Public Art Galleries Operating Funding | Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)

• exhibit visual works of art and provide programs in the visual arts for the general public as your organization’s principal mandate as stated in its incorporation documents
• engage in on-going development, implementation and promotion of visual arts programming as its core primary activity in an annual program for public presentation
• operate a gallery and/or exhibition space that:
  • is accessible to the public for at least 1,000 hours each year
  • fulfill the minimum requirements for the security and presentation of exhibited work
• employ at least one full-time equivalent administrative and/or artistic staff member responsible for planning and directing the gallery programs

Your organization must:

• be a not-for-profit organization
• be registered and in good standing under the appropriate legislation and have been in operation in Alberta for at least three years
• have at least 50% of the organization’s board members living in Alberta
• contract with exhibiting artists and provide professional artists’ fees according to copyright legislation and schedules recommended by the Canadian Artist Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC)
• demonstrate the ability to operate using good governance principles, effective administration practices, and a commitment to fiscal responsibility while maintaining an artistic mandate
• operate as a stand-alone arts organization at arms-length from municipalities, commercial enterprises, or organizations and institutions receiving annual operating funds from the Government of Alberta or its affiliates
• comply with all Canadian Arts Database (CADAC) financial and statistical data requirements
• have a board-approved cash reserve policy