VPAA12H3: Developing Audience, Resources, and Community

Various tool kits to assist you, ranging from Evaluation to Community Based Participatory Research to Branding to Grant Writing

Check out the pages and pages of FREE Professional Practices material for every artist. These are the tools to help you become a thriving artist.

A growing resources of emotional and practical guidance for creative people." Includes resources on how to archive your work digitally, make a website for your creative work, how to start a business, how to sell your artwork and much more.

Toronto Small Business Enterprise Centre (Enterprise Toronto) offers guidance, information and tools entrepreneurs require to start and grow their businesses, including one-to-one consultations, business registration assistance,
business plan review, information on small business funding, business permits and licences, importing and exporting business seminars, youth entrepreneurship programs, mentoring and networking opportunities.

Launched in 2007, ICASC was conceived by Judith Marcuse Projects (JMP) as a partnership between JMP and Simon Fraser University to support art for social change (ASC) communities in Canada and around the world. Artists, community-engaged arts practitioners and scholars, both in Canada and beyond, express strongly-felt needs for focused training, national and international networking, professional development and for research and archival work.

With 30 years of experience under our belt, Artscape has a longstanding commitment to sharing our experience in Toronto with communities elsewhere. Since 2012 Artscape DIY has been a central component of the Creative Placemaking Lab's Programs and Services. As you explore the site you will find case studies, tools and resources, including downloadable templates and examples, films, guides and articles designed to help you through the often complex and risky business of developing sustainable, affordable space for culture and creativity which responds and contributes to the transformation and revitalization of communities.

Hill Strategies combines rigorous and reliable research on the arts and culture with clear and effective communications.

Industry sector data, financial benchmarks, labour trends and business statistics.

Statistics Canada produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society and culture. In addition to conducting a Census every five years, there are about 350 active surveys on virtually all aspects of Canadian life.