OAC — Market Development Travel

• The applicant must be an Ontario-based incorporated not-for-profit professional arts organization, an Ontario-based Canadian-owned for-profit book or periodical publisher, an ad hoc group or collective based in Ontario, or a professional artist or arts professional residing in Ontario, working in an artistic practice supported by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC).
• The project must involve travel at least 100 kilometres from the applicant’s place of residence to promote specific artistic work to presenters via a recognized arts marketplace or meetings with at least two presenters.
• The application must be submitted before travel begins and the activity must start on or after the application submission date.
• The proposed initiative must be aimed at expanding the reach of Ontario artists and building new audiences through market development opportunities.

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

• Artistic merit of the work being promoted.
• Rationale for the choice of work being promoted to these presenters or at this event.
• Significance of the work within the applicable artistic field(s).
• Level of interaction with presenters.
• Relevance and importance of the opportunity in the context of the applicant’s career stage, practice, and goals.

• 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.