Deadline: 20 March 2025
The Manitoba Arts Council is seeking applications for its Create Program.
Create grants value original artistic expression by supporting professional artists and arts groups in the creation and development of artistic work, including creation-based residencies.
Benefits
- Research and creation of new work
- Development of works in progress
- Participation in a creation-based residency
Funding Information
- Emerging: up to $7,500
- Mid-career: up to $10,000
- Established: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
