Program for: Individuals
Objective: Chalmers Arts Fellowships are grants intended for individual professional artists in Ontario to conduct self-directed research to further develop their artistic practice and creative ability in ways likely to generate long-term artistic and career development. These grants support artists to examine and experiment with style, technique, process, method or content; conduct research that targets an issue or concern in their artistic practice; or research, investigate and/or gather historic information.
The program supports artists at any stage of their career development, from emerging to established, including artists whose work reflect Ontario’s linguistic and cultural diversity, or Aboriginal and Franco-Ontarian identities.
Eligibility: This program is open to professional Ontario-based artists. In addition, in order to apply to the Chalmers Arts Fellowships program you must:
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be a Canadian citizen, a Permanent Resident of Canada, or have an application pending for Permanent Resident status and, if requested, be able to provide documentation to verify this;
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be a resident of Ontario for at least one year before the application is made;
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continue to live in Ontario at least eight months a year, with the following exceptions:
Artists who live in Ontario may leave the province for up to one year and continue to be eligible for OAC support if the absences are temporary (e.g. for an educational or artistic opportunity) and they do not also apply for support from the jurisdiction of their temporary residence.
Artists living permanently in Quebec municipalities in the National Capital region who:
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are applying to the OAC in French
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have been recognized as Ontario artists
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contribute actively to the artistic life of Ontario
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have not sought assistance from the Quebec government for the same activity
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work in one of the disciplines supported at OAC: arts education, community arts, crafts, dance, literature, media arts, multidisciplinary arts, music, theatre, visual arts
Ineligible Applicants
We will not accept applications from:
- applicants who have received two Chalmers Arts Fellowships
- members of a college or university faculty (Contractually Limited Appointment or Tenure Stream Appointment)
- co-applicants, groups, ensembles, collectives or organizations (incorporated not-for-profit or for-profit)
- undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate students enrolled full- or part-time in an academy, school, college or university, regardless of the program of study
- arts administrators
- individuals who have submitted an application to or have a grant in progress for the following OAC grant programs: Chalmers Professional Development Grants, Access and Career Development, National and International Residency and/or Ontario-Quebec Artist Residencies
- individuals who have any overdue or incomplete OAC post-project reports.
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Grant notification letters will be mailed out five months after the application deadline.
Guidelines and Application Form
The following guidelines and application are for information only. Before making an application, please ensure you have the 2012 guidelines and application, which can be obtained by contacting the OAC (see below). Guidelines and application forms are available on the web at least three months before the deadline.
Final Report
For more information, please contact Myles Warren, Awards Officer, 416-969-7422, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7422, mwarren@arts.on.ca. or Lucy Gouveia, Program Assistant, 416-969-7432, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7432, lgouveia@arts.on.ca.
Services in French are available by contacting Luciana Pierre, Francophone Arts Associate Officer, 416-969-7400, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7400, lpierre@arts.on.ca.
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