Deadlines
- Project Grants: Any time before the start date of your project or the part of your project for which you are seeking funding
- Composite Grants: 6 October 2021 for activities beginning as of 1 March 2022
The Concept to Realization component of Explore and Create supports the full creative cycle – from the initial idea through to presentation, at any stage of the creative continuum.
Canadian artists, artistic groups and arts organizations can apply to create projects intended for presentation. Grants provide support for artistic research, creation, project development, remounts, production, post-production and presentation.
This component awards:
- project grants for single activities
- composite grants that encompass several activities during the same time period.
Eligible Activities
Support for creative research, project development, creation and production that result in:
- public presentation
- publication (self-publishing and author-subsidized publishing of literary works are not eligible)
- exhibition
- media arts and digital arts productions ready for dissemination
- artist books and self-publishing practices (for visual arts publishers)
Funding Information
- Project requests – Normally up to $60 000, exceptionally up to $100 000
- Composite requests – Normallyup to $60 000 per year, exceptionally up to $100 000 (to a maximum of $300 000 over 3 years)
Eligibility Criteria
Types of potential applicants to this component include:
- artists
- artistic groups and collectives
- artistic organizations
- visual arts publishers
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/explore-and-create/concept-to-realization