February 2026: Kingston City Council approves $100,000 one-time additional investment into City of Kingston Arts Fund (CKAF). Details here.
January 2026: Kingston Arts Council and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area Announce Lee Jones as the 2025 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development Recipient. Details here.
November 2025: Kingston Arts Council Releases the Artist Prosperity Project Survey Report. Details here.
November 2025: 2025 City of Kingston Arts Fund Project Grant Recipients Announced. Details here.
June 2025: Kingston Arts Council Launches the Artist Prosperity Project. Details here.
May 2025: Kingston Arts Council launches new Pocket Gallery program. Details here.
May 2025: Kingston Arts Council launches new membership program. Details here.
March 2025: Kingston Arts Council and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce Alanna Hakim as the 2024 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development Recipient. Details here.
March 2025: The Kingston Arts Council and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area Announce Recipient of 2024 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
October 2024: 2024 Nan Yeomans Grant Amount Increased to $4,000! Applications Now Open. Details here.
July 2024: 2024 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
February 2024: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2024 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
November 2023: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2022 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2023: 2023 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2023: 2023 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
February 2023: Kingston Arts Council announces Nicole Daniels as new Executive Director. Details here.
February 2023: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2023 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
December 2022: Kingston Arts Council thanks outgoing Executive Director, Felix Lee. Details here.
November 2022: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2022 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2022: 2022 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2022: 2022 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
February 2022: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2022 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
January 2022: Kingston Arts Council announces Felix Lee as new Executive Director. Details here.
December 2021: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2021 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2021: City of Kingston Arts Fund Adapt Grant Recipients Announced. Details here.
September 2021: 2021 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2021: 2021 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
June 2021: Kingston Arts Council announces second-round Resiliency Grant recipients and launches community fundraiser. Details here.
June 2021: Kingston Arts Council announces the new Adapt Grants. Details here.
May 2021: Kingston Arts Council announces first Resiliency Grant recipients. Details here.
April 2021: Kingston Arts Council announces the new Resiliency Grants. Details here.
March 2021: Kingston Arts Council launches 'Artists are Essential' campaign. Details here.
February 2021: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2021 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
December 2020: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2020 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2020: Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2020: Alliance of Arts Councils of Ontario Statement on the impact of COVID-19 on the cultural sector. Details here.
July 2020: 2020 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
March 2020: Kingston Arts Council creates a COVID-19 page for updates and resources.
February 2020: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2020 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
December 2019: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2019 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2019: Culture Days 2019. Details here.
September 2019: Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2019: 2019 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
February 2019: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2019 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
December 2018: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2018 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2018: Culture Days 2018. Details here.
September 2018: Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2018: 2018 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
March 2018: Kingston Arts Council welcomes Cree-Métis-Saulteaux writer and Canadian Art Indigenous Editor-at-Large Lindsay Nixon. Details here.
February 2018: Kingston Arts Council announces the 2018 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
February 2018: Kingston Arts Council introduces the Arts & Equity Project, a new initiative designed to advance equity in the arts in Kingston. Details here.
December 2017: City announces the 2017 Mayor's Arts Awards Recipients. Details here.
December 2017: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2017 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
September 2017: Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development applications are open. Details here.
July 2017: The City of Kingston Announces the Inaugural Mayor's Arts Awards. Details here.
July 2017: 2017 City of Kingston Arts Fund Recipients Announced. Details here.
June 2017: KAC hosts arts sponsorship workshop.
February 2017: The Kingston Arts Council Announces the 2017 City of Kingston Arts Fund. Details here.
February 2017: KAC and Community Foundation for Kingston & Area announce the 2016 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development. Details here.
January 2017: KAC launches PLATFORM, a new professional development series.
January 2017: Announcing UNIT 115, a new community arts space at the KAC office at the Tett Centre
“Kingston city councillors axe their pay raises, add money for arts”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
Nan Yeomans grant recipient announced”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2025: "Big boost for Kingston writers as WordLabs secures major new funding — and big changes are coming", Kingston Daily. Details here.
November 2025: "WordLabs to broaden literary arts programming thanks to new funding", The Kingstonist. Details here.
November 2025: "City of Kingston celebrates local art community with 2025 Mayor’s Arts Awards", The Kingstonist. Details here.
November 2025: "Prominent local artists recognized at 2025 Mayor’s Arts Awards", Queen's Journal. Details here.
November 2025: "3 local artists and an arts organization among winners at Mayor's Arts Awards", Kingston Daily. Details here.
