ARTS Life - Living Arts Centre

ANNUAL REPORT 2013
Year Ending August 31, 2013
ARTS
for
Life
February 18, 2014
Vision & Mission Statement
Our Vision
To enrich the quality of life within Mississauga and neighbouring communities
through arts and culture.
Mission Statement –
ARTS
for
Life
Core Objectives
The Board of Directors, staff and volunteers are dedicated
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Provide diverse educational experiences in performing
to actively pursue, grow, improve and fulfill the mission
and visual arts programming with particular emphasis
and pledge to:
on youth and children.
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Present high quality performing and visual artists for
the enjoyment and enrichment of all ages. This will
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Create and maintain a challenging, respectful and
satisfying environment for staff and volunteers.
include the presentation of upcoming local and
national talent.
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Enrich the community by stimulating diverse artistic
rentals and catering to the extent necessary to support
and cultural development.
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the Centre’s arts activities.
Enhance community experiences by partnering and
cooperating with local arts organizations.
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Engage in commercial activities such as corporate
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Seek support for the Centre's various activities through
grants, sponsorships and donations.
Provide artists a venue in which to pursue their art
forms, showcase their work and teach and mentor
others.
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Operate in a fiscally responsible manner.
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Chairman & CEO Message
In 2012-2013, The Living Arts Centre (LAC) lived up to its vision of Arts for Life as more
people of all ages, children to seniors, were involved with the arts through LAC activities.
For theatre performances the results remained strong. Theatre usage increased nine
percent with growth coming from our own presentations. Community rentals were on par
with the previous year while corporate events showed a slight decrease.
Mississauga’s cultural diversity was widely represented as African, Arabic, Chinese,
Croatian, Egyptian, Filipino, South Asian, Italian, Muslim, Polish, Punjabi, Serbian,
Vietnamese and Ukrainian community groups rented the theatres.
The Centre worked with a number of community organizations including Mississauga
Choral Society Chorus, Mississauga Rotaract; Square One Older Adult Centre, Peel District
School Board, Dufferin Peel Catholic School Board, Mississauga Arts Council, Blackwood
Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga campus, Ontario Dances Project, Mississauga
School of Music, Mississauga Chinese Arts Association, Mississauga Festival Choir, City
of Mississauga Culture Division, and Partners in Music – a new community working group
striving to bring Mississauga music groups together.
We have also strengthened our relationship with our resident tenant Mississauga
Symphony Orchestra. Plans are underway to co-produce events outside of the Symphony’s
usual concert series.
Through one of our proudest achievements, Summer Art Attack, with the assistance of
grants from the City’s Culture division and the Mississauga Community Foundation, we
presented two days of arts programs, both performing and visual, in each of the city’s
wards. We also participated in the Bread and Honey Festival, Waterfront Festival, Southside
Shuffle, Rotary Ribfest and the Mississauga Santa Claus Parade.
For youth patrons, with the help of an Ontario Dances Grant, we hosted four master dance
classes, workshops for secondary school students and a Hip Hop Symposium and Dance
battle.
Chuck Ealey, CFP
Chairman
Ron Lenyk
CEO
A membership program is being developed as patrons are given the opportunity to meet
performers and get a chance to buy tickets before they become available at the box office.
We have kept pace with marketing trends. Social media showed great growth with Twitter
followers and Facebook ‘likes’ doubling within three years. Email campaigns have proven
very successful as genre specific data bases are established.
Planning is well underway for an enhanced website including a You Tube channel; print at
home theatre tickets with ticket scanning and pick your own seats already introduced, an
enhanced gift shop, an improved lobby bar including the allowance of drinks in the theatres
during performances, and a low cost seniors’ painting program.
The year 2013 was a year of recognition for the Living Arts Centre. Mississauga News
readers rated the Living Arts Centre a winner in both Live Entertainment and Best theatre
categories. The Mississauga Business Times readers awarded LAC first place recognition
for Entertainment and Leisure and a second place designation for meeting and banquet
facilities – a strong showing considering all the meeting facilities in our city.
The Board of Trade selected the Living Arts Centre as the Not-for- Profit Award of
Excellence winner – recognition of our governance and commitment to fiscal responsibility.
