Deadline: 16-Jun-21
The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking applications for the Short-Term Projects Grant Program.
The Short-Term Projects component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional and aspiring artists, cultural carriers, arts/cultural professionals, groups, collectives and arts/culture organizations. Grants provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities for projects lasting up to 12 months.
You may be eligible for Application Assistance to pay someone to help you with the application process if you are experiencing difficulty and self-identify as:
- an artist who is Deaf, hard of hearing, has a disability or is living with a mental illness
- a First Nations, Inuit or Métis artist facing language, geographic and/or cultural barriers.
Funding Information
- Amount: Up to $100 000.
- If you face increased or unusual costs due to your geographic location, you may be eligible for a remote community allowance. The allowance will be determined by program staff on a case-by-case basis.
Eligible Activities
Activities must be led by eligible First Nations, Inuit or Métis artists, cultural carriers or arts/cultural professionals. Activities may include the participation of or collaboration with non-Indigenous artists.
You can apply for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities lasting up to 12 months, including but not limited to:
- Creating– research; creation; production; critical discourse (including research or writing); residencies; collaborations.
- Knowing– mentorships; artistic training; community-based initiatives to engage young people through artistic practices; language preservation through artistic practices; intergenerational transmission of artistic knowledge; preservation of traditional knowledge through artistic practice; development of administrative, artistic, cultural or organizational capacity; research; collaborations.
- Sharing– local, regional, national or international exhibitions; implementation of dissemination strategy and organizational objectives; publishing activities; gathering events involving artistic practices; collaborations; marketing and publicity; presentations, festivals and showcase events; networking events involving artistic practices; outreach activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional artists;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis aspiring artists working under the mentorship of a project-related mentor;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts/cultural professionals;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural carriers;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis for-profit organizations that have been in operation for at least 2 years;
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis not-for-profit organizations.
Your eligibility to apply to this component is determined by the validated profile created in the portal.
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing/short-term-projects