Sent: January 6, 2010 12:10 PM Subject: Canadian performing arts professionals delegation to attend international performing arts conference in New York City Media Advisory Canadian performing arts professionals delegation to attend international performing arts conference in New York City Ottawa, January 6, 2010 – For the first time, Nova Scotia representatives will be among 15 Canadian agents, managers and artists supported by the Canada Council for the Arts to attend the 2010 Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) conference in New York City from January 8 to 11. In addition to promoting Canadian contacts through its booth, the Canada Council will produce collective marketing materials and host a networking event for Canadian agents and managers at the conference in collaboration with the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Consulate General of Canada in New York. The Canada Council is supporting five Nova Scotia representatives attending APAP for the first time this year with funding from Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture & Heritage. The Nova Scotia groups are: Mocean Dance Strategic Arts Management Music Nova Scotia 2B Theatre Cultural Affairs Consulting & Promotion The Canada Council is providing travel expenses for the Canada Council delegation, as well as registration for the conference. The ten delegates to the conference are: Agence Station Bleue (Annick-Patricia Carrière, Montreal) Andrew Kwan Artists Management (Andrew Kwan, Toronto) Boulev’art (Marie-Catherine Lapointe, Quebec City) Dean Artists Management (Carole Barrett, Toronto) Eponymous (Jim Smith, Vancouver) FAM Group (Heidi Fleming, Montreal) Marilyn Gilbert Artists Management (Marilyn Gilbert, Toronto) Menno Plukker Theatre Agent Inc. (Sarah Rogers, Menno Plukker Montreal) Pla‘C’Art (Chantal Cimon, Quebec City) Productions Serge Paré (Serge Paré, Montreal) APAP is an international professional networking conference for performing arts which includes dance, theatre, all genres of music and multi-disciplinary performing arts. The Canadian delegation will promote the work of Canadian performing artists, participate in workshops on professional development; view many of the over 1,000 showcases and network with numerous colleagues from around the world who are working in one of over 400 booths. Canada Council for the Arts The Canada Council for the Arts is a federal Crown corporation created by an Act of Parliament in 1957. The role of the Council is to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. To fulfill this mandate, the Council offers a broad range of grants and services to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations in dance, integrated arts, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing and publishing. It also promotes public awareness of the arts through its communications, research and arts promotion activities. The Council administers the Killam Program of scholarly awards, the Governor General’s Literary Awards and the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the Public Lending Right Commission operate within the Council. The Canada Council Art Bank, which has some 17,400 works of contemporary Canadian art in its collection, rents to the public and private sectors. Media contact: Carole Breton: 613-566-4414 or 1-800-263-5588, ext. 4523 carole.breton@canadacouncil.ca Grace Thrasher: 613-566-4414 or 1-800-263-5588, ext. 5145 grace.thrasher@canadacouncil.ca Visit our website at www.canadacouncil.ca. Tous les documents du Conseil des Arts du Canada sont disponibles en français et en anglais. 350 Albert Street 350, rue Albert Post Office Box 1047 Case postale 1047 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V8 Ottawa (Ontario) K1P 5V8 www.canadacouncil.ca www.conseildesarts.ca