Deadline: 4-Apr-23
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is accepting applications for its Media Artists Creation Projects to support individual professional Ontario-based media artists/directors working with film, video, audio, digital, new media, video and electronic games, and virtual reality as independent artist-controlled art forms in the production and post-production phases of their projects.
Priorities
The program’s priorities are to support:
- projects that are innovative – in content, point of view, form, style, technique or process
- projects that further the applicant's development as an artist
In addition to considering the OAC’s priority groups, this program also strives to support gender parity.
Categories
The program has two categories:
- Emerging Artist: You have completed at least one independent media work and are not currently enrolled in a formal media arts education program.
- Mid-Career & Established Artist: You have completed at least two previous media works independently. Mid-Career artists have a history of independent media arts practice of at least 5 years. Established artists have a history of independent media arts practice of at least 15 years.
Funding Information
- Emerging: $10,000 maximum
- Mid-Career & Established: $40,000 maximum
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Important: Total project budgets must not exceed:
- $75,000 for Emerging applications
- $300,000 for Mid-Career & Established applications
Eligibility Criteria
- artists/directors who are residents of Ontario
- artists/directors who work with or without a producer
- artists/directors who hold copyright over the work. Contracts with producers or other funders must not require that you give up such control, even if they are arranged after you have received confirmation of OAC support
- emerging, mid-career or established artists/directors who have completed the requisite number of independent works
- graduate students who are applying to the Mid-Career & Established category only. You must provide a letter from the department head stating your proposed project is not a part of your academic program
For more information, visit Ontario Arts Council.