| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Dates of founding and/or dissolution:
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Act established the Alberta Foundation for the Arts on September 1, 1991 (S.A. 1991, c. A-21.5).
Functional responsibility:
The foundation, funded by lottery revenues, distributes funding to individual artists and organizations in the visual, performing, and literary arts and to cultural industries. The foundation also administers the budget of the Alberta Film Development Program and a number of scholarship programs that recognize student achievement in the arts and citizenship.
Predecessor and successor bodies:
The predecessors to the Alberta Foundation for the Arts were the Alberta Art Foundation, Alberta Foundation for the Performing Arts, and Alberta Foundation for the Literary Arts. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts assumed the obligations, assets, and liabilities of these three foundations effective September 1, 1991.
Administrative relationships:
The foundation has reported to the Minister of Community Development since December 18, 1992. Before this, the council reported to the Minister of Culture and Multiculturalism.
Administrative structure:
The foundation consists of members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, who designates one member as chair. The department provides administrative support for the foundation.
Names of chief officers:
Chairs of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Richard C. Jarvis (1991-1994)
John Osler (1994-2001)
Jeffrey Anderson (2001-2004)
Audrey Luft (2004-present)
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| SCOPE AND CONTENT: | Sous-fonds consists of records created, used and maintained in the course of the creation and delivery of support grant programs for individuals and groups in the performing, literary and visual arts. The sous-fonds contains records of predecessor Foundations. The sous-fonds contains correspondence, grant case files, minutes and agendas of Board and committee meetings, and audio-video materials created as the result of grant-funded projects. |