Deadline: 2-May-22
Applications are now open for the Toronto Arts Council’s (TAC) Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship Program to provides support for newcomer and refugee artists to develop their artistic practice and to further their integration and inclusion to Toronto.
They define a newcomer as: an immigrant or refugee who has lived in Canada for less than 7 years; a refugee is a person who was forced to leave their home country and is now located in Canada.
The program provides funding for individual newcomer and refugee professional* artists to be mentored (guided) in their chosen arts discipline.
The mentorship application is submitted by the newcomer artist with the mentor as the co-applicant. Both the applicant and the mentor must identify as professional artists.
A professional artist is:
- someone who has developed their artistic skills through training and/or practice;
- is recognized as a professional by other artists working in the same artistic tradition;
- actively practices their art;
- seeks payment for their work, and would spend more time on their artistic activity if financially feasible;
- and has a history of public presentation, publication and/or production
Funding Information
The total grant amount is $10,000.
- $5,000 is paid directly to the newcomer or refugee artist
- $5,000 is paid directly to the mentor.
Eligibility Criteria
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As a Newcomer or Refugee Artist
- Professional artists working in any artistic tradition (see definition above)
- TAC recognizes that due to systemic barriers within the broader arts community (e.g. limited mainstream presentation opportunities for artists from equity-seeking communities) that some flexibility may be required in interpreting eligibility criteria to take into account equivalent professional experience and contexts. Potential applicants from equity-seeking communities are encouraged to discuss their eligibility with the Program Manager in advance of submitting an application.
- Applicants must be residents of the City of Toronto.
- Applicants must have arrived in Canada after January 1, 2015
- Applicants must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents or have an application pending for Permanent Resident status or be a Protected Person (approved refugee claimant) and, if requested, be able to provide documentation to verify this.
- Applicants must have a SIN (Social Insurance Number)
- Past recipients of this grant program cannot apply.
- Undergraduate students cannot apply.
- Professional artists pursuing graduate studies may not apply for work related to their program of study. A letter from the graduate program director specifying that the project is not related to the graduate student’s program of studies must be submitted with the application.
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As a Mentor
- Professional artists working in any artistic tradition (see definition above)
- Professional arts workers including arts managers, curators and producers working in any artistic tradition
- Applicants must be residents of the City of Toronto, living in Toronto for at least 1 year prior to the deadline and live and work in Toronto for at least 8 months of the year.
- Applicants must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents or have an application pending for Permanent Resident status or be a Protected Person (approved refugee claimant) and, if requested, be able to provide documentation to verify this.
- Applicants must have a SIN (Social Insurance Number)
- Undergraduate students cannot apply.
- Professional artists pursuing graduate studies may not apply for work related to their program of study. A letter from the graduate program director specifying that the project is not related to the graduate student’s program of studies must be submitted with the application.
- Mentors may only be listed as a co-applicant on one Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship grant per year
For more information, visit TAC.
For more information, visit https://torontoartscouncil.org/grant-programs/tac-grants/newcomers-and-refugees/artist-mentorship