November 2025: "A grant from Kingston Arts Council helps the homeless engage their community", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2025: "Kingston to celebrate top local artists at 2025 Mayor’s Arts Awards", Kingston Daily. Details here.
November 2025: "City to celebrate 2025 Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients", The Kingstonist. Details here.
November 2025: "City's arts fund recipients announced", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2025: "2025 City of Kingston Arts Fund grants over $500K to recipients", The Kingstonist. Details here.
October 2025: "Bayani Catapang’s RETROGRADE 2025: Remembering Forward", Filamjam. Details here.
October 2025: "Move forward while looking backwards at Bayani Catapang’s exhibit, ‘Retrograde 2025’", Queen's Journal. Details here.
October 2025: "2025 Nan Yeomans grant offers support for emerging artists in KFL&A", The Kingstonist. Details here.
July 2025: "Nominations open for 2025 Mayor’s Arts Awards", The Kingstonist. Details here.
June 2025: "Kingston Arts Council project will help better understand economic and creative practices of local artists", The Kingstonist. Details here.
June 2025: "Applications open for City of Kingston Arts Fund 2025 Project Grants", The Kingstonist. Details here.
April 2025: "Kingston Arts Council launches new membership benefits program", The Kingstonist. Details here.
January 2025: "City of Kingston celebrates local art community with 2024 Mayor’s Arts Awards", The Kingstonist. Details here.
January 2025: "City Announces 2024 Mayor’s Arts Awards Recipients", The Kingston Herald. Details here.
January 2025: "Mayor's Arts Awards recipients announced", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
October 2024: "Applications Open for 2024 Nan Yeomans Grant with Increased $4,000 Award", The Kingston Herald . Details here.
October 2024: "Nan Yeomans Grant up 60 percent", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2024: "Mayor’s Arts Awards makes changes", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2024: "Nominations open for 2024 Mayor’s Arts Awards", The Kingstonist. Details here.
July 2024: "Nominations now open for the 2024 Mayor’s Arts Awards", CFRC. Details here.
July 2024: "2024 City of Kingston Arts Fund grants over $600,000 to recipients", The Kingstonist. Details here.
June 2024: "City of Kingston launches public survey to gather insight into arts funding", The Kingstonist. Details here.
May 2024: “Community foundation announces grants totaling $330,000,” Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
May 2024: “Spring 2024 Community Grants will support 26 local charitable initiatives”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
April 2024: “City seeking advisory group members for review of City of Kingston Arts Fund”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
February 2024: City’s arts funds applications now open,” Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2024: “Applications Open for 2024 City of Kingston Arts Fund Grants,” Kingston Herald. Details here.
February 2024: "Applications are now open for the City of Kingston Arts Fund 2024", Kingston Live. Details here.
December 2023: "Nan Yeomans grant recipient named", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2023: "City Announces Recipients of the 2023 Mayor’s Arts Awards", CFRC. Details here.
November 2023: "City of Kingston celebrates local arts with 2023 Mayor’s Arts Awards", The Kingstonist. Details here.
October 2023: "City to Host Mayor’s Annual Arts Awards Ceremony and Reception", The Kingston Herald. Details here.
September 2023: “Entertaining: ‘Culture Days’ are here again,” Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2023: "Grant recipients from City’s arts fund announced", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2023: "City of Kingston Arts Fund grants brought before council", YGK News. Details here.
November 2022: "Collage artist named recipient of Nan Yeomans Grant", The Whig Standard. Details here.
November 2022: “Collage artist named recipient of Nan Yeomans grant”, The Intelligencer. Details here.
September 2022: "2022 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development now accepting applications", The Kingstonist. Details here.
July 2022: "City's arts fund recipients announced", The County Weekly News. Details here.
July 2022: “City's arts fund recipients announced”, Ganonoque Reporter. Details here.
July 2022: “City's arts fund recipients announced”, Pembroke Observer. Details here.
July 2022: "City's arts fund recipients announced", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2022: "Kingston Arts Council announces 2022 CKAF grant recipients", The Kingstonist. Details here.
July 2022: "2022 City of Kingston Arts Fund Operating and Project Grant Recipients Announced", The Kingston Herald. Details here.
July 2022: "2022 CITY OF KINGSTON ARTS FUND OPERATING AND PROJECT GRANT RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED", CFRC. Details here.
