About

The Arts and Cultural Industries Association of Manitoba Inc.(ACI) is Manitoba’s sectoral council for culture.

ACI is an umbrella organization created to serve all arts and cultural workers in Manitoba, wherever they live in the province, whatever their background and whatever kind of creative work they do.

We are not an arm of the government. ACI is an independent, not-for-profit organization.

We do, however, receive support from government to serve the training and human resource needs of the cultural workforce. ACI is also supported through membership fees, registration fees, partnerships, donations and sponsorships.

Mission

The Aboriginal Programs of ACI Manitoba strives to increase participation, promote, identify and develop opportunities for Aboriginal peoples within the Arts and Cultural industry sector.

Mandate

The Aboriginal Programs Manager works within the sector to foster opportunities for professional development to enhance employment in all aspects of the industry. The principal context of the Aboriginal Program is to provide a culturally appropriate framework to the development of professional practice in all facets of Aboriginal creative expression and cultural production

The Aboriginal Program exists to:

  • Support Aboriginal organizations and individuals
  • Develop programs to foster the emergence of Aboriginal cultural leadership at the local and provincial level
  • Identify and promote innovative initiatives and projects that focus on the contribution of the arts, heritage and culture towards the revitalization of Aboriginal communities
  • Facilitate the development of a centralized information-sharing network for the Aboriginal arts and cultural sector
  • Facilitate opportunities for networking among members of the Aboriginal arts sector
  • Support contemporary and traditional art forms as foundations of Aboriginal Culture

Membership Information

Individual Membership - $25.00
Student Membership - $15.00

  • Discounted rates on workshops and professional development presented by ACI
  • Tuition Subsidy of 50% on course fees in the Arts and Cultural Management Certificate Program at the University of Winnipeg and manageculture.com online courses at the University of Waterloo (limited to two courses per semester and subject to availability of funding)
  • Subscription to ACI’s weekly e-newsletter Mu-zine with current job postings, training opportunities and other cultural industry information
  • Subscription to semi-annual newsletter
  • Free use of ACI’s boardroom for meetings (subject to availability)
  • Access to ACI’s resource library
  • Individual membership in the national Cultural Human Resource Council (CHRC), which includes a subscription to the CHRC e-newsletter and reduced pricing on CHRC resource materials.
  • Voting privileges at ACI’s annual general meeting and all member’s meetings

Organizational Membership - $100.00

  • Two full individual memberships in ACI with all of the above member benefits
  • Additional individual memberships for your employee s or members for only $20.00 each

Membership is effective for one year from date payment is received. Benefits extend only to members whose annual membership fees are up-to-date.

Download a PDF of ACI’s Brochure.

Register as a member of ACI.