Visiting Foreign Artists Program: Inter-Arts, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts and Writing and Publishing
Deadline
1 June
Program Description
The Visiting Foreign Artists Program provides grants to Canadian professional arts organizations to encourage visits by individual professional foreign artists of outstanding achievement. Organizations may invite an individual artist from any foreign country.
Organizations in Dance must present projects concerning master classes and workshops led by foreign dance artists to the Support Services to the Dance Milieu: Project Funding program.
While in Canada, the visiting foreign artist is to direct workshops, teach master classes for professional artists and/or, for Inter-Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Theatre, Writing and Publishing, give artist talks. Visiting foreign artists will be expected to supplement the activities of their host organization rather than replace a staff member.
Eligibility
Note that meeting the eligibility criteria allows your organization to apply to the program. This does not, however, guarantee that you will receive a grant.
Professional Canadian arts organizations that have received at least one grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in the last three years are eligible to apply to this program. Organizations receiving operating funding cannot apply to this program for activities already supported by the Canada Council. Furthermore, they must state clearly how the activities of the visiting foreign artist would be distinct from their activities that the Canada Council is currently funding. This program will not support visits already funded by another Canada Council program.
Eligible organizations may submit up to three applications to each competition. Only one foreign artist may be invited per application.
All invited artists must be recognized as professionals in their discipline. The Canada Council defines a professional artist as someone who has specialized training in the field (not necessarily in an academic institution), who is recognized as such by her or his peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), and who has a history of public presentation or publication.
This Canada Council for the Arts program is accessible to Aboriginal artists or organizations and artists or organizations of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Grant Amount
Grants are available in fixed amounts of $500, $750, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500 or $3,000.
Application Form
Visiting Foreign Artists (PDF Acrobat format).
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.
Further Information
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Program Officers listed below can be reached on our toll-free number 1-800-263-5588 or local number 613-566-4414:
Inter-Arts Office: Sue-Ellen Gerritsen, ext. 4679
Media Arts Section: laura jeanne lefave, ext. 5254
Music Section: Aimé Dontigny, ext. 5111
Theatre Section: Kim Selody, ext. 5489
Theatre Section: Mell Aimé-Cyriaque, ext. 5486
Visual Arts Section: Geneviève Landreville, ext. 5109
Writing and Publishing Section: Marcel Hull, ext. 4016
Fax: 613-566-4390
TTY: 1-866-585-5559
April 2010