Open Grants
From Visual Arts Nova Scotia
Groups, galleries and/or collectives can apply for up to $500 to create new programming or enhance existing programming in their community, encouraging art engagement activities across Nova Scotia.
- Amount
- Up to $500
- Who can apply
- Groups and collectives; Organizations
- Where you must live
- Nova Scotia
- Art forms
- Community arts
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Grant
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What is offered
Money to you
- We have expanded the Open Grants program so that a gallery, group or collective could apply for up to $500 to assist with costs related to an activity.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 26, 2026.
Eligibility
For this year, only groups from the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) community are eligible to apply. Eligibility: Any Indigenous, Black, and Racialized group, gallery, organization, or collective in Nova Scotia can apply for up to $500 to assist with costs related to creative endeavors and art engagement activities . Each group/ gallery/ organization/collective is eligible for one grant per year and there will be at least five grants available. Application: We do not prescribe how funds must be spent;
What to send
Not stated
Checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Source: https://visualarts.ns.ca/program/open-grants/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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