Dispatch

DISPATCH is CARFAC Ontario’s quarterly membership newsletter. Each issue carries news from around the office, articles on currents events in the arts world, advocacy information, a profile of an artist member, listings of members’ exhibitions, and a year-long grants calendar.

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Archived Issues:

Volume 14, Issue 2 (May 2008)

  • Celebrating 40 Years: A Personal Message from the Premier and the Mayor of Toronto
  • News from Around the Province: New Professional Development Programming;
  • New Members' Discount: Hakim Optical.
  • The Only Thing Essential to Artmaking is the Artist by Shawna Dempsey
  • Fair Dealing in Copyright by Julianna Yau
  • Copyright - It’s All About Respect. Thirty artists interpret Peggy deWitt’s photography.
  • Plus: Presidents’ Report, Executive Directors’ Report, Members’ Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar, One Example of Our Advocacy Success...

Volume 14, Issue 1 (February 2008)

  • A Visit to London - Kristian Clarke Reports on the ARCCO AGM,
  • Herding Cats - The Visual Arts Summit in Ottawa,
  • The Artist/Art Educator - A Look at the Careers of Five Artists Working in Art Education,
  • Gerald Beaulieu and Susan Gold/Smith, CARFAC Ontario and CARFAC National Presidents In Conversation
  • Plus: Presidents' Report, Members' Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar, Executive Directors' Report.

Volume 13, Issue 4 (October 2007)

  • The 2007 Annual General Meeting and Conference - Accommodating Ontario's Artists: A Success in Kingston, Ontario
  • Hans Engel: New Treasurer for the CARFAC Ontario Board of Directors
  • Professional Development Courses for Visual Artists Courses Will be Offered in Toronto and Ottawa, Sign Up Now!
  • New Service for Members: Access to Insurance through Ingle International
  • Welcome / Bienvenue Melyssa Burke!
  • The Public Art Entrepreneur - Adrian Göllner
  • Don't Forget to Vote! Apathy May Affect Your Income
  • Plus: Members' Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar.

Volume 13, Issue 3 (July 2007)

  • Top 12 Tips for Setting Prices;
  • New Discounts for CARFAC Ontario Members;
  • Are You A Visual Artist? By President Merlin Homer;
  • Visual and Media Artists Weight in on Appropriation;
  • Member Profile: Tobey C. Anderson and "The New American Century Project";
  • AGM Announcement: Accomodating Ontario Artists. September 15 & 16, 2007;
  • The Need for Speed: Accessing and Respecting Copyright Content in the Digital Age;
  • Plus: Presidents' Report, Members' Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar, Executive Directors' Report.

Volume 13, Issue 2 (April 2007)

  • UPDATE: Status of Ontario's Artists; One Step Forward, Two Steps Back;
  • Institutional Member Profile: Dolores Gubasta of KlixPix;
  • News From CARFAC National: Report by Executive Director: April Britski;
  • Are You A Visual Artist? By President Merlin Homer;
  • Do's and Don'ts For Sharing Electronic Images;
  • New Resources on the CARFAC Ontario Website;
  • New Health and Safety Resources for Visual Artists;
  • Plus: Presidents' Report, Members' Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar, Executive Directors' Report.

Volume 13, Issue 1 (February 2007)

  • Artwork by artists members Ernesto Manera and Germinio Politi.
  • Reports from Merlin Homer, President of the CARFAC Ontario Board of Directors; Kristian Clarke, CARFAC Ontario Executive Director; and April Britski, CARFAC National Executive Director.
  • Marketing tips for professional visual and media artists.
  • Schedule of CARFAC Ontario workshops around the province
  • Featured Artists Daniel Diaz, Ernesto Manera and Germinio Politi; CARFAC Ontario, CARFO and Urban Space Team Up to Help Artists Rebuild their Art Practice After Fire Destroys Live/Work Space.
  • Executive Summary of Report on the Socio-Economic Status of the Artist in Ontario in the 21st Century.
  • Membership Pride Offer.
  • Appropriation Art Update and Questionnaire.
  • Plus: Presidents' Report, Members' Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar, Executive Directors' Report.

Volume 12, Issue 4 (October 2006)

  • Staying Alive! Artist's Health and Safety Workshops Launched in St. Catharines and coming Soon to an Ontario City Near You!
  • Are You A Visual Artist? An On-Going Series of Reports from the CARFAC Ontario Board of Directors by President Merlin Homer.
  • CARFAC Ontario Negotiates Successfully With Ontario Power Generation On Member's Behalf
  • CRAM, Staying alive! and Hot Topics at the 2006 AGM and Conference In St. Catharines
  • CARFAC National Report
  • Member Profile: Allan Harding Mackay
  • Plus: Presidents' Report, Members' Exhibition Listings, Grants Calendar, Executive Directors' Report.

Volume 12, Issue 3 (July 2006)

  • This issue focuses on Health & Safety featuring:
  • Staying Alive! Artist's Health and Safety Workshops Coming Soon…
  • The Worker's Art and Heritage Center,
  • Robert Bateman: I am Canadian and I am Polluted,
  • Are You A Visual Artist? – A report by Board President Merlin Homer,
  • Member's News: New Services and Discounts,
  • Plus: Members Exhibitions Listings, and The CARFAC Ontario Grants Calendar.

