Deadline: 7-Jan-23
The Saskatchewan Arts is accepting applications for its Share and Connect: Indigenous Community Arts program to empower Indigenous communities to control and develop their own arts and culture.
It promotes resilience and healing by:
- Sharing Indigenous arts and cultural revitalization within Indigenous communities and with broader communities;
- Increasing the intergenerational transfer of Indigenous artistic knowledge and cultural practices within contemporary, traditional, and non-traditional art forms;
- Promoting Truth and Reconciliation in non-Indigenous communities through exposure to these projects and this work; and
- Aligning with the mandate and strategic priorities of SK Arts and its program partners. Share and Connect is a SK Arts program supported by funding from Sask Lotteries through the partnership between SK Arts and SaskCulture Inc.
Funding Information
- Small Projects / Planning: $500 to $2,000.
- Exhibitions, Performance and Presenting: $2,000 to $10,000.
- Mentorships / Partnership Projects: $2,000 to $20,000.
What you can apply for?
Share and Connect provides support for Indigenous artists and communities to co-create projects through their combined knowledge, skills, and experience, and to share and connect through:
- Planning – providing support for Indigenous community leaders to plan or prepare for a future project.
- Exhibitions, Performance and Presenting – providing support to bring Indigenous art to the public in collaboration with other community partners.
- Mentorships – providing opportunities for early-career Indigenous artists to participate in community projects in collaboration with, and under the mentorship of, established Indigenous artists and Elders.
- Partnerships – providing opportunities for Indigenous artists to develop and lead arts activities in partnership with Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities or organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any Indigenous artists, Elders, or Knowledge Keepers can serve as leaders, collaborators, and mentors for the project. The lead Indigenous applicant must be in good standing with SK Arts (i.e. no overdue reports for previous grants).
- Organization applicants can be any incorporated for-profit company or non-profit community organization (e.g. band councils, First Nations, Métis Locals, businesses, institutions, health care or justice facilities, municipalities, artist collectives, etc.). If an organization is the lead applicant, it must be Indigenous (have a board of directors or an identified group with oversight and decision-making authority that is made up of at least 60% First Nations, Inuit, or Métis individuals) and must be in good standing with SK Arts and SaskCulture (i.e. no overdue reports for previous grants).
- For the purpose of this program, “Indigenous” is defined as a Canadian Aboriginal person who can identify as First Nations (Status or NonStatus), Métis, or Inuit.
For more information, visit Saskatchewan Arts.