Funding Information

• Grant amount up to $1,000.

Eligible Costs

• Direct costs related to the current project.

Eligible Activities

• Workshops
• Specialized training
• Mentorships
• Public readings
• Presentations

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants who can apply:
  • Professional artists
    • An individual who has a practice in an artistic field, including craft, dance, literary arts, media arts, music, theatre, visual arts.
    • To be considered eligible for funding at MAC as a professional artist, an applicant must meet at least three of the following criteria:
      • Be recognized as a professional by their peers (artists working in the same artistic tradition);
      • Have specialized training in the artistic field (not necessarily in academic institutions);
      • Show significant commitment to their art practice;
      • Have a history of professional public presentation, publication, or being engaged with a practice in a public context;
      • Have received compensation for their artistic work at a level consistent with other professionals working in the same art form.
    • Emerging artist:
      • Is in the early stages of their professional career and beyond basic training;
      • Has up to five years of artistic activity, not including student work; and
      • Has a minimum of one professional presentation or publication.
    • Mid-career artist:
      • Has between five and 15 years of professional activity; and
      • Has a minimum of three professional presentations or publications.
    • Established artist:
      • Has more than 15 years of professional activity;
      • Has a minimum of five professional presentations or publications;
      • Has received compensation for their artistic work at a level consistent with other professionals working in the same art form.
  • Arts/cultural professionals
    • A professional in the arts, recognized by their peers, whose work supports and facilitates the arts in an arts discipline (i.e., administrators, producers, technicians, editors, cultural connectors, etc.).
  • Indigenous Knowledge Keepers
    • An individual whose role within Indigenous communities (First Nations, Metis, Inuit, and non-status) supports the preservation, retention, maintenance, and knowledge transfer of specific Indigenous worldviews, cultural practices, and traditions through art and creative practice.

Assessment Criteria

• Your Travel and Professional Development grant application will be evaluated by an internal committee of MAC staff based on the following criteria:
  • Artistic merit
  • Impact
  • Feasibility

For more information, visit Manitoba Arts Council.

https://artscouncil.mb.ca/grants/travel-professional-development/