NEW MEDIA

FUNDING, GRANTS & AWARDS

• Canada Council for the Arts

  Canada Council for the Arts is the national arts funding agency. This site provides information about the council’s grants to media artists, including travel grants, and grants available to aboriginal media artists. The council also administers a number of important awards and prizes.

• Canadian New Media Awards (CNMA)

  Canadian New Media Awards recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of individuals and companies in the Canadian new media industry.

• Community Arts Councils

  A number of municipalities and regions in Ontario have arts councils which are involved in encouraging and promoting local arts and cultural activities, and funding local organizations. Some offer grants or awards for artists. All have information of interest to local artists:

  1. Council for the Arts in Ottawa
  2. Guelph Arts Council
  3. Hamilton and Region Arts Council
  4. Kingston Arts Council
  5. London Arts Council
  6. Mississauga Arts Council
  7. Quinte Arts Council
  8. Scarborough Arts Council
  9. Thunder Bay Regional Arts Centre
  10. Toronto Arts Council
  11. Waterloo Regional Arts Council 
  12. Windsor and Region Arts Council

• Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA)

  IMAA is a national association of 82 artist-run organizations across Canada, representing more than 12,000 artists and other cultural workers. This website has a comprehensive list of public sector, private sector and broadcaster-related sources of funding for digital media productions.

• Ontario Arts Council (OAC)

  OAC is the province’s primary funding body for professional arts activity. This site has information about project grants that may be available to individual artists. The OAC also administers a number of important awards and prizes.

• Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)

  The OMDC Interactive Digital Media Fund is designed to provide Ontario interactive digital media contentcompanies with access to funding needed to move their proprietary projects into production. OMDC also administers the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit.

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