The Travel component of the Create, Know and Share program funds artists, arts and cultural professionals (including artist representatives), cultural mediators, and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis arts groups, collectives, and organizations working in all disciplines. Grants support travel expenses incurred to attend significant events in Canada or abroad that foster professional development, enabling you or the artists you represent to create new opportunities or expand your presence in Canada and internationally.
If this is your first time applying, we strongly suggest you contact a program officer.
You may be eligible for Application Assistance, which is a sum of money to pay someone to help you with the application process if you are experiencing difficulties and you define yourself as:
- an artist who is deaf, hard of hearing, disabled, or living with a mental illness;
- an artist from First Nations, Inuit or Métis backgrounds facing linguistic, geographic or cultural barriers.
Activities - What is eligible
Your activities must be conducted by professional artists, cultural mediators, or professionals from eligible First Nations, Inuit, or Métis arts and cultural backgrounds.
You must travel at least 100 kilometers from your starting point and by invitation only. You can submit a request for a trip with one or more destinations (if you are a representative or promoter of artists, your request can cover multiple trips) in order to:
- to promote works or share cultural knowledge
- participate in major artistic or cultural events, including powwows
- undertake research activities
- to establish professional and artistic networks
- seize opportunities for professional development
- develop regional, national or international markets
Who can submit an application?
- Professional First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists
- Emerging artists from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities
- Professionals from the arts and culture sectors of First Nations, Inuit and Métis
- Cultural ambassadors for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups or collectives
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis for-profit organizations
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis non-profit organizations
Next Deadline: Anytime before your departure date.