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Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Production Project Grants in Dance
Program description:
This program provides production project support to Canadian dance professionals (individuals), collectives and non-profit companies, including Aboriginal dance professionals, collectives and companies. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
Program eligibility:
The following activities are eligible for support: the production and presentation of dance works, including self-presentations, co-productions, dance for young audiences and dance that integrates new technologies; remounts and commissioning of works from professional choreographers; collaborative productions between dance professionals, collectives and/or companies.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/dance/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Developmental Support to Aboriginal Theatre Organizations
Program description:
Developmental support means contributions towards the costs of producing theatre works and contributions towards the costs associated with the professional development of Aboriginal theatre artists and organizations. This program has two components: one for established organizations and the other for emerging organizations.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must meet the requirements of an established or emerging organization. Artists/members must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Aboriginal peoples include Status, Non-Status, Métis and Inuit people. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/theatre/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Career Development Program: Project Grants to Artists and Annual Grants to Managers and Agents (Music)
Program description:
The Career Development Program assists Canadian professional musicians, managers and agents in the development of artists’ careers. These grants: allow artists to obtain the services of managers and agents to accomplish projects with defined goals that will increase public performance opportunities; allow artists to obtain the services of arts professionals for the development of a promotional kit; allow artists to audition for engagements and to work with a coach in preparation for auditions; support artists' managers and agents in their career development and audience development activities, on behalf of Canadian professional artists.
Program eligibility:
These grants support activities that enhance public performances by artists in classical and popular traditions (non-classical) music of all world cultures. Eligible genres of music include classical, electro-acoustic, Aboriginal peoples, folk, jazz, musique actuelle, contemporary and new, world and other non-commercial forms of popular music. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/music/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Assistance to Aboriginal Curators for Residencies in the Visual Arts
Program description:
This initiative supports professional development in all aspects of curatorial practice in the visual arts for Aboriginal people at their chosen host institution. For this program, the visual arts include painting, sculpture, mixed media, installation, media arts, new media, photography and craft.
Program eligibility:
Aboriginal peoples include First Nations (Status and Non-Status), Inuit and Métis people. The curatorial resident and the eligible host institution must apply jointly. Priority will be given to applications that clearly demonstrate that the details of the residency are mutually agreeable to the individual and the institution. The minimum duration of each residency will be one year. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/visualarts/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Annual Support and Production Project Grants to Aboriginal Dance Groups
Program description:
Annual Support assists Aboriginal dance organizations and collectives by supporting activities that sustain, invigorate, strengthen or stabilize their operations. The activities supported through this program lead to the creation and presentation of traditional dance forms and contemporary dance or movement, as well as the development of artistic, professional and administrative skills in the field of dance. Production Project Grants provide production project support to individual Aboriginal dance artists, organizations and collectives. The activities supported through this program lead to the creation and presentation of traditional dance forms and contemporary dance or movement.
Program eligibility:
Eligible applicants are Aboriginal-controlled dance organizations and collectives. Collectives must have a majority membership of Aboriginal people and artistic leadership or direction by Aboriginal people. Organizations must be owned and operated by Aboriginal people. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/dance/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Aboriginal Traditional Art Forms Program
Program description:
This program supports Aboriginal artists, groups, collectives, cultural centres and other organizations in activities that contribute to the knowledge, sharing, understanding and evolution of Aboriginal traditional art forms. Such activities include research, as well as preservation, creation, production and dissemination of Aboriginal peoples’ traditional visual art forms.
Program eligibility:
This program is open only to Aboriginal people of Canada: Inuit, Métis, and Status and Non-Status people. Eligible Applicants can be Individual Artists, Groups, collectives, cultural centres and other organizations operated by Aboriginal people. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/visualarts/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Aboriginal Peoples Music Program
Program description:
This program provides project support to Aboriginal individuals, groups, collectives and organizations that contribute to the diversity and originality of Aboriginal peoples music. This program has three components: Single Event Performance; Research and Preservation; Traditional Music Workshops.
Program eligibility:
Aboriginal peoples include Inuit, Métis, Status and Non-Status people. Aboriginal artists, groups, collectives and organizations must demonstrate a commitment to professional artistic practice. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/music/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Aboriginal Media Arts Program
Program description:
The Aboriginal Media Arts Program offers grants to Aboriginal media artists to help them: develop their careers; produce independent media artworks.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must be an Aboriginal person of Canada (Status, Non-Status, Métis or Inuit) and be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. You need not be living in Canada when you apply. Individuals or groups of up to three artists working collaboratively on a project may apply. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/mediaarts/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Grants to Aboriginal Writers, Storytellers and Publishers
Program description:
The program offers three components: Storytelling and Creative Writing in Aboriginal Languages Grants; Creative Writing Grants; and Publishing Grants. The objectives of the Grants to Aboriginal Writers, Storytellers and Publishers program are to encourage the artistic development of established and emerging Aboriginal writers and storytellers, to encourage the development of Aboriginal publishers and collectives, and to help increase appreciation for Aboriginal literature in Canada. Aboriginal peoples include Status, Non-Status, Métis and Inuit people
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/writing/
Organization: Canadian Heritage
Program: Museums Assistance Program
Program description:
The Museums Assistance Program (MAP) provides financial support to Canadian museums and related institutions for projects that foster excellence in museum activities and that facilitate access to the treasures of our collective heritage. There are three funding components: Access and National Outreach; Aboriginal Museum Development; Organizational Development.
Program eligibility:
Incorporated, non-profit Canadian museums that provide services to the public year-round, employ at least the equivalent of one full-time professional staff, and have collections management, conservation (if applicable), and programming policies, as well as a medium-term organizational plan (3 to 5 years). Incorporated, non-profit organizations wishing to plan and create a museum. Incorporated, non-profit museum service organizations and related institutions. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadianheritage.gc.ca
Organization: First Peoples’ Language, Heritage and Cultural Council
Program: The Aboriginal Arts Development Awards
Program description:
The program is intended solely for Aboriginal artists or arts organizations that have a stated and demonstrated commitment to Aboriginal arts development and practice. Applicants should be working to develop the activities of emerging artists to a professional standard, and/ or supporting traditionally based arts practices.
Program eligibility:
Aboriginal Arts Development Awards are meant to assist Aboriginal artists with the following: advancing their artistic skills; gaining the recognition of their peers (artists who work in the same artistic tradition); developing a history of public presentation (not necessarily in publicly-funded venues); devoting more time to their professional artistic activity. Aboriginal Arts Development Awards are also meant to assist with the transmission of traditional arts skills through mentorships or training. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.fphlcc.ca
Organization: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
Program: Education Programs
Program eligibility:
You are eligible to apply for financial assistance if you are: a Canadian resident Aboriginal individual who is either First Nation status or non-status, Métis or Inuit; enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs at accredited Canadian universities or technical colleges in fields such as visual or media arts, music, theatre, dance, and other creative pursuits that support fine arts activities such as arts administration, stage management, or sound engineering, as well as marketing studies and such other studies that promote the self-employment and entrepreneurial skills of the arts; enrolled in graduate level Fine Art studies outside of Canada; accepted for an apprenticeship, internship or on-the-job training with a museum, theatre, gallery, cultural or media centre provided you have first completed formal studies in the internship or apprentice field.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.naaf.ca