Heavily attended Family Day and Canada Day events gave the community an opportunity
to familiarize itself with the LAC and be involved in the arts at no cost.
This was reflected in the Centre’s financial standing as revenues exceeded expenses
before amortization for the ninth consecutive year and we performed better than budget.
Over the year, 42,800 school children were engaged in LAC arts experiences through
performances and workshops in both English and French. This was achieved despite the
public elementary school teacher work-to-rule.
The Centre’s success is a result of the dedication and hard work of the 225 volunteers
who contributed more than 20,000 hours, the management team, staff and a committed
volunteer board of directors.
While community courses held their own, birthday parties, corporate and special interest
workshops exceeded expectations and have maintained their popularity.
In that regard, we would like to thank retiring directors Delphee Boyle and Lovleen
Bassan.
Onsite summer and winter camps reached capacity as did studio arts enrollment with a
full complement of resident artists.
The City provides facility services including utilities, security and custodial services at no
charge along with rental of the building at a nominal rent. These costs are in excess of $1.7
million. We thank Mayor Hazel McCallion, City Councillors and staff for their continuing
support.
We hosted our first Hazel McCallion Arts for Life Gala, strictly with local entertainment,
and raised $30,000 for the Program Initiatives Fund (PIF).
The Mississauga Series was introduced with four concerts featuring Mississauga
performers exclusively. Supported by the PIF, this series gives Mississauga artists a chance
to perform at the Centre.
It all makes for a productive partnership as we work together towards our vision of “Arts
for Life”.
Attendance grew throughout our Opera Film Series.
We are also committed to experiential theatre events, matching food choices in Live
Restaurant and ambient performances throughout the centre in line with a particular
concert theme.
For fundraising, we are focussing on growing sponsorship. We thank all of our sponsors
and donors.
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Chuck Ealey, CFB
Chairman
Ron Lenyk
CEO
Board of Directors I 2012 – 2013
Chuck Ealey, CFP
Chair, Board of Directors
Financial Consultant
Investors Group
Maja Prentice
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Retired Mississauga Councillor
Ward 3
Janice M. Baker, FCPA, FCA
City Manager and CAO
City of Mississauga
Lovleen Bassan, P.Eng
Director, Technology & Strategic
Initiatives Thermal, OPG
Delphee Boyle, B.A., OCT
Music Educator,
Peel District School Board
Emily Brown
Educator
Danielle V. D’Agostino
Communications Consultant
Patrick G. Egan, LL.B
Legal Counsel
EGAN Professional Corporation
Stephen Farnham, CPA, CA, CFP
President
Farnham & Company Chartered
Accountants Professional Corp.
Councillor Chris Fonseca
Ward 3, City Councillor
City of Mississauga
Mark Galloway
Regional Manager
Shoppers Drug Mart
Ralph Hunter
President
Hunter-Gray Financial
Services
Bruce Leslie
Publisher and Editor
YourMississaugaBiz.com
Eva Liebermann, P. Eng.
Vice President, Information
Systems & Operations,
Mary Kay Cosmetics Ltd.
Councillor Pat Mullin
Ward 2, City Councillor
City of Mississauga
Ronald J. Nisbet, CPA, CA
Past Chair
Karen Sheehan
Inflight Service Director,
Air Canada
Councillor Kate Mahoney
Ward 8, City Councillor
City of Mississauga
Ex-Officio Members
Susan Burt
Director, Culture Division
City of Mississauga
Councillor Frank Dale
Ward 4, City Councillor
City of Mississauga
Ruben Goulart LLB
Secretary
Lawyer, Bernardi Human Resource
Law Professional Corp.
