2015 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BANK COMPETITION

2015 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BANK COMPETITION
Canada Council for the Arts

Are you – or do you know – a professional Canadian violinist or cellist pursuing an international solo or chamber music career?

The Canada Council’s Musical Instrument Bank program offers classical musicians the opportunity to borrow a fine-stringed instrument for a 3-year period.  This competition only runs once every 3 years! Please share widely within your networks.

Program guidelines available: Information/Guidelines
Application deadline: April 1, 2015

New instruments in 2015!
Of the 21 violins and cellos available for loan, the Canada Council has acquired 3 new instruments for this year’s competition:
• 1757 Carlo Antonio Tononi violin
• ca. 1750 Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi violin
• 1769 Joannes Guillami cello

Stories of Belonging- Writing Contest

Where do I belong? How do I belong? Why do I belong? 

When do I belong? Who do I belong to?

For former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, the question of belonging is at the heart of her 2014 Massey Lectures. Whether you are a new Canadian or a new high school student—no matter who you are, you have a story to tell.

THE CHALLENGE 
Share your personal story about belonging for a chance to win one of two $1,000 prizes from the Canada Council for the Arts (two age categories: 12-18, and 19 and over). Write from the heart about a moment or journey that made you feel like you belonged—or like you didn’t.

Details:

• True stories only (no fiction)
• Word count: 400-500 words (not including title)
• One submission per person
• Challenge closes November 3, 2014
• Read the complete rules and regulations 

Call for Applications- John Hobday Awards in Arts Management

Information/Guidelines
Deadline: September 30, 2014 

Are you an established or mid-career arts manager? Are you looking for professional development or mentorship opportunities? The John Hobday Award in Arts Management offers up to two awards of $10,000 annually.

Established through a donation of $1 million from The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation to the Canada Council for the Arts, the awards recognize outstanding established and mid-career arts managers in Canadian professional arts organizations. Arts managers from any artistic discipline supported by the Canada Council may apply for the awards, which are intended for professional development, mentoring and related purposes.

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 are intended for professional development of individual arts managers and not for direct assistance to arts organizations.


Read more at http://www.affta.ab.ca/Arts-In-Alberta/Arts-Opportunities/Call-for-Applications---John-Hobday-Awards-in-Arts-Management

New Music Program: Project Funding 2013

(Information in this posting was retrieved from www.canadacouncil.ca/music/)

The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, including people with disabilities.

Deadline

1 April

If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.  Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

Program Description

The New Music Program: Project Funding provides financial assistance to professional Canadian ensembles, performing groups, soloists, producers, presenters and non-profit organizations devoted to the development and presentation of new music in public venues and before a live audience.

Eligible forms of new music are not defined by specific aesthetic categories, but all applicants should be aware that the nature of the program is to support groundbreaking musical creation in a diversity of innovative approaches, as well as risk-taking in the overall development of the art form.

Some of the common forms of new music include (but are not limited to) the following:

_        contemporary classical

_        musique actuelle

_        free improvisation

_        electroacoustic / acousmatic

_        audio art / sound art

_        sound installation

_        turntable art

This program offers assistance through four components assessed jointly:

Standard Project Grants

Special Project Grants

Solo Project Grants

Music in Alternative Spaces Grants

The New Music Program: Project Funding contributes to specific costs related to particular programs, events or special initiatives proposed by applicants. A project is defined as a specific and concentrated event or activity - taking place in a short, limited period - with a clearly delineated budget.

Eligible applicants

Professional Canadian ensembles, performing groups, collectives, soloists, producers, curators, presenters and non-profit organizations devoted to the development of new music and its presentation are eligible to apply for support. The music must be presented before live audiences in public venues, and all events supported through this program must be ticketed.

Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Eligible projects include:

self-produced events in the applicant's city or town of residence. Self-produced means that the applicant truly acts as the programmer of the event and is mainly responsible for the operational framework of the presentation (co-productions are eligible if they meet this specific definition)

or ensembles or performing groups, rehearsals in preparation for a particular event, as well as rehearsals to incorporate new works into their repertoire

Applicants must also refer to the specific component guidelines for additional eligibility information.

Grant Amount

Project funding is available annually and each request is subject to peer committee assessment. Recurring support is not guaranteed every year.

There are limited funds available for this program, and each component offers a maximum of $20,000.

