Arts Presentation Fund for COVID Recovery │ Edmonton Arts Council

Eligible Applicants

o be eligible for these funds, the applicant must demonstrate the following:

• Artist fees must meet or exceed accepted professional rates, guided by the various arts service organizations and artist associations.
• Artists presented must meet reasonable standards of quality within their community and/or art form.
• Organizations, venues, and presenters must have the capacity to manage and deliver safe public presentation events.
• Performances or presentations must be generally accessible to the public, even if there is a reasonable cost to attend, or health-screening measures in place.

Normally, these funds will not be available to:

• Artists or collectives that self-present
• Presentations that are targeted to educational outcomes or audiences, such as school performances.
• Activity where the primary purpose is to present stock for sale, such as in a store, craft fair, or commercial art gallery.
• Activity where the primary purpose is to replay recorded media, such as a film presentation or DJ, unless there is active presentation/participation aspect with the eligible artist that created the work.
• Weddings, corporate parties, political events, private closed-door events, or other presentations that are inaccessible to the public for any reason, including high ticket costs.