The TAPA Trade Series is a professional development program for TAPA members. The sessions are programmed to be proactive and feature ongoing, affordable sessions and networking opportunities encompassing a broad range of topics that have been curated specifically to respond to the needs of TAPA members. The TAPA Trade Series provides members with access to the brain trust of industry specialists, including our Community Partners.
Be sure to check this page regularly for updates to our 2024-25 TAPA Trade Series programming.
Business
Includes professional development in a wide range of topics for artsworkers and administrators, including those in positions of leadership.
Facilitator: The AFC
Date: Tuesday Nov 05 & Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Time:
- Tuesday, November 5: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
- Thursday, November 7: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Registration: $125 (+tax)
Location: Online
TAPA is partnering with The AFC to introduce Mental Health First Aid training for our members. We’re beginning with Executive Directors and Senior Managers to equip them with the skills to better support their teams.
Mental health first aid (MHFA) is the crucial support provided to people navigating mental health crises or challenges. Just like a first aid/CPR course teaches us what to do in a cardiac emergency, MHFA gives us the tools and knowledge to help us identify common signs of distress and offer immediate aid until professional assistance is accessible.
The AFC is working towards a time when there is someone who is trained in mental health first aid at every set, stage, venue, and workplace in our sector. Understanding the signs and symptoms of a mental health emergency and knowing how to help can be vital in many life and work situations.
The MHFA Training Course was developed by Opening Minds/Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Course details:
– Self-guided module to be completed beforehand (2 hours approximately)
– Live classroom training:
- Tuesday, November 5: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
- Thursday, November 7: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET
– Delivered on Zoom
– Fee: $125/person (less that 16 per hour)
– Registration closes October 31, 2024
** The AFC gratefully acknowledges the support of the J & W Murphy Foundation for their Mental Health First Aid Training initiatives**
Registration is now closed.
In partnership with: Generator
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
4:00-6:00PM ET
Location: B-Street Arts Hub, 1100 Bathurst St.
Registration Deadline: November 18
- Gain insight into how trauma can shape our relationship with money.
- Learn key principles of trauma-informed budgeting that prioritize safety, agency, and transparency.
- Opt-in/out in practical exercises to connect your financial choices to your core values & emotional needs.
This workshop isn’t just about managing numbers—it’s about reflecting on your relationship with money and starting to develop a budgetarian strategy that works for you.
Facilitator:
BIANCA GUIMARÃES DE MANUEL is an interdisciplinary artist, balancing flow and structure (or chaos/order).
Follow the link below for more information and don’t forget to sign up as we only have a limited number of places available.
- Passionate about providing guidance to help members achieve their financial goals and make planning for the future a little easier and have a keen interest in educating people about financial literacy.
In partnership with: Creative Arts Financial
Thursday, November 28, 2024
1:00PM-3:00PM ET
Location: B-Street Arts Hub, 1100 Bathurst St.
Registration Deadline: November 26
Informational discussion for independent arts workers about effective personal budgeting, banking, savings, taxes & RRSPs. In addition, learn how fraudsters steal and use personal information, tips to keep financial and personal information safe and what to do if you’re the victim of fraud or identity theft.
Facilitator:
NICK EDDY, Branch Manager, Creative Arts Financial
- In the financial services industry for 20 years, both in Canada and abroad.
- Background in financial planning to help people with long term and short-term goals like retirement, buying a house, tax minimization and savings.
- Passionate about providing guidance to help members achieve their financial goals and make planning for the future a little easier and have a keen interest in educating people about financial literacy.
Thank you for your interest in this workshop! We have reached our participant capacity limit, but if you would like to join a last-minute wait list, please contact Scott Dermody at scottd@tapa.ca
Facilitator: Ontario Arts Council & Toronto Arts Council
Monday, December 9, 2024
2:30PM-5:30PM
Cost = FREE!
B-Street Arts Hub, 1100 Bathurst St.
Registration Deadline: December 4
In this session, we will dive into theatre grant opportunities, assessment and evaluation, and the granting cycle. We will explain project grants available for individuals and collectives/companies and how to prepare your application. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops/hard copy applications.
Facilitator:
DANIEL CARTER, Theatre Officer, Ontario Arts Council
SARAH MILLER-GARVIN, Interim Theatre Program Manager, Toronto Arts Council
Registration is now closed for this session. Thank you for your interest!
In partnership with: Generator
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
2:00-4:00PM ET
Location: B-Street Arts Hub, 1100 Bathurst St.
