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Artscape Launches New Charitable Foundation .....1
What is the Green Arts Barns? .............................2
Green Arts Barns Forges Ahead ............................2
From Studio Provider to Creative Community Builder ..............................3
Artscape Programs + Services Update ..................3
In The Development Pipeline ................................4
Community Connections ........................................4
Green Arts Barns Campaign News ........................5
Celebrating City of Toronto Leadership .................5
Who’s Who at Artscape ........................................6
Art Transcends Borders ........................................6
Interior of the Green Arts Barns
inside the Loop…
In the winter of 2006, Artscape received
charitable status for Artscape Foundation
from the Canada Revenue Agency. Since
approval for establishing the Foundation was
received, Artscape has been abuzz with activity
and excitement about the new edition to the
Artscape group of companies and the extension
of Artscape’s charitable activities.
While a number of plans and strategies
have been hammered out, the purpose of
the Foundation is quite simple. Artscape
Foundation will support the charitable work
of Artscape including its programming and
educational activities and portions of capital
projects that serve a charitable purpose.
The Foundation’s board will be chaired by
Glen Murray, acclaimed urbanist and former
mayor of Winnipeg. On an operational level,
the Foundation will be led by Dawood Khan,
Executive Director. Both Glen and Dawood
are passionate about Artscape and its mission,
and are dedicated to developing the resources
necessary to sustain Artscape’s role as a
practitioner, educator and facilitator in the
emerging field of creative community building.
The first order of business for the Foundation
will be to raise the balance of funds necessary
for the completion of the Green Arts Barns.
While Artscape has successfully raised a large
portion of the total construction budget of the
Barns, the Foundation’s task is to engage the
private sector and individual stakeholders.
A Green Arts Barns Campaign Cabinet is being
formed to assist with this process.
In the years ahead, the Foundation will provide
much needed fuel to support the growth and
development of Artscape and the explosion of
interest in its work. Its creation is a major step
forward in ensuring long-term organizational
health and the realization of its full potential.
Artscape Launches New Charitable Foundation
Dawood Khan, Executive Director, Artscape Foundation
Glen Murray, President, Artscape Foundation
Issue 1 • Spring/Summer 2006
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The Green Arts Barns involves the
redevelopment of the historic TTC
streetcar repair facility in Toronto’s St. Clair
and Bathurst neighbourhood. The Green
Arts Barns is a community-driven project
led by Artscape in association with The
Stop Community Food Centre and in close
partnership with the City of Toronto.
The Green Arts Barns will be a multi-faceted
arts and environmental convergence centre,
a home for experimentation and innovation
where new ideas flourish. It is a place where
people from all walks of life will come together
to make their community a better place to live,
work and play.
The Barns will provide affordable live/
work spaces to artists, affordable office
and programming spaces to non-profit arts
and environmental organizations as well as
house an environmental education centre
and greenhouse. The Barns will also feature
a covered street where festivals, celebrations
and public performances will be held.
The Green Arts Barns embraces
environmentally sustainable design by
responding imaginatively to the issues of
brownfield redevelopment, water and energy
conservation, and the reduction of greenhouse
gas emissions. The Green Arts Barns will be the
first designated heritage site in Toronto to seek
LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental
Design) Canada certification.
What is the Green Arts Barns?AR TSCAPEFO U N DAT I O N
Artist rendering of the future Green Arts Barns. Image: Joe Lobko Architect
62,000 Square Feet4
26 Affordable live/work studiosfor artists and their families4
15 Work spaces for artists4
1 Artist-run gallery space41 4 Community event space
1 4 Environmental educationcentre + greenhouse run by
The Stop Community Food Centre
1 4 Outdoor sheltered garden
Homes for non-profit arts and environmental organizations, including
B Current, Cahoots Theatre Projects, Citizens’ Environment Watch, Images
Festival, LEAF - Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests, Na-Me-Res/
Tumivut Arts Workshop, Salvador Allende Arts Festival for Peace, The Storytellers
School of Toronto, Toronto School of Art, Theatre Direct Canada, Theatre
Gargantua, and Women’s Healthy Environments Network
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THE BARNS BY THE NUMBERS
Bird’s eye view of the Green Arts Barns during site remediation
If you have visited the site recently, you’ll
know that serious work has begun on the
Green Arts Barns. Environmental consultants
Marshall Macklin Monoghan have been hired by
the City of Toronto to manage soil remediation
at the site which is being carried out by the
Cannington Group. While this is the first that
local area residents will have seen of construction
crews and heavy equipment, the truth is that
Artscape and its partners have been working
diligently behind the scenes on this project and
much progress has been made on it.
