Assistance to Art Museums and Public Galleries for 2008-2010
Deadline
1 November 2007
This is for the support of activities for the period of 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2010.
Program Description
This program offers financial support to art museums and public galleries for the work undertaken 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.
For this program, a collecting institution is considered to be one that is actively involved in research on, and the acquisition and preservation of, contemporary artworks as an ongoing institutional function. These activities are in addition to the institution’s public presentation and interpretation activities. The Canada Council recognizes collections of contemporary visual art as those that include all media usually defined as “fine art,” such as painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture and installation; the documentation of conceptual art and performance art; architectural maquettes and drawings; fine craft; and photography, film and video.
A non-collecting institution is one that is chiefly involved in the presentation and interpretation of artworks. While it may own artworks, it is not involved in ongoing acquisition activities.
To be eligible for support from this program, a university art gallery must serve a public function in the non-academic community. It may be either a collecting or non-collecting institution.
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 Visual Arts Section program information on the Canada Council’s website or contact the program officer as indicated below (see Further Information).
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.
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
July 2007