Apply for Visual Arts and Crafts - French Speaking Projects (Canada)

The Ontario Arts Council is currently accepting applications for the Visual Arts and Crafts - French Speaking Projects for artists, curators, ad hoc groups, collectives, and Francophone organizations in Ontario.

Category

Grant

Categories

The program supports visual arts and crafts practices through grants in five categories:

• Creation – Early Career Artists: To help cover the costs of research, experimentation, creation, and production of new works. Maximum grant: $5,000.
• Creation – Mid-career Artists: To help cover the costs of research, experimentation, creation, and production of new works. Maximum grant: $7,500.
• Creation – Established Artists: To help cover the costs of research, experimentation, creation, and production of new works. Maximum grant: $15,000.
• Curatorial Project: To help cover the costs of finding independent curators. Maximum grant: $5,000.
• Exhibitions/Connections: To help present projects whose objective is to exhibit, document, and disseminate the work of Ontario visual artists or professional crafts. Maximum grant: $10,000.

Priorities

For the Exhibitions/Connections category, priority will be given to candidates from the visual arts and crafts sector.

Eligibility Criteria

• Creation Categories: Professional visual and craft artists who reside in Ontario. Individual artists representing a group of artists must apply on behalf of the group.
• Curatorial Project Category: Professional visual arts or crafts curators who reside in Ontario.
• Exhibitions/Connections Category: Collectives and ad hoc groups working in the visual arts or crafts sector and of which at least 50% of members reside in Ontario. Incorporated non-profit organizations with a head office in Ontario.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Undergraduate or graduate students enrolled full-time at an educational institution.
• Curators applying for research or exhibition activities commissioned as part of employment with an organization receiving operating grants from the CAO.
• Municipalities, colleges, and universities.
• Companies incorporated for profit.
• Organizations receiving an operating grant from the CAO, except those receiving an operating grant from the Visual Arts, Media Arts, and Crafts program: Francophone self-managed artist organizations and centers – operation or Francophone Diffusion – operation.

For more information, visit OAC.

Donor Name: Ontario Arts Council
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Publish Date: September 9, 2024
Deadline Date: October 3, 2024
Country: Canada