Canada Council's Integrated Arts Program

Please note that guidelines and forms for the following Inter-Arts Office programs are now available on the Canada Council web site:

- Integrated Arts Program for Organizations: Creation/Production Project Grants (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/interarts/zn128358286202832203.htm)

- Integrated Arts Program for Organizations: Dissemination, Support and Development Project Grants (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/interarts/jb128366936717339021.htm)

- Integrated Arts Program for Organizations: Operating Grants (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/interarts/zk128366982385559584.htm)

Guidelines and forms for the following programs will be available on the Canada Council web site (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/interarts/) by the end of September:

- Integrated Arts Program for Organizations: Dissemination, Support and Development: Annual Programming Grants

- Integrated Arts Program: Touring Grants

Deadline

The deadline for all of the above grants is 15 November 2008, however, because the deadline falls on a weekend, applications to the Integrated Arts Program for Organizations will be accepted with a postmark no later than 17 November 2008. All project grant competitions will also be available through GO! Grants Online (https://go.canadacouncil.ca/index.aspx? ) in October.

Please note that there are no major changes to the program objectives nor the eligibility criteria. A detailed Frequently Asked Questions section is now included in the form.

We would also like to inform you of the following upcoming Inter-Arts Office grant program deadlines:

- Flying Squad Organizational Assistance Program in Visual Arts, Media Arts and Inter-Arts: 15 October 2008 (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/iu127676494620069427.htm)

- Integrated Arts Program for Artists: Research, Production and Professional Development Grants: 1 May 2009 (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/interarts/wi128333901660854927.htm) NB: guidelines and forms for this competition will available during the winter of 2009

- Travel Grants to Inter-Arts Professionals: no deadline (http://www.canadacouncil.ca/grants/interarts/ip127221994461093750.htm)

Artists and Community Collaboration

Artists and community collaboration is recognized as an eligible arts practice in all programs of the Inter-Arts Office. There are two methods of applying for support of this practice. If you are applying to a project, touring or travel grants program, use the regular guidelines and form for the program and indicate in Part A of the form that you are applying to the ACCP. In addition, ensure that your detailed project description responds to the specific assessment criteria for the ACCP, which are listed in the program guidelines. For the following programs, include any artists and community collaboration activities with other eligible activities when completing your application form: Visiting Foreign Artists Program; Flying Squad: An Organizational Development Program; Integrated Arts Program for Organizations: Annual Operating Grants; and Integrated Arts Program for Organizations: Dissemination, Support and Development Annual Programming Grants.

Inter-Arts Program Officer

The Inter-Arts Office is pleased to announce that Sue-Ellen Gerritsen has been appointed as Inter-Arts Program Officer through March 29, 2011. Sue-Ellen is the program officer for all funding programs of the Inter-Arts Office and can be reached for eligibility enquiries by phone at 1 800 263 5588 extension 4679 or by email at sue-ellen.gerritsen [at] canadacouncil [dot] ca.

Claude Schryer continues as Inter-Arts Office Coordinator and Sarah Rushton continues as the Inter-Arts Office Program Assistant.

Background information on the Inter-Arts Office

The Inter-Arts Office was created in 1999 with a mandate to develop and manage strategies, policies and grant programs that support research, creation, production, dissemination and development of the integrated arts (and related activities) by professional, Canadian artists and arts organizations. The Canada Council defines integrated arts as professional artistic activities with a singular artistic vision that combine art forms, or integrate existing art forms into its own distinct form outside the framework of existing funding programs offered by the Canada Council.

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