Ron Lenyk
Chief Executive Officer
The Living Arts Centre
Gerry Townsend, FCPA, FCA,
VP Business Affairs
The Living Arts Centre
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Board Committees
Executive Committee
Audit & Governance Committee
Chuck Ealey (Chair)
Maja Prentice (Vice Chair)
Patrick Egan
Ralph Hunter
Councillor Katie Mahoney
Ronald Nisbet
Karen Sheehan
Ron Lenyk (CEO)
Gerry Townsend (VP, Business Affairs)
Ronald Nisbet (Chair)
Chuck Ealey
Ralph Hunter
Councillor Pat Mullin
Maja Prentice
Business Affairs Committee
Nominating Committee
Patrick Egan (Chair)
Janice Baker
Stephen Farnham
Mark Galloway
Ralph Hunter
Eva Liebermann
Councillor Pat Mullin
Ronald Nisbet (Chair)
Chuck Ealey
Maja Prentice
Patrick Egan
Ralph Hunter
Councillor Katie Mahoney
Karen Sheehan
Ron Lenyk (CEO)
Gerry Townsend (VP, Business Affairs)
Ex-Officio
Ex-Officio
Ron Lenyk (CEO)
Gerry Townsend (VP, Business Affairs)
Chuck Ealey (Chair)
Maja Prentice (Vice Chair)
Ron Lenyk (CEO)
Gerry Townsend (VP, Business Affairs)
Arts & Entertainment Committee
Karen Sheehan (Chair)
Loveleen Bassan
Delphee Boyle
Emily Brown
Danielle V. D’Agostino
Councillor Chris Fonseca
Bruce Leslie
Councillor Katie Mahoney
Ex-Officio
Chuck Ealey (Chair)
Maja Prentice (Vice Chair)
Ron Lenyk (CEO)
Gerry Townsend (VP, Business Affairs)
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Corporate Information
Registered Address
4141 Living Arts Drive
Mississauga, ON L5B 4B8
Tel: 905.306.6100
Fax: 905.306.6101
Email: [email protected]
www.livingartscentre.ca
Registered Charitable Tax No.
136339470RR0001
External Auditors
Withey Addison, LLP
Staff
Ron Lenyk, CEO
Suhara Amith, Executive Assistant
CUSTOMER & FACILITY SERVICES
Gail Anderson, Director, Customer & Facility Services
Gail Anderson
Director,
Customer & Facility Services
Joel Alexander, Sarah Caterisano, Kristina Cuenca,
John De Melo, Amanda Dwyer, Michael Estacio, Duncan Morgan, Megan Paul
Karina Soares, Victor Svenningson
Susan Campbell, Diana Chan, Marg Duncan, Jas Dhillon, Cathy Lee Keogh Hammond, Eva Keith
Wasifa Khan, Virginia Maj, Miona Necic, Leonard Neiman, Amanda Nicholls, Paula Pedrazas
Ksenia Sabouloua, Nicole Shaw, Krysta Soroczynski Marcia Soto, Jenn Silver, Sheila Wujek
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Robert M. Hart, Director, Marketing & Communications
Mary Chan, Gary Li, Saaliha Malik
Director,
Marketing & Communications
ARTS PROGRAM
Leslie Leader, Director, Arts Program
Courtney Cook, Marija Duvnjak, Jessica Earley, Cait Harben, Lisa Mahoney, Amy Ng,
Kristina Omazic, Megan Press, Carolyne Topdjian
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Gerry Townsend, V.P. Business Affairs
Rob Brown, Manager, Finance & Accounting
Grace Aldea, Debbie Choi, Mariette Rajkumar
Leslie Leader
Director,
Arts Program
LIVE RESTAURANT / SALES & CATERING
Laszlo Buzas, Manager, Food & Beverage
Anne Parker, Manager, Corporate Sales
Sofia Amaro-Elliott, Alba Noronha, Esther Ortiz
Vanessa Lawson & Harrison James. photo: David Cooper
Robert Hart
Peter Colberg, Chef de Cuisine, Mahipal Dheendsa, Sous Chef
Maria Staruch, Cook
Brenda Melanson, Lingam Nadarajah, Thas Premethas
Robert Brown
Manager,
Finance & Accounting
Jose Gundin, Banquet Supervisor
Elizabeth Bilas, Jose Desmondo, Jaspal Dhillon, Alex Gundin, Violetta Jendreczak,
Via Lumova, Shady Mettlas, Lucia Ortiz
Jeffrey Miranda, Lobby Bar Supervisor, Rahul D’Cunha, Marsha Fontaine,
Stephanie Luciani, Anthony Vaz
Ann Cozzi, Helen Hurtado, LIVE supervisors,
Erin Elliott, Luis Llachohua
Laszlo Buzas
Manager,
Food & Beverage
NASCO DEPARTMENT HEADS
Lance Brathwaite, Dean Collins, Kevin Kuharski, Shawn Lague, Mark Lapadula,
Ian Radburn, Ray Wong
Stagehands
provided
by NASCO Staffing Solution Inc.
