Creating, Knowing and Sharing – Short-Term Projects

Value

$100,000

Description

The Short-Term Projects component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional and aspiring artists, cultural carriers, arts/cultural professionals, groups, collectives and organizations working in all disciplines. Grants provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities for projects lasting up to 1 year.

First-time applicants are strongly encouraged to speak to a Program Officer before applying.

Eligible Applicants

First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional artists
First Nations, Inuit and Métis aspiring artists working under the mentorship of a professional artist
First Nations, Inuit and Métis arts/cultural professionals
First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural carriers
First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups
First Nations, Inuit and Métis for-profit organizations that have been in operation for at least 2 years
First Nations, Inuit and Métis not-for-profit organizations

Eligible Expenses

Your activities must be led by eligible First Nations, Inuit or Métis professional artists, cultural carriers or arts/cultural professionals and can include participation of or collaboration with non-Indigenous artists.

You can apply for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities lasting up to 1 year, including but not limited to:

Creating– research; creation; production; critical discourse (including research or writing); residencies; collaborations
Knowing– mentorships; artistic training; community-based initiatives to engage young people through artistic practices; language preservation through artistic practices; intergenerational transmission of artistic knowledge; preservation of traditional knowledge through artistic practice; development of administrative, artistic, cultural or organizational capacity; research; collaborations
Sharing– local, regional, national or international exhibitions; implementation of dissemination strategy and organizational objectives; publishing activities; gathering events involving artistic practices; collaborations; marketing and publicity; presentations, festivals and showcase events; networking events involving artistic practices; outreach activities