Purpose: The program provides grants of $500 to Aboriginal artists working in the visual arts, crafts or traditional Aboriginal art forms for the cost of buying materials and supplies to make their work.
Artists must apply directly to one of the participating Aboriginal recommender organizations:
– Anemki Art Collective, Thunder Bay
– Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe Native Arts Canada, Niagara Falls
– Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M’Chigeeng
– Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford
Eligibility:
– This program is open to Aboriginal artists working in the visual arts, crafts or traditional Aboriginal art forms.
– The OAC’s definition of the term “Aboriginal” means Status and Non-Status, Métis and Inuit people.
– Applicants must reside in Ontario and be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
Deadline Dates:
– Anemki Art Collective has a single deadline of October 15, 2014.
– All other recommender organizations accept applications at any time, starting in July 2014, until their budgets are spent. The program closes on February 6, 2015.
Approved applications are forwarded to OAC by the recommender once the decision to award a grant has been made.
Program Guidelines and Application Form
Form-fillable Word Document / PDF Print Version
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Final Report
Form-fillable Word Document / PDF Print Version
For more information
– Anne Gardé Gravestock, Bilingual Program Assistant, (416) 969-7461, toll free 1-800-387-0058, ext. 7461, agravestock@arts.on.ca
– Caroline Cotter, Bilingual Program Assistant, (416) 969-7455, toll free 1-800-387-0058, ext. 7455, ccotter@arts.on.ca
– Lisa Wöhrle, Associate Visual Art and Crafts Officer, (416) 969-7419, toll-free: 1-800-387-0058, ext. 7419, lwohrle@arts.on.ca
– Sara Roque, Aboriginal Arts Officer, (416) 969-7454, toll-free: 1-800-387-0058, ext. 7454, sroque@arts.on.ca
Posted with permission from Sara Roque, Aboriginal Arts Officer, Ontario Arts Council
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