Deadline: 30-Apr-22
The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts to recognize the highest level of artistic excellence and distinguished career achievement by a Canadian professional artist in music, theatre or dance.
The prize is awarded on a four-year cycle in dance, theatre, dance and music.
Walter Carsen established the endowment fund for the prize in February 2001 through a generous donation of $1.1 million to the Canada Council. The Canada Council administers and promotes the prize.
Funding Information
Prize amount: $50,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates must be nominated by 1 nominator; either an individual or an organization from the Canadian professional performing arts community.
- This prize recognizes individual achievement or artistic partnerships. An artistic partnership may include up to 3 individuals who have developed a singular artistic practice. Each artist must meet the eligibility requirements.
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Nominees must:
- be a professional artist in the performing arts
- be actively involved in the performing arts in Canada or have spent the majority of their artistic career in Canada
- have created, as creative and/or interpretive artists, an outstanding and a distinguished body of work in any music forms or genres over a significant period
- have work that has been recognized for its artistic excellence at national and international levels
- be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada as defined by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. They do not need to be living in Canada when their nomination is submitted.
For more information, visit Canada Council for the Arts.
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/prizes/walter-carsen-prize-for-excellence-in-the-performing-arts