The Canadian Conference of the Arts (the CCA) was an Ottawa-based, not-for-profit, member-driven organization that represented the interests of over 400,000 artists, cultural workers and supporters from all disciplines of the nation's arts, culture and heritage community.
The CCA served the arts and cultural community in Canada by providing research, analysis and consultations on public policies affecting the arts and Canadian cultural institutions and industries. The CCA was active on many fronts to advance the relevance of the arts in Canadian society.[1]
In September 2019, the CCA's activities were assumed by Mass Culture / Mobilisation culturelle, a Canadian arts research network that strives to harness the power of research to learn and generate new insights, enabling the arts community to be strategic, focused and adaptive.[2]
The CCA was founded in 1958, when the Canadian Arts Council adopted a new name at the same time as it submitted papers of incorporation. The name was one of several submitted to the federal government for consideration.
Canadian Arts CouncilEdit
The Canadian Arts Council was founded in December 1945 by a coalition of sixteen arts organizations to be an advocate for artists of all disciplines. The birth of a national organization representing the interests of Canadian artists of all disciplines can be traced to the formation of the House of Commons Special Committee on Reconstruction and Re-establishment in 1942. This committee was one of several charged with identifying issues likely to face the country following the end of the Second World War and solutions reflective of Canada's post-war prosperity and global influence.
Fifteen major cultural organizations met in Toronto in 1944 in order to draft a report for the committee on how the federal government ought to intervene in Canadian artistic and cultural development. Their three-part report, "Brief Concerning the Cultural Aspects of Canadian Reconstruction," called for, among other things, the formation of a non-partisan national body to support and oversee the arts in Canada and the establishment of community arts centres across the country. During 1945, the coalition resolved that some kind of permanent association would be beneficial. The Canadian Arts Council was formed with the mandate to "act in collaboration [. . .] on matters affecting the common interests of the member societies."[3]
The council pushed for government action on issues pertaining to Canadian arts and culture, including making a presentation to the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences in 1949.
Following the formation of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Arts Council renamed itself the CCA in 1958.
ActivitiesEdit
The CCA has organized conferences and spoken out on all major Canadian policy proposals pertaining to arts, culture and heritage since its formation. Highlights include:
Twelve years of CCA leadership were rewarded with the adoption of federal Status of the Artist legislation in 1992;
Also in the 1990s, the CCA created the Cultural Sector Training Committee to improve work and training opportunities for members of the cultural labour force. The committee later became independent of the CCA as the Cultural Human Resources Council;
The CCA was the incubator and administrator of the national ArtsSmarts program from its creation in 1998 to 2005, when the Canadian Education Association took over;
Most recently, the CCA demonstrated its role as convener by bringing together 98 cultural organizations from coast to coast to support a common message to the government regarding copyright reform. This led to a presentation to Parliament of a series of amendments that reflected a large consensus in the cultural sector regarding this issue.[4]
The CCA was one of numerous organizations opposing the decision of the federal government to make the long-form version of the 2011 Canadian census optional.
ClosureEdit
On October 30, 2012, the Canadian Conference of the Arts released a press release announcing that it would be discontinuing operations. The release identified this decision was due to the loss of federal government support, which the organization had received regularly since the 1960s, and which during its final years accounted for approximately 60-70 per cent of its total operating budget. Responding to indications in spring 2012 that the federal government intended to fundamentally change its funding model, the CCA sought to redefine its business model and become an organization completely independent of government. The organization requested two years' worth of transitional funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, but given six months of funding. Unable to convert its model within this timeframe, the CCA decided to cease its operations as of November 2, 2012.[5]
The CCA has left its research, archives and ongoing projects in the hands of a volunteer trustee board, with the intention that another cultural or academic organization will be able to continue its work in future.[6] As of 2019, the CCA's charitable number has been assumed by Mass Culture / Mobilisation culturelle (MC), a national arts research organization.[7] MC continues with CCA's work of mobilizing arts research across Canada.
