Assistance to Media Arts Production Organizations
UNDER REVIEW
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC Financial Reporting
Deadline
1 October 2009 (Annual funding)
All applications and support materials must be postmarked no later than the deadline date. If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
The Canada Council will not accept incomplete applications, applications sent after the deadline date, and applications sent by fax or email
Program Description
Assistance to Media Arts Production Organizations offers operating assistance to Canadian non-profit media arts organizations.
The Canada Council for the Arts defines the media arts as works in film, video, audio and new media.
This program is intended to assist Canadian organizations that have a mandate to support the practice of media arts, with particular emphasis on the quality of the activities developed by organizations:
- to support the research, creation, development and/or production of independent media artworks by Canadian artists
- to support the artistic and professional development of Canadian media artists, and
- to develop other services, facilities or activities that advance independent media arts practice by Canadian artists.
The Canada Council defines independent productions as those over which directors/artists maintain complete creative and editorial control, as well as a significant percentage of the copyright.
This program has two levels of assistance:
Level 1 – Annual operating assistance (1 October 2009)
Level 2 – Multi-year operating assistance (on a three-year cycle)
All Canada Council programs are accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Strategic Priorities
In keeping with the strategic priorities identified by the Canada Council for the Arts, this program strongly encourages organizations to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to fostering and developing the artistic practice of Aboriginal artists and culturally diverse artists.
Eligibility
To be eligible for operating assistance, applicant organizations must:
- have completed at least two full years of activities as a legally incorporated, non-profit organization in Canada
- have a board of directors, the majority of whose members are practising artists, using media in their practice, and/or media arts professionals such as curators or critics
- have as one of their principal mandates to provide ongoing support to research, creation, development and/or production of independent media artworks by Canadian artists
- be able to demonstrate that, with their assistance, a body of independent media artworks has been developed or completed by Canadian artists over the past year
- have an established administrative structure, including bylaws, policies and clearly defined responsibilities for staff and board members, and
- demonstrate sound financial management.
Organizations making their first application to this program
Organizations must have received project grants from the Canada Council for the Arts in each of the last two years and meet the basic eligibility criteria in order to apply for annual funding. Note that before being eligible to apply for multi-year support, organizations must have received annual funding for at least two consecutive years.
Organizations already funded through this program
All organizations that have received multi-year funding from this program in the past, or annual funding in each of the last two competitions, are eligible to apply for multi-year funding.
Organizations may not apply to this program to duplicate operating or ongoing assistance they receive from any other Canada Council program.
Eligible Activities
This program’s grants are intended to support the following types of activities (note that this is not an exhaustive list):
- giving artists access to production and post-production services, facilities and equipment
- offering funding or support programs in production/co-production, artists in residence, commissioning or production, as well as technical and/or creative laboratories and workshops
- providing facilities and services to support research and creation in media arts, and
- providing other services, facilities or activities that advance independent media arts practices by Canadian artists, such as supporting communication with members, archiving and preservation, mentoring, and members’ screenings.
Grant Amount
There are no minimum or maximum grants that may be requested.
Operating assistance helps pay the costs of administration, as well as all the costs related to the eligible activities listed above.
Applicants may receive less than the amount they requested.
CADAC Financial Reporting
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC
The Canada Council for the Arts is collecting financial information through a new national online database called CADAC (Canadian Arts Data/Données sur les arts au Canada). This system will enable arts organizations applying for operating funding from public funders who are members of CADAC to submit their financial information in the same format.
The following are member partners: the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Vancouver, the New Brunswick Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the Toronto Arts Council.
Application Guidelines and Form
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- Submit your financial information to CADAC.
Further Information
Michèle Stanley
Media Arts Section
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Telephone: 1-800-263-5588 (toll-free) or 613-566-4414, ext. 5251
TTY : 1-866-585-5559
Fax: 613-566-4409
August 2009