Deadline: 31 May 2019
The JRG Society for the Arts is pleased to announce its 2019 JRG Grant for Artists with Disabilities with an aim to sponsor artists with disabilities in preparing and presenting artwork across a variety of disciplines.
The JRG Society of the Arts is a Canadian Charity that exists to honour the life and work of Justin Grant through supporting the work of artists with disabilities. JRG Society for the Arts has a broad and encompassing understanding of the term disability, seeing it as any physical, mental or emotional state which the individual needs to overcome in order to deal with the activities of daily life.
Funding Information
The grant to be awarded for 2019 is $3500, which will be distributed to one successful applicant. The winner will also be invited to receive the award at the 2019 JRG Awards Ceremony, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 16th, 2019. With travel expenses paid.
Eligibility Criteria
- For the 2019 iteration of the JRG Grant, applicants must:
- Be in the first 5 years of their artistic career
- Identify as a person with a disability/disabilities
- Be seeking funds in support of developing and/or presenting an artistic project
- Reside in Canada
- Projects can be in any artistic discipline (i.e. filmmaking, visual art, theatre, dance, writing, etc). Applicants who are not successful in 2019 may re-apply in future years.
- They welcome and encourage applications from artists with disabilities who experience multiple structural barriers to resources and artistic development opportunities, i.e. women; transgender and non-binary artists; Indigenous artists; Black artists; artists of colour; queer artists, low-income, poor, and working-class artists, etc.
Eligible Expenses
- The grant will fund any costs related to the development and/or presentation of an artistic work, including sustenance for applicant, materials, fees to collaborating artists, and production/exhibition costs.
- This grant is not intended to be a scholarship for artistic studies or professional development training.
Assessment
Applications will be assessed by a small committee of disability-identified artists. Applications will be assessed based on the following criteria:
- The application meets all eligibility requirements
- Viability: the artist has established a clear and viable work schedule/process
- Impact: the potential impact of the project for the applicant’s own artistic development,
- Impact of the project for the wider community. Does the project bring new perspectives and underrepresented stories to light
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit http://www.jrgsocietyforthearts.com/