CCA AwardsEdit
Since 1954, the CCA has given awards to members of Canada's cultural community who have made significant contributions to the spirit and vitality of arts and culture in Canada. The list of recipients reads like a Who's Who of the Canadian cultural sector.
The Diplôme d'honneur is presented annually to a Canadian who has made a sustained contribution to the cultural life of the country, whether through volunteer activity, mentoring, patronage, individual arts practice or other recognized support. The Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership has been awarded annually since 1998, when it was established to recognize the leadership shown by the former national director of the CCA during his tenure from 1989 to 1998. It is presented to a Canadian who has made a significant contribution to the arts through advocacy work or the development of cultural policy, or who has otherwise demonstrated leadership in the field.
^Canadian Conference of the Arts. "'A Vigorous and Distinctive Cultural Life:' The Legacies of the Massey-Lévesque Report and the Kingston Artists' Conference." Crossroads 2001 Program: Arts and Cultural Policy in Canada – The Last Half Century and Beyond (2001): 12.
^"CCA Highlights." Canadian Conference of the Arts. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
^"The Canadian Conference of the Arts to Close Doors after 67 Years." Canadian Conference of the Arts. Retrieved 11-01-12.
^"National Director’s Blog." Canadian Conference of the Arts. Retrieved 11-01-12.
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The Canadian Conference of the Arts the CCA was an Ottawa based not for profit member driven organization that represented the interests of over 400 000 artists cultural workers and supporters from all disciplines of the nation s arts culture and heritage community The CCA served the arts and cultural community in Canada by providing research analysis and consultations on public policies affecting the arts and Canadian cultural institutions and industries The CCA was active on many fronts to advance the relevance of the arts in Canadian society 1 In September 2019 the CCA s activities were assumed by Mass Culture Mobilisation culturelle a Canadian arts research network that strives to harness the power of research to learn and generate new insights enabling the arts community to be strategic focused and adaptive 2 Contents 1 History 2 Canadian Arts Council 3 Activities 4 Closure 5 CCA Awards 6 List of recipients of the Diplome d honneur 7 List of recipients of the Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership 8 CCA National Directors 9 CAC CCA Presidents 10 External links 11 ReferencesHistory EditThe CCA was founded in 1958 when the Canadian Arts Council adopted a new name at the same time as it submitted papers of incorporation The name was one of several submitted to the federal government for consideration Canadian Arts Council EditThe Canadian Arts Council was founded in December 1945 by a coalition of sixteen arts organizations to be an advocate for artists of all disciplines The birth of a national organization representing the interests of Canadian artists of all disciplines can be traced to the formation of the House of Commons Special Committee on Reconstruction and Re establishment in 1942 This committee was one of several charged with identifying issues likely to face the country following the end of the Second World War and solutions reflective of Canada s post war prosperity and global influence Fifteen major cultural organizations met in Toronto in 1944 in order to draft a report for the committee on how the federal government ought to intervene in Canadian artistic and cultural development Their three part report Brief Concerning the Cultural Aspects of Canadian Reconstruction called for among other things the formation of a non partisan national body to support and oversee the arts in Canada and the establishment of community arts centres across the country During 1945 the coalition resolved that some kind of permanent association would be beneficial The Canadian Arts Council was formed with the mandate to act in collaboration on matters affecting the