Indigenous Arts Support: Grants for Individuals
From Ontario Arts Council
A wide range of artistic and professional development activities and expenses that help to further the careers of Indigenous aspiring and professional artists, curators, programmers, presenters and literary editors.
- Amount
- $3,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Ontario
- Art forms
- Writing, Community arts
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- Aspiring artists: $3,000
- Professional artists: $15,000
- Curators, programmers, presenters and literary editors: $10,000
- This program does not award partial grants.
- A grant awarded by this program does not count toward the recipient’s maximum of three project grants per year.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
professional artists, including Indigenous Culture Carriers with an artistic practice Indigenous aspiring artists Indigenous professional curators, programmers, presenters and literary editors See definitions of these terms below This program is for First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants who know and can describe their Indigenous identity in relation to community and culture. Applicants will be asked to declare their identity and demonstrate their relation to community and culture in the grant application. See definition of Indigenous below .
What to send
Nova read the Guide to OAC Project Programs create or update your profile in Nova your answers to application questions artistic example: It is mandatory to include one example of artistic support material. Each of the following file types is considered one example: video (up to 3 minutes) audio (up to 3 minutes) images (up to 3 images) written (up to 5 pages) support documents: artist CV ( see definition below ) Nova Nova Nova User Guide
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Source: https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/indigenous-arts-support-grants-for-individuals (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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