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Travel Grants
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Travel Grants to Professional Musicians (Individuals)
Program description:
This program offers an individual music professional, involved in classical or popular traditions music of all world cultures, an opportunity to travel on occasions important to his or her career. Professional musicians include instrumentalists, singers, composers, arrangers, performers, conductors and singers/songwriters. Music professionals include artistic directors and opera stage directors.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Permanent residents must provide evidence of their legal status. 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: Travel Grants to Media Arts Professionals
Program description:
This program has two components: Travel Grants to Media Artists and Travel Grants to Media Arts Critics, Curators and Programmers. The Canada Council for the Arts defines the media arts as works in film, video, audio and new media.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. They need not be living in Canada when they apply. Applicants must also meet the Canada Council for the Arts’ definition of a professional. 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: Travel Grants to Dance Professionals
Program description:
This program assists individual dance professionals to travel on occasions important to the development of their personal artistic practice or career.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. They must also be professional dance artists or other dance professionals. 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: Music Festival Travel Grants
Program description:
Music Festival Travel Grants assist professional Canadian musicians to perform at festivals, outside their province or territory of residence, at which they have not previously performed. This assistance is designed to introduce experienced artists to new audiences and artists at an early stage of their career to a wider public.
Program eligibility:
Professional artists who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada may apply. Professional solo musicians, groups, bands, ensembles and collectives performing repertoire from classical and non-classical traditions are eligible. 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: Inter-Arts Travel Grants to Professional Artists
Program description:
Travel Grants to Professional Artists assist Canadian, professional performance, interdisciplinary or new artistic practice artists to travel on occasions important to the development of their artistic practice or career.
Program eligibility:
The program provides two categories of support: Presentation Travel, which allows artists to travel with their work and to respond to invitations to present their work at recognized Canadian or international festivals or presentation venues outside their home region; and, Professional Development Travel, which allows artists to attend workshops, residencies, symposiums and conferences and/or to participate in other professional development opportunities outside their home region. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/interarts/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Grants to Theatre Artists: Travel Grants
Program description:
The Travel Grants to Theatre Artists program assists with travel costs for professional Canadian theatre artists. It assists them to accept invitations to attend Canadian or foreign premieres of their work, to accept prizes, or to participate as workshop leaders or guest speakers at conventions or conferences.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must be professional theatre artists and Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. 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: Grants for Professional Writers: Travel Grants
Program description:
Travel Grants enable writers and translators to respond to invitations on occasions that are of great importance to their career, such as being a keynote speaker at an international conference or a large international festival, being the guest of honour at an important book fair abroad, or receiving official international honours or prizes. Prestigious residencies in artists’ colonies, for which the applicant has been selected and has received financial support, are also eligible for Travel Grant funding.
Program eligibility:
Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. They must be recognized professional writers who have had: at least one book published by a professional publishing house; OR for fiction, a minimum of four texts of creative writing (e.g. short stories, excerpts from a novel) published on two separate occasions in literary magazines, recognized periodicals (including certain electronic periodicals or consumer magazines) or anthologies published by professional publishing houses; OR for poetry, a minimum of 10 published poems is required; OR for literary non-fiction, a minimum of 40 pages (10,000 words) of articles published in literary magazines, recognized periodicals or anthologies that are published by professional publishing houses. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/writing/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Travel Grants to Professional Artists: Architecture, Visual Arts (including Photography), Independent Critics and Curators, and Fine Craft
Program description:
Travel Grants to Professional Artists contribute towards expenses incurred to travel to an event important to the artist’s career.
Program eligibility:
These grants are intended for artists working in the following art forms: architecture, visual arts (including photography), independent criticism and curation, and fine craft.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/visualarts/
Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Travel Assistance for Theatre Artistic Directors, Administrators and Presenters
Program description:
The objective of this program is to enhance the production and dissemination of Canadian theatre artworks in Canada. It provides travel assistance to professional Canadian theatre artistic directors, administrators and presenters to see or to discuss future productions or presentations of Canadian plays.
Program eligibility:
Eligible applicants include Canadian theatre artistic directors, administrators, presenters and festival directors representing non-profit organizations. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/theatre/
Organization: Commonwealth Foundation
Program: Arts and Culture Responsive Grants
Program description:
The Foundation occasionally helps young artists and groups of artists from developing Commonwealth countries to travel to another Commonwealth country to participate in cultural events.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.commonwealthfoundation.com
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Program: International Showcasing Program
Program description:
No need to apply. This program assists Canadian artists with travel and accommodation costs to perform at some foreign music conferences (call or e-mail for details). The Foundation contacts those artists invited by the conferences. (Request International Showcasing Criteria).
Program eligibility:
Canadian solo acts, duos or bands that include at least one member who is a member of SOCAN will be contacted by the Foundation in the weeks preceding each international music conference. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.socanfoundation.ca
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Program: Cultural Program -Performing Arts (Support for Canadian Festivals and Conferences)
Program description:
The objective of this program is the promotion of Canadian interests abroad through forging relationships between international presenters and Canadian Festivals, Canadian Conferences and the Canadian artists present at these events.
Program eligibility:
Applications will be accepted from professional artists and professionals in the cultural field who are Canadian citizens or resident in Canada and from not-for-profit arts or cultural organizations or institutions registered in Canada. All applicants should have undertaken a minimum of three years professional cultural activity in Canada. Special consideration in regards to this last requirement may be given to applications from Aboriginal Canadians and younger Canadian artists. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Program: Cultural Program -Literature and Publishing Project Guidelines
Program description:
The program objective is the promotion of Canadian interests abroad by increasing public awareness of Canada and Canadian literature through support for the promotion in foreign markets of recently published fiction and works of literary non-fiction. Financial assistance may be requested for: promotional projects (including reading tours and media events) by writers in support of one of their works (generally the support of the foreign publisher is required); and participation by writers or their agents in important international book fairs.
Program eligibility:
Writers published by a recognized Canadian and/or foreign commercial publisher; and Canadian literary agents selling publishing rights to foreign publishers. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Program: Cultural Program - Visual and Media Arts (International Art Events)
Program description:
With the objective of facilitating the participation of Canadian artists in non-commercial international visual arts and media art events such as biennials and festivals, financial assistance may be offered to artists who have been invited to participate.
Program eligibility:
Professional Canadian visual and media artists. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Program: Cultural Program - Visual and Media Arts (Incoming familiarization visits)
Program description:
To encourage interest abroad in Canadian Visual Arts and Media Arts, consideration will be given to funding familiarization visits by foreign art experts, curators and art museum directors.
Program eligibility:
Canadian art museums, art centres, including artist-run centres. Further eligibility requirements may apply.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts
Organization: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Program: Cultural Program - Film and Television (Travel Grants for International Market Development)
Program description:
This program aims to project Canada and Canadian culture abroad by supporting the presence of professionals in the Canadian film and television industry at international festivals abroad and certain pre-selected foreign markets. The grant program offers financial support for participation in international events abroad for the purpose of promoting a product, selling distribution rights, securing financing for a production and stimulating international co-productions.
Program eligibility:
The applicant (producer/director) of the production must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. The production must be Canadian.
More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arts/