The City of Toronto and Artscape have signed
a lease for the space, construction designs are
almost complete and a building permit will be
submitted by Artscape in early June. As well,
all agreements and documents relating to the
affordable housing component of the project
have been completed. Over the last several
months, a significant environmental testing and
design work has been undertaken to support
the numerous state-of-the-art environmental
features of the project.
Artscape expects to break ground on the project
in late summer of 2006. While in the beginning
there were some who believed that the project
could never be done, the Green Arts Barns is
testimony to the power of ideas and the tenacity
of hundreds of individuals and organizations
who have helped bring them to life.
Green Arts Barns Forges Ahead
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From studio provider to Creative Community Builder
Describing Artscape’s 20 year evolutionary path in an elevator conversationby Tim Jones
This year, Artscape will serve and engage
tens of thousands of people in Toronto,
across Canada and internationally through
more than 25 projects, programs, services and
engagements. The range and scope of our work
has grown so dramatically over the last couple
of years, it is sometimes challenging for many of
our diverse stakeholders to grasp exactly what
Artscape is and does. Ideally, communications
experts tell us, we should be able to tell our
story in the time it takes to have an elevator
conversation.
In short, Artscape has evolved from an
affordable studio provider into a creative
community builder. We work as a practitioner,
educator and facilitator in this emerging field
of practice. Our work also spans a variety of
spatial scales including creative buildings,
districts/clusters and cities/regions. While
the central focus of our efforts is in Toronto,
our education, planning and consulting work
extends across Canada and internationally and
is among the fastest growing aspects of what
we do.
Now if the above elevator description seems a
little dry and technical, consider for a minute
our new mission statement: “Artscape unlocks
the creative potential of people and places”. At
Artscape, we believe that creativity is probably
the most misunderstood and underappreciated
resource going. In most of the communities we
work in, there is a wealth of creative people,
organizations, buildings and businesses. But
usually these players and places are pushed
to the margins where they are disconnected
from each other and the marketplace. And,
rarely do we find communities that
are working strategically to build or
more importantly to sustain their
creative milieu.
When Artscape started 20 years
ago, we thought our job was
about bricks and mortar. We have
learned over 20 years that building
a creative community is not simply
about throwing a bunch of artists
together in a building and waiting
for the magic to happen. There are
many other factors and dimensions
involved and it’s clear that soft
infrastructure, people, networks,
leadership and psychology are as important as
physical space.
Artscape’s evolution to a creative community
builder has been shaped by the development
of a much more sophisticated understanding
of the dynamics of creative places. Affecting
change in something as complex as a creative
milieu requires multi-dimensional strategies
and approaches. To do this effectively means
playing a diverse range of roles such as those
indicated in the diagram below.
We believe it is important to be proactive and
strategic in building creative places because
there are so many factors out there that, as
Provision ofAffordable Work +Live/Work Space
FeasibilityStudies
EducationalPrograms
StrategyDevelopment
Research
Facilitation
Convening
PropertyDevelopment
Community
Animation
+
Development
Artscape programs + services update
Artscape’sCreative Community Building practice
Artscape, in association with the
Creative City Network, hosts the
Creative Community Building Workshop
June 8 - 9, 2006 in Toronto
mark your calendar for this year’s
Queen West Art Crawl happening
september 15 – 17, 2006!
The Retreat Centre provides new
meeting and event facility rentals to
non-profit, charitable, education &
government groups along with private
companies on Toronto island
Artscape Lodge launches summer/fall
seasonal rate package for artists
For more information on Artscape’s programs + services, be sure to visit our website at www.torontoartscape.on.ca
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In recent years, the redevelopment of many
of Toronto’s major cultural institutions
has heralded Toronto’s cultural renaissance.
Artscape helps reinforce this momentum
with a second wave of Toronto-area projects
that will enhance the City’s lived-cultural
experience. Artscape’s development pipeline
currently includes the following major creative
community projects at a combined capital cost
of more than $85 million.
