Professional Artists’ Travel Fund (PATF) - Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Amount:

$1,000

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Professional Artists’ Travel Fund (PATF) is available to professional artists and groups invited to take part in unexpected activities that will enhance their careers. Such activities would include the presentation, development, or celebration of the artist’s work.

Comments on Funding:

Funding is a grant of up to $750 for travel within the province, and up to $1,000 for travel outside the province. Eligible costs include return airfare, bus or train tickets, local transportation, hotel/accommodation, and per diems..

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

be a professional individual artist,
be a professional arts group,
be a Canadian citizen or have Permanent Resident Status, a current resident of Newfoundland and Labrador for a minimum of twelve consecutive months at the time of submitting an application and at least 18 years of age or hold post-secondary standing, if a professional individual artist,
have been active in Newfoundland and Labrador for a minimum of one year at the time of submitting an application, have actively engaged in professional arts activities within the last year, have at least half its members residing in Newfoundland and Labrador and have at least half its members who are at least 18 years of age, or have post-secondary standing, if a professional arts group,
be working in the disciplines of dance, film, music, multidisciplinary arts, theatre, visual arts, or writing.

Definition of a professional artist:

A person shall be considered to be a professional artist if that person satisfies 4 of the following criteria, including at least one of the criteria referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c):

receives or has received compensation which can be included in professional or business income,
has a record of income or loss relevant to the history of his or her work and appropriate to the span of his or her artistic career,
has received public or peer recognition by publicly disseminated critical reviews or appraisals or by similar means,
has presented his or her work to the public by means of exhibitions, publications, screenings, performances, readings, or by other means appropriate to the nature of his or her work,
is represented by a dealer, publisher, agent or similar professional representative appropriate to the nature of his or her work,
devotes a reasonable proportion of his or her professional time to promoting or marketing his or her work;
the person

has received professional training in an educational institution from a practitioner recognized in his or her profession, or
is self-taught within the established practices of the person’s cultural traditions,

has membership in a professional association, appropriate to his or her artistic activity,

whose membership is or categories of membership are limited under standards of the association, or
which is a trade union or equivalent appropriate to his or her artistic activity, and

holds copyright in his or her own work and has received royalty or residual payment based on that copyright.

Definition of a professional arts group:

A group of individual artists who work in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL and that:

has the creation and/or presentation of works of art as its primary activity,
is composed of at least two individuals,
has all members meeting ArtsNL’s definition of a professional artist,
charges artist fees at established national standards for the artistic discipline(s) and practice in which it operates,
pays individual members artist fees at established national standards for the artistic discipline(s) and practice in which it operates,
has internal oversight of the group's finances and can produce an annual financial statement.

Application Steps:

submit complete applications and support material online using the ArtsNL Online Application System,

must submit final reports on all past ArtsNL grants before ArtsNL will release funding for a new project.

Only one travel grant can be awarded to an applicant in a 12-month period.

Documentation Needed:

The applicant must submit:

an applications including: a detailed description of the activity, letter of invitation from the host organization, complete budget of all revenues and expenses, up-to-date resume of key participants that confirms a professional arts practice and lists the province of residency for each individual,
a financial statement for its last completed fiscal year, if an arts group,
relevant support material, if the case.

A final report on all projects funded by ArtsNL is typically required within three months of the project end date listed on the application form.

Other Things to Note:

The PATF operates on four-month funding cycles each year (April1 to July 31, August 1 to November 30, and December 1 to March 31). Funds may be exhausted before the end of a funding cycle.

Program Contact:

Professional Artists' Travel Fund

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