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For Immediate Release - June 4, 2009 Theatre Ontario Awards Sandra Tulloch Award To Janis BarlowTheatre Ontario is thrilled to announce the 2009 Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in the Arts shall be presented to Janis Barlow. A resident of St. Catharines, Janis Barlow has worked behind the scenes with many Niagara-area organizations in visual arts, music and theatre to strengthen their capacities, foster strategic planning, assist Boards with succession planning, and help coordinate senior artistic and/or management hiring on a pro bono basis. In 2006, she co-founded Arts Vote Niagara—a cross-disciplinary, non-partisan network of volunteers that encourages artists, arts supporters and arts, culture and heritage workers to vote. She is the leader and guiding light of the 2008 Arts Vote campaign in Niagara and she created a strategic survey for all candidates in four Niagara ridings that helped to increase the profile of the arts in the Niagara community and in the media. Janis excelled in senior management positions with Theatre Plus Toronto, Factory Theatre and Toronto Artscape. For the Ontario government, she managed the award-winning, $30 million rehabilitation of the Elgin and Winter Garden theatres in Toronto from 1981-1990, and was highly praised in three independent management audits. As a consultant, Janis Barlow & Associates has provided arts consulting services to over 100 clients in North America. Janis is a former Board Member of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, and the League of Historic American Theatres. She is currently the President of Arts Consultants Canada/Consultants canadiens en arts, and serves on the board of Carousel Players, a professional touring theatre for young audiences based in St. Catharines. She recently received the 2008 Outstanding Individual Contribution Award from the League of Historic American Theatres. Jane Gardner, General Manager of Carousel Players, and one of Janis' nominators, spoke highly of her. "She has inspired and helped many cultural organizations by giving them the tools to inspire creativity and critical thinking, and to help us make sense of our changing world. Her facilitation skills, knowledge of cultural facility issues, mentorship, information sharing and leadership in our community are deserving of the Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in the Arts Award." The award will be presented to Janis on June 15th as part of the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts' 30th Anniversary Dora Nominees Celebration, held in partnership with Business For The Arts and Arts Scene, at The Spoke Club in Toronto. Read more about the Sandra Tulloch Award for Innovation in the Arts. |
