Deadline: 1 March 2025
The Travel/Professional Development Program supports professional artists and arts/cultural professionals in all disciplines for activities related to the development of their practice or careers.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: up to $1,000
Eligible Activities
- What you can apply for:
- Workshops
- Specialized training
- Mentorships
- Public readings
- Presentations
Eligibility Criteria
- Professional Artists:
- 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 Professionals: 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 Keepers: 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.