Grants to Individuals - Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Amount:

$15,000.00

Type of Program:

Grants & Loan

Description:

Grants to Individuals program supports Nova Scotia’s professional, practicing artists in the creation and dissemination of their own work. The program also supports professional artists by helping them to develop their practice and skills in all disciplines including fine crafts, literary, visual, media, and performing arts.

There are three types of grants, depending on the assisted activities:

1
Creation Grants provide funding to Nova Scotia professional artists working independently or collaboratively to create new work, in any art form, by contributing towards the artist’s living expenses and project costs.
2
Presentation Grants fund Nova Scotia professional artists working independently or collaboratively to create new work, in any art form, by contributing towards the artist’s living expenses and project costs.
3
Professional Development Grants provide assistance to Nova Scotia professional artists to pursue excellence in the arts through programs or activities such as mentoring, workshops, apprenticeships, conferences or graduate work. Curators and independent arts administrators are eligible under this category.

Comments on Funding:

Funding for Creation Grants is up to $15,000.
Funding for Presentation Grants is up to $5,000.
Funding for Professional Development Grants is up to $5,000.
Artists can only receive one Creation Grant in a 12-month period.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

May 15, 2020
November 15, 2020

Eligibility:

Applicants must be:

professional artists as defined by the Status of the Artist Act (including, but not limited to: having peer recognition, having a history of public presentation, having training appropriate to the artist's chosen discipline (including self-taught and/or apprenticeship training), earning income, fully or in part, from artistic activity, demonstrating serious intent and devotion of energy to practicing art),
Canadian citizens or landed immigrants who have maintained their primary residence in Nova Scotia for at least 12 months prior to the application deadline. Applicants who are out of the province temporarily and will be away for no more than 12 months may apply.

Application Steps:

Applicants must:

send the application by hand, courier or by email or regular mail and applications must be either received in the Arts Nova Scotia office by 4:30 PM on the deadline date or be postmarked no later than the deadline date,

print out and sent together with the application form all documents including text (e.g. project description, CV, letters of support). It should be printed single-sided with no staples, binders, plastic sleeves, paperclips, or bound in folders.

contact the program officer with enough notice prior to a deadline to ask any questions about the application process.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit:

the signed and completed application form,
a detailed project description (max. 2 pages),
a detailed budget,
a detailed schedule of work,
a two-page CV of the applicant and all other artists involved,
support material demonstrating the applicant’s professional practice (Images, video/audio, printed pages).

Letters of intent from any person or organization involved in the project, and/or letters of support from professional, practicing artists in the relevant discipline(s) might be necessary. Applicants must contact the program officer when in doubt about these documents.

Other Things to Note:

Successful applicants may also apply for the Access Support supplement, if the case.

Program Contact:

Grants to Individuals

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