OAC — Market Development Travel

Who is eligible?

• Ontario-based professional artists and arts professionals
• Ontario-based ad hoc groups and collectives in artistic practices
• Ontario-based incorporated not-for-profit professional arts organizations in supported artistic practices
• Ontario-based, Canadian-owned for-profit book or periodical publishers

Who is not eligible

• Commercial dealers, agents, and managers.
• Municipalities, schools, colleges, and universities.
• Community and semi-professional choral organizations, semi-professional youth orchestras, community orchestras, and choral training organizations/groups.
• Staff members applying as individuals for travel to represent their organization (the organization or publisher must be the applicant).

Eligible expenses

• Transportation costs for travel to eligible events or meetings with presenters
• Accommodation and meals during travel
• Registration and booth fees for recognized events
• Promotional materials for presenting artistic work to presenters

Eligible geographic areas

• Ontario

• Grant notifications are typically available approximately eight weeks after the application is submitted.
• Changes to funded activities are not allowed; if the proposed activity cannot be completed as planned, the grant must be returned.
• Recipients may be contacted after the final report to provide further information on the long-term impact of the grant.
• The artistic example provided in the application must be the specific work being promoted to presenters.