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2024-25 Recipients

Chris Glabb Jon Stuart Jesus Rivera Zavala
Aroha Fine Arts Dawn Xavier Franklin Ava Margueritte
Hyesun KO Khaleefa Hamdan Kyle Vingoe-Cram & GHY Cheung
Michaela Norgren Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre

The Fund

The Articipate Endowment Fund was established in 2007 by Arts Network Ottawa in partnership with the City of Ottawa to support artistic programming in professional spaces at the Shenkman Arts Centre.  Arts Network Ottawa is the steward of the Fund and is responsible for its promotion, administration.

Each year, the interest earned on the Articipate Endowment Fund is distributed in the form of grants to Resident Arts Partners (Arts Network Ottawa, Gloucester Pottery School, MIFO, Ottawa School of Art – Orléans Campus and Ottawa School of Theatre), and as Articipate Project Grants to local artists and arts organizations that will present or exhibit their work in professional spaces at the Centre.

Project Grant recipients use funding toward rehearsal and production costs, to enhance their creative team, to create original work or to support promotional efforts. Project Grants are determined through a jury process.

The Articipate Endowment Fund is made possible through the generosity of the Province of Ontario, foundations, local businesses and individuals whom we thank for their leadership and gratefully acknowledge on our Donor Wall.

2007
Established in
$1,048,390
Given to artists
243
Projects Funded

Objectives of the Fund

1
Foster

The presentation and exhibition of high quality artistic work at the Shenkman Arts Centre

4
Spark

Collaborative projects involving more than one artist and/or arts organization 

2
Invest

In local Ottawa artists and arts organizations of all levels and disciplines

5
Encourage

English, French and bilingual artistic activities at the Centre

3
Provide

Access to Shenkman Arts Centre spaces to non-resident artists and arts organizations

6
Support

Activities of the Resident Arts Partners of the Shenkman Arts Centre*

Resident Art Partners

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2024 Recipient

Dawn Xavier-Franklin

In the Black

Events & Performances

Project Outline

In the Black is a curated and accessible stand-up comedy showcase of Black stand-up comics from across Canada. This show will highlight voices that are not widely promoted in stand-up comedy clubs. In the Black will feature Black stand-up comedians who identify as women or as non-Binary. It will also include limited spots for stand-up comedians who identify as allies. This event coincides with the end of Black History Month and the start of International Women’s Day commemorations. 

2024 Recipient

Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre

Freddy the Pig

Creation & Development

Project Outline

Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre will work towards the development a new show for family audiences, based on a series of classic books. Freddy the Pig, a fan of Sherlock Holmes, enjoys being a detective. Business is booming. But who stole the toy train? How do you incarcerate a misbehaving fly? Why did the rooster disappear? And how can a diverse group of animals with unique cultures, needs, and personalities learn to get along? Five performing artists, puppeteers, actors, a dancer and a musician will explore the stories, workshop a script, stage a reading, and ponder these important questions. 

2024 Recipient

Khaleefa Hamdan

Poems For Fools Who Fell in Love

Creation & Development

Project Outline

Khaleefa ‘Apollo the Child’ Hamdan is a spoken word poet, hip hop artist, former radio host, youth worker and is the former co-director of the Urban Legends Poetry Collective. The Ottawa based poet is working on publishing his second collection of poetry titled Poems For Fools Who Fell in Love which reflects on themes of grief, family and connection.

2024 Recipient

Michaela Norgren

The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change

Creation & Development

Project Outline

Michaela Norgren’s project, The Zine Scene: Tools for Social Change is a reflection into the impact of zines as tools for social change and equity throughout history, as well as in modern society. Zines have been a key element of various underground racial, queer and feminist movements. A collection of zines about various social issues, as well as their role in advocacy movements will be created and distribute them to various community hubs. This project aims to educate the public about and build the local zine community – furthering our collective impact and personal role in social justice..

 

2024 Recipient

Jesus Rivera Zavala

Soy Caribe

Creation & Development

Project Outline

Jesus Rivera Zavala is a Venezuelan artist living in Ottawa. His project, Soy Caribe, explores Caribbean identity among immigrants in Canada to produce an exhibition which unveils the essence of the “Caribbean Being” through portraits, animated video and textual narratives. Through a comprehensive survey, social media users will define Caribbean experiences and identity through words. From this collective data, Jesus will create a series of imaginary human characters, each embodying shared experiences.  

