Harbourfront Centre is pleased to issue the fifth Call for Submissions for Fresh Ground new works in December 2011. Thanks to the generous support of our donors, the prize-winning projects will receive funding toward the creation and presentation of their project during Harbourfront Centre’s 2013-2014 season.
Harbourfront Centre is Canada's leading centre for contemporary culture, with a history spanning almost forty years, and an international reputation as a non-profit centre for arts and culture, nurturing innovation, exploration and artistic expression in the areas of theatre, dance, literature, music, film, visual arts, new media, fine craft, community arts, education and diverse cultural representation and celebration.
A key facet of Harbourfront Centre’s mandate is championing the creation of new artistic works, providing a forum for originality, invention and inspiration. Recognizing that some of the most original and intriguing work being produced across the country today results from artists experimenting across genres and collaborating in untraditional ways, in 2004 Harbourfront Centre launched its national commissioning prize, Fresh Ground new works.
This legacy programme has become a catalyst for new Canadian artistic works incorporating more than one discipline or field. Through national submission calls Harbourfront Centre has awarded over $400,000 in prizes toward nineteen new interdisciplinary Canadian works created by artists and companies from across the country.