Re-Mix Project
Artscape is currently looking for a home for a new project called Re-Mix, an initiative that provides arts-based training and mentorship for at-risk youth. The program will be modeled on a non-profit arts organization named IC Visions that has successfully operated a similar program for five years in South Etobicoke. Re-Mix is expected to be operational by the fall of 2006.
Hummingbird Centre
Artscape has been selected as the preferred proponent to partner with Castlepoint Realty Partners and the Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts in providing 40 affordable housing units in the new 47-storey high rise development slated for the site designed by Daniel Libeskind.
IDEA Village
IDEA Village is a plan to re-develop the land and buildings at Artscape’s headquarters at 60 Atlantic Avenue in Liberty Village into a multi-tenant creative sector convergence centre. In 2005, Artscape partnered with TEDCO and the Liberty Village BIA to hire Architects Alliance and Metropolitan Knowledge International to develop a conceptual model and business case for the project.
Givins/Shaw School
Artscape has entered into discussions with the Toronto District School Board and the arts community about the re-use of this surplus school located on Shaw Street north of Queen Street West. Significant interest has been generated by arts organizations to become tenants in this 70,000 square foot building if a viable redevelopment scenario can be worked out.
From studio provider to Creative Community Builder
Describing Artscape’s 20 year evolutionary path in an elevator conversationby Tim Jones
Provision ofAffordable Work +Live/Work Space
FeasibilityStudies
EducationalPrograms
StrategyDevelopment
Research
Facilitation
Convening
PropertyDevelopment
Community
Animation
+
Development
Jane Jacobs used to say, squelch creativity.
Combating the “geography of nowhere” means
overcoming poverty of aspiration and aversion
to risk while counteracting the destabilizing
impact of the real estate market on artists and
the creative sector. The complexity of this may
be a bit mind-boggling but we can assure you
that cities and communities around the globe
are waking up to the need to foster sustainable
creative advantage. The key challenge they face
is how to translate all the recent talk about
creativity and innovation as drivers of growth
and change in the new economy into projects
and strategies that create vibrant, dynamic,
authentic and economically thriving places.
The multi-faceted nature of Artscape’s work
makes it not only a one-of-a-kind organization
in the world but one that is uniquely qualified
to respond to the challenges and opportunities
of the creative age. Our ambition is to be
a global leader in building, animating,
connecting, sustaining and understanding
creative communities. While all of this may
be a little long-winded for a regular elevator
conversation, we’ve been testing the waters in
freight elevators and the message seems to be
getting through.
in The Development pipeline
Artscape programs + services update
Artscape is currently working with the
City of Toronto and the Regent Park
Neighbourhood Initiative to develop a feasibility
study for a new cultural centre in Regent Park,
as well as assisting in the development of plans
for a cultural precinct on the site of the Guild
Inn in south Scarborough.
In 2005, Artscape launched a consulting
practice in order to share its expertise on multi-
tenant centres, creative community building
and creative clusters and districts with other
communities. Clients of Artscape’s planning and
consulting services include: Governors’ Island
Preservation and Education Corporation (New
York), Central Salford Urban Regeneration
Corporation (Manchester), Downtown Village
Development Corporation (Sudbury), Toronto
Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, City
of Kingston, Peterborough Arts Umbrella,
Kincore Holdings (Kingston), City of London,
City of Kitchener, City of Brampton, Haliburton
County, St. Catharines and Area Arts Council
and Toronto World Expo Corporation.
Community Connections
Artscape, in association with the
Creative City Network, hosts the
Creative Community Building Workshop
June 8 - 9, 2006 in Toronto
mark your calendar for this year’s
Queen West Art Crawl happening
september 15 – 17, 2006!
The Retreat Centre provides new
meeting and event facility rentals to
non-profit, charitable, education &
government groups along with private
companies on Toronto island
Artscape Lodge launches summer/fall
seasonal rate package for artists
For more information on Artscape’s programs + services, be sure to visit our website at www.torontoartscape.on.ca
Photo: Melanie Gordon Photography
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70% of Funds Raised!
The Green Arts Barns campaign
is building momentum with an
incredible $9.5 million having
been raised for the project!
