Assistance to Art Museums and Public Galleries
Deadline
The competition closing date is 1 November 2006 for the support of activities in the period from 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2009. Applications and all support material must be postmarked no later than the deadline. If this date falls on a weekend or a statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.
Program Description
The Assistance to Art Museums and Public Galleries program supports the work undertaken by these institutions to advance knowledge about and promote the enjoyment of contemporary visual art. For this program, visual art includes architecture, fine craft and photography.
The Canada Council for the Arts recognizes art museums and public galleries as institutions that collect, preserve, present and interpret works of art from the past and present. In doing so, these institutions give shape to the meaning and value of works in the visual arts, locating these works within a critical and historical context. The Canada Council regards public art galleries and art museums as the key mechanism linking artworks and Canadian audiences.
This program provides financial assistance for the following activities in contemporary visual art:
- collections management
- curatorial research
- presentation and circulation of exhibitions
- publication
- public programming activities
- audience development
- administration, and
- promotion.
Eligibility
Incorporated, non-profit Canadian art museums and public galleries with a mandate to serve the public may apply to this program. Applicant institutions must have a history of at least three years of ongoing programming in contemporary visual art and must employ professional staff, including a full-time director and full- or part-time curators responsible for contemporary programming. (A full-time director may also serve as the institution’s curator.)
Applicants must maintain a permanent, dedicated gallery facility that is open to the general public on a regular and ongoing basis. They must show evidence of support from other sources (public and/or private).
Both collecting and non-collecting public art galleries and art museums are eligible to apply to this program, as are university art galleries that serve a public function in the non-academic community.
Ethnology museums, history museums and museums of natural history and culture are not eligible to apply to this program.
All programs of the Canada Council for the Arts are accessible to Aboriginal arts organizations and arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Note: Visual arts organizations that do not meet the eligibility criteria for this program may be eligible for support through other programs of the Visual Arts Section. Please consult the Section for more information (for contact information, please see the Further Information section at the end of these guidelines).
Grant Amount
Grants awarded through this program will range from $10,000 to $300,000. Generally, grants will not exceed 25 percent of an institution’s total annual revenue.
Application Form
This application form consists of all documents below. These documents can be printed. The form cannot be filled out on-line.
Further Information
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, and enter the appropriate extension number
Applicants east of the Manitoba/Ontario border (except those in Toronto) should contact José Niaison, at ext. 5269
Applicants west of the Ontario/Manitoba border and those in Toronto should contact Doug Sigurdson, at ext. 5268
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: 613-565-5194
Fax: 613-566-4332
September 2006