Call for Entries: Learn – Residencies Program (Canada)

Benefits

• Artistic, cultural, or cross-sectoral exchange
• Creative research
• Creation and development of new work or works in progress
• Skill development

Funding Information

• Grant amount: $ 2,500

Eligibility Criteria

• Professional artist: An individual who has a practice in an artistic field, including craft, dance, literary arts, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts.
• To be considered eligible for funding at MAC as a professional artist, an applicant must meet at least three of the following criteria:
  • be recognized as a professional by their peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition);
  • have specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions);
  • show significant commitment to their art practice;
  • have a history of professional public presentation, publication, or being engaged with a practice in a public context;
  • have received compensation for their artistic work at a level consistent with other professionals working in the same art form.
  • emerging artist:
    • is in the early stages of their professional career and beyond basic training;
    • has up to five years of artistic activity, not including student work; and
    • has a minimum of one professional presentation or publication.
  • mid-career artist:
    • has between five and 15 years of professional activity; and
    • has a minimum of three professional presentations or publications.
  • established artist:
    • has more than 15 years of professional activity;
    • has a minimum of five professional presentations or publications;
    • has received compensation for their artistic work at a level consistent with other professionals working in the same art form.
• Arts/cultural professional: A professional in the arts, recognized by their peers, whose work supports and facilitates the arts in an arts discipline (i.e., administrators, producers, technicians, editors, cultural connectors, etc.).
• Indigenous Knowledge Keeper: An individual whose role within Indigenous communities (First Nations, Metis, Inuit, and non-status) supports the preservation, retention, maintenance, and knowledge transfer of specific Indigenous worldviews, cultural practices, and traditions through art and creative practice.

For more information, visit Manitoba Arts Council.