Alberta Focus Initiative
Canada Council for the Arts
Dates: Spring 2025
Closing date for Consultants: March 12, 2025
The Canada Council for the Arts is launching the Alberta Focus Initiative to deepen its collaboration and engagement with Alberta’s vibrant arts community.
This initiative builds on the commitment by the Canada Council for the Arts to address historical funding imbalances experienced by Alberta’s arts communities. Past related efforts have included organizing in-person outreach sessions in Lethbridge, Canmore, Edmonton and Calgary, including dedicated sessions for artists and arts organizations from Indigenous, Deaf and disability and racialized communities.
Starting in the spring of 2025, two Alberta-based arts liaison consultants will be retained to establish an on-the-ground presence for the Canada Council in Alberta. The consultants will engage with communities across the province to increase awareness of and access to funding opportunities and provide the Council with field intelligence with a view to ensuring impactful support of Alberta’s arts sector.
This latest two-year initiative will build on the Council’s previous investment in programs like Future Focus in Calgary and Invent and Adapt in Edmonton. Through ongoing collaboration with the Alberta arts sector, this initiative will expand the Council’s reach and impact in Alberta for the benefit of the entire arts ecosystem.
For more information and to apply visit Canada Council Launches Alberta Focus Initiative | Canada Council for the Arts
Alberta Arts Liaison Consultant
The Canada Council for the Arts intends to retain two Alberta-based Arts Liaison Consultants tasked to develop and deliver a pilot-initiative in 2025-2027. Over the next two years, these consultants will establish on-the-ground presence for the Canada Council for the Arts in Alberta and engage with communities in information sessions and other activities across the province, with the goal to:
- Increase awareness of, and access to, the Canada Council funding opportunities for Alberta artists, arts groups, and organizations
- Provide field intelligence that will inform the strategies employed by the Canada Council to ensure a meaningful, lasting impact, in support of Alberta’s arts sector.
*Please note: The closing date is March 12, 2025 at 2pm EST.
Type of Service Required: Professional services
Contact Person : Julie Bolduc
Email: bids-offres@canadacouncil.ca
About the Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is the national public arts funder in Canada, with a mandate to “foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.” The grants, services, initiatives, prizes and payments that are awarded by the Canada Council contribute to the vibrancy of a creative and diverse arts and literary scene; these activities support and have an economic impact on the arts in communities across Canada. The Council’s investments foster greater engagement in the arts among audiences from coast to coast to coast, as well as contributing to the international recognition of Canada’s artists and arts organizations.
