Indigenous Visual Artists' Materials Grant

Grants of $500 or $1,000 are available to help cover the cost of the following expenses:

• materials and art supplies, such as wood, fabric, thread, stone, leather hides, sinew, beads, needles, photographic printing, inks, metals, paint, canvas, paper, pencils, etc.
• small tools for making the artwork or for harvesting or gathering materials, such as blades, carving tools, awls, scissors, etc.
• purchase of materials or tools required to run or participate in workshops
• delivery: cost of transporting or shipping materials and supplies
• travel costs for gathering natural materials

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must self-identify as First Nations, Métis or Inuit
• Applicants must be Ontario Residents
• Applicants must be individual artists or Elders; groups, collective and organizations are not eligible

Other

• A grant awarded in this program year (September 2023 – March 2024) counts towards a recipient’s three-grant OAC limit for 2023
• You may submit one application to each recommender
• You may receive one Indigenous Visual Artists’ Materials grant in the 2023-24 program year

Assessment Criteria
The IAF will convene an external jury of Inuit to assess applications according to this rubric:

Artistic Merit / Up to 70 points

• Demonstrates quality of work in the proposal
• Support material examples demonstrate artistic merit
• Demonstrates dedication to continuing their practice

Viability and Outcome / Up to 20 points

• Clear articulation of intended use of funds and the desired or potential outcomes
• Proposed use of funds is eligible based on the program’s guidelines

Quality of Application / Up to 10 points

• Necessary documents and files are provided by the applicant
• Writing is clear and concise and efficiently uses the allotted word count
• Support materials demonstrate professional quality