Purpose
This program supports Ontario-based Indigenous arts professionals and arts professionals of colour, or ad hoc groups and collectives made up of Indigenous arts professionals or arts professionals of colour for professional development and skill-building opportunities that advance applicants’ work and careers. It funds all contemporary and traditional art practices that are supported at OAC. Projects can include: study and training, mentorship, internship and apprenticeship and documentation of art work.
Deadline: May 4, 2023, 1 p.m. ET
Grant amount(s): Skills and Career Development: maximum $10,000
Important: Due to the number of applications received and the limited funds available, grants awarded may be smaller than the amount requested.
Eligible applicants
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individual Indigenous arts professionals and arts professionals of colour
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ad hoc groups and collectives made up of Indigenous arts professionals or arts professionals of colour
Important: You may only receive a Skills and Career Development grant once every two years.
What this program funds
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Study and training: to help cover the cost of arts professionals’ attendance at conferences, master classes and workshops or training courses
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Mentorship: to help cover the cost of developmental relationships between arts professionals and mentors
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Internship and apprenticeship: to help cover the cost of arts professionals working in temporary positions that emphasize on-the-job training. The applicant must initiate the internship/apprenticeship, and it cannot replace a current position at the group/arts organization
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Documentation of art work: to help cover the costs of professional preparation of materials that document an arts professionals’ skills, training and abilities
Eligible expenses can include:
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artist fees – payment to yourself or other individuals engaged in the project. Artist fees should be calculated based on time or contribution to the project. The program does not fund living and personal expenses – do not include these as the rationale for the calculation of artist fees.
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travel (out of town transportation, accommodation, meal allowance)
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tuition, registration or study fees
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mentor fees
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workspace/equipment rental
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purchase of small-scale equipment, software, electronics and similar materials required to carry out the project
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educational materials
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childcare and other dependant care fees enabling individuals to take part in the project (this does not include regular, ongoing expenses)
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expenses related to making the project accessible to audience members and project participants (other than the applicant) who are Deaf or have a disability
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Note: Applicants to this program who identify as Deaf or as having a disability may apply for supplementary funds for their own accessibility expenses through Accessibility Fund: Project Support.
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