Deadline: 1-Sep-23
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is seeking applications for the Indigenous Arts Individual Project Funding to support the development of an individual Indigenous artist, arts administrators, or an ensemble of artists in Alberta by providing funding for a specific cultural or artistic project.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $15,000 available.
Types of Projects
Through this opportunity, you may apply for project funding to support artistic and cultural activities:
- Artistic and cultural production
- Marketing
- Research
- Training and career development
Artistic and cultural production includes the development, creation, and production of a work.
- Projects should be confined to a distinct phase of a work
- Alberta individual artists that have been contracted by commissioners to create a specific work are eligible to apply for project support through this funding opportunity
Marketing includes a program of activity for a specific period that promotes, advertises or disseminates work created by Alberta’s Indigenous artists, and/or develops audiences for the artist’s work.
Research includes a program of activity for a specific period of time that supports or results in the development of an artistic or cultural project. This may include the gathering of natural materials.
Training and career development in Indigenous arts can include:
- Workshops
- Master classes
- Retreats
- Mentorship programs
- Professional development
- Courses of study in art forms, including working with mentors or Elders
Eligible Expenses
- You can receive up to $15,000 to support your project. You may apply for up to 100% of eligible expenses that are directly related to carrying out your proposed project. These expenses may include, but are not limited to:
- Contracted artist and/or technician fees
- Commission fees
- Production
- Promotion and publicity
- Transportation and accommodation
- Mentorship costs, such as honoraria and protocol, or fees for mentors or Elders, as well associated travel and accommodation and living costs for mentors
- Tuition or training fees
- Royalties
- Administration and contract fees
- Basic living/subsistence expenses (housing, local transportation, food, child care, dependent care) up to $3,000/month
- Other expenses and supplies considered by the AFA to be reasonable and necessary
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for individual project funding, you must be a resident of Alberta. This means you:
- Are legally entitled to be or remain in Canada
- Are legally entitled to work in Canada
- Have had your primary residence in Alberta for at least one full year before applying
- Ordinarily live in Alberta for a least six months of each year with the exception of attending a formal program of study
- You must be in good standing with the AFA with no open or outstanding projects or reporting to apply. Previous grant recipients must ensure all final reporting has been approved by the AFA before new applications are accepted.
- Applicants, including ensembles or collectives, must not be incorporated under either provincial or federal legislation.
- Ensembles, collectives, and collaborations
- Ensembles, collectives, and collaborations are eligible to apply to this program and must list all principal artists involved in the project activities as part of their application. All members of an ensemble, collective, or collaboration must meet the individual eligibility criteria.
- Principal artists cannot apply and/or receive funding for multiple projects at the same time, whether as an individual or a member of various ensembles, collectives, or collaborations.
Ineligible Expenses
- Expenses and activities that are ineligible for AFA project funding include:
- Expenses for capital purchases, such as buildings or property, or for capital development, and studio construction or renovations
- Recreational training projects
- Specific component activities undertaken as part of a course of study
- Contracts for ongoing activities or artists pursuing projects similar in scope to usual activities with commissioner
- Expenses already incurred prior to the application submission, including grant writer fees
For more information, visit AFA.