OAC — Visual Artists Creation Projects

• The applicant must be a professional visual artist residing in Ontario, classified as emerging, mid-career, or established based on years of professional practice and public presentation.
• If applying as a collaborative team, all team members must meet the program and category eligibility criteria; one artist must apply on behalf of the group.
• The applicant must have creative control over the project and hold copyright to the proposed work.
• The proposed project must involve the creation of new visual arts work and be completed within two years of receiving the grant.

Who is eligible?

• Professional visual artists based in Ontario (including emerging, mid-career, and established artists)
• Artist collectives or collaborative teams, provided all members meet eligibility criteria

Who is not eligible

• Companies and organizations; this program is for individual professional visual artists only.
• Student organizations or businesses whose staff are enrolled as full-time undergraduate or graduate students.
• Businesses whose main activity is in education or training (student or educational projects are not funded).
• Companies applying for exhibition presentation, marketing, publication, or fundraising projects.

Eligible expenses

• Materials and supplies required to create new work.
• Production costs directly related to the creation of the project.
• Studio space or equipment rental necessary for project execution.
• Purchase of small-scale equipment, software, or electronics needed for the project.
• Artist fees, including payment to yourself or other artists engaged in creating the work (excluding living and personal expenses).
• Travel expenses only if required to create the work (for example, travel to the location of the subject of the work).
• Childcare and other dependant care fees specifically to enable participation in the project (excluding regular, ongoing expenses).

Eligible geographic areas

• Ontario

• Excellence of the artistic project presented.
• Diversity and scope of the artistic practices reflected in the application.
• Value of the project's contribution to the regional artistic community and the diversity of artists.

• The program does not provide juror comments or feedback to applicants, whether successful or unsuccessful.
• Partial grants are not awarded; only full grant amounts by category are given.
• If awarded, grant recipients must wait a year before reapplying to the program.
• Applicants must have creative control and copyright over the proposed work.