Grants from this program may cover specific artistic, production and promotional costs. They may not be used to support the applicant’s organizational structure or overall activities.

Further Information

Jeff Morton
Music Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON  K1P 5V8

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or (613) 566-4414, ext. 5111

TTY : 1-866-585-5559

Winners of the 2013 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts announced by The Canada Council for the Arts

(information in this post was retrieved from http://canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2013/qo130072421439224722.htm)

Marchel Barbeau
Photo : Richard-Max Tremblay

Montreal, March 12, 2013 – The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the winners of the 2013 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal.

The winners are:

• Marcel Barbeau, Painter and sculptor, Montreal
• Rebecca Belmore, Visual artist, Winnipeg
• William D. MacGillivray, Filmmaker and director, Rose Bay, N.S.
• Gordon Monahan, Sound artist, composer and media artist, Meaford, Ont.
• Greg Payce, Artist-potter (Saidye Bronfman Award), Calgary
• Chantal Pontbriand, Exhibitions and events curator, art critic (Outstanding contribution),Montreal/Paris



William D. MacGillivray 

Canada Council for the Arts / Martin Lipman

• Colette Whiten, Sculpture installation artist, Toronto/Haliburton, Ont.

The chosen artists’ work is as vast and diverse as the artists themselves and includes documentaries about life in the East coast; larger-than-life-size vases and First-Nations performance art in the West; public sculptures and experimental music composition in Ontario and Montreal-based curating and abstract painting. 

For the first time, in partnership with the Independent Media Arts Alliance, the Canada Council commissioned artists to create short video profiles of each Award recipient that are featured on the Canada Council website. An online press kit is also available with biographies and images of the artists and their works. 

“The 2013 laureates embody Canadian art at its best,” said 

Rebecca BelmoreCanada Council for the Arts / Martin Lipman

Robert Sirman, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts. “Not only are they expanding the boundaries of their art forms and addressing the big questions of our time, their work creates new shapes, sounds and perspectives that change the way we perceive the world around us.” 

“Canada has long been renowned for excellence in the visual and media arts, and the recipients of these awards are among our finest contemporary artists and artistic contributors,” said His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. “I am pleased to honour each of the laureates with these awards, and encourage audiences everywhere to view and appreciate their vision and creativity.

Greg Payce

Canada Council for the Arts / Martin Lipman

Exhibition and film screenings 

The National Gallery of Canada exhibition held in conjunction with these awards will run from March 22 to June 23. In addition to the exhibition, the National Gallery will hold a screenings of William MacGillivray’s work throughout the month of April.

Awards ceremony 

The Governor General of Canada will present the 2013 Awards at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Wednesday, March 20 at 6 pm. Media wishing to attend should contact Marie-Ève Létourneau at the Rideau Hall Press Office, 613-998-0287. 

Gordon Monahan

Canada Council for the Arts / Martin Lipman

Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 

The Awards, funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, are in their 14th year and recognize distinguished career achievements in the visual and media arts by Canadian artists, as well as outstanding contributions through voluntarism, philanthropy, board governance, community outreach or professional activities. In addition to a $25,000 prize from the Canada Council, each winner will receive a special issue medallion produced in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mint. The Canada Council Art Bank has in its collection many works by the 100+ artists who have won the Awards through the years, works that are available for rent or for loan. 

The Saidye Bronfman Award recognizes excellence in fine crafts, and is funded from the proceeds of a $1.5 million endowment given to the Canada Council by The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation in 2006. The support of the Foundation to the Canadian Museum of Civilization has also helped the Museum acquire works by recipients of the Saidye Bronfman Award.

Peer committees 

Chantal Pontbriand

Photo : Richard-Max Tremblay

This year’s independent peer assessment committee for the Awards consisted of Marlene Creates (Portugal Cove, N.L.), Kenneth Gregory (Winnipeg), Mary Longman (Saskatoon), Annette Mangaard (Toronto), Jana Sterbak (Montreal) and Ian Wallace (Vancouver). 

The peer assessment committee members for the Saidye Bronfman Award were Chantal Gilbert (Quebec City), Harlan House (Marysville, Ont.) and Jane Kidd (Salt Spring Island, B.C.)

