what is arts in the workplace?
Arts in the Workplace was created in 2001 as one of a number
of programs designed by Toronto Arts Council Foundation (TACF) to help
achieve our organizational mandate.
The mandate of TACF is to increase the resources available to Toronto
artists and arts organizations, and to increase awareness of the value
of the arts to our City and citizens.
Toronto Arts Council and its Foundation took the first step in this program
by hosting a series of art exhibitions in our own workspace where 100%
of all proceeds of sales would go direct to the artist, as well as providing
each artist with an exhibition fee.
the mission of arts in the workplace:
- To increase public interest in the work of living Toronto artists.
- To provide a source of additional revenue to living Toronto artists.
- To encourage Toronto’s commercial organizations to display and
purchase the work of Toronto artists thereby celebrating the immense
talent and creativity that exists in this City, as well as helping to
improve the health of the arts sector.
our partnership with investors group
Toronto Arts Council Foundation is pleased to launch the inaugural installment
of its Arts in the Workplace initiative in partnership with Investors
Group.
This innovative program is designed to bring contemporary works of art
by Toronto creators to workplace environments and is only possible with
generous support from the private sector.
Investors Group has embraced an adventurous and exciting vision –
one that so directly brings creativity to its corporate working space.
The program with Investors Group will consist of two exhibitions over
the course of 2006. Investors Group has made a generous donation to the
Toronto Arts Council Foundation and has agreed to purchase one work of
art for their corporate collection. In addition, all artists participating
in Arts in the Workplace receive exhibition fees.
The Arts in the Workplace initiative provides an opportunity
for both emerging and established artists to present their creations to
a diverse and unusual workplace audience – this is an important,
invaluable and challenging experience. By extension, the staff complement
of Investors Group can contemplate, discuss and hopefully enjoy a breadth
of artwork in the comfort and convenience of the office environment.
Our hope for this initiative and in bringing art to the workplace is that
we can provoke appreciation and inspiration – for this new viewing
audience and the participating artists alike.
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