Deadline: 8-Dec-21
The Canada Council for the Arts is accepting applications for its Short-Term Projects to provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing, and Sharing activities for projects lasting up to 12 months.
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.
Objectives
- To support the creative capacity and professional development of First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, groups and organizations
- To facilitate the retention, renewal and transmission of cultural knowledge and creative practice
- To support exploration, creation and production of customary, traditional and contemporary work by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists
- To support the presentation, exhibition, and sharing of works by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists in Canada and internationally
- To strengthen and support the presence of First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts and artists
Funding Information
Amount: Up to $100 000
What you can apply for?
- Activities must be led by eligible First Nations, Inuit or Métis artists, cultural carriers or arts/cultural professionals. Activities may include participation of or collaboration with non-Indigenous artists.
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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 professional artist
- 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
For more information, visit Canada Council for the Arts.
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/creating-knowing-sharing/short-term-projects