Canada Council for the Arts 

Colette Whiten

Canada Council for the Arts / Martin Lipman

The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s national arts funder. Its grants and payments to artists and arts organizations benefit Canadians by ensuring a vibrant arts sector in Canada. Its awards celebrate creativity by recognizing exceptional Canadians in the arts, humanities and sciences. The Canada Council Art Bank is a national collection of over 17,000 Canadian contemporary artworks – all accessible to the public through rental, loan and outreach programs. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO operates under the general authority of the Canada Council.

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Grant Deadline: Artists and Community Collaboration Program in Dance 2013

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/dance/

Deadline: 15 March, 2013

(If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.)

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

Program Description 

The Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) supports diverse artistic activities that bring together professional artists and the broader community, and give the arts a stronger presence in everyday life. Artists and community collaboration is an arts process that actively involves professional artists and members of the broader community working together in creative and collaborative relationships. 

Grants are intended as a contribution toward the specific costs of the project and may include development, creation or production of work and/or the public presentation of work.

Applicant Eligibility 

These grants are available to professional, individual dance artists, collectives, and non-profit dance companies. 

Individual dance artists 

To apply to the Canada Council for the Arts, you must be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. You do not need to be living in Canada when you apply. 

You must also meet the Canada Council’s definition of a professional artist, which is an artist who:

• has specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions) 
• is recognized as a professional by his or her peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition) 
• is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity, if possible financially 
• has a history of public presentation. 

In addition to meeting the criteria above, you must meet the following requirements.

• Dancers must have maintained an active professional dance practice for at least one year, which includes at least one professional public presentation for which they were paid an artist fee. 
• Choreographers must have presented at least three works publicly in a period of three consecutive years in a professional context (does not include school or pre-professional work). The works choreographed must have been performed by paid professional artists. Dance companies 

A dance company must be an incorporated Canadian non-profit organization. The core members of the company must be professionals, and they must have completed their basic training. Company dancers must be professionals who are paid for rehearsal time and performances. If the artistic director of the company is also the choreographer, he or she must meet the eligibility criteria for a professional artist as indicated above. 

Collectives 

A collective must have a minimum of three core artists but may include any number of people contributing to a common creative goal. The core members of the collective must be professionals, and they must have completed their basic training. A collective must be represented by a dance artist who will take on the administrative and/or artistic responsibility for the project. He or she must also meet the definition of a professional artist and be a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident of Canada, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Grant Amount: You may apply for a maximum of $30,000.

For further information, please contact: 

Dance Section

Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, extension indicated below.

Anglophone dance professionals may contact:
Geraldine Manossa, ext. 5501 geraldine.manossa@canadacouncil.ca

Francophone dance professionals may contact:
Caroline Lussier, ext. 5500 caroline.lussier@canadacouncil.ca

TTY: 1-866-585-5559

For updated information on this grant and other programs, please visit: http://www.canadacouncil.ca/

Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts - Canada Council for the Arts

 Please visit website HERE for uptodate information about this grant

(The information located in this post was retrieved on December 5, 2012 from the Canada Council for the Arts website)

Deadlines

1 April, 1 June, 1 September, 1 November and 1 February

If any of these dates fall on a weekend or statutory holiday, that deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed application form and all required support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

Program Description

The Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts program provides assistance to professional visual and fine craft artists, independent critics and curators, and architecture professionals. The grants are for travel to attend or participate in activities related to their practice, whether in Canada or abroad.

Visual and fine craft artists may apply for either travel for exhibition OR travel to artists’ residency.

Independent critics and curators, and architecture professionals may apply for either travel for presentation OR travel for research.

Applicant Eligibility

Note that meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee that you will receive a grant.

General Eligibility Criteria

To apply to the Canada Council for the Arts, you must be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. You do not need to be living in Canada when you apply.

Only individuals can apply to this program. If you are travelling as part of a group or collaboration, each member must apply separately.

You must meet the Canada Council’s definition of a professional artist, defined as someone who:

·        has specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions)

·        is recognized as a professional by his or her peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), and

·        is committed to devoting more time to artistic activity, if possible financially

·        Visual and fine craft artists, independent critics and curators, and architecture professionals must also have:

·        produced an independent body of work, and

·        maintained an independent professional practice for at least three years following the completion of specialized training in the field.

Specific Eligibility Criteria

In addition to meeting the general eligibility criteria outlined above, you must have a history of public presentation or publication. This is defined as follows:

·        Visual and fine craft artists

·        You must have had at least three exhibitions of your work in a professional visual arts or fine craft context, over a three-year period.

