{"id":67707,"date":"2020-03-31T19:56:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T23:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=67707"},"modified":"2020-03-31T19:56:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T23:56:15","slug":"scoop-canada-council-launches-60m-advance-funding-arts-organisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/03\/31\/scoop-canada-council-launches-60m-advance-funding-arts-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canada Council Launches $60M In Advance Funding To Arts Organisations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67710\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Canada-Council.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Brault\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Canada-Council.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Canada-Council-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Canada-Council-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/Canada-Council-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M\u00e9lanie Joly, then-Minister of Canadian Heritage and Simon Brault\u200b, Director and CEO, Canada Council for the Arts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some good news for arts organizations reeling from the devastating financial blow associated with the unexpected mass-cancellation of events across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada Council for the Arts has announced $60M in advance funding to arts organizations that have approved funding from the 2019\/20 season. This amounts to the equivalent to 35% of the annual grants held by all core funded organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The funding is designed to help arts not-for-profits meet short term financial commitments to the artists and cultural workers they employ.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is an urgent need to alleviate the financial pressure on those organizations that are the backbone of the arts sector in Canada,\u201d said Director and CEO Simon Brault.<\/p>\n<p>These advances will be issued automatically to funded arts organizations by May 4, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement follows the Council&#8217;s remarkably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2020\/03\/21\/scoop-canada-council-responds-covid-19-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fast action<\/a> taken last week in response to the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>#LUDWIGVAN<\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Want more updates on classical music and opera news and reviews? 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