Toronto Art Council

Toronto Arts Council (TAC) is the City of Toronto’s funding body for artists and arts organizations. Since 1974, TAC has offered innovative and responsive programs, enabling artists and arts organizations to explore, create and thrive. With funding of over $25 million annually, TAC grants lead to exhibitions, performances, readings and workshops seen each year by over 5 million people across the city. TAC is proud to play a leadership role in fostering Toronto’s dynamic and diverse arts scene.

Land Acknowledgement: Toronto Arts Council respectfully acknowledges the diversity of Indigenous Cultures and their connection to the Natural World we are privileged to share. We honour the Wendat, the Anishinaabeg Peoples, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, most recently the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and others who have walked this land or paddled these waters. We are grateful to the Ancestors and Elders of their Peoples and to their descendants who live and work with us on the back of the Great Turtle.


Our Mission:
To support artists and arts organizations with responsive and innovative granting programs.


Our Vision:
Creative City: Block by Block

Working to connect every Toronto neighbourhood with the transformative social and economic benefits of the arts.

Committed to inclusion and diversity, we support individual artists and arts organizations of every size and discipline. Our core principles are excellence, innovation and accessibility.


What We Do:
Governed by artists, arts workers, arts supporters and civic leaders who are representative of Toronto’s diverse cultural community and artistic practices, Toronto Arts Council:

Invests in artistic talent and organizational capacity to increase the city’s vitality and engage Toronto audiences
Creates opportunity for public access, participation and appreciation of art
Advocates on behalf of the City’s artists and works to increase public awareness of the value of art and to educate civic leaders on effective arts policy
Collaborates through its foundation (Toronto Arts Foundation) with public and private sector partners to increase resources and opportunities for artists
Supports cultural diversity and equity in arts creation and presentation.

Priorities
In 2016, Toronto Arts Council released a strategic plan that will guide and support TAC's operations until 2025. Four strategic priorities were identified:

New investment that realizes the potential of Toronto’s artists and arts organizations
Strong partnerships that extend opportunities, reach and profile of Toronto artists
Urban leadership that speaks with a compelling voice for a creative, equitable and thriving city
Responsive granting that reflects the city, embraces technology and builds on success.