Travel Grants to Theatre Artists
Deadline
You may submit your application at any time (one per fiscal year – 1 April to 31 March). Be sure to allow ample time to obtain and complete the application form, and to organize your support material.
Program Description
The Travel Grants to Theatre Artists program assists with travel costs for professional Canadian theatre artists and arts professionals. It assists them to travel in response to invitations to:
- accept prizes
- attend Canadian or foreign professional productions of their work (including staged readings abroad), or
- participate as workshop leaders or guest speakers at conventions or conferences.
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
Applicants must be professional theatre artists or arts professionals. They must also be Canadian citizens or have permanent resident status, as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The Canada Council for the Arts defines “professional” according to the following criteria:
- specialized training in the field (not necessarily in academic institutions)
- recognition by one’s peers (artists who work in the same artistic tradition)
- a commitment to devote more time to one’s artistic activity, if financially feasible, and
- a history of public presentation.
All Canada Council for the Arts programs are accessible to Aboriginal artists and artists of diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada.
Playwrights must have had at least one work produced professionally on stage or published professionally.
Other theatre artists must have practised with professional companies or independent professional productions for at least two years.
Scriptwriters who wish to write a stage play must have had at least one dramatic work produced professionally on radio, television or film.
Composers must have written music for at least one professional theatre production.
Candidates may receive only one Travel Grant each fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). They may also apply once per fiscal year to the Grants to Theatre Artists program.
Applicants must have submitted any outstanding final reports related to previous Canada Council grants before applying for another grant.
Eligible Activities
Within the activities eligible to receive support, the Theatre Section has established the following priorities. They are listed in descending priority order.
- Travel to receive a prize.
- Travel to the professional production (either nationally or internationally) of the artist’s work, including staged readings abroad.
- Travel for the purpose of leading workshops or panel discussions, or giving keynote addresses at national or international theatre conferences, conventions or festivals.
- Travel for the purpose of leading workshops or panel discussions, or giving keynote addresses at national and international conferences that are non-theatre in nature.
- Travel for theatre critics, professors and other theatre professionals who are full-time employees of a training institution and have access to travel budgets. Should funding not be available through those sources, they are eligible for travel support only to lead workshops or panel discussions or give keynote addresses at national and international theatre conferences, conventions or festivals.
Applicants should note that repeat appearances at the same event from year to year will be given lower priority.
Ineligible Activities
The following activities are not eligible for support through this program:
- Travel to participate in annual general meetings of Canadian arts service organizations and associations.
- Travel by individuals who are executive or board members of national or international organizations to lead panel discussions and workshops or give keynote addresses at national or international conferences or conventions convened by these organizations.
Grant Amount
Fixed amounts of $500, $750, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000 or $2,500 are available as a contribution toward applicants’ travel costs, based on excursion fares. However, the amounts of $2,000 and $2,500 are available only to applicants who are travelling to or from northern Canada or to international destinations other than the United States and Europe. Applications may include more than one destination, and applicants must justify the amount requested.
Retroactive funding is not available.
Application Form
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Further Information
Theatre 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. 4483
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: 613 565-5194
Fax: 613 566-4410
September 2006