in Canada is designed to help align actions of organizations with the SDGs framework. Paolo Granata of the University of Toronto is chair of the Working Group on Culture at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and we are delighted to have him walk us through the Toolkit and answer questions.
There are fewer than 10 years left to implement the United Nations 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Canada’s cultural sector can play a critical role in supporting the achievement of the SDGs.
The City of Medicine Hat (City) is seeking a consultant to develop an Arts, Heritage and Entertainment Plan that will provide clear strategic direction for how the City delivers, supports, facilitates, enhances, amplifies, co-creates and nurtures the arts, heritage and entertainment sectors within the community
http://vendor.purchasingconnection.ca/Opportunity.aspx?Guid=284e6062-299c-5e64-0930-39c2ed480000
05/30/2023
Kristin Myram krimyr@medicinehat.ca
On behalf of our client, Grandview Kids, Parkin Architects Limited is seeking submissions for the provision of Art Consultant Services for their redevelopment project.
Grandview Kids Children Treatment Centre (GCTC) is seeking an experienced art consultant to manage the procurement and placement of artwork in its new facility. The consultant will work closely with Grandview staff, special education art educators, local artists, Grandview Kids Foundation, the constructor and consulting team (collectively CFC) to establish a procurement process for various types of art and define requirements, locations, budgets, and lighting specifications for each artwork.
Grandview Kids Foundation have engaged a separate vendor for design of the donor wall, history wall, and other similar donor recognition elements. Grandview anticipates a minimal amount coordination will be required with that team.
04/18/2023
tbd
Mario Pistone mpistone@parkin.ca
The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) is seeking a qualified independent consultant or consulting firm to
develop a toolkit that provides guidance and recommendations to support municipalities on how to create and
implement IDEA (inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility) and Truth and Reconciliation policies, particularly as they
pertain to municipal cultural programming and policy development.
We are looking for a partner who is experienced with both EDI policy and Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation and
has a diverse perspective and lived experience. Familiarity with Canada’s diverse cultural and artistic communities,
and the municipal arts sector, is an asset. This toolkit will include recommendations, examples of policies and
procedures, as well as case studies to further support municipalities on their journey of IDEA and Truth and
Reconciliation, drawing on the methodologies and frameworks used by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s
Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Pathways to Reconciliation.
This toolkit will further support municipal cultural sector workers to create safe spaces (policy and physical) for
Indigenous peoples to practice and share their culture, and will support them in navigating these complex historical
relationships.
03/13/2023
24500
Kathleen Darby kathleendarby@creativecity.ca
Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO)
In 2016, CPAMO designed and delivered its first Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Pluralism Organizational Change Project (CPAMOPOC – https://cpamo.org/equity-education-in-the-arts//). CPAMO has developed and delivered this project to 4 cohorts of diverse arts organizations – arts services, creation-based small, medium and large – involving between 10-16 organizations per cohort for a total of 60 organizational participants.
CPAMOPOC’s structure and delivery methods have remained somewhat the same for each cohort. However, changes have been introduced for each cohort based on external evaluations conducted at the end of each project.
CPAMO’s current cohort is in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Association of Theatre Professionals (SATP – https://sasktheatreprofessionals.ca). This cohort began in the winter of 2022 and will conclude in May/June 2023. At this stage, CPAMO and SATP are looking to engage an external resource to evaluate CPAMOPOC 4 (https://cpamo.org/equity-education-in-the-arts/cpamo-poc-cohort-4/)
CPAMOPOC runs for 18 months with participants meeting for between 8 and 3 hours per month.To conduct an effective evaluation of this program, interested applicants will be required to:
Timeframes:
It is anticipated that the evaluation will occur between February and May of 2023. Interested consultants are to submit a proposal indicating how they would carry out this evaluation, with particular attention to time required for each section of the review.
$12,000, exclusive of HST
02/10/2023
June 14, 2022 4:00 – 6:00 pm (EDT)/Le 14 juin 2022 de 16h00 à 18h00 (EDT)
Bring your favourite libation and your ideas as we talk about what has been happening and how we are all beginning to get back into the fray again and what pitfalls we are encountering. Contact info@artsconsultants.ca for the Zoom link.
Apportez votre boisson préférée et vos idées pour discuter de ce qui s’est passé, de la façon dont nous commençons à nous remettre dans le bain et des pièges que nous rencontrons. Contactez info@artsconsultants.ca pour obtenir le lien Zoom.
June 6, 2022 1:00- 4:00 pm (EDT)
CHRC and Canadian Heritage is offering this Respectful Workplaces in the Arts workshop to encourage better workplace practices and behaviours. This workshop will cover information on Ontario Provincial legislation, definitions of harassment and bullying as well as case-studies to navigate the complexities of problematic situations. This workshop is not a legal nor therapy clinics, it is conversations facilitated by experienced cultural sector leaders. Resources are discussed to help individuals and organizations towards contribute to better work environments and/or to develop their own policies/codes of conduct.
This program will be in English however, French sessions are available. For further information contact info@artsconsultants.ca. / Ce programme sera en anglais mais des sessions en français sont disponibles. Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez contacter info@artsconsultants.ca
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Leverage the Arts Ecosystem to Influence Local Prosperity by Cate Proctor
Artists are the creative germ of the arts sector. Without artists, the arts ecosystem would simply not exist. Period. Yet, the ripple effect of a vibrant arts sector—within economic and creative industry terms—often overshadows fundamental components of creative cultivation. If we truly understand the drivers for artistic creation, we easily recognize artists’ implicit and explicit influences on social, economic, and community development. Applying this knowledge shifts value to the front end of the value chain, to artists, whose work both spawns local arts scenes and drives scalable impacts for creative industries and non-arts sectors.
Artists bring unique perspectives and insights to their work. In many cases they hold a mirror to society showing the rest of us ‘what really is’. Can this be this intimidating? You bet!
Come join the conversation to learn how we can better integrate unique voices that exist in our communities. We will explore potential ways and means to appreciate and activate artists’ presence. We will discuss how their creative role is a fundamental pillar for the arts ecosystem, and when nurturing artists’ creative capacity, we also cultivate social, well-being and economic benefits.
For information about where to find the book visit: www.proctorshiftconsulting.com/my-book
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