SHREK
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Arts Programs
The Arts Programs Department continued its focus on increasing synergies between
programs, performances and events with an emphasis on audience development.
A varied selection of arts programs was showcased within the Centre’s theatres. In
Hammerson Hall 58% of the usage was community rentals; 16% was programmed by
the Centre and 26% was used for corporate arts performances and events. Hammerson
Hall was utilized 207 days and RBC theatres 197.
Notwithstanding two show cancellations and disappointing attendance numbers for
Shrek the Musical and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty, LAC Presents
sold out (at least 95% of capacity) 16 shows and grew attendance seven per cent.
Total audience was 33,031 or 69 per cent of capacity. In all, the LAC Presents season
featured 64 performances in 39 productions.
With dances grant funding from the Ontario Arts Council, 11 Hip Hop workshops were
held. At the end of April, the first dance battle was hosted, drawing participants from
the workshops and the Family Day symposium and bringing a new youth audience to
the Centre. The culminating event was the premiere of Gadfly Dance Company’s new
works Aforismo.
More than 7,500 students attended school performances in French and English. This
attendance was lower than last year due to school labour.
A wide variety of new and returning community rental clients performed within the
Centre’s Theatres in 2012-2013. Across all the theatres, the number of arts related
performance rentals exceeded targets due to film shoot activity.
New rental business consisted of a variety of cultural productions and commercial
performances resulting in 24 new clients to the Centre.
Dance Battle in RBC Theatre
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Arts Programs
THE PROFOUND LOGIC
THE ROMANTIC CLARINET
SONGS FROM THE AUVERGNE
A TOUCH OF TCHAIKOVSKY
AN DIE MUSIK
BELLS ARE RINGING
RESIDENT TENANT
Resident Tenant, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra presented six performances in
Hammerson Hall. Denis Mastromonaco was appointed the Music Director/Conductor.
WORKSHOPS I CAMPS I COMMUNITY COURSES
School Workshops engaged 24,296 students in 986 hands-on curriculum connected
school workshops. The largest increase was within the French workshops with 214
workshops for 4,771 students.
A total of 863 children ages 6-16 participated in March Break and summer camp
programming. Camp programs were supported by 79 high school student volunteers
who donated 5,325 work experience hours.
Summer Outreach
Outreach 2012
2012
Summer
Specialty Workshops including children’s birthday parties; custom designed
corporate workshops and specialized programming for seniors, service groups and
community groups were delivered to 792 participants in 49 workshops.
Community Courses, 192 for 1913 participants, continued to offer high level
programming in professional studio spaces to children, youth, adults and families.
Visual and performing arts courses and workshops were offered in ceramics, dance,
glass arts, literary arts, painting and drawing, metal arts, textiles, theatre arts and wood
working. This area engaged 14 high school volunteers for more than 400 hours in
support of Saturday morning children’s courses.
During the summer, with funding support from the City of Mississauga’s Culture
Councillor Chris Fonseca at the LAC Canada Day celebration
Division and the Mississauga Community Foundation, LAC hosted 22 days of programming across Mississauga in community centres, housing complexes, churches, arenas
and schools bringing hands on visual arts activities, performing arts workshops and
children’s performances to underserved communities. Working with Eden Community
Food Bank, lunch was provided for the more than 2,100 participants.
To further promote the arts, the Centre and its programs to the public, the Centre
hosted a number of special events including a customer appreciation season kick-off,
Canada Day, and new this season Family Day. These showcases and celebratory
events, offered with free admission, were well attended.
