Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase Program - Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Amount:

No Fixed Amount

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

Every year the Nova Scotia Art Bank adds to its collection through the Art Bank Purchase Program. Artists submit their works for consideration and the Art Bank acquires some of them. The art works become part of a working collection, they are maintained, loaned out and displayed in government offices and agencies. The program raises awareness of artists and their works and stimulates interest in visual arts and craft.

Comments on Funding:

Payment for works purchased is deemed taxable income by the Canada Revenue Agency. The Province will issue T4A slips to all artists whose works are purchased.
Payment will be provided following delivery of the work and the signing of an Exhibition & Copyright Agreement.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

February 15, 2020

Eligibility:

Applicants must:

be professional artists who are Canadian citizens, or landed immigrants who have maintained their primary residence in Nova Scotia for at least 12 months prior to the application deadline,
be professional artist collectives. For the purposes of the Art Bank Purchase program, a collective is defined as a group of (minimum two) artists, the majority of whom reside in Nova Scotia, who share copyright over collaboratively created artworks. A collective may be either a non-profit society or non-profit cooperative registered with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies or ad-hoc. Ad-hoc collectives will be asked to provide the social insurance number of the signatory applicant who will accept payment.
be Nova Scotian Commercial galleries on behalf of a living Nova Scotian artist or artist collective who they represent on regionally-exclusive and contractual basis,
have produced the work within five years prior to the application deadline.

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,

send only one application per artist or artist collective.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit:

a completed application form per artist,
an artist statement (maximum 300 words),
a brief résumé or short bio noting education and/or apprenticeship, experience, professional and artistic achievements (maximum 2 pages),
a list of all active members along with their place of residence, if an artist collective,
a maximum of ten (10) images of work per artist with information provided on the application form for each image. More than one photo may be submitted of the same artwork (e.g. different angles), however the total images submitted may not exceed ten (10). Images must accurately represent the work as is submitted for purchase.

Program Contact:

Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase Program

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