February 2022: "Kingston Arts Council announces launch of 2022 City of Kingston Arts Fund Program", The Kingstonist. Details here.
February 2022: "Applications Open for 2022 City of Kingston Arts Fund Operating and Project Grants", The Kingston Herald. Details here.
February 2022: "Applications open for city's arts fund", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2022: "Applications open for City of Kingston Arts Fund", iHeart Radio. Details here.
December 2021: "2021 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development announced", Kingstonist. Details here.
December 2021: "Nan Yeomans grant recipient announced", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
December 2021: "Nan Yeomans grant recipient announced”, Kingston This Week. Details here.
December 2021: "Nan Yeomans grant recipient announced", The Community Press. Details here.
September 2021: “‘Adapt’ grant recipients announced”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
September 2021: “Recipients of City of Kingston Arts Fund Adapt Grant announced”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
September 2021: “2021 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development now accepting applications”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
September 2021: “Applications open for annual artist grant”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2021: “City of Kingston Arts Fund 2021 grant recipients announced”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
June 2021: “Second round of resiliency grant recipients announced”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
May 2021: “Eighty local artists receive funding from the City of Arts Fund Resiliency Grant”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
May 2021: “Eighty local artists named as 'resiliency' grant recipients”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
April 2021: "New arts grants available from the City of Kingston", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
April 2021: “New arts grants available from the City of Kingston”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
April 2021: “Applications open for Kingston's COVID-19 relief grants”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
March 2021: “‘Artists are Essential’ – Kingston Arts Council urges support for artists”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
March 2021: “‘Artists are Essential’ – Kingston Arts Council urges support for artists”, The Toronto Star. Details here.
March 2021: “‘Artists are Essential’ – Kingston Arts Council urges support for artists”, The Welland Tribune. Details here.
February 2021: “City's funding announcement excites arts council”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2021: “Special funding announced for City of Kingston arts fund”, The Kingston Local. Details here.
February 2021: “Applications for city's arts fund now open”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
January 2021: “Mayor's Arts Awards winners named”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
December 2020: "Nan Yeomans Artistic grant winner announced", The Kingstonist. Details here.
September 2020: “2020 Nan Yeomans Grant for Artistic Development now accepting applications”, The Kingstonist. Details here.
September 2020: "Applications for visual artist grant now open”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2020: “2020 City of Kingston Arts Fund awards $610,267 to local programming and projects”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
May 2020: "Arts council, artists discuss impact of pandemic on city scene”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
April 2020: “Kingston Arts Council hosting online roundtable”, The Kingston Local. Details here.
December 2019: "City announces 2019 Mayor’s Arts Awards recipients", The Kingstonist. Details here.
December 2019: “Emerging artist grant awarded”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2019: "Mayor's Art Awards ceremony set for Dec. 2”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
September 2019: “Kingston takes a trip around the world with Culture Days”, Queen’s Journal. Details here.
September 2019: “Culture Days in Kingston this weekend”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2019: “City's arts fund recipients announced”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2019: “Artists, groups can now apply for city's arts fund grants”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2019: "Kingston Arts Council announces launch of 2019 City of Kingston Arts Fund Program", The Kingstonist. Details here.
November 2018: “City hands out arts awards”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
March 2018: “Kingston arts fund to dole out $575,000”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2018: “Equity in arts focus of program”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
December 2017: "Installation artist receives Nan Yeomans Grant", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
December 2017: “Award winner an artist of many disciplines”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2017: “Mayor's Arts Awards to be handed out in the fall”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2017: “City of Kingston approves arts grants”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
March 2017: “Awards program focuses on the arts” The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
March 2017: “Queen’s alumnus wins emerging artist grant”, The Queen’s Journal. Details here.
February 2017: “Tett tenant gains emerging artist grant”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
February 2017: “Big plans for small space”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2016: “'Creative placemaking' topic of arts discussion”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
July 2016: “Arts council becomes 'catalyst' for local artists”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
June 2016: "Kingston Arts Council to unveil new strategic plan", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
April 2016: “Arts council names new executive director”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
January 2016: “Kingston Arts Council honours local art”, The Queen’s Journal. Details here.
January 2016: Connecting artists with the community", The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
December 2015: “Arts funding subject of meeting”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
November 2015: “Grant available for emerging artists”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.
June 2015: “Juno award winner opens Art Salon”, The Queen’s Journal. Details here.
May 2015: “Juried arts salon finds new home”, The Kingston Whig-Standard. Details here.