For more than 15 years, friends who have shared our vision of the Arts in London have played a crucial role in advancing our work.

The gift you make today will support a rich array of professional development programs, information collection and dissemination, representation and support for the arts. It will also sustain our ongoing efforts for arts to be present in planning for our City’s current and future growth, at the center of family, school, business, and community life.

Please help us continue our work. Together, we can build a better London through the power of arts. Donations are fully tax-deductible.

Questions? Please email donations@londonarts.ca or call 519.439.0013 and our development staff will be happy to assist.
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General Fund The General Fund supports the ongoing programs and services of the London Arts Council. It also supports the council’s operations and enables us to assist hundreds of artists and arts organizations to grow and prosper within the City of London each year.

Greg Curnoe Public Art Endowment Fund
In honour of London Artist Greg Curnoe who passed away in 1992 in London, Ontario. Greg Curnoe was central to the art scene of London, Ontario, from the early 1960s until his sudden death in a cycling accident in 1992. Committed to fostering the visual arts in his hometown, Curnoe co-founded Region magazine (1961-90), Region Gallery (1962-63) and Forest City Gallery (1973- ). He was also one of a group of London artists who initiated the organization Canadian Artists’ Representation. Greg Curnoe advocated a regional approach to art making, depicting the details of his immediate surroundings and exploring local and personal history in his work. A passionate activist, Curnoe influenced artists of his own generation with his political strategies, but he particularly held sway with the artists who emerged on the London scene in the 1970s and 80s.

Chris Doty Endowment Fund
In honour of London Artist Christopher Doty who passed away February 2006 in London, Ontario. Chris Doty was a man of wit and dedication, owning a sincere appreciation for all things London. This tragedy is one we will reflect on well into the future. His death leaves a void within the arts community, though his legacy we will continue to inspire, educate, and entertain generations to come.Doty restored the only known print of Canada’s first feature-length colour movie, Here I Will Nest and produced a series of historical minutes/ videos for The New PL TV-station (now the “A”), Rogers Television, the City of London, Museum London and Banting House Museum.In 2003, Doty was instrumental in convincing the City to name a park in honour of London-born Black actor, Richard B.Harrison (1864-1935), in south-central London, as well as having an interpretive historical plaque erected in Richard B. Harrison Park.

Doty was also involved in local theatre as a playwright and a producer, including a dramatized recreation of The Donnelly Trial (funded in part by the London Arts Council) -- the 1880 trial of alleged ringleader James Carroll for the mob killing of the notorious Black Donnellys of Biddulph Township north of London near Lucan, Ontario, on February 4, 1880.In 2005, Doty played a key role in writing the scripts for the Lost Souls Stroll live performance - street theatre in downtown London whose theme was London's ghosts and hauntings. The second play that Doty co-wrote and produced was about political-marijuana activist, Marc Emery, called Citizen Marc: The Adventures of Marc Emery.In addition, Doty co-founded the Brickenden Awards in 2002 to recognize excellence in theatre in London, which Doty last attended on Monday, January 30, 2006, with The Donnelly Trial winning a Brickenden for the "Ballyhoo Award" (best advance promotion) and also one for best costumes.

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