VISUAL ARTS

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.

• 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

• National Gallery of Canada (NGC)

  The Research Fellowship Program of the NGC supports advanced research fellowships in the field of Canadian Art. Although the fellowships are intended for art historians, critics, curators and writers, some visual artists may find that their qualifications match the intent of the program.

• 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.

• Toronto Arts Council (TAC)

  TAC is primarily a granting council.  Its project grants for visual artists provide support for those with a professional independent art practice and are for the creation/production of new work or the completion of works in progress.  Funds are intended to cover direct costs of creation/production, subsistence and materials.

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