the visual and media arts projects

The Visual and Media Arts Projects program provides funding to professional, non-profit Toronto visual arts/media arts organizations, collectives, curators, or programmers to pursue one-time or time-limited projects involving the exhibition or distribution of contemporary visual or media arts and/or other activities that contribute to the development of visual arts/media arts in Toronto (for example, residencies, artists workshops). The City of Toronto provides funding for this program through its Community Partnership and Investment Program.

The maximum grant available in this program is $15,000. Proposed projects must have a secured venue in the City of Toronto or be produced in Toronto and shared online, and have a well-focused audience development plan.

You may apply for the following types of projects:

Exhibition: An exhibition must present work in a curatorial or critical context. Applicants exhibiting the work of their own members must likewise have a clearly defined curatorial or critical framework informing the selection and exhibition of work. An individual curator may not present their own artwork.

Screening Series: A screening, including film/video festivals, must present work in a curatorial or critical context and must include some work from Toronto artists. Applicants screening the work of their own members must likewise have a clearly defined curatorial or critical framework informing the selection and screening of work. An individual programmer may not present their own media work.

Lecture Series: A lecture series must present work in a curatorial or critical context. The audience development plan for the series must include a rationale on how the project contributes to the development of contemporary media and/or visual arts in Toronto. Applicants presenting their own members must likewise have a clearly defined curatorial or critical framework informing the selection of speakers.

Residency/Workshop Series: The audience development plan for the series must include a rationale on how the project contributes to the development of contemporary media and/or visual arts in Toronto. Applicants that have residencies or workshops including their own members must likewise have a clearly defined curatorial or critical framework informing the residency/workshop design.