The Centre celebrated its 15th anniversary with the first Hazel McCallion Arts for Life
Gala. The Gala featured Mississauga performers and a silent auction of art works by
resident artists. Creators and builders of the Living Arts Centre were honoured.
Family
Family Day
Day Activities
Activities at
at the
the LAC
LAC
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Gala and Studio Arts
15TH ANNIVERSARY / HAZEL MCCALLION’S ARTS FOR LIFE GALA
Architect Eb Zeidler; Founder Willson McTavish
Arts for Life Gala fun in Atrium
CEO Ron Lenyk; Gil Moore [Metalworks]; Mayor McCallion
The Centre celebrated its 15th anniversary with the first Hazel McCallion Arts for
Life Gala. The Gala featured Mississauga performers and a silent auction of
art works by resident artists. PCL Constructors, Eb Zeidler, architect, founders
Willson McTavish, Bruce Heyland and first chairman David Irwin were honoured
as creators, designers and builders of the Living Arts Centre.
Chairman Chuck Ealey & Mrs. Sherri Ealey
Vice-Chairman Maja Prentice &
Gordon Prentice
Tara Macri entertaining Mayor McCallion
Shrek at the Gala
EXHIBITIONS
RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Exhibitions at the Centre continued to have a community focus showcasing works
The Residency program saw 33 resident artists working within all studios –
ceramics, painting and drawing, wood, flameworking and textile operating at
capacity.
by local and regional artists and artist groups from a variety of cultural backgrounds, elementary and secondary students as well as the Centre’s Resident
Artists. Six exhibitions showcased works in a variety of media including installation
art, photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, glass, wood, as well as media arts.
The third year of the Resident Artist Fellowship Program, with participation in the
wood/textiles, painting & drawing and glass studios, was completed.
Exhibition outreach included displaying Resident Artist works at the University of
Toronto Mississauga Campus. We also worked with Blackwood Gallery in the fall
to participate in their No Place Like Home community exhibition. Community and
Resident Artist: Noelle Hamlyn
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Resident Artist: Masoud Baharini
student works were also installed in the Centre’s hallways.
Customer and Facility Services
The Customer & Facility Services department provided operational services in a professional and safe manner to support all activity at the Centre.
BOX OFFICE
The Box Office team continued to deliver excellent service to all customers and offered extended hours to meet customer needs.
This season 40% of overall sales took place online. Pick Your Own Seats online was introduced and a new online sales report system was launched to provide daily
reports. Access Management system allowing barcoding and scan ticket scanning was installed.
Bi-monthly training meetings were held for Customer Service Representatives to keep them abreast of the goings-on at the Centre. We continued to hire CSRs with a
second language to reflect Mississauga’s diversity in population. Staff offered services in French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Urdu,
Bengali, and Tagalog.
TECHNICAL
The technical team, which includes services of NASCO Staffing Solutions, supported more than 300 events.
FRONT OF HOUSE
The Front of House team continued to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all events. The usher recruitment program involved two open house events. This is
an opportunity for those interested in volunteering to speak with staff and experienced volunteers to gain a better understanding of what is required.
VOLUNTEERS
Our 215 volunteers, including 125 adults continued to play a vital role in providing
customer service. They assisted in front line service positions in the theatres, the
gallery, reception, information desk and at special events. The youth program
involved 90 student volunteers.
While one volunteer, Joanne Whitford reached a milestone of 16 years of
service, 15 volunteers reached 15 years and three volunteers reached 10. In
November, at the Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner, a number of volunteers
were acknowledged with awards including Volunteer of the Year to Frank
Thompson; Award of Distinction to Fred Meridew; Award of Excellence to
Beth Harris; Special Awards of Recognition to Raja Ali Rayyan, Deborah
Sobon, Pauline Woodley, Teresita Cervantes, Larry Sturino and Nailah
Jawaheer
Volunteer
Volunteer of
of the
the Year
Year
Frank
Frank Thompson
Thompson with
with
CEO
CEO Ron
Ron Lenyk
Lenyk
The Volunteer Social Committee met throughout the year and held a pot-luck
dinner in March and the Annual Summer BBQ in August.
