Open Call for Share – Artists in Communities Program (Canada)

Artists in Communities grant supports arts-related activities for underserved applicants and/or communities that face barriers to accessing artistic opportunities.

Benefits

• Creation
• Production
• Public presentations (performances, exhibitions, juried art shows, concerts, readings)
• Publication
• Community art projects involving artists
• Artistic workshops, classes, and knowledge sharing opportunities
• Arts-related gatherings

Funding Information

• Micro-grant: $1,000 (for individual applicants only)
• Small scale: up to $7,500
• Large scale: up to $15,000

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.
• Professional arts group:
  • a group, ensemble or collective made up of two or more members working in an artistic practice;
  • has a majority of members that are professional Manitoba artists;
  • engages and pays professional fees to artists;
  • must be able to receive a grant payable to its name.
• Professional arts organization:
  • supports professional artistic work in any discipline;
  • is led by paid, qualified professional personnel;
  • is governed by a board of directors or an advisory body responsible for the organization;
  • engages or supports professional artists and pays professional fees to artists;
  • is based in Manitoba and has been active in the province for at least one year prior to applying;
  • is incorporated;
  • operates as a not-for-profit;
  • operates as for-profit (publishers only).
• Community not-for-profit organization:
  • is governed by a board of directors or an advisory body responsible for the organization
  • has been active in the province for at least one year prior to applying
  • engages in artistic and/or cultural activity
  • is based in Manitoba
  • operates as a not-for profit

For more information, visit Manitoba Arts Council.