Honouring the Children Grant - Indigenous Artists

Program Overview On June 2, 2021, Calgary Arts Development made a statement announcing that we designated up to $75,000 of our ArtShare Program funds to support artistic projects in memory of the 215 children found at Kamloops Indian Residential School. That announcement can be found at calgaryartsdevelopment.com. Since that time, there have been many more recoveries of unmarked graves at residential school sites across Canada, and as efforts increase to search these sites, there will be many more to come. Our commitment at Calgary Arts Development is to build good relations with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) based on mutual respect, to listen deeply, and to dedicate intentional funding for FNMI art and artists. It is all of our responsibility to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action and to work to reverse systemic racism against Indigenous people amidst the ongoing devastation and trauma of these discoveries. With the support of our Indigenous Advisory, we named the $75,000 funding pool the Honouring the Children Grant, which we are offering again in 2022. Though this program was created in response to the children found in Kamloops, we recognize the impact of residential schools on all Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island.

Grant Deadline

2024-08-15

Funding Amount

Deadline not available

Type of Grant

Grant, Funding

Sectors

Arts & Culture, Film, Music, Media

Demographics

Indigenous

Incorporation

Non Profit

Perks

Region Restriction

This grant is restricted to whole of Canada

Keywords

Age Restriction

This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100

Eligibility and Requirements

This program is specifically for Indigenous artists or Indigenous arts organizations who live and work on Treaty 7 territory, to support artistic projects responding to, honouring, or in memory of the loss of life, culture, ceremony, and language amongst the original peoples of this land because of the residential school system.

Applications to this program are ongoing, and there is no deadline to apply.

The application process, requirements, and funding decision will be developed through conversation between program staff and applicants. The total budget for this program is $75,000.

Grant Application website

https://calgaryartsdevelopment.com/programs/honouring-the-children-grant/

Contact

If you are an Indigenous artist or Indigenous-led arts organization based in Treaty 7 territory and would like to apply for these funds, please contact Morgan Possberg at morgan.possberg@calgaryartsdevelopment.com to discuss your project.