Creating, Knowing and Sharing: Long-Term Projects

Artistic Discipline: Crafts Culture Dance Digital arts Film Inter-Arts Literary Media Arts Multidisciplinary Music Music Video Programming Theatre Visual Arts Writing
Grant Type: Project
Funder: Canada Council for the Arts
Applicant Type: Indigenous
Status: Currently Inactive

Long-Term Projects is part of the Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples program. It funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis professional artists, cultural carriers, arts and cultural professionals, groups, collectives and organizations. Grants provide support for any combination of eligible Creating, Knowing and Sharing activities for projects lasting more than 1 year and up to 3 years. 

The Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples program supports activities in 3 broad areas: 

  • Creatingprovides support for research and the production and creation of new works of art. 

  • Knowing provides support for the retention, maintenance, innovation and transmittal of cultural knowledge and creative practice. This includes contemporary and historical critical discourse, arts/cultural training and initiatives that seek to pass cultural knowledge to younger generations through artistic practice, and the renewal and maintenance of customary art practices. 

  • Sharing provides support for the dissemination, exhibition, presentation and distribution of works of art by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, which enrich and engage communities in Canada and abroad. 

First-time applicants are strongly encouraged to speak to a program officer to determine project eligibility before applying. 

The next deadline for this program is TBC.

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