Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts
Deadline
1 March
Program Description
Each year, an amount is available to the Canada Council for the Arts to support special initiatives in the Canadian crafts community. Awarded through the
Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts, this sum represents the income from an endowment of $500,000 made to the Canada Council by the late Mrs. Chalmers in 1985.
The objective of the program is to strengthen the discourse and knowledge of contemporary fine crafts in Canada.
The Chalmers Fund enables the Visual Arts Section to assist non-profit, Canadian visual arts organizations to undertake projects that contribute to the advancement and understanding of the fine crafts in Canada. Individual fine crafts professionals are also eligible to apply, but only to the Research and Policy Development Assistance component of the program.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Incorporated, non-profit Canadian visual arts and fine craft organizations, art museums, public art galleries, exhibition centres, artist-run centres, university art departments, art colleges, fine crafts colleges, service organizations and professional associations with a commitment to the professional fine crafts communities in Canada may apply for assistance to any of the three components of the program, but only one component in each competition.
- Individual fine crafts professionals (for example, artists, curators, critics and writers) may apply to the Research and Policy Development Assistance component only. They must be professional artists or arts professionals, and Canadian citizens or permanent residents, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
- This Canada Council for the Arts program is accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Eligible Projects
The Chalmers Fund provides partial funding for one-time projects through three program components:
- Research and Policy Development Assistance
- Special Project Assistance
- Pre-publication Assistance.
Priority consideration will be given to projects designed to foster a climate of analysis, evaluation and dialogue.
Grant Amount
There are no minimum or maximum amounts that may be requested or received through this program. Generally, grants will vary between $5,000 and $7,000, according to the requests received and the peer assessment committee’s evaluations. Applicants may not be awarded the full amount requested.
Retroactive funding is not available. In other words, you cannot use grant funds from this program for activities that were completed when you applied.
Application Guidelines and Form
Jean. A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts (pdf format)
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.
Further Information
José Niaison
Visual Arts Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5269
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
December 2009