Deadline: 01-Oct-2024
The Shevchenko Foundation is seeking applications to support groups and collectives for the creation and exhibition of various forms of visual arts, influenced by Ukrainian heritage and expressing a tangible connection to the Ukrainian Canadian experience.
The Shevchenko Foundation’s grant-giving stewardship extends priority to projects and programs that:
- Contribute to enriching the Canadian experience with the beauty, passion, and diversity of Ukrainian Canadian culture;
- Contribute to strengthening the Ukrainian community in Canada;
- Share Ukrainian Canadian cultural contributions with a broad and diverse public on a community, regional or national level;
- Exhibit financial capability to undertake and sustain the project and/or program within the boundaries of a business plan, either as an organization or an individual;
- Employ new technologies and partnership models on how Ukrainian Canadian cultural heritage is created, produced, disseminated, and preserved.
Eligible Projects
- The Visual Arts Sector of the Arts Pillar for Organizations provides funds toward:
- Artwork that results from commissions of an original work of art by Canadian artists that is focused on presentation and engagement in publicly accessible galleries and venues.
- Artwork that results from collaborations and partnerships.
- Public non-commercial exhibitions of visual art (e.g.: artist, curatorial and designer fees, installation costs, exhibition rental fees, travel and shipping, insurance, promotion and advertising, etc.) These exhibitions can take place in a public space, a gallery setting, unconventional sites and venues, or on digital platforms.
- Professional development of staff, such as arts administrators, curators, collections managers, outreach and education staff.
- Priority will be given to projects that can demonstrate their feasibility by providing a best-practice model for the delivery of all stages of the project, can provide evidence of realistic budgets, and can provide evidence of financial and/or in-kind supports from other sources.
Who is eligible?
- Organizations
- Canadian not-for-profit community organizations, artist collectives, Canadian registered private businesses whose activities occur primarily in Canada, and Canadian chartered educational institutions.
- Canadian not-for-profit professional, semi-professional and amateur groups governed by a board of directors or a body responsible for the organization.
- Note: It is the responsibility of organizations working with children under the age of 18, who are funded by the Shevchenko Foundation, to ensure that they follow youth protection policies and procedures in their jurisdictions.
- How often can one apply?
- No new application will be accepted if a Final Report has not been submitted from a previous grant.
- Applicants who are applying for more than one grant in the calendar year can do so only when the Final Report on the first project has been approved by the Shevchenko Foundation.
- Applications for projects that are phased over more than one year will be accepted. Funding will be granted in phases, subject to meeting annual reporting requirements.
- Project grant support is not provided for industry defined annual ongoing annual operating programming nor yearly overhead expenses of an arts organization.
For more information, visit Shevchenko Foundation.