Tremplin Grant – Indigenous Arts
$3,000.00
Grant
Description:
This program is intended for professional and apiring indigenous artists, indigenous cultural workers, as well as indigenous collectives and indigenous non-profit organizations.
Comments on Funding:
This microgrant program provides assistance of up to $3,000, at any time, for projects requiring support and not covered by other sources of funding.
Continuous Intake
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
For an artist or cultural worker
1. Be a professional or emerging artist, or be an Indigenous worker (i.e., First Nations, Inuit or Métis)
2. Reside on the Island of Montréal or within a 50-km radius, including Kahnawà:ke and Kanehsatá:ke
3. Hold Canadian citizenship or permanent resident status
4. Be recognized by his or her peers or the community as an artist with an ongoing commitment to his or her artistic practice and art form, whether traditional or contemporary (see glossary for details)
For an Indigenous organization or artists’ collective
1. Only Indigenous organizations and artists’ collectives based within 50 km of the Island of Montréal, including Kahnawà:ke and Kanehsatá:ke, qualify for this program.
For an Indigenous artists’ collective
1. Be composed mostly (50% +1) of Indigenous artists
2.Be composed mostly (50% + 1) of Indigenous artists residing on the Island of Montréal or within a 50-km radius, including Kahnawà:ke and Kanehsatá:ke, including the filing representative
3. Be a group of artists, with any number of members. (Individuals whose artistic functions have a direct impact on the group’s research-creation-production activities are considered members of the collective.)
4. Be represented by an application coordinator who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
5. Two thirds of member artists must have Canadian citizenship or permanent residency: the proportion of collective members residing outside Canada may not exceed one third
For an Indigenous organization
1. Have its head office on the island of Montreal
2. Provide services or present professional artistic activities
3. Have a board of directors composed mostly of Indigenous individuals (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) residing ordinarily in Québec
4. Have an employability policy that encourages the hiring of Indigenous people. Decision-making positions, including in senior management and artistic direction, must be held by Indigenous individuals
Application Steps:
Applicants must complete and submit an application on ORORA portal , CAM’s online grant application system. You can do this about three months before the deadline.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
For an artist, collective or organization
1. A list of hyperlinks to excerpts or complete works (depending on the discipline), a portfolio or activities related to the application
2. If required, a personal appendix that contains all the supplemental documents you feel are relevant to your request in a single PDF file
For organizations only
1. The organization’s letters patent, if it is a first application or if there have been subsequent modifications
2. The organization’s statutes and by-laws, if it is a first application or if there have been subsequent modifications
3. The financial statements for the organization’s last fiscal year, signed by two board members )
Other Things to Note:
About the author
Maurice
