Shannon Litzenberger is a Toronto-based dancer, choreographer, writer, director and arts advocate. Currently an Innovation Fellow at the Metcalf Foundation, she is exploring the changing relationship between arts policy and practice. As an independent dance artist, she recently presented her new dance production ‘HOMEbody - lessons in prairie living…’ to critical acclaim. She is the recipient of the 2012 Jack McAllister Award for Accomplishment in Dance from Ryerson University.
Policy researcher and writer Shannon Litzenberger looks at some innovative ideas for meaningful change in the frameworks and funding for culture. In the final part of her three-part series, Litzenberger describes experiments with new models of support for her own work.
Policy researcher and writer Shannon Litzenberger looks at some innovative ideas for meaningful change in the frameworks and funding for culture. In the second of her three-part series, Litzenberger explores some new models for partnerships between business and the arts.
Systemic change doesn’t come easy, but according to policy researcher and writer Shannon Litzenberger, that’s what’s required to keep arts and culture growing in Canada. In the first of a three-part series, Litzenberger describes a tipping point and the need to strategize for change.
Tuesday October 23rd marked the Canadian Arts Coalition’s annual Arts Day on Parliament Hill.
Posted January 23, 2013In December 2009, a group of eight mid-career independent dance creators came together to discuss the challenges they were facing as artists living and working in Toronto and to explore new ways of working collaboratively.
Posted January 31, 2011Post-Recession Budgeting and the Fate of Arts Investment
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