OAC Visual Arts Projects — up to CA$15,000 for Ontario Artist Collectives and Independent Curators (Exhibitions, Murals, Residencies, Research)
Ontario Arts Council
The Ontario Arts Council (OAC), an agency of the Government of Ontario, funds professional artists, collectives and organizations across the province through project grants assessed by peer panels.
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Grants for visual arts presentations — exhibitions, festivals and mural projects with related outreach and education (including on digital platforms) — catalogues and publications, artist residency programmes offered by an organisation or collective with a public component, and independent curatorial research (studio visits, interviews, writing, exhibition development): up to CA$15,000 for collectives, organisations and curators’ presentation projects, up to CA$10,000 for curatorial research.
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Ad hoc groups and collectives of visual artists or arts professionals with 50% of members residing in Ontario; independent Ontario-based curators not employed full-time as curators in a public gallery or artist-run centre; incorporated not-for-profit Ontario visual arts organisations (including artist-run centres and public galleries) and other not-for-profit arts organisations presenting visual arts. Artists, curators and collectives may receive only one grant a year across OAC’s visual arts and craft programmes.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 1 p.m. ET (online application in Nova)
- Results
- About four and a half months after the deadline
- Costs to the artist
- None — grant for project costs; unfunded expenses covered by other revenue