Manitoba Arts Council

Manitoba Arts Council
Conseil des arts du Manitoba
Council overview
Formed1965
TypeCrown corporation
Headquarters525 – 93 Lombard Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 3B1
Annual budget$10.2 m CAD (2020)
Council executives
  • Roberta Christianson, Chair
  • Randy Joynt, Executive Director
Parent departmentManitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage
Key document
Websiteartscouncil.mb.ca/

The Manitoba Arts Council (MAC; French: Conseil des arts du Manitoba) is a provincial crown corporation whose purpose is to promote the arts.[1][2] The Council awards grants to professional artists and arts organizations in Manitoba in all art forms; it also provides related creative activity such as arts education.[1]

The Council was founded in 1965 with the passage of An Act to Establish The Manitoba Arts Council and incorporated in 1967. (It now operates under the terms of The Arts Council Act.)[3] Remaining at arm’s-length from the Government of Manitoba, it is funded by the Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage and reports annually to the Provincial Legislature through the Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage in its annual report.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c "About Us". Manitoba Arts Council. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. ^ "Manitoba Arts Council: Focus Forward, Strategic Plan 2012-2016". Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ The Arts Council Act
  4. ^ "Manitoba Arts Council". Archives of Manitoba. Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 29 March 2015.