Toronto Craft Alert

As a member of the ArtsVote Facebook Group, I received the note below from them outlining their campaign priorities for 2010.  Really interesting to note that Toronto’s arts and culture funding  ($18 per Torontonian) falls significantly below Vancouver ($26) and Montreal’s ($33).  Shame shame.

Looking forward to the ArtsVote Report Card in Sept. to help me decide how to vote!

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Hello Artsvote Fans, Folks and Friends,

ArtsVote Toronto 2010 is working to elect candidates who are committed to making Toronto a world-class hub for arts and culture. The highly anticipated ArtsVote Report Card, to be [...]

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An experiment in microfunding for the arts, tinygrants facilitates short term, creative interventions through the distribution of small grants to artists at any stage in their career. tinygrants promotes collaboration, participation, curiosity and awareness amongst a broad range of artists and audiences.

Applications are now available and can be downloaded from www.tinygrants.ca in the “How to Apply” section. Please read the FAQ to learn more about this microgranting model.

Applications are due no later than 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 22, 2009.

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The Ontario Arts Council has a couple of grants that you really should know about (and apply for) as a practicing craft artist or collective/org.  TCA has received funding from the Collectives/Orgs grant for the past couple of years and has grown tremendously as a result.  If you’ve never applied for a grant before and think you aren’t fancy enough, please keep in mind that we were just a personal blog when we started out and had never applied for a grant previously.  As long as you meet the criteria you have a [...]

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Applications for exhibition assistance grants are now being accepted. Applying artists must have an exhibition scheduled and confirmed in a publicly accessible venue. Grants can assist with exhibition costs, including framing, presentation and shipping. Application forms and conditions for entry are available at the gallery or by visiting the Ontario Arts Council website.

All applications must include 10 images (slides or jpgs), resume, budget, a letter of confirmation for upcoming exhibition, an artist’s statement and description of the exhibition and a SASE with sufficient postage for return of all submitted material. All support material will be returned following the recommender’s [...]

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