This year we implemented the requirements of the AODA Customer Service
Standard by creating corporate and public policies along with ensuring all staff,
volunteers and contractors received documented training. The compliance notice
to the provincial government was issued.
The Joint Health & Safety Committee met quarterly and inspected all areas of the
Centre to ensure a safe and healthy environment.
Joanne Whitford
16 Years of Service
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Marketing Services
LIVE RESTAURANT
The Marketing and Communications Services group continued to support and
promote the LAC in growing ticket sales; achieving full registration in courses and
camps and building LAC’s brand in the community.
Overall marketing and promotion of LAC Presents utilized proven marketing
methods. The season brochures quantity was increased to 240K to help promote
our 15th anniversary. Brochures were distributed in Mississauga as well as the
outlying communities of Oakville, Etobicoke, Brampton, Milton and Georgetown
Print media was primarily utilized to promote the season and the Centre and was
supplemented by radio and online advertising, our website and social media,
including Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook advertising and targeted re-marketing programs were the focus of online
activity.
LIVE restaurant was marketed with internal signage, flyers, website exposure,
e-newsletter reminders, advertising support and mobile signs for special events.
New signage was placed on the east side of the building promoting the restaurant.
ARTS for Life Patron Club
The Arts for Life Patron Club membership program was launched in the 2012-13
season at the inaugural Customer Appreciation event. The membership offers two
levels of participation; the Red Carpet level at $100 and the Stage Door level
at $50. Since the launch we have secured 81 Red Carpet and 44 Stage Door
members.
ARTS for
for LIFE
ARTS
LIFE
OVERVIEW
2012 – 2013 ARTS for LIFE
MEMBERSHIP
PROGRAM
MEMBERSHIP FORM
SUBMIT TO: BOX OFFICE
4141 LIVING ARTS DRIVE,MISSISSAUGA, ON L5B 4B8
NAME
Ethnic online and print media helped increase exposure for ethnically relevant performances.
PATRON NO:
ADDRESS
CITY
PROVINCE
HOME PHONE NO.
EMAIL ADDRESS
STUDIO ARTS/GALLERY
MEMBERSHIP ORDER:
Membership Level
Studio arts programming including community courses, camps, school
programming and workshops and camps benefitted from targeted marketing
programs.
STAGE DOOR
RED
CARPET
OUTREACH
(In addition
to Gold Level)
Outreach marketing at community events and festivals was expanded to include the
Santa Claus Parade, Waterfront Festival, Bread and Honey Festival, Rotary Ribfest,
Canada Day, and Family Day. The summer outreach program was heavily marketed
supported with direct mail flyers, strategically positioned in neighbourhoods
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First choice of tickets and reservations in LIVE Restaurant
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Ability to renew same seats
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Free ticket exchange within 48 hours of performance
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Annual Membership Appreciation Event
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Membership E-newsletter
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Reminder notification one week before performance
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Last Minute promotions
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VIP Membership Card
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Behind the scenes tour (up to 12 guests)
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10% Discount in LIVE Restaurant
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One RBC Show for $10 per ticket if 3 shows are purchased
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20% Discount on 1 Adult LAC Community Courses per
12
Price
$50
$150
calendar year
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Disocunts on partnership programs (begins 2013–2014 season)
METHOD OF PAYMENT – Circle the method of payment:
Credit Card (Circle one) – ❍ VISA ❍ MasterCard ❍ American Express
Card No:
❍ Cash
Expiry Date:
❍ Debit
❍ Cheque – Cheque No.
Authorization No.
❍ Gift Certificate – Gift Certificate No.
FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY:
Notes:
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POSTAL CODE
BUSINESS PHONE NO.
CSR
SUPERVISOR
Date of Order:
LIVE Restaurant / Corporate Sales
OVERVIEW
Room rentals, catering and restaurant business shortfalls resulted in revenues being $42,000 less than the previous year. With strong cost controls the net deficit was
only $16,000 greater than last year.
The pre-show dinner and post show dessert sales enjoyed success with increased attendance despite less LAC Presents shows. We also experienced higher
attendance in the restaurant for promotions including Valentine’s Day Dinner, Easter and Mother’s Day brunch.
