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Assistance To Professional Canadian Contemporary Art Dealers (Pilot Program)

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Deadline

15 January

If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

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Program Description

This Canada Council program provides financial support to professional Canadian contemporary art dealers to offset costs for the national and international promotion of professional Canadian contemporary visual artists, which includes photographers and fine craft artists.

This pilot program assists eligible art dealers to undertake one or several initiatives, over the course of one year, that will:

  • increase awareness of Canadian contemporary visual art nationally and internationally
  • encourage the general public, private corporations and public institutions to purchase works by living Canadian visual artists
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Eligibility of Applicant

To be eligible, your organization must meet all of the following criteria. It must:

  • be registered as a business in Canada
  • be majority-owned and operated by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada
  • have been in operation for at least three years and have established a national and (or) international reputation
  • maintain a permanent exhibition venue that is open to the general public on a regular and ongoing basis.

In addition, 75 percent of the artists that your organization represents must be professional Canadian contemporary visual artists.

This Canada Council for the Arts program is open to Aboriginal arts organizations and arts organizations of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.

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Grant Amount

You may apply for a grant to a maximum amount of $20,000. You must round your budget request to the nearest hundred.

However, considering the budget available for this program, only successful applicants with an exceptional artistic and administrative track record are likely to be awarded the maximum available amount.

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Application Form

Assistance to Professional Canadian Contemporary Art Dealers (Pilot Program) (pdf format)
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.

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Further Information

Melinda Mollineaux
Program Officer
Visual 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. 4122

TTY: 1-866-585-5559

Fax: 613-566-4332

November 2010