Power Hour: Understanding Artist Fees with CARFAC & CADA - BAO

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Power Hour: Understanding Artist Fees with CARFAC & CADA

Power Hour

Workshop

November 26, 2026

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Date and Time
Thu, Nov 26, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST

Location
Virtual (Zoom)

Art is a job and ’exposure’ won’t pay your rent or put food in the fridge. That is why it is critical to know how much to charge for your work!

An artist fee is compensation for time-limited content and services provided by artists. Simple, right? Not quite.

Join us for this important webinar on artist fees with CARFAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation / Le Front des artistes canadiens) and CADA (Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists).

Learn about current fee schedules and resources to stay informed and advocate for fair pay.

This webinar will teach you everything you need to know, to make sure you get paid fairly for your work as an artist.

NOTE: this webinar will NOT be recorded but resource sheets will be shared following the presentation to all registrants.

DONATE – Your donation helps us support Brampton artists and expand free programming like this.

Accessibility: Contact us at info@bramptonartsorg.ca to arrange assistance or support to register and/or participate in this webinar. Please contact us as soon as possible with a minimum of four business days in advance of the webinar.

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Presenter

Photograph of Rhonda Baker, a white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair who is wearing a navy v-neck sweater against a background of fall foliage.

Rhonda Baker (she/her) is a graduate student in the Psychology program (Developmental Science area) at York University, working under the supervision of Dr. Lara Pierce at the Experience & Development Lab. She holds a BA with specialized honours in Psychology and a concentration in counselling and mental health (2022) and an MA in Psychology, focusing on validating a thin-slice measure of maternal responsivity coded during free-play. Rhonda is a staff member at the Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists – East Chapter (CADA/East), a not-for-profit organization founded in 1986 to improve the status and working conditions of independent dance artists. She is also an alumna of Dance Arts Institute and has a background in dance performance and education. Through her dance career, she has been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in Toronto (2014), and awarded the Lieutenant Governor Masterworks Arts Award in Nova Scotia (2016) for her contribution and performance in an ensemble dance work called Canvas 5 x 5, by the late Tedd Robinson.

Photograph of Jason Samilski, a white man with short black hair. He is smiling while he stands in from of a teal coloured wall

Jason Samilski is the Executive Director of CARFAC Ontario. His literary work has been published in print and online, and his radio dramas have been broadcast in Canada and the U.S. Jason also served as a Creative Director of CUE, an award-winning Toronto-based arts initiative that, since 2008, has provided over $500,000 in high-access grants for new generation artists who experience social, cultural, and economic marginalization.

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