·        Independent critics and curators

·        Critics: You must have had at least three independent critical texts or reviews published in a professional context, over a three-year period.

·        Curators: You must have created at least three independent public exhibition/presentations and have had three independent critical texts or reviews published in a professional context, over a three-year period.

·        Architecture professionals

·        Practitioners of architecture (architect, landscape architect, or architectural or urban designer): You must have had at least three published articles, publications, exhibitions or other public presentations of your works of architecture in a professional context.

·        Critics and curators of architecture: You must have had at least three published articles, publications, exhibitions, or other public presentations on works of architecture in a professional context.

Project Eligibility

This program covers the following types of travel:

·        Visual and fine craft artists

·        Travel for exhibition: Travel to attend an exhibition of your artworks. Travel must be in response to an invitation by a professional visual arts or fine craft organization, or in another context where your work is recognized by a professional curator, gallery director or art dealer.

·        Travel to artists’ residency: Travel to participate in a professional artists’ residency. Participants must be chosen through a selection process.  The host organization must offer support in the form of a confirmed grant or honorarium, or contribution towards accommodations.

·        Independent critics and curators, and architecture professionals

·        Travel for presentation: Travel to attend a public presentation of your work at a professional venue or to present at a conference or symposium. The travel must be in response to an invitation from a professional organization.

·        Travel for research: Travel to undertake professional activities, such as studio visits or site visits related to a specific research project.

Grant Amount

Grants are available in fixed amounts ($500, $750, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000 or $2,500). The amounts of $2,000 and $2,500 are usually reserved for travel to or from Northern or remote parts of Canada, or international destinations other than the United States and Europe.

Further Information

Program Officers
Canada Council for the Arts350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON  K1P 5V8

visualarts.travelgrants@canadacouncil.ca

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, and the appropriate extension number.

1 April: Jim Logan, ext. 5266
1 June: Geneviève Landreville, ext. 5109
1 September: Pao Quang Yeh, ext. 5094
1 November: François Dion, ext. 5268
1 February: Brigitte Desrochers,ext. 5270

Canada Council for the Arts - Grants for Literary Arts Promotion: Operating Grants

The information in this blog post is taken directly from the Canada Council for the Arts Site: www.canadacouncil.ca

The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, including people with disabilities.

Deadline

15 September (Annual Funding)
The next deadline for multi-year funding is 15 September 2012.

If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
Please refer to the program guidelines for detailed information.

Program Description
The Grants for Literary Arts Promotion program provides support to Canadian non-profit arts organizations that increase public awareness of and access to Canadian literature.

The Operating Grants component of the program provides annual and
multi-year funding to established literary organizations that play a major role in fulfilling the program objectives. Annual grants cover a 12-month period, and multi-year grants cover a 24-month period.

Program Objectives
The objectives of this program are to:
increase the promotion of Canadian literary artists (writers, translators, storytellers and literary performance artists)
encourage the development of literature through promotional, networking, professional development and research activities, and

support audience development activities for literature.

Eligibility
If you are applying to this program component for the first time, you must discuss your organization’s eligibility with the Program Officer before submitting an application. To be eligible to apply, your organization must:
- be a Canadian professional organization with a primary mandate in Canadian literary arts promotion
- be an incorporated and non-profit organization
- have a stable, administrative structure that is sufficient to ensure the success of the promotional activities, with a minimum of one paid staff member
- have been in operation for a minimum of five consecutive years
- have an annual program of literary activities in which most of the participating Canadian writers, literary translators or publishers are recognized as professionals, OR host a major annual event¾such as a literary festival or a salon du livre¾in which a majority of the writers or literary translators presented are recognized as professionals
- pay artists’ fees
- have a variety of revenue sources
- generate annual revenues of more than $75,000, including government support, as shown in your organization’s most recent financial statements
- have already received a minimum of three consecutive and recent Canada Council grants for literary arts promotion activities (the funding received must have been for your core activities and have been at least $20,000 in the previous year), and
- be able to submit the required financial statements or a review engagement report for the last fiscal year (as detailed on page 4 of the application form)

Note that meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee that you will receive a grant.

Grant Amount
There is no maximum amount that may be requested from the operating grants component of the program. However, the grant amount can be a maximum of
50 percent of your organization’s total revenues.

