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Aboriginal Media Arts Program

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Deadline

1 April

If this date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, the deadline moves to the next business day.

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for detailed information.

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Program Description

The Aboriginal Media Arts Program offers grants to Aboriginal media artists to help them:

  • develop their careers
  • produce independent media artworks.

This program reduces the historical barriers to media arts production by Aboriginal artists and encourages the use of media arts as a tool for artistic expression.

Aboriginal peoples include First Nations, Métis and Inuit people of Canada.

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Eligibility of Applicant

  • You must be an Aboriginal person of Canada (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) and be a Canadian citizen or have permanent resident status as defined by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. You do not need to be living in Canada when you apply.
  • Individuals or groups of up to three artists working collaboratively on a project may apply.
  • If you are a graduate student, you are eligible to apply only if you meet the Canada Council’s definition of a professional artist, and the proposed production is not related to your program of study. A letter from your program director is required to verify this information, and it must be included with the application.
  • You may apply for funding to take training courses in media arts (but not to get a degree).
  • You must maintain complete creative and editorial control over the project you are proposing. Other funding sources must not compromise your creative and editorial control.
  • You must be the director of the production. Producers may not apply.
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Grant Amount

Emerging Artists

Grant amounts range from $3,000 to $20,000, increments of $1,000.

Mid-Career Artists

Grant amounts range from $3,000 to $60,000, increments of $1,000. If your application involves only research and/or scriptwriting activities, the maximum grant amount is $20,000

Established Artists

Grant amounts range from $3,000 to $60,000, increments of $1,000. If your application involves only research and/or scriptwriting activities, the maximum grant amount is $20,000

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Further Information

Ian Reid
Program Officer
Media 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, ext. 5203

TTY 1-866-585-5559

Fax: 613-566-4409

January 2011