Atlantic Canada Business Grants

Schools

School Touring Program (STP)

Amount:

$20,000

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The School Touring Program (STP) is available to professional artists, groups, and not-for-profit arts organizations to support significant touring productions to schools throughout the province. The program covers touring costs only (i.e. travel, accommodation, per diems, artist and technician fees, tour administration, royalties, and limited rehearsal).

Comments on Funding:

Funding is up to $20,000.
A full grant of $20,000 requires at least 10 presentations/ performances, or 7 if the tour includes one or more stops in Labrador or communities on the south coast of the island that are not accessible by road. At least two thirds of the presentations/ performances must be in rural schools.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

June 15

Eligibility:

The applicant must:

  • be a professional individual artist, 
  • be a professional arts group,
  • be a professional not-for-profit arts organization,
  • 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 or a not-for-profit arts organization,
  • 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.

Definition of a professional not-for-profit arts organization: 

A formal organization operating 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 registered, or operates as a non-profit arts entity,
  • has a board of directors overseeing the operations of the organization,
  • has a paid artistic director, general manager, or equivalent,
  • pays artist fees at established national standards for the artistic discipline(s) and practice in which it operates,
  • has internal or external oversight of the organization’s finances and produces an annual financial statement.

Application Steps:

1

is encouraged to book a meeting with program staff to discuss his application well before the application deadline,

2

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

3

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

4

must submit emailed confirmation from the schools they will visit before a grant cheque will be released.

Only one application per artist, group or organization will be accepted per application deadline.

Documentation Needed: 

The applicant must submit:

  • submit a complete application on/before the application deadline consisting of a detailed project description of the tour and workshops, a budget, a list of potential schools for the tour, and resumes/bios of key participants that confirm a professional arts practice,
  • support material of the presentation to be shown to students, 
  • a list of board or group members including province of residency for each individual, and a financial statement for their last completed fiscal year listing revenue, expenses, surplus/deficit for the last year, and accumulated surplus/deficit, if a group or an organization.

​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 program is offered in partnership with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development through its Cultural Connections Strategy.
Application deadline: June 15 for projects in the upcoming school year (September to June).

Program Contact:

School Touring Program