Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha congratulated local recipients of the 2017-18 Ontario Arts Council grants.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cOur region is truly blessed with talented artists and vibrant arts organizations,\u201d said Mantha.\u00a0 \u201cAs a result, 81 projects and programs in Algoma-Manitoulin shared almost $1.3 million in funding from the Ontario Arts Council.\u00a0 I congratulate this year\u2019s recipients for their extraordinary work, their talent and their contribution to our cultural fabric that unites us all.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI have always said that our greatest resource is our people, and I encourage everyone to get out to enjoy our local arts and support our local artists.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) promotes and assists the development of the arts in Ontario by providing grants and services to professional, Ontario-based artists and arts organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha congratulated local recipients of the 2017-18 Ontario Arts Council grants. \u00a0 \u201cOur region is truly blessed with talented artists and vibrant arts organizations,\u201d said Mantha.\u00a0 \u201cAs a result, 81 projects and programs in Algoma-Manitoulin shared almost $1.3 million in funding from the Ontario Arts Council.\u00a0 I congratulate this year\u2019s recipients for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[1685],"class_list":["post-15274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","tag-ontario-arts-council-oac"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 22:35:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15275,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15274\/revisions\/15275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}