Grants for Media Arts Dissemination: Annual Assistance for Programming
UNDER REVIEW
NEW THIS YEAR: CADAC Financial Reporting
Deadline
1 May
If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day. Your completed application and all support material must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.
The Canada Council will not accept applications postmarked after the deadline, incomplete applications, or those submitted by fax or email.
Program Description
This program supports work undertaken by Canadian arts organizations to present to the public innovative Canadian independent media artworks from various regions and cultural communities and that highlight a diversity of voices and visions. The objective of this support is to develop increasingly knowledgeable and committed audiences as well as to advance the development, understanding and appreciation of the media arts. Annual Assistance for Programming is directed to Canadian non-profit artist-run organizations that present Canadian independent media artworks to the public through an annual, ongoing program.
The Canada Council for the Arts defines the media arts as works in film, video, audio and new media. Independent productions are those over which the artist maintains final creative and editorial control.
The Canada Council gives priority to the presentation of works that are innovative in the themes and subjects they address, the point of view they express and the aesthetic strategies they employ.
In keeping with the strategic priorities identified by the Canada Council for the Arts, special consideration will be given to projects that:
- present the works of Aboriginal artists;
- present the works of culturally diverse artists;
- raise the profile of independent Canadian artworks;
- reach diverse audiences, including young audiences.
Eligibility
To be eligible for annual funding, organizations must have been in operation for at least two years, be directed by a board of practising media artists, have an established administrative structure and be legally constituted as a Canadian, non-profit organization.
Organizations must demonstrate a serious, ongoing commitment to the presentation of Canadian independent media artworks as one of their primary activities.
Organizations must present a minimum of six public presentations of Canadian independent media artworks per year. These presentations must be spread over a minimum of six months. Any international public presentations of Canadian independent media artworks must be co-curated with a host organization abroad, and the costs must be shared with the host organization.
Eligible public presentations include exhibitions, screenings, installations, performances and telecommunications events. Organizations may include webcasts and television or radio broadcasts of existing media artworks as part of their annual programming.
Organizations must pay artists' fees and/or distributor rental fees and honoraria for the Canadian, independent media artworks presented. At the time of application, organizations are required to submit a list including the name of the artist and/or distributor, the date and the amount of payment for each Canadian, independent media artwork presented in the previous year. We also reserve the right to request cancelled cheques or other proof of the payment of artists' and/or distributor rental fees.
Organizations must demonstrate sound financial management through their financial reports and budget forecasts.
This Canada Council program is accessible to Aboriginal arts organizations and arts organizations of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Grant Amount
There are no minimum or maximum grants that may be requested or received. Applicants may receive less than the full amount requested.
These grants provide a contribution only to the Canadian independent media arts component of an organization’s programming.
Eligible costs include:
- programmers’ and curators’ fees, and their research and travel costs;
- payments to artists, including artists’ fees, distributor rental fees and honoraria;
- artists’ travel costs;
- rental of presentation equipment and facilities;
- shipping costs for media artworks;
- technical costs, including technicians’ or projectionists’ fees, and installation costs;
- costs of writing and publishing interpretive documents (including catalogues and programs);
- publicity and promotional costs, including those for production of marketing/promotional tools, media relations and advertising;
- costs of audience development and educational initiatives, including outreach activities, panel discussions and artists’ talks.
Costs associated with the presentation of non-Canadian or non-independent media artworks or artworks in other disciplines (such as dance, theatre and music) are not eligible. The following are also not covered by these grants: equipment purchase costs; capital costs; costs associated with production workshops, technical workshops or artists’ residencies; and costs associated with the production or commissioning of artworks.
Costs associated with touring or circulation activities and/or presentations outside the applicant’s home city are not eligible under this program. Such activities may, however, be covered through the Media Arts Dissemination Project Grants program.
CADAC Financial Reporting
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 Form
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 (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers : 613-565-5194
Fax: 613-566-4409
March 2009