Marketing, Planning, Audience Development and Research Operating

Marketing, Planning, Audience Development and Research Operating

Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Audience and Market Development Travel Grants

Program description:
Audience and Market Development Travel Grants assist Canadian professional artists to develop their careers and reach new audiences and markets in Canada and internationally. Audience and Market Development is a cross-disciplinary program; it provides Travel Grants to promote knowledge and appreciation of Canadian arts and to give Canadian and foreign audiences ongoing access to professional Canadian artists and their works.

Program eligibility:
The Outreach Program provides travel assistance to the following applicants for the eligible projects outlined for each component: professional presenters (such as promoters, programmers and festival artistic directors); curators; artists’ representatives (such as managers, agents, tour directors, distributors, art dealers and gallery directors); artist-run centres, artists’ associations, arts organizations and presenting networks; professional Canadian performing artists officially selected to showcase at a key contact or market event. All Canada Council for the Arts programs are accessible to Aboriginal artists or arts organizations and artists or arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada. Further eligibility requirements may apply.

More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/development/

Organization: Canada Council for the Arts, The
Program: Theatre International Program

Program description:
The Theatre International Program provides assistance for projects that reinforce artistic collaborations between Canadian and foreign professional theatre companies and enhance the creation and visibility opportunities for Canadian companies abroad. There are five components to this program: Development of Creation Collaborations, Translation, Co-productions, Touring Export and Touring Import.

Program eligibility:
Non-profit theatre companies, organizations, collectives and ad hoc groups that have received funding through the Theatre Production Project Grants program or Operating Grants program may apply on their own behalf or on behalf of their staff. This Canada Council for the Arts program is accessible to Aboriginal artists and arts organizations, as well as artists and arts organizations from diverse cultural and regional communities of Canada. For the Touring Import component, eligibility includes theatre presenters and festivals whose principal programming activities are defined within an artistic context and who have a track record of presenting theatre. Note: For individual artists, the Grants to Theatre Artists cover foreign travel and residencies.

More information:
Further information on programs and eligibility available at: www.canadacouncil.ca/theatre/

Organization: Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records (FACTOR), The
Program: Marketing and Promotion for Non-FACTOR Supported Sound Recordings

Program description:
This program was developed to assist with the marketing and promotion of a sound recording. Funding is in the form of a loan and is available for non-FACTOR supported sound recording projects. Eligible expenses are only those for domestic marketing and promotion initiatives.

Program eligibility:
The performer must be a Canadian citizen or Landed Immigrant. The applicant must be the artist performer for those projects without FACTOR-recognized distribution. The applicant must own the copyright of the master recording for Canada. The application must be in support of a commercially released, professionally manufactured sound recording containing a bar code and catalogue number. Further eligibility requirements may apply.