CADAC Financial Reporting
The Canada Council for the Arts is collecting financial and statistical information through a national online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data/Données sur les arts au Canada). This system enables arts organizations applying for operating funding from public funders who are members of CADAC to submit their financial and statistical information in the same format. Previously, applicants to these funders were required to provide the same information in multiple formats on multiple occasions.

The following are member partners: the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, the New Brunswick Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Toronto Arts Council. Discussions are ongoing with other provincial, territorial and municipal arts funders to encourage them to join the CADAC partnership.

Further Information
Catherine Montgomery
Program Officer
Writing and Publishing Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5574
TTY: 1-866-585-5559

Canada Council for the Arts - Project Grants for Organizations in the Visual Arts

The information in this blog post is taken directly from the Canada Council for the Arts Site: www.canadacouncil.ca

The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal, cultural and regional communities, including people with disabilities.

Deadlines
15 April or 15 September

If either of these dates falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

Program Description
This program provides grants to Canadian non-profit organizations and collectives that have a mandate in the contemporary visual arts or in fine craft. Grants provide a financial contribution toward projects that advance knowledge and promote public enjoyment of the contemporary visual arts.

Eligibility of Applicants
To apply to this program, your organization must be one of the following types:
Incorporated, non-profit Canadian visual arts or fine craft organization, museum, public art gallery, exhibition centre, artist-run centre, university art department, art college, fine craft college, service organization or professional association, with a primary mandate in the visual arts.
Professional artists’ collective or curatorial collective (for the definition of an eligible collective, see the Definitions section of these guidelines). Note that collectives must submit their application in the name of their collective or project, which must be able to receive a grant payable to that name.

Grant Amount
Grants awarded through this program will be a maximum of 50 percent of the total cost of the proposed project. If you are successful, you may receive less than the full amount that you request.

Note that recent grants for project assistance have rarely exceeded $15,000 per grant.

Further Information
Melinda Mollineaux
Program Officer
Visual Arts Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 4122
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
Fax: 613-566-4332

Canada Council for the Arts - Artists and Community Collaboration Program in Theatre

The information in this blog post is taken directly from the Canada Council for the Arts Site: www.canadacouncil.ca

Deadlines

1 March (for projects taking place after 1 July)
15 September (for projects taking place after 1 January the following year)

Program Description

The objective of the Artists and Community Collaboration Program (ACCP) is to support diverse artistic activities that bring together professional artists and the broader community in a creative and collaborative relationship. This program offers financial support to projects that connect professional artists with communities, in particular with youth. It is open to Canadian professional, non-profit theatre organizations and ad hoc groups of Canadian professional theatre artists. An “ad hoc group” refers to a group of professional artists formed for the specific purpose of creating a unique work.

Grants are intended as a contribution towards the specific costs of:

a period of development, research or creation workshops geared towards a possible future production
or
theatre production. (which may also include development).

Some projects may be entirely developmental in nature, with no production or public presentation of the work included as part of the project. Such proposals should demonstrate that the work being developed has a clearly articulated process.

Eligibility

Canadian professional non-profit theatre organizations and ad hoc groups of professional theatre artists are eligible.

The Canada Council for the Arts defines professional artist as someone who:
has specialized training in the field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
is recognized as such by peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), and
has a history of public presentation or publication.

It is mandatory for the applicant to submit resumes that state the relevant professional experience of the principal artists involved in the company or ad hoc group.

Applicants have the responsibility to submit all necessary information which will permit their eligibility to be clearly established. The Canada Council for the Arts will base its decisions on the information provided in the application.

Core members of ad hoc groups must have been active as theatre professionals for a minimum of two years.

Applicants must be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Incorporated, not for profit theatre organizations currently receiving operating assistance from the Theatre Section of the Canada Council for the Arts are eligible to apply to this program as long as they are proposing projects not funded through operating assistance.

Companies or groups of artists may not submit a new application to the Canada Council until outstanding final reports are received under separate cover and approved by an officer.

Restrictions and Other Important Information

Applicants who have been unsuccessful in a previous competition may not re-submit the same project to a subsequent competition without first speaking with a Theatre Section Officer to discuss changes to the project. The Theatre Section reserves the right to accept or refuse the second request.
A theatre company or group of artists may submit only one Artist and Community Collaboration Program application per deadline (includes companies presenting a season).
Applications from ad hoc groups must include a one page statement from each of the principal artists detailing their artistic participation in the project.
Projects must start after the application deadline date; the Canada Council will not provide retroactive funding.
Applicants should be aware that meeting the eligibility criteria allows them to apply to the program. It does not, however, guarantee that they will receive a grant. Grant recommendations are made by a peer assessment committee, based on the overall merit of the project in a national comparative context and on the funds available.
This Canada Council program is accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada. 

