National Arts Centre
Foundation

Message from the Chief Executive Officer
and Chair of the Board of Directors

Dear Friends,

In 2017–2018, 6,932 individual donors, corporate partners and foundations from across the country gave essential support to the National Arts Centre, raising more than $12.7 million to support performance, creation, and learning across Canada. This amounted to an increase 3% over the previous year.

You helped theatre artists create the landmark production of Gabriel Dumont’s Wild West Show, which premiered at the NAC and toured to Montreal, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. You brought Music Alive Program teaching artists to remote regions in Nunavut, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Atlantic Canada. You saw your support in action as the NAC announced the first nine ambitious projects that will receive investment from the National Creation Fund. And you helped us raise more than $2 million for the NAC’s new Indigenous Theatre Department, which will launch its first season in September 2019.

We thank our dedicated Board of Directors, and welcome Matthew Azrieli (Montreal), Reena Bhatt (New York), Bonnie Buhler (Winnipeg), Margaret Fountain (Halifax), Emechete Onuoha (Ottawa), and Gregory Pope (Oakville) to our Board. We also thank outgoing Board member Dale Godsoe for nine years of service.

We are on the cusp of a new era. Next season, which marks the NAC’s 50^th anniversary, will be led by our new President and CEO, Christopher Deacon. It is with immense gratitude that we thank all of our donors and sponsors for supporting performance, creation and learning across Canada.

Jayne Watson
Chief Executive Officer
National Arts Centre Foundation

Janice O’Born
Chair
National Arts Centre Foundation