Manitoba Association for Art Education Project Grants

Deadline: 
Monday, November 30, 2020 - 11:45pm
Funding region: 
Manitoba

In 2018, the MAAE will be giving out FOUR PROJECT GRANTS of $1000 each.  If you have a spectacular project in mind, and you meet the eligibility criteria outlined below, (and you are a member of the MAAE), we encourage you to apply for a grant! 

Who is eligible to apply?

You must be an MAAE member who is currently teaching Grade K-12 students in the Manitoba school system. The MAAE provides grants to MAAE teaching members who would like to implement art projects with their students in the 2018-19 or 2019-20 school year.

Membership (for new members) is $20. To become a member, you can apply when registering for our fall MTS PD conference, or here. If you are applying for a membership in the middle of a school year, you may submit your membership application and dues at the same time as your grant application and they will be reviewed together.

If you have received previous grants, please ensure that you have written an article for the MAAE explaining the use of your prior grant (with photographs/release forms) for publication on our website, prior to submitting a new application.

What projects are eligible for funding?

A)  With a view to fostering innovation while also preserving cultural traditions, the MAAE now funds 2 distinct kinds of art projects.

The first are projects about a cultural tradition, whether Indigenous Canadian, or any other visual cultural tradition from any part of the world. Such projects often teach cultural values and stories alongside traditional ways of making art. While allowing some scope for individual interpretation and expression , these projects teach skills and use of media associated with a particular cultural tradition, and tend to have predictable outcomes. An example of a cultural tradition project funded by the MAAE is “Story Stones” completed in 2014. 
The second are projects that are innovative art projects. Our aim in offering grants for innovative projects is to encourage teachers to take risks by designing projects that are open-ended, and characterized by inquiry-based leaning, flexibility about the end-results of the project, and the ability for students to make choices about media. These projects actively encourage personal inquiry, creative thinking and experimentation. Not only do they allow a great deal of scope for students’ individual interpretation and expression, the outcomes can be unpredictable. This is because the focus is more on the process of exploration and quality of student learning than on the finished product. This is a good place for teachers to seek funding when they want to work through the creative process with their students, rather than determine the process or finished product ahead of time. An example of such a project is the History/Herstory Project featured here.

*In your grant proposal, please indicate whether you are applying for a cultural tradition project or an innovative art project.  
 
*Also, If sending your application by email, please make the subject line the title of your project and in parentheses, (cultural tradition) or (innovation).

B) The project must be a new art-based project or art initiative in your school (not one that your school has previously tried);

C) Must show connection to all four Essential Learning Outcome areas from the Manitoba Education Visual Arts Curriculum.  This includes:  Making, Creating, Connecting, and Reflecting;

D) The project must be completed within 14 months of receiving the grant money;

E) Projects for which funding is needed to employ a professional artist*, and/or to purchase consumable art materials (for example, clay, paint, wood, etc.)