common interests of the member societies 3 The council pushed for government action on issues pertaining to Canadian arts and culture including making a presentation to the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts Letters and Sciences in 1949 Following the formation of the Canada Council for the Arts the Canadian Arts Council renamed itself the CCA in 1958 Activities EditThe CCA has organized conferences and spoken out on all major Canadian policy proposals pertaining to arts culture and heritage since its formation Highlights include Twelve years of CCA leadership were rewarded with the adoption of federal Status of the Artist legislation in 1992 Also in the 1990s the CCA created the Cultural Sector Training Committee to improve work and training opportunities for members of the cultural labour force The committee later became independent of the CCA as the Cultural Human Resources Council The CCA was the incubator and administrator of the national ArtsSmarts program from its creation in 1998 to 2005 when the Canadian Education Association took over The CCA was a founding member of the Governor General s Performing Arts Awards Foundation alongside the National Arts Centre the Canada Council for the Arts and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 1992 The CCA participated actively in the development and adoption of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 Most recently the CCA demonstrated its role as convener by bringing together 98 cultural organizations from coast to coast to support a common message to the government regarding copyright reform This led to a presentation to Parliament of a series of amendments that reflected a large consensus in the cultural sector regarding this issue 4 The CCA was one of numerous organizations opposing the decision of the federal government to make the long form version of the 2011 Canadian census optional Closure EditOn October 30 2012 the Canadian Conference of the Arts released a press release announcing that it would be discontinuing operations The release identified this decision was due to the loss of federal government support which the organization had received regularly since the 1960s and which during its final years accounted for approximately 60 70 per cent of its total operating budget Responding to indications in spring 2012 that the federal government intended to fundamentally change its funding model the CCA sought to redefine its business model and become an organization completely independent of government The organization requested two years worth of transitional funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage but given six months of funding Unable to convert its model within this timeframe the CCA decided to cease its operations as of November 2 2012 5 The CCA has left its research archives and ongoing projects in the hands of a volunteer trustee board with the intention that another cultural or academic organization will be able to continue its work in future 6 As of 2019 the CCA s charitable number has been assumed by Mass Culture Mobilisation culturelle MC a national arts research organization 7 MC continues with CCA s work of mobilizing arts research across Canada CCA Awards EditSince 1954 the CCA has given awards to members of Canada s cultural community who have made significant contributions to the spirit and vitality of arts and culture in Canada The list of recipients reads like a Who s Who of the Canadian cultural sector The Diplome d honneur is presented annually to a Canadian who has made a sustained contribution to the cultural life of the country whether through volunteer activity mentoring patronage individual arts practice or other recognized support The Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership has been awarded annually since 1998 when it was established to recognize the leadership shown by the former national director of the CCA during his tenure from 1989 to 1998 It is presented to a Canadian who has made a significant contribution to the arts through advocacy work or the development of cultural policy or who has otherwise demonstrated leadership in the field List of recipients of the Diplome