The Great Canadian Visual Arts Grant Database
Hi all! I wanted to let you know about the launch of a new project of mine. As the post title states, it’s called “The Great Canadian Visual Arts Grant Database” and is, as you guessed, a database of every visual arts grant available in Canada!
At the moment I’ve got just about every major grant from the provincial and federal levels listed. I’m now in the process of searching through all the major cities in every province and all the private benefactors listed online, scouring the web to find every single grant opportunity.
“Why am I doing this?”, you may ask. We’ve got a vibrant and cohesive cultural society in Canada yet so many of our resources are scattered haphazardly across the internet or hidden away on government servers, never to see the light of day. I think it’s time to change this.
As an artist I am generously afforded the opportunity to apply for monetary grants to support my personal practice. Unfortunately I’ve often found while searching for those opportunities that the information I come across is out-of-date, erroneous or the grants and their websites no longer exist.
Being displeased with this outcome I decided to take it upon myself to research what is currently available and put it onto one handy dandy website where every artist, from coast to coast, can find the right grant for them!
It’s simple and clean and all the links work! I hope you like it and I hope you find what you’re looking for. At the moment I’m only listing grant opportunities that have website representation. If you know of anything that I’ve missed or that doesn’t have a website please don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll be happy to add a posting with all the pertinent information!
For now, that is all. Goodnight.