Registration Deadline: December 9
Led by Wayne Burns, this hands-on workshop offers artist-producers an insider’s look into what makes a grant application successful. Wayne will guide you through essential strategies for writing clear, compelling proposals that capture your project’s vision, impact, and fit with funders’ priorities.
In a unique mock-jury exercise, you’ll get to review real grant applications—some successful, some not—and score them using an authentic jury rubric. Afterward, Wayne will lead a discussion on the scoring process, providing valuable insights into what catches a jury member’s eye and what might hold an application back.
By the end of the session, you’ll leave with:
- A clear understanding of what jury members prioritize
- Practical tools to refine your own grant proposals
- A deeper awareness of common pitfalls and how to avoid them
This workshop is perfect for artist-producers looking to level up their grant-writing skills and boost their chances of securing project funding!
Important Note: By signing up for this workshop, you will receive a Google Form with the grant applications to review one week prior to the workshop. Please read through the grants and score them based on the criteria in the form before the workshop. This should take about 1 to 1.5 hours. Completing this in advance will give you a sense of what it’s like to be on the jury, and during the in-person session, we’ll dive deeper into the review process together.
Facilitator:
WAYNE BURNS
Wayne Burns is an actor, producer and host of the conversation series, Direct Address. He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, the recipient of two Theatre Nova Scotia Awards, an ACTRA award nominee, and was chosen as a Breakthrough Theatre Artist by NOW magazine. As a grant writer he has helped artists cumulatively be awarded over $250,000.00 for their work, with his own projects receiving funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and the National Film Board of Canada.
Follow the link below for more information and don’t forget to sign up as we only have a limited number of places available.
Community
Includes classes for members of the community to explore new interests and community sharing sessions.
Supported by: CPAMO & The Black Pledge
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
2:30PM-5:00PM
Cost = FREE!
Location Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON M5R 1X3.
Registration Deadline: November 21
In the first of a series of “TAPA Talks” under the umbrella of the TAPA Trade Series in collaboration with the Social Justice Committee, our first conversation is focused with the Dance Community.
We need to expand and re-imagine the ways we move forward collectively within a social justice framework. We hope this dialogue can be the first step in mapping our learning about audiences (who? where?), and what opportunities exist within a new demographic of audiences. At this first TAPA TALKS we garner insights about existing projects like the Choreographers Network and hope to strengthen intergenerational relationships leading to collaborations. TAPA extends an invitation to meet, hear and share as we strategize new modes of practice together.
Featuring a panel of industry leaders: Denise Fujiwara, Dedra McDermott, Carmen Romero and Santee Smith.
Facilitators:
KEVIN ORMSBY – Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director of KasheDance and Co- Director / Curator of Programming and Engagement at Cultural Pluralism in the Arts Movement Ontario (CPAMO), Kevin A. Ormsby centers culturally responsive art, space / place making and communities in his work. He is the Theatre Centre’s Patrick Connor Award recipient (2023), Nominee (2023) and finalist (2021) for the Johanna Metcalf Performing Arts Prize and recipient of Canada Council for the Arts’ Victor Martyn Lynch – Staunton Award (2014). He has taught at Centennial College, UWI -Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWisconsin – Madison, Northwestern University, and the UTexas- Austin and Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (Jamaica). Outgoing Board member and chair of the Social Justice Committee, he delivers Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) facilitation and training in the Arts sector. Clients have included the National Ballet of Canada, Canada’s National Ballet School, and Luminato Festival, Dusk Dances, Sampradaya Dance Creations and others.
BAGESHREE VAZE is an Indo-Canadian dance artist, musician and writer. Bageshree initially trained in Bharatha Natyam, and studied vocal music with her father, Damodar Vaze while growing up in St. John’s, NL. She went on to study with some of India’s legendary classical dance and music masters such as Kathak Guru Pt. Jai Kishan Maharaj in New Delhi, and the late renowned vocalist Veena Sahasrabuddhe. As a vocalist, Bageshree has five albums to her credit, including Tarana, an album of music for Indian dance, which was released in India by Times Music under the name Khanak. In 2004 Bageshree was named an MTV India ‘rising star’ and in 2010 she was awarded the K.M. Hunter Award in Dance. Bageshree has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Carleton University and a Master’s in Dance from York University. In 2022 Bageshree was named Dance Collection Danse’s inaugural Artist Researcher-in-Residence. Bageshree is the 2022 co-recipient of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Original Sound Composition in the Dance Division.
Registration is now closed for this session. Thank you for your interest!