Deadline: 16-Nov-22
The Ontario Arts Council is pleased to announce the Chalmers Professional Development Projects to support professional development for Ontario artists who want to gain new artistic skills – or improve existing skills – and advance their arts practice at any stage of their career.
It funds all contemporary and traditional art practices that OAC supports in other project programs.
All learning must be led by a specialist who gives feedback throughout the training period. Specialists include mentors, teachers, trainers and Elders. Projects may include study, training, mentorship, internship, apprenticeship, or any combination of these activities.
Categories
- The program has two categories:
- Artists practicing professionally for 10 years or less
- Artists practicing professionally for 11 years or more.
Funding Information
- Artists practicing professionally for 10 years or less: $7,500
- Artists practicing professionally for 11 years or more: $7,500.
Eligible Activities
- Eligible activities include:
- Mentorships
- Internships and apprenticeships
- Skills training courses
- Master classes
- All learning must be led by a specialist who gives feedback throughout the training period. Specialists include mentors, teachers, trainers and Elders.
- All activities must take into account the safely, health and well being of artists, educators, staff and communities in a pandemic context.
Eligibility Criteria
- Professional artists who live in Ontario and who work in one or more of the following arts practices:
- Dance
- Literature
- Media arts
- Multi and inter-arts
- Music
- Theatre
- Visual arts
Note: You must meet program and OAC eligibility criteria when you submit your application and for the duration of your project.
Ineligible
- ad hoc groups, collectives and organizations
- Municipalities, colleges and universities
- Arts administrators and producers
- Post-secondary educators and researchers whose positions are eligible for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funding
- Students enrolled full- or part-time at a college or university, including graduate students, regardless of the program of study
- Artists who have received a grant from this program in the last three years
- Artists who have received a grant from one of the following programs and not completed and reported on the project:
- Chalmers Arts Fellowships
- Chalmers Professional Development Projects
- Craft Projects (if the project includes professional development expenses)
- Deaf and Disability Arts Projects (Professional development category)
- Northern Arts Projects – (Skills/Career development category)
- National and International Residency Projects
For more information, visit https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/chalmers-professional-development-projects