This remarkable achievement
is a result of the dedication
and financial support of many
people and organizations who
have partnered with Artscape
to realize the vision of the Green
Arts Barns. Support for the Barns
has been committed by corporations, charitable
foundations, community associations, not-for-
profit organizations and the support of all
three levels of government. But as the official
groundbreaking in September of 2006 nears,
more money is needed to restore this heritage
site and realize its full potential as an innovative
arts and environmental centre.
How You Can Help
From the beginning,
the Green Arts Barns has
been a community-driven
project, integrating the
ideas, creativity, time
and expertise of the
community members.
Now, more than ever, the
support and generosity
of the community is needed
to assure the success of
this historic community project. By filling out
the Donor Reply Card below and submitting it
with your donation to Artscape, you will bring
this project one step closer to completion. We
are on the cusp of reaching our $13.7 million
goal and your dedication to improving quality of
life in your community will be an inspiration to
others.
Leading the Way
The George Cedric Metcalf Foundation was
one of the first to partner with Artscape in
support of the Green Arts Barns with a grant
of $500,000. These monies are designated for
use in the Green Barn and The Stop Community
Food Centre.
Pro Bono Law creates opportunities for
lawyers to provide free legal services to those
of limited means. In 2003, Pro Bono Law
brokered a relationship between Artscape and
McCarthy Tétrault LLP, the law firm that has
been managing the complex legal issues related
to the project. To date, their contribution is
valued at more than $75,000.
Also, TD Bank Financial Group has chosen
to support the Green Barn component of the
Green Arts Barns with a pledge of $25,000
through the TD Friends of the Environment.
Raised to date:$9.5M
Green Arts Barns
Goal:$13.7M
The Green Arts Barns would not have been
possible without the leadership and support of
the staff and politicians at the City of Toronto. With
the help of the City of Toronto, The Stop Community
Food Centre and other countless partners committed
to the vision of the Green Arts Barns, the city will
become a more creative, livable, clean, green and
environmentally sustainable place.
Green Arts Barns Campaign News
Celebrating City of Toronto Leadership
Donor
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Yes! I would like to support Artscapein Creative Community Building!
Please designate my donation to the Green Arts Barns.
Please fill out this form and fax or mail to:Artscape Foundation, 60 Atlantic Avenue, Toronto, ON M6K 1X9Fax - 416-535-6260
Title Mr. Mrs. Ms Other
Name
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YES! I would like to support Artscape as a monthly donor! You can help us save on administrative costs if you sign up as a monthly donor!
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$100 $50 $20 Other
Please find enclosed my “VOID” cheque for monthly donations.
I prefer to pay by credit card: VISA MC
Card # Expiry /
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You may change or cancel your monthly payments at any time withwritten notice to Artscape Foundation. You will receive one income taxreceipt for all your contributions in a calendar year.
Please send me information on:
Artscape’s special events How to become a volunteer
Programs and services Making a planned giftArtscape Foundation is a registered charity. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more. Charitable Registration Number: BN 855588034 RR0001
To make your donation online, go to www.torontoartscape.on.ca and click on “Donate now” or contact Elizabeth Dalgleish at 416-392-1038 x 29.
www.torontoartscape.on.ca
Celebrating Environment Day 2006 at the Green Arts Barns
L-R: Michael Bryant, Attorney-General, Ontario; Mayor David Miller, City of Toronto; Joe Mihevc, City Councillor, St. Paul’s West; Tim Jones, CEO, Artscape.
