Visiting Foreign Artists Program
Deadline
1 June 2008
Your completed application must be postmarked on or before the deadline date.
The Canada Council will not accept applications postmarked after the deadline date, incomplete applications, or those submitted by fax or email. You will not be contacted if your application is incomplete or late.
Program Description
The Visiting Foreign Artists Program provides grants to Canadian professional arts organizations to encourage visits by individual professional foreign artists of outstanding achievement. Organizations may invite an individual artist from any foreign country.
While in Canada, the visiting foreign artist is to direct workshops, teach master classes for professional artists and/or, for Inter-Arts, Media Arts, Visual Arts, Theatre, Writing and Publishing, give artist talks. Visiting foreign artists will be expected to supplement the activities of their host organization rather than replace a staff member.
Eligibility
Professional Canadian arts organizations that have received at least one grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in the last three years are eligible to apply to this program. Organizations receiving operating funding cannot apply to this program for activities already supported by the Canada Council. Furthermore, they must state clearly how the activities of the visiting foreign artist would be distinct from their activities that the Canada Council is currently funding. This program will not support visits already funded by another Canada Council program.
Eligible organizations may submit up to three applications to each competition. Only one foreign artist may be invited per application.
All invited artists must be recognized as professionals in their discipline. The Canada Council defines a professional artist as someone who has specialized training in the field (not necessarily in an academic institution), who is recognized as such by her or his peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition), and who has a history of public presentation or publication.
Grant Amount
Grants are available in fixed amounts of $500, $750, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500 or $3,000.
Application Form
Visiting Foreign Artists (Pilot Program) (PDF Acrobat format).
This form can only be printed and cannot be filled out on-line.
Further Information
Canada Council for the Arts
350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Ottawa ON K1P 5V8
Program Officers listed below can be reached on our toll-free number 1-800-263-5588 or local number 613-566-4414:
Dance Section: Robyn Campbell, ext. 5501
Inter-Arts Office: Claude Schryer, ext. 4204
Media Arts Section: Josette Bélanger, ext. 5252
Music Section: Karen Barber-Ing, ext. 4243
Theatre Section: Kim Selody, ext. 5289
Theatre Section: Mell Aimé-Cyriaque, ext. 5486
Visual Arts Section: Jim Logan, ext. 5266
Writing and Publishing Section: Marcel Hull, ext. 4571
Fax: 613-566-4390
TTY (TDD) machine, for hearing-impaired callers: 613 565-5194
October 2007