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Scroll down to see what we've been up to, advocating for GRIP (grassroots, professional, independent) artists in Kingston. Are you a GRIP artist? Connect with us! Email us a gripartistskingston@gmail.com or visit the contact page.

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Growing the arts sector 
  We want to be the architects of our own survival so we are:
  • Attending an Arts Advisory Committee meeting 
  • Attending the City Budget Review in February
  • Speaking at the Kingston Arts Council’s Thinkers Group 
  • Attended meetings with Workforce Working Group of the Mayor’s Economic and Cultural Recovery Committee 
  • ​and more
  • Coming Soon! SpaceShareKingston, a network of artist-run spaces which will be financially subsidized (grant dependent) for grassroots, independent, professional artists in Kingston
  • Continued municipal lobbying and grant writing 
  • Artists Space Needs Survey: Coming soon! Contact us if you want to be included
  • Creating an arts based insurance platform for space use
  • Developing partnerships across the Kingston area

                                     Advocate                                                                                     De-Silo

  • A voice at all tables where arts are discussed and policy made
  • Finding affordable space for artists
  • Promoting the hiring and production funding of Kingston's professional artists with sustainable contracts and funds
  • Educating politicians
  • Fairer access to grants and increased per capita artist funding
  • Professional/individual artist stream in local grants
  • Easier grant applications
  • Reaching across professional disciplines and cultural traditions
  • Teaching each other about discipline needs
  • Seeking sustainable industry wage and contracts
  • Advocate together for prioritized, local, paid programming in funded festivals 
  • A redistribution of funds in governments
  • Artists helping artists with space and resources
If you are a GRIP Artist (grassroots, independant, professional) artist in Kingston, we want to hear from you! Reach out to us below and we'll get in touch about how you can have your voice heard. ​