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NEWSLETTER STAFF Tim Jones CEO, ARTSCAPE
Dawood Khan EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ARTSCAPE FOUNDATION
Elizabeth Dalgleish ANNUAL GIVING COORDINATOR
Liz Kohn DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Chris Higgins MARKETING /PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Shane Finigan DESIGN
Published by Artscape416-392-1038 f. 416-392-1059www.torontoartscape.on.caARTSCAPE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS
60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 111, Toronto, Ontario M6K 1X9 www.torontoartscape.on.ca
ARTsCApE BoARD oF DiRECToRs President: Kathleen SharpePresident Emeritus: Jini StolkTreasurer: Peter BrownSecretary: P.J. TaylorDirectors: Liz Amer, Phil Anderson, maxine bailey, Jamie Grossman, Michael Kainer, Frank Lewinberg, Pamila Matharu, Glen Murray, Councillor Kyle Rae, Anna Serrano, Peter Tomlinson, Councillor Sylvia Watson
ARTsCApE NoN-pRoFiT HomEs BoARD oF DiRECToRs President + Treasurer: Peter BrownSecretary: P.J. TaylorDirectors: Kathleen Sharpe, Sherece Taffe
ARTsCApE FouNDATioN BoARD oF DiRECToRs President: Glen MurrayDirectors: Sarmite Bulte, Michael Kainer, Frank Lewinberg, Valerie Molloy, Kathleen Sharpe
sTAFFExecutive CEO: Tim Jones Executive Assistant to CEO /
Office Manager: Lisa McCleery
Community Development Director: Susan SerranCommunity Development Coordinator:
Danielle Anisef Programmer – Queen West Art Crawl:
Clinton Walker
Research + Consulting Director: Reid Henry Clusters Program Coordinator: Lori Tesolin
Operations + Services Director: Neva MacleodManager of Tenant Services: Kelly RintoulManager of Artscape Lodge
+ Retreat Centre Services: Ray Stedman
Properties Director: Bruce RosensweetCoordinator Of Project Planning:
Praveen KulkarniBuilding Superintendent: Jim KroesenInterim Building Superintendent: Paul Therrien
Communications Director: Liz KohnMarketing/Production Coordinator: Chris Higgins
Finance Director: Alfred JacksonBusiness Office Assistant: Vesna Babic
Artscape Foundation Executive Director: Dawood KhanAnnual Giving Coordinator: Elizabeth Dalgleish
Who’s Who at Artscape
Donor
Reply
Card
Yes! I would like to support Artscapein Creative Community Building!
Please designate my donation to the Green Arts Barns.
Please fill out this form and fax or mail to:Artscape Foundation, 60 Atlantic Avenue, Toronto, ON M6K 1X9Fax - 416-535-6260
Title Mr. Mrs. Ms Other
Name
Address Ste
City/Prov P/C
Phone
Please accept my donation in the amount of:
$250 $100 $50 $25 Other
I have enclosed a cheque made payable to: Artscape Foundation
I prefer to pay by credit card: VISA MC
Card # Expiry /
Name on Card
Authorizing Signature
I have included Artscape in my Will.
YES! I would like to support Artscape as a monthly donor! You can help us save on administrative costs if you sign up as a monthly donor!
I authorize Artscape Foundation to receive the following amount from my bank account each month:
$100 $50 $20 Other
Please find enclosed my “VOID” cheque for monthly donations.
I prefer to pay by credit card: VISA MC
Card # Expiry /
Name on Card
Authorizing Signature
You may change or cancel your monthly payments at any time withwritten notice to Artscape Foundation. You will receive one income taxreceipt for all your contributions in a calendar year.
Please send me information on:
Artscape’s special events How to become a volunteer
Programs and services Making a planned giftArtscape Foundation is a registered charity. Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more. Charitable Registration Number: BN 855588034 RR0001
To make your donation online, go to www.torontoartscape.on.ca and click on “Donate now” or contact Elizabeth Dalgleish at 416-392-1038 x 29.
www.torontoartscape.on.ca
Dawood Khan, Executive Director, Artscape Foundation
Elizabeth Langley, Dancer and Choreographer, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Walter van Broekhuizen, Installation Artist, from Amsterdam, The Netherlands perform Figment of a Myth during the 2005 Term of the
Gibraltar Point International Artist Residency Program
In the spring of 2006, Artscape welcomed the
11 international artists selected to participate in the
seventh term of the Gibraltar Point International Artist
Residency Program.
The residency program is designed to cultivate a global
dialogue among artists and further their professional
development, providing them with a subsidized opportunity
to live and work at the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts
on Toronto Island for one month. The competition occurs on
an annual basis and is open to Canadian and international
artists from a variety of disciplines who are engaged in the
research or creation of new work.
Art Transcends Borders
“it was one of the best summers of my life – intense,
adventurous and with ongoing connections with
collaborators. Artscape is filling such a necessary
gap in the needs of the artists of today.”Elizabeth Langley, Dancer and Choreographer,
from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2005 Term Alumnus
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