CultivART program – organization component

• Organization letters patent, for first-time applicants or if changed.
• Organization constitution and bylaws, for first-time applicants or if changed.
• Most recent financial statements, if not already provided.

Who is eligible?

• Indigenous or non-Indigenous arts and culture organizations interested in hosting an intern while working in collaboration with a mentor.

Who is not eligible

• Organizations, interns or mentors that do not meet the general eligibility requirements.
• Artists who wish to offer an individual internship, artists’ collectives that would like to hire an intern, or artists or cultural workers who have already worked with the organization on more than one project, with pay.
• Cultural magazines that publish fewer than three issues per year, are distributed free of charge, or are available only in electronic format.
• Public or para-public organizations representing governments or municipal corporations, libraries, and organizations dedicated to teaching, education, or professional training.
• Organizations working exclusively in variety arts or comedy.

Eligible expenses

• Internship-related expenses such as computer, workstation, software, and equipment.
• Intern compensation.
• Mentor fees.

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Expenses included in the organization’s operating budget.
• Costs already covered by another grant program.
• Applications from organizations that do not meet the general eligibility requirements.
• Applications from artists seeking an individual internship or artists’ collectives hiring an intern.
• Organizations working exclusively in variety arts or comedy.

Eligible geographic areas

• Island of Montréal

• Quality of the application and proposed internship.
• Organization’s interest in properly hosting an Indigenous intern.
• Organization’s ability to meet the intern’s needs and objectives during matching.

• Step 1: Prepare the application
  • Complete the ORORA questions.
  • Gather the required organizational documents.
  • Prepare the internship description, objectives, calendar, and budget information.
• Step 2: Choose the application format
  • Submit the application in writing through ORORA, or
  • Submit a video application in which the answers to the ORORA questions are provided.
  • Keep any video application within five minutes.
• Step 3: Submit through ORORA
  • Send the application before the deadline.
  • Use the ORORA online portal for submission.

• Applications are first checked for eligibility.
• The Indigenous Arts Committee reviews applications and makes recommendations, and the Committee proposes grant allocations to the Board of Directors.
• The Board of Directors makes the final decision.
• Applicants are notified by email through ORORA, and decisions cannot be communicated by phone.
• If the project is selected before an intern or mentor is found, the organization may launch an optional call for applications; the host organization must have the selection approved in advance by contacting the Indigenous Arts Cultural Advisor by email, and the selected intern and/or mentor must create an individual ORORA profile, including their CV, self-identification tab, and final report.

• The organization can submit only one application per year.
• Applications may be submitted in English, but the form questions are in French only.
• A video application is allowed if the ORORA questions are answered and the video stays within five minutes.
• Selected organizations must use ORORA for reporting and project follow-up.