Deadline: 12-Apr-23
The Ontario Arts Council has announced funding for Indigenous Arts Projects to support Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) artists to research, develop and create new work and engage with their communities.
Purpose
- It funds opportunities for Indigenous organizations and communities to strengthen their relationships with the arts. The program has three categories:
- Individuals.
- Ad hoc groups and collectives.
- Organizations.
- Grants help cover the costs of:
- Research and development that will lead to the creation of new work. Artistic research, exploration and experimentation, including workshops and residencies, are also eligible. All emerging, mid-career and established artists (including curators) working with all art forms are welcome to apply.
- Creation and production of new work in any art form (film, video, visual arts, new media, cultural arts, dance, theatre, music, pottery, fiction, spoken word and storytelling, etc.). All emerging, mid-career and established artists working in all art forms are welcome to apply.
- Presentations, exhibitions, publications and festivals in which the primary purpose of the project is the presentation, promotion and distribution of art made by Indigenous artists. Examples include exhibitions, individual and series presentations, publications, tours, festivals and innovative audience development projects
- Connections and partnerships that bring artists together through conferences, workshops, gatherings, delegations, exchanges or other activities that will foster artistic relationships, connections and partnerships that strengthen the Indigenous arts community.
Priorities
- The program gives priority to projects that involve the presentation of music in Northern Ontario.
Funding Information
- Individuals: maximum $15,000
- Ad hoc groups and collectives: maximum $20,000
- Organizations: maximum $25,000
What this program funds
- Research and development activities.
- Creation and production of new work.
- Presentation and distribution of art by Indigenous artists.
- Exhibitions.
- Publications.
- Individual and series presentations.
- Festivals and innovative audience-development projects.
- This program also supports:
- Childcare and other dependant care fees enabling individuals to take part in the project (this does not include regular, ongoing expenses).
- Expenses related to making the project accessible to audience members and project participants (other than the applicant) who are Deaf or have a disability.
- Note: Applicants to this program who identify as Deaf or as having a disability may apply for supplementary funds for their own accessibility expenses through Accessibility Fund: Project Support.
Eligibility Criteria
- Professional artists who self-identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, and are Ontario residents.
- Ad hoc group and collectives comprised of individuals, of whom at least 50 per cent identify as Indigenous.
- not-for-profit Indigenous organizations, centres and councils.
- Individual applicants must be 18 years of age or older to apply.
- Support for Indigenous Presenters in the North: Music Projects is now provided through the Indigenous Arts Projects program and funding the presentation of music in northern Ontario is a priority in this program.
For more information, visit Ontario Arts Council.
