Guidelines Released: Project Grant Program — Individuals and Collectives
The guidelines for the Project Grant Program — Individuals and Collectives for 2025 are now available. Applications open on March 26, 2025, and the deadline to apply is May 14, 2025.
The Project Grant for Individuals and Collectives provides one-time project funding to Calgary-based individual artists, artist collectives and cultural workers, working in any artistic discipline. Projects can include research, creation, development, production, presentation or dissemination of artistic work, or the experimentation or development of new or adapted approaches to practice.
Projects may begin, but cannot be fully completed, before the application deadline of May 14, 2025. Projects funded through this program must be complete by December 31, 2026.
Individual artists may apply for up to $20,000 and artist collectives may apply for up to $25,000.
Total funding available for this program is $3.1 million.
Information Session
You can learn more about the program guidelines and application process at our online information session, and/or by bringing your questions to our program specialists at one of weekly virtual ‘open office spaces.’
Online Information Session and Virtual Open Office Spaces
We are hosting an online information session for the 2025 Project Grant Program — Individuals and Collectives on April 8, 2025. This session is open to any artist interested in applying to this program.
Program Specialist Taylor Poitras will provide information about the program guidelines and application process and host a brief Q+A session after the presentation.
For Zoom security reasons, we ask that folks register before attending. The Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Registering for this session confirms that you agree to our Group Agreements for this event. Be sure to read the document before signing up.
When: Tuesday, April 8 from 5:30 – 7:30pm. Register here.
*ASL interpretation will be available at this session.
If you are an artist with specific access needs or require other translation or interpretation services, please let us know and we will arrange to make sure you have the support and information you need to fairly access the application process. This could include booking a one-on-one session with us.
To learn more about the kinds of services and support we offer, please review the Applicant Support & Accessibility Policy.
We will record the presentation portion of the info session and post it on our website afterwards. This may take up to two weeks. The video will be available to everyone — you do not have to register for the event to get access to the video.
Questions? Email taylor.poitras@calgaryartsdevelopment.com before registering.
Virtual Open Office Spaces
Throughout April and May, we are hosting weekly virtual ‘open office spaces’ online over Zoom for the 2025 Project Grant Program — Individuals and Collectives. These sessions are open to any artist interested in applying to this program.
Artists are welcome to login and join at any time during these Zoom sessions to ask our program specialists questions about the Project Grant, and to listen to other artists’ questions. Folks can stay for as long as or as short as they like. There is no formal presentation — just 60 mins of artist Q+A!
For Zoom security reasons, we ask that folks register before attending. The Zoom link will be provided upon registration. Registering for a session confirms that you agree to our Group Agreements for this event. Be sure to read the document before signing up.
When:
Friday, April 4, 2025, from 2 – 3pm. Register here.
Thursday, April 10, 2025, from 9:30 – 10:30am. Register here.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 5 – 6pm. Register here.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, from 10 – 11am. Register here.
Friday, May 2, 2025, from 12:30pm-1:30pm. Register here.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 5 – 6pm. Register here.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025, from 11:30am – 12:30pm. Register here.
*ASL interpretation is not currently booked for these drop-in sessions. These sessions will not be recorded.
If you are an artist with specific access needs or require translation or interpretation services, please let us know and we will arrange to make sure you have all the support and information you need to fairly access the application process. This may require booking a one-on-one session with us instead.
Questions? Email taylor.poitras@calgaryartsdevelopment.com or richelle.bearhat@calgaryartsdevelopment.com before registering.
The deadline to apply to the Project Grant Program for Individuals and Collectives is Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 4:30pm MT.
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