Amount:
$ 10,000.00
Type of Program:
Grant
Description:
Toronto Arts Council’s Artists in the Library grants program provides grants of $10,000 to professional artists, arts organizations and collectives working in any discipline to undertake community-engaged artist residencies in selected branches of the Toronto Public Library.
Artists in the Library is an artist residency program intended to create new collaborative opportunities for Toronto artists and increase arts access in underserved communities by animating libraries in Etobicoke, North York and Scarborough. The Artists in the Library program provides funding to professional artists, arts organizations and collectives working in any artistic discipline to undertake community-engaged artist residencies in selected branches of the Toronto Public Library.
Comments on Funding:
The grant amount is $10,000. A TAC Accessibility grant will provide up to a maximum of $5,000 towards accessibility costs for artists incurred during the project. Applicants who are Deaf or have a disability and need support to complete their grant applications can apply for funds to cover the costs of assistance from Application Support Service Providers. Up to $500 is available per eligible applicant in each calendar year.
When It Ends:
Intake opens two to three months before the submission deadline
Deadline:
September 15, 2022
Eligibility:
Applicants must be professional artists, or professional not-for -profit arts organizations or collectives. Experience working with communities or children and youth is an asset.
Individual artists must:
Organizations and Collectives must:
TAC has two distinct funding envelopes:
- 1Arts Discipline funding (e.g. discipline-specific project grants and operating grants)
- 2Strategic funding (e.g. Artists in the Library, Animating Historic Sites, Open Door, etc.)
Applicants are eligible to receive only one grant from each funding envelope per calendar year. The Artists in the Library program falls within the Strategic Funding envelope. Any other Strategic Program grants must be complete with a final report filed and approved to meet eligibility criteria. (*Please note: individuals that receive a grant in each envelope may still be eligible to be a mentor for the Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship program and/or participate in the TAC Leaders’ Lab program. Please check with the program manager for eligibility)
Applications Steps:
Applicants:
must register to Toronto Arts Council's online grant application system and submit their applications during the intake period.
are encouraged to speak with the Program Manager prior to submitting an application, at least six weeks in advance of the deadline.
Programs are open to receive applications two to three months before the submission deadline. Applications remain available until 11:59:59 PM of the published deadline date.
Documentation Needed:
Check the program guidelines for details when they will be available (3 months prior to the grant deadline).
Other Things to Note:
- 1Application deadline: September 15, 2022 for residencies taking place in 2023.
- 2Program guidelines will be added approximately 3 months before the deadline date.
- 3A recording of the Artists in the Library grants information session can be found on TAC's YouTube and Instagram channels.