d honneur Edit1954 Vincent Massey C C C H 1956 Tom Patterson O C 1957 Jean Bruchesi 1958 Walter Herbert O C 1959 Senator Donald Cameron O C 1960 Honourable Brooke Claxton 1961 Iby Koerner O C 1962 William A Riddell O C 1965 Albert Trueman O C 1968 Marius Barbeau C C 1969 Alan Jarvis 1970 Wilfrid Pelletier C C 1971 Peter Dwyer O C 1972 Alain Grandbois C C 1973 Donald Wetmore C M 1974 Erik Bruhn Floyd S Chalmers C C O Ont Esse W Ljungh C M Mariette Rousseau Vermette O C 1975 Ludmilla Chiriaeff C C S C Eckhardt Gramatte Tanya Moiseiwitsch Oscar Peterson C C Robert Weaver O C Moncrieff Williamson C M 1976 Glenn Gould Florence James Felix Leclerc O C Felix Antoine Savard O C 1977 Ernest Lindner O C Alfred Pellan C C Barbara Pentland 1978 Gilles Lefebvre O C Barker Fairley O C Norman McLaren C C Norma Springford 1979 Arthur Gelber C C O Ont Bill Reid Yvonne Hubert 1980 Pere Emile Legault O C Maureen Forrester C C Gabrielle Roy C C 1981 Maxwell Bates C M Robert Fulford O C Antonine Maillet C C Hon Pauline McGibbon C C 1982 Betty Oliphant C C Louis Archambault O C G Hamilton Southam O C Mario Bernardi C C 1983 Anita Aarons Pierrette Alarie C C Lyell Gustin Leopold Simoneau C C Arnold Spohr C C 1984 Jean Paul Riopelle C C Stan Rogers 1985 Joan Chalmers C C O Ont A O C A Gilles Henault Mavor Moore C C 1986 Celia Franca C C Jean Papineau Couture O C 1987 Gratien Gelinas C M Dorothy Burnham C M 1988 Eva Cleland Robertson Davies C C 1989 Gweneth Lloyd O C Betty Farrally Frederic Back O C Herman Voaden C M 1990 Malcolm Ross O C Andre Fortier 1991 Nicholas Goldschmidt C C O Ont L L D 1992 Paul Siren C M 1993 Michael M Koerner C M 1994 Charles Dutoit O C 1995 Phyllis Lambert C C C Q FRAIC RCA LL D 1996 John Beckwith C M 1997 J Alan Wood 1998 Dr Louis Applebaum C C 1999 John Hobday C M 2000 Peter Herrndorf O C 2001 Vincent Tovell O C 2002 Pierre Juneau O C 2003 Pierre Raphael Pelletier 2004 John E amp Barbara Poole 2005 Roch Carrier 2006 Bluma Appel O C O Ont 2007 Joe Fafard 2008 Allan King O C 2009 Francoise Sullivan O C 2010 Joyce Zemans C M List of recipients of the Keith Kelly Award for Cultural Leadership Edit Nini Baird1998 Keith Kelly 1999 Paul Siren C M 2000 Gilles Lefebvre O C 2001 Elise Pare Tousignant 2002 John Kim Bell O C 2003 Donald Sobey 2004 Mallory Gilbert 2005 Nini Baird C M 2006 Pat Durr 2007 Garry Neil Robert Pilon 2008 Simon Brault O C 2009 Robert Jekyll 2010 Maurice Forget C M deceasedCCA National Directors EditAlan Jarvis 1960 66 Herman Voaden 1966 1968 Henry Comor 1968 Duncan Cameron 1968 1971 John Hobday 1971 1982 Jeffery Holmes 1982 1983 Brian Anthony 1983 1986 Michelle d Auray 1986 1989 Keith Kelly 1990 1999 Megan Williams 1999 2005 Jean Malavoy 2005 Alain Pineau 2005 2012 CAC CCA Presidents EditHerman Voaden 1945 1948 A H Gillson 1948 Jean Bruchesi 1949 1952 Claude Lewis 1952 1953 Roland Charlebois 1954 1955 John Parkin 1956 1957 Jean Bruchesi 1957 1958 Robert Elie 1959 Arthur Gelber 1959 1968 Jean Louis Roux 1968 1970 Gilles Lefebvre 1970 1972 Pauline McGibbon 1972 1974 Richard Courtney 1974 1976 Elizabeth Lane 1976 1978 Micheline Legendre 1978 1979 Lister Sinclair 1980 1983 Micheline Tessier 1983 1984 Curtis Barlow 1984 1986 Claudette Fortier 1986 1988 Paul Siren 1988 1990 Patrick Close 1990 1992 Simon Auger 1992 1994 Jan Miller 1994 1996 Mireille Gagne 1996 1998 Pat Bradley 1998 2001 Pierre Filion 2001 2002 Denise Roy 2002 2005 Robert Spickler 2005 2008 Kathleen Sharpe 2008 2012 External links EditCanadian Conference of the Arts fonds R5615 at Library and Archives CanadaReferences Edit About the cca Canadian Conference of the Arts Retrieved 2012 11 01 1 Mass Culture Retrieved 2021 05 07 Canadian Conference of the Arts A Vigorous and Distinctive Cultural Life The Legacies of the Massey Levesque Report and the Kingston Artists Conference Crossroads 2001 Program Arts and Cultural Policy in Canada The Last Half Century and Beyond 2001 12 CCA Highlights Canadian Conference of the Arts Retrieved 2012 11 01 The Canadian Conference of the Arts to Close Doors after 67 Years Canadian Conference of the Arts Retrieved 11 01 12 National Director s Blog Canadian Conference of the Arts 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