Corporate rental business was adversely affected by the loss of Sheridan College and Queen’s University. Both clients moved to their own space.
This part of our business generates strong revenues in support of our arts activities.
Dinner
Dinner Party
Party in
in RBC
RBC Theatre
Theatre
Trade Show in Atrium
Conference Reception in Atrium
Lobby Bar in Atrium
Dinner Party in LIVE Restaurant
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Fundraising
OVERVIEW
SPONSORSHIP
In 2012-2013 fundraising totaled $340,000 with $231,000 in grants and corporate
Our supplier donations program brought in $14,300 with donations from Affair Party
Rentals, Allseas Fisheries Corporation, Ecolab, Everist Brothers, The Pearl Trading
Company and Ruwan’s Culinary Inc.
donations.
We received a grant for an Ontario Dances Project through the Ontario Arts Council;
a grant from Canadian Heritage supporting LAC Presents through its Canada Arts
Presentation Fund and grants from the City of Mississauga Arts and Culture division
and the Community Foundation of Mississauga for our community outreach
program. TD Financial Group, RBC, Pratt and Whitney Canada, Clements Corporate
Car Services,Pepsico Canada, Mother Parkers and Hilton Garden Inn Mississauga
The Hazel McCallion Arts for Life Gala sponsorships totalled $29,400 in cash with
donations from Royal Bank of Canada, TACC Construction Ltd., IPEX Inc., Pepsico
Canada and YourMississaugaBiz.com. Jackson-Triggs Estate Wines, Mary Kay One
Woman Can, Clements Corporate Car Services and Rogers TV supported the Gala with
in-kind donations.
Airport West continued to support arts programs with donations.
The Mississauga News was print media sponsor donating $54,400 of advertising
PROGRAM INITIATIVES FUND
totaled $4,600.
Through the Program Initiatives Fund [PIF] the Centre contributed to co-productions
with the Chamber Music Society and the Mississauga Choral Society; supported select
school performances within LAC Presents and the film series and subsidized theatre
rentals for Mississauga Rotaract and Peel Literacy and Values.
Individual donations were from RBC Royal Bank in honour of volunteer services
Peel District School Board Dance Showcase, Elementary School Exhibition and
provided by Christine Middleton, George Barakat, David Boghosian, J.G. Maw
Intermediate Music Teachers Association Music Festival were cancelled due to teacher
and Dr. David Rosen.
labour issues.
services and also sponsored Family Day and Canada Day celebrations.
Our annual gift program with donations from individuals, staff and Board members
THE LIVING ARTS CENTRE ACKNOWLEDGES WITH THANKS
THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING:
PERFORMANCE SPONSOR
SPONSORS
CC
CorporateCarServices
SCHOOL WORKSHOPS &
PERFORMANCE SPONSOR
PRINT MEDIA SPONSOR
SEASON HOTEL SPONSOR
KEEPING ARTS ALIVE IN MISSISSAUGA
Your tax-deductible donation to the Living Arts Centre helps to ensure that affordable, quality arts events and arts education take place in our city.
Your gift will bridge the gap between the cost of running these programs and the amount that artists, students and community members can
reasonably pay to attend.
To Donate, call 905.306.6196 or visit www.livingartscentre.ca/support
Living Arts Centre Registered Charitable Tax Number: 0958066-22
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Finance
Financial results for the year ended August 31, 2013 were better than those
budgeted. The excess of revenues over expenses in the unrestricted fund was
$363,000 compared to a budget of $129,000.
Revenue from operations was $7,086,000 compared to $6,885,000 the previous
year.
Amortization for the year was $1,051,000. Historically, the Centre has reported to
its Board and Council on results before amortization. This is because the major
part of the annual amortization is related to the shortfall in initial fundraising underwritten by the City and classified as leasehold improvements on our balance
sheet.
We continue to be in a strong financial position. Working capital at August 31,
2013 was $718,000.
Our net assets were negative $355,000 as at August 31, 2013.
On December 11, 2013 the City of Mississauga Council forgave the outstanding
balance of the corporation’s capital loan of $5,952,000. Consequently, net assets
are now in excess of $5 million.
ARTS
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