2024 Recipient

Kyle Vingoe-Cram & GHY Cheung

A Rift in the Valley

LaLande + Doyle Exhibition Space

Project Outline

Kyle Vingoe-Cram & GHY Cheung have been collaborating since 2015 as artist collective NO and NO. The two artists are currently working on A Rift in the Valley, a graphic novel of speculative fiction about a mysterious sinkhole and is effects on two queer Asian friends. This semi-autobiographical work reflects on how racism and homophobia are felt as both real and imagined forces. Kyle and GHY will exhibit ten drawings from the prologue of A Rift in the Valley.  

2024 Recipient

Jon Stuart

Between Bodies

Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space

Project Outline

Between Bodies is a collaborative project facilitated and curated by the Kinship Photography Collective and organized by artists from Ottawa. At the heart of Kinship is a focus on the ecological and social crisis, exploring the unique roles that photography can play in this critical moment. We will explore new ways of seeing and responding that embrace vulnerability, longing, and loss alongside the possibility of intimacy, communion, joy, and belonging. Between Bodies will invite the viewer to reconsider their relationships and the place where they live. 

2024 Recipient

Aroha Fine Arts

ArohaFest 2025

Events and Performances

Project Outline

To commemorate its 20th anniversary, Aroha Fine Arts will host ArohaFest 2025 on May 2 and 3. Honoured with the 2022 “Best in Person Event” Award by Ontario Culture Days and distinguished as the only fully bilingual festival dedicated to celebrating the arts of India in Canada, ArohaFest will showcase over 100 Ottawa artists. The festival will include classical and popular dance, music, and visual arts that delve into the vibrant stories of Holi and Vaisakhi. 

2024 Recipient

Chris Glabb

Roadkill (Found Series)

Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space

Project Outline

Chris Glabb is an emerging Métis & Indigenous artist. Glabb’s Roadkill (Found Series) combines found images with found material to create familiar images of violence. This series of silkscreen paintings explore the relationship between violence, animal rights, the rights of Indigenous people and Queerness. Roadkill (Found Series) aims to encourage viewers to be critical of the content they consume in the age of social media.

2024 Recipient

Ava Margueritte

Alas, How Her Fears Are Just

Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space

Project Outline

Ava Margueritte’s exhibition, Alas, How Her Fears Are Just, is a photographic series that explores self-rediscovery after a period of prolonged stress, with underlying themes of identity, mental health and relationships. The exhibition is informed by Margueritte’s life, living with neurodiversity, which allows her to search for meaning in the ordinary of everyday. The project is inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’, which was composed to bring his audiences closer to nature and humanity.

2024 Recipient

Hyesun KO

Espace oscillant entre les deux: regards renversés et croisés

Lalande + Doyle Exhibition Space

Project Outline

Espace oscillant entre les deux: regards renversés et croisés is a visual arts exhibition conceived by Hyesun KO. It invites the viewer into a space where wild animals on Canadian soil, deprived of their sources of life, reclaim the land and dominate it as the masters of this upside-down space. Moreover, this space represents the here and now in ways that intersect realism and fantasy, as well as perspectives from diverse cultural and religious traditions. Visual artist Hyesun KO creates their paintings using digital art. The main themes are the liberation and revenge of the marginalized and oppressed, represented by humorous and allegorical paintings. 

Past recipients

2023

A total of $20,750 in funding was awarded to 7 grant projects.

2019

A total of $23,552 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2016

A total of $20,975 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2013

A total of $18,750 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2010

A total of $15,000 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2022

A total of $29,500 in funding was awarded to 8 grant projects.

2018

A total of $26,250 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2015

A total of $24,450 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2012

A total of $17,405 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2021

A total of $160,000 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2017

A total of $24,525 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2014

A total of $15,195 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

2011

A total of $16,255 in funding was awarded to 16 grant projects.

Contact Us

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions or would like to talk with our organization about the grant program, the application process, or how to become a donor. Be sure to read our F.A.Q. for answers to many of the common questions we get from applicants and donors!

Articipate Endowment Fund
c/o Arts Network Ottawa

Shenkman Arts Centre
245 Centrum Blvd., Suite 260
Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1

Tel. 613-580-2767

Curtis Gero
Marketing and Development Manager
T 613.580.2767
curtis@artsnetottawa.ca

Alex Maltby
Program Manager
 
alex@artsnetottawa.ca