Grant Amount

Applicants to the ACCP may apply for up to a maximum of $25,000 per year. Because of the high number of applications that may be received and the limited resources available, grants awarded may be smaller than the amounts requested.

Eligible expenses include:

theatre artists' honoraria or fees
the material costs of the production
marketing and publicity costs
administrative fees
theatre and rehearsal space rental
honoraria for community participants
for research, development and/or creation workshop projects only, eligible expenses also include fees for creators (authors, composers, etc.) and facilitators while creating the work in question (script, score, etc.).

Retroactive funding is not available.

Application Form and Guidelines

Artists and Community Collaboration Program in Theatre (PDF Acrobat format)
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.

Further information
Kim Selody, Nancy Guertin, Bruce Sinclair, Robert Allen, Program Officers
(Linda Nickolson, Assistant)

Theatre Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 4483 (Linda Nickolson, Assistant)
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: 613-565-5194
Fax: 613-566-4410

Canada Council for the Arts - Grants to Theatre Artists: Individual Creation, Artists-in-Residency, Playwriting Residency and Professional Development

The information in this blog post is taken directly from the Canada Council for the Arts Site: www.canadacouncil.ca

Deadlines
15 April and 15 September
If these dates fall on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

Program Description

The Grants to Theatre Artists program provides support to individual Canadian professional theatre artists of all cultures. There are four components to the program: Individual Creation, Artist-in-Residency, Playwriting Residency, and Professional Development.

These grants allow artists to devote a specific period of time for the individual creation of new work, for terms as artist-in-residence (for administrators, playwrights, designers, directors or other creative artists), for terms of playwriting residencies, and for projects of professional development. Residencies, both for playwriting and artist-in-residencies, are undertaken with theatre companies that receive support from the Theatre Section of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Support for playwrights is available through all four components. A playwright wanting to pursue the independent creation of a new work applies through the Individual Creation component of the program. A playwright wanting to spend time in residency with a company to observe and participate in general theatre practice applies through the Artist-in-Residency component. A playwright wanting to pursue a specific project of individual creation in a working partnership arrangement with a theatre company applies through the Playwriting Residency component. A playwright wanting to pursue a program of advanced training (such as graduate studies in playwriting at universities or theatre schools) applies to the Professional Development component.

In general, submissions for Individual Creation request subsistence for the time needed to create new work, plus research and travel costs (if applicable). Submissions for the Artist-in-Residency and the Playwriting Residency components usually involve subsistence costs for the term of the residency. In addition to subsistence costs for the term of the project, applications to the Professional Development component may include costs for travel, research and tuition related to the program of work.

This program is open to Aboriginal artists and artists of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.

Eligibility
To apply to the Canada Council for the Arts, you must be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Applicants must be professional theatre artists or arts professionals. The Canada Council defines a professional artist as someone who:
has specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
is recognized as a professional by his or her peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), and
is committed to devoting more time to his or her artistic activity, if possible financially, and
has a history of public presentation.

Playwrights must have had at least one work produced professionally on stage or published professionally. Other theatre artists must have practised with professional companies or independent professional productions for at least two years.

Scriptwriters who wish to write a stage play must have had at least one dramatic work produced professionally on radio, television or film.

Composers must have written music for at least one professional theatre production.

In order to be eligible as a host company for both the Artist-in-Residency and Playwriting Residency components, a theatre company must receive either Operating Grant support from the Theatre Section of the Canada Council for the Arts or must have received at least one Production Project Grant in the preceding three years.

For Professional Development applications, candidates applying for programs of work that involve graduate studies at a university or advanced training at a theatre school must have practised with professional companies or in independent professional productions for at least five years.

Grant Amount
Grant amounts range from $3,000 to $20,000, in increments of $1,000.

Further Information
Robert Allen, Nancy Guertin, Kim Selody or Bruce Sinclair
Program Officers
Theatre Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8

Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613 566-4414, ext. 4483 or 4186
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
Fax: 613-566-4410

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The information in this blog post is taken directly from the Canada Council for the Arts Site: www.canadacouncil.ca