On Wednesday, April 22, Rachel Bendayan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade. shared the latest news about how the federal government is continuing to support artists and arts organizations during these unprecedented times, through the expansion of programs such as the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canadian Emergency W...

The Government of Canada is providing $500 million in 2020-21 to establish a new COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations to help address the complex financial needs of affected organizations within these sectors. The Fund is meant for organizations that can’t qualify for the existing wage subsidy because of the lumpy or irregular nature of their revenues as w...

This webinar was originally presented as part of Business and arts’ artsvest program to over 150 arts organizations and is now available to the public as part of our commitment to provide up to date resources and keep the art sector informed. Jay MacGillivray combines skills in business development, strategic communications, technology and remote working with a passionate interest in supportin...

As part of our commitment to offering educational resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are developing a web series titled How are you Adapting? where we speak to arts organizations who are adapting their programming and offerings due to physical distancing. The hope for this series is to share approaches, best practices and hopefully to inspire others who may be struggling with adapting during th...

As part of our commitment to offering educational resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maggie Fairs, Business / Arts' senior communications advisor and program director for the Canadian Arts Summit, walks us through the steps taken by B/A after we were forced to cancel the Summit due to COVID-19. She and the B/A team also take questions from the audience of 215 arts organizations. Resources: S...

Attention Arts Leaders Business / Arts is thrilled to announce the launch of our Executive Leadership program, a new one year program open to 10 arts leaders across Canada who are currently leading organizations with a budget of $1M or more. Launching at the Canadian Arts Summit in April 2020, you will be paired with a key leader in the Canadian arts sector, who will act as your mentor, providing l...

Attention artsvest participants + alumni It’s a new year, a new decade and we want to hear from you, our growing artsvest community! Over the past 12 years, Business / Arts has had the pleasure of working with hundreds of arts and culture organizations across the country - 2000 and growing! During this time, the one thing we’ve realized is that each of you has an amazing story to tell about ...

On behalf of Business / Arts and Canadian Stage, we would like to thank you for joining us for a wonderful evening of conversation and discussion with Michael Kaiser and Alexandra Baille, Brendan Healy, and Monica Esteves from Canadian Stage.  Speaking to an engaged audience of arts and business leaders, the Canadian Stage team walked us through the practical implementation of the Michael Kaiser's ...