Call for Applications: Arts Scholarships Program 2025 (Canada)

The Arts Scholarships Program is designed to recognize and encourage New Brunswick students who have demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and potential, and who are pursuing a career in the arts.

Objectives

• The Arts Scholarships program is designed to:
  • Recognize and encourage New Brunswick students who have demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and potential, and who intend to pursue a career in the arts;
  • Increase the number of professional artists and arts professionals in New Brunswick; and
  • Encourage the development of New Brunswick talent in architecture, craft, dance, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, classical and neoclassical music, theatre, visual arts and arts administration.

Funding Information

• $2,500 for full-time studies.
• $1,000 for part-time or short term studies.

Eligible Expenses

• Tuition fees, including administrative, course, and material fees for the proposed educational institution
• Travel for the applicant to the location of the proposed educational institution

Ineligible Expenses

• Capital expenses (eg. equipment purchase such as a musical instrument, camera, computer, etc.)

Eligible Projects

• Eligible projects are those in which the applicant intends to study one of the eligible artistic disciplines listed above (or arts administration) by enrolling in:
  • A full-time or part-time post-secondary program; or
  • A full-time program in a school specializing in the arts; or
  • Short-term studies or mentorship with a private instructor

Eligibility Criteria 

• Eligible students are those who:
  • Have completed relevant basic training and have demonstrated exceptional potential and talent as an artist;
  • Are Canadian citizen, have an affiliation with a First Nation on Turtle Island, are permanent resident of Canada or have an application for permanent resident in process;
  • Have resided in New Brunswick for at least one year (12 months) prior to the application deadline;
  • Do not have an overdue Final Report for any previous Arts Scholarship awarded; and

Evaluation Criteria

• Jurors give equal weight to the following criteria in their evaluation:
  • Artistic merit Artistic quality of the applicant’s work; Artistic rationale for the project; Potential artistic outcomes of the project
  • Impact and feasibility Relevance of the project to the stated objectives of the program; Potential of the project to contribute to the applicant’s artistic development; Potential of the project to advance artistic practice; Applicant’s capacity and experience to undertake the project; Reasonable budget and realistic work plan

Application Requirements

• Architecture, Craft, and Visual Arts:
  • Please provide up to 15 still images.
  • (Performance artists only) Please provide up to 15 minutes of video material.
  • Please indicate the title, medium and dimensions or duration (as applicable) and date of each work.
• Dance, Media Arts and Theatre:
  • Please provide up to 15 minutes of video material.
  • Please indicate the title, duration and date of each work, and specify the applicant’s role in the creation and/or performance of each work.
  • (Scriptwriters and Playwrights only) Please provide up to 15 pages excerpted from storyboard(s) and/or script(s).
• Literary Arts:
  • Please provide up to 15 pages excerpted from manuscript(s) and/or publication(s).
  • (Storytellers, slam poets, and performers only) Please provide up to 15 minutes of audio and/or video material.
  • Please indicate the title, page count or duration (as applicable), and date of each work.
• Music:
  • Please provide up to 15 minutes of audio material.
  • (Composers only) Please provide up to 15 pages excerpted from music score(s).
  • Please indicate the title, duration, instrumentation and date of each work, and specify the applicant’s role in the creation and/or performance of each work.
• Multidisciplinary Arts:
  • Please refer to the specifications for each discipline involved in the project.

For more information, visit artsnb.