Strengthening Manitoba’s Arts Sector

About

Manitoba Foundation for the Arts exists to promote sustainability and vibrancy in the arts sector.

Our role is to act as a catalyst in encouraging collaboration and innovation with the goal of elevating the entire sector and ensuring it continues to flourish.

Manitoba Foundation for the Arts is a small foundation dedicated to big ideas and transformative initiatives to support arts and culture.

While started as a seed project of the Manitoba Arts Council, the Manitoba Foundation for the Arts is a separate entity, incorporated in 1999.

Arts & Culture in Manitoba

Manitoba’s arts and cultural organizations are our calling card and the basis of our collective identity.

They tell our stories, enrich our lives and are a significant economic driver. We need these organizations to be strong and resilient to ensure a rich, vibrant and progressive society.

Arts and cultural organizations are grappling with enormous changes, ranging from changing demographics to new technologies. We recognize their ability to grow, change and take risks within a rapidly evolving environment may be a challenge.

We aim to help Manitoba arts and culture organizations respond to this changing environment by providing support to projects that build arts infrastructure. Over the last few years, the Manitoba Foundation for the Arts has developed partnerships and funded initiatives to help organizations adapt.

Purpose and Board

Purpose

The promotion, support and advancement of the Arts in the Province of Manitoba through undertaking and funding projects to help arts and culture organizations adapt, change, innovate, and thrive.

Vision

A thriving, diverse, and agile arts sector that represents the community and serves Manitobans.

Board of Directors

Roberta Christianson, Chair

Scott Baldwin

Deborah Thorlakson

Katarina Kupca

Jennifer Snyder

Nicole Matiation

What’s New

Cultural Community Inventory

Ask 10 Manitobans what the creative sector in Manitoba looks like, and you will get 10 different answers. The arts and culture sector in Manitoba has evolved significantly in past years and become siloed. Do we fully understand who’s doing what, who they’re doing it with, and where?

As a first step, the independently funded Manitoba Foundation for the Arts (MFA) is supporting the creation of a cultural community inventory that will provide a holistic view of what the big picture looks like and where interconnectedness resides. The free and public online database will be a resource for anyone who wishes to use it.

Contact

Manitoba Foundation for the Arts
info@manitobafoundationforthearts.ca

Please note, Manitoba Foundation for the Arts does not accept unsolicited requests for funding.