Deadline: 1-Mar-22
Nominations for the John Hobday Awards in Arts Management are now open.
The Canada Council is committed to equity and inclusion, and encourages applications and nominations from culturally diverse, Deaf, disability and official language minority artists, groups and organizations.
The Canada Council recognizes and affirms the Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Indigenous peoples of this land and encourages applications and nominations from First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, groups, and organizations in all its programs.
Established through a donation of $1 million from The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation to the Canada Council, the John Hobday Awards in Arts Management recognize outstanding established and mid-career arts managers in Canadian professional arts organizations.
Award Details
There are two distinct awards:
- The Professional Development and Renewal award allows an outstanding established or mid-career arts manager to take part in a short-term, recognized program, seminar or workshop for professional renewal and revitalization.
- The Mentorship award allows an exceptional mid-career arts manager who is seeking to acquire different knowledge, experience and skills to be mentored by an outstanding established or mid-career arts manager.
The John Hobday Awards in Arts Management were created to:
- recognize the arts management profession
- recognize excellence and accomplishment in this profession
- contribute to the professional development and revitalization of experienced managers
- contribute to the transfer of knowledge and experience from established and mid-career managers to the next generation.
Award Information
- Two awards of $10,000 each
Eligibility Criteria
- Art management (also referred to as arts administration) applies business administration techniques and processes to the art world. It includes running the daily business operations of art institutions either private or public.
- Arts Managers may be responsible for a portfolio of work such as marketing, audience development, education, production, fundraising, government relations, etc. They work in arts organizations of all kinds, such as producing, presenting and exhibiting organizations (theatres, opera companies, symphony orchestras, dance companies, galleries, museums, etc.), arts councils, arts service organizations, government, and many other related areas.
- Arts managers from any artistic field of practice supported by the Canada Council may apply for the awards. They must also:
- be currently employed by a Canadian professional arts organization. Your mentor must also be currently employed by a Canadian professional arts organization (if applicable).
- have a minimum of 10 years of professional activities (but not necessarily in consecutive years)
- have significant expertise in arts management in one or more of the fields of practice funded by the Canada Council (multidisciplinary activities, circus arts, dance, Deaf and disability arts, digital arts, traditional Indigenous arts/culture, inter-arts, literature, media arts, music and sound, theatre and visual arts)
- be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status, as defined by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. You do not need to be living in Canada when you apply.
Ineligible Criteria
- Arts organizations, talent managers, booking agents or those who represent artists as managers are not eligible (this does not include gallery representation).
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