{"id":76002,"date":"2022-07-15T15:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=76002"},"modified":"2022-07-15T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:16:20","slug":"scoop-ontario-arts-council-taps-former-musicians-association-exec-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2022\/07\/15\/scoop-ontario-arts-council-taps-former-musicians-association-exec-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Ontario Arts Council Taps Former Musicians\u2019 Association Exec As New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_76004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76004\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Ontario-Arts-Council-NEWS.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Adam Murray (Photo: Laura Jane Petelko)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Adam Murray (Photo: Laura Jane Petelko)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The board of directors of the Ontario Arts Council has appointed a new CEO. Michael Murray will take over the position starting August 29, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>OAC Board Chair Rita Davies made the announcement after an intense search led by a board committee, facilitated by Boyden Global Executive Search. The committee included external members, former OAC board member Karim Karsan, Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and a consultant specializing in Indigenous issues, Harvey McCue (Waubageshig), who is Anishinaabe from the Georgina Island First Nation.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About Michael Murray<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Murray makes a return to the OAC in his new position after playing key roles in other important arts organizations.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of <strong>ACTRA<\/strong> Performers\u2019 Rights Society, Canada\u2019s largest performers\u2019 rights organization, at the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) in 2021;<\/li>\n<li>Executive director for the <strong>Toronto Musician\u2019s Association<\/strong>, Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) from August 2015 to February 2021;<\/li>\n<li><strong>OAC<\/strong>\u2019s popular &amp; world music and arts service organizations officer from 2007 and 2015, where he was instrumental in seeing increases in applicants and grant recipients from Indigenous and racialized communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Reactions&#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMichael greatly impressed the interview panel. We were excited by the range of leadership skills and wealth of experience that he will bring to the role of CEO,\u201d said <strong>Rita Davies<\/strong>, OAC Chair in a media release. \u201cThe depth of his knowledge of and passion for the arts, as well as his interpersonal and relationship-building talents, made Michael the unanimous choice of the panel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so proud to return to OAC as CEO. The past two years have shown the incredible resilience of artists and arts organizations, and it\u2019s a great honour to serve this community,\u201d said <strong>Michael Murray<\/strong>. \u201cI look forward to working with our fantastic board and chair Rita Davies and our exemplary staff as we support the next chapter of the arts in the province.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to take this opportunity to thank Interim CEO, <strong>Sandra Cruickshanks<\/strong>, who so adroitly kept all OAC programs and operations on track and moved the work on OAC\u2019s five-year strategic plan to be ready for an early fall launch,\u201d said OAC Chair, Rita Davies. \u201cHer calm and accessible style made her a perfect choice for this transitional time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The board of directors of the Ontario Arts Council has appointed Michael Murray as the new CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":76004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39907,39646,39,63],"tags":[40175,9821,40176],"yst_prominent_words":[12346,23565,10459,14385,11082,10465,18832,17821,6768,8855,19057,17819],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Ontario-Arts-Council-NEWS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-jLQ","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76005,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76002\/revisions\/76005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76002"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=76002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}