Grant Opportunities 2018-2019
September 13, 2018:
Title: Artists in Communities and Schools Projects
Description: Supports the research, development and realization of community-engaged arts projects. Activities involve professional Ontario artists and community members working together to develop and design a creative experience. These experiences may include co-creation. Skill building is a core component of projects.
Funding: Up to $30,000 (with different categories of funding levels)
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/artists-in-communities-and-schools-projects
Title: Media Arts Projects
Description: Supports not-for-profit organizations and ad hoc groups/collectives that present, document or disseminate the work of professional Ontario media artists, or that provide media artists with professional development opportunities.
Funding: Up to $10,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/media-arts-projects
September 19, 2018:
Title: Ontario Arts Presenters Projects
Description: Supports Ontario-based volunteer-led presenters (ad hoc groups, collectives and organizations), municipalities, colleges and universities to present performances, exhibitions, screenings and readings, and associated audience engagement activities, that contribute to developing audiences for the arts in Ontario.
Funding: Up to $7,500
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/ontario-arts-presenters-projects
October 2, 2018:
Title: Media Artists Creation Project
Description: Support projects that are innovative – in content, point of view, form, style, technique or process – and that further your development as an artist.
Funding: Emerging Artists up to $10,000, Mid-Career Artists up to $40,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/media-artists-creation-projects
October 11, 2018:
Title: Deaf and Disability Arts Projects
Description: Supports Ontario-based artists and arts professionals who are Deaf and/or have a disability, or ad hoc groups/collectives and arts organizations mandated to serve and led by artists and/or arts professionals who are Deaf and/or have a disability. It funds all contemporary and traditional art practices that are supported at OAC.
Funding: Up to $10,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/deaf-and-disability-arts-projects
October 16, 2018:
Title: Touring Projects
Description: Supports Ontario-based professional artists, ad hoc groups/collectives and arts organizations to tour performances, exhibitions, screenings and readings for public audiences within and outside the province.
Funding: Up to $30,000 – $75,000 (with different categories of funding levels)
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/touring-projects
November 1, 2018:
Title: Compass
Description: Assists arts managers with professional development projects, and assists arts organizations with development projects intended to build administrative and management capacity in the arts.
Funding: Up to $7,500 (with different categories of funding levels)
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/compass
Title: Engaging Seniors Arts Initiatives
Description: Supports Ontario-based artists, ad-hoc groups/collectives and not-for-profit arts or community organizations working with professional artists in any art form or artistic practice, to develop and realize projects that engage seniors in creative experiences and arts activities.
Funding: Up to $60,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/engaging-seniors-arts-initiatives
November 8, 2018:
Title: Chalmers Professional Development Projects
Description: Supports Ontario’s professional artists to acquire new skills that advance their arts practice.
Funding: Up to $7,500
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/chalmers-professional-development-projects
November 22, 2018:
Title: Visual Artists Creation Projects
Description: Supports professional Ontario-based visual artists to create new work and to continue work in progress. The program aims to reflect the range of artistic practices in the visual arts, and to support excellence, regional activity, diverse artists and communities.
Funding: Up to $15,000 (with different funding for level of artists)
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/visual-artists-creation-projects
December 5, 2018:
Title: Visual Arts Projects
Description: Supports organizations, ad hoc groups/collectives and independent curators to present projects that exhibit, document or disseminate the work of professional Ontario visual artists or provide professional development for artists.
Funding: Up to $10,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/visual-arts-projects
December 18, 2018:
Title: Artists in Communities and Schools Projects
Description: Supports the research, development and realization of community-engaged arts projects. Activities involve professional Ontario artists and community members working together to develop and design a creative experience. These experiences may include co-creation. Skill building is a core component of projects.
Funding: Up to $30,000 (with different categories of funding levels)
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/artists-in-communities-and-schools-projects
January 15, 2018:
Title: Exhibition Assistance
Description: Assist with the artists’ costs related to the presentation of art work in a confirmed, public exhibition.
Funding: $500 – $2,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/exhibition-assistance
Due 2019 TBA:
Title: Chalmers Arts Fellowships
Description: Supports Ontario’s professional artists to experiment and investigate their artistic process or to research topics that examine their arts practice.
Funding: $25,000 – $50,000 (with different funding for level of artists)
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/chalmers-arts-fellowships
Title: National and International Residency Projects
Description: Supports Ontario-based professional artists to pursue artistic development opportunities outside the province.
Funding: Up to $10,000
http://www.arts.on.ca/grants/national-and-international-residency-projects