Arts Nova Scotia: Arts Equity Funding Initiative
$15,000
Grant
Description:
This program helps emerging and established professional artists from designated communities who have historically faced barriers to accessing funding support. Designed to support artistic growth, development, production and dissemination, the initiative is available to the following designated communities of artists:
Indigenous (Mi’kmaq as well as other First Nations, Métis and Inuit)
African Nova Scotian
Black
Racialized people of Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or mixed racial descents
Artists who are deaf, partially deaf, or hard of hearing
Artists who have disabilities
Artists who have mental illness or are mad-identifying
Comments on Funding:
This funding program is divided into the following categories:
Create – $15,000 Max.
Supports projects to develop or create new work.
Present $12,000 Max.
Supports the public presentation of artists’ own work.
Professional Development – $12,000 Max.
Provides funding to strengthen artistic or administrative capacity through formal study programs, mentorship, workshops, apprenticeship, conference, and other professional development activity
A special travel grant can be awarded in the same 12-month period as a Create, Present or Professional Development grant.
Special Travel – $1,000 Max.
August 15 February 15
Eligibility:
Applicants must be:
1. Professional artists.
2. Professional arts organizations.
3. Ad-hoc groups: a group of three or more professional artists (majority living in Nova Scotia) who are creating a new work together. Note: one group member will need to accept the funds and will receive a T4A slip
4. Non-profit organizations registered in Nova Scotia employing professional artists for a project
Application Steps:
Applicants must send application to artsnssubmissions@novascotia.ca
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
Mandatory Documents:
1. Online application form
2. Self-Identification form
3. Project description (Max. 2 pages)
4. Group member statements if you are submitting on behalf of a group of artists
5. Background Information About the Organization (for organization applicants)
6. Financial template
7. Schedule of work
8. Two-page CV of the applicant (and all other key artists involved in the project)
9. Support material
Optional Documents
10. Support material annotations (strongly recommended)
11. Letters of intent from any person or organization involved in the project
12. Letters of support from professional, practicing artists in the relevant discipline(s) may be necessary to include.
About the author
Maurice