Volume 12, Issue 2 (April 2006)

  • CARFAC Fee Schedule Update.
  • Member Profile: Rhae Henhawk.
  • Kenneth Lochhead and Vera Frenkel: Winners of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.
  • Snow Project Contest Winners!
  • New: Local Membership Contacts and Health and Safety Workshops.
  • Members Exhibitions Listings and The NEW CARFAC Ontario Grants Calendar.

Volume 12, Issue 1 (January 2006)

  • CARFAC, CARFAC Ontario and CARCC, oh my!
  • Business Management Courses for Visual and Media Artists in Toronto, Windsor and Guelph.
  • CARFAC Ontario's Snow Project!
  • Status of the Artist update.
  • After the Flood - Peterborough's Artspace is alive and kicking.

Volume 11, Issue 4 (October 2005)

  • Vera Frenkel, Robin Pacific, Noel Harding & Gordon Rayner: Surviving as an Artist - Artists speak out at the 2005 AGM & Conference
  • Artists’ Business Management Courses: A new CARFAC Ontario service
  • Information for Artists: A new publication on the business of being an artist
  • And the Results are In! The 2005 Membership Survey
  • Members' Exhibition listings
  • The CARFAC Ontario Grants Calendar
  • Co-Directors' Notes: Moving Forward

Volume 11, Issue 3 (July 2005)

  • The Launch of the Visual Artists' Legal Clinic of Ontario (VALCO)
  • Understanding the Canada Council’s New Visual Arts Grants Program
  • The House of Commons Passed Bill C-2: narrowing the scope of tolerance for artistic expression
  • Surviving as an Artist: CARFAC Ontario's 2005 Annual General Meeting & Conference
  • Member Profile: Artcite Artist-Run Centre, in Windsor
  • Co-Directors’ Notes - Stayin’ Alive: The Canada Council Needs More Funding, and our Support

Volume 11, Issue 2 (April 2005)

  • Sara Kelly,  CARFAC Ontario's new Membership Coordinator
  • We Regret to Announce the Passing of CARFAC Ontario Member Doug Donley, 1957 - 2005
  • Introducing the Visual Artists' Legal Clinic of Ontario (VALCO)
  • Tomorrow is Another Day for the Arts and Culture in Canada
  • CARFAC Ontario Artists Win Big at the Untitled Art Awards and the Governor General's Awards
  • A Report on the Low Earnings of Canada's Visible Minority, Immigrant and Aboriginal Artists
  • CARFAC Ontario, 1975 - 2005: Supporting Ontario Visual Artists for 30 Years!
  • Co-Directors' Notes: 30 Years of CARFAC Ontario - We Couldn't Do it Without You!

Volume 11, Issue 1 (February 2005)

  • CARFO: A New Charitable Foundation for Visual Artists
  • CARFAC Ontario Launches a New Website
  • The Canada Council: Outcry Over Proposed Changes to the Visual Arts Granting Programs
  • Member Profile - Ian Lazarus and Badanna Zack on Serpentine Mounds
  • New CARCC Exhibition Fee Schedule Approved
  • New Initiatives for the New Year: CARFAC Ontario in 2005

Volume 10, Issue 3 (September 2004)

  • Status of the Artist Legislation: An Update
  • Member Profile - Kenneth Lochhead: Painting the Limitless Space
  • CARCC Fee Schedule Update
  • CARFAC Ontario's Annual General Meeting: Laying Down the Law in London

Volume 10, Issue 2 (June 2004)

  • Artists' Insurance: A Primer
  • Member Profile - White Mountain Academy of the Arts
  • Ottawa Artists Fight Draft Budget
  • Canadian Conference for the Arts' Backgrounder on Bill C-12
  • Kristian Clarke and Lesley Phimister: New Co-Directors of CARFAC Ontario

Volume 10, Issue 1 (March 2004)

  • On Activism: A Look Back at 35 Years of CARFAC
  • Member Profile - Laurie Swim on 'Pulling Together': Quilting, Collective Art, and Community History
  • Provincial Promises: The Ontario Liberals 'Arts and Culture Matter'
  • Hindsight is 20/20: Ottawa's 20/20 Plan for Supporting the Arts Now in Jeopardy
  • Barbara Anderson-Huget: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow

Volume 9, Issue 3 (July 2003)

  • Ontario Arts Council Gains $15M Over 2 Years
  • Income Taxes and Artists
  • Member Profile - Millie Chen on the Boundaries Between Art and Life
  • 2003 Annual General Meeting in North Bay

Volume 9, Issue 2 (May 2003)

  • Persistence Pays off for CARFAC Artist Jewel Goodwyn
  • Member Profile - Lori-Grace Johnson on the Cultural Connection
  • The Feud Fundraiser
  • CARFAC Ontario Members Speak Out: Broken Promises to the Ontario Arts Council
  • Barbara's Beaux Mots: The True Value of Membership

Volume 9, Issue 1 (February 2003)

  • The Supreme Court on an artist's right to control the use paintings after sale
  • Member Profile - Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay and the German Connection
  • Northern Exposure: Membership Coordinator Kristian Clarke Recounts his Travels North
  • On Tony Urquhart and Showing Up: Tony Urquhart at the University of Waterloo Gallery
  • Barbara's Beaux Mots: Who Needs Charity Art Auctions - NOOObody!!!

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