The Community Arts Program (CAP) is available to community-based arts organizations and groups. The program funds projects related to arts workshops, presentations, productions, new creations, adjudicator fees, artist fees, and travel costs.
Eligibility:
This program is open to all artistic disciplines served by ArtsNL (dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual arts, writing).
Definition of a community-based arts group:
A group of individual artists who work in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL:
- that has the creation and/or presentation of works of art as a primary activity
- that is composed of at least two individuals
- that operates in a not-for-profit capacity
- that operates as a community-based organization (i.e. run by volunteers and typically does not pay a professional administrator or artistic director)
- that has internal oversight of the group's finances and can produce an annual financial statement
Definition of a community-based not-for-profit arts organization:
A formal organization operating in one or more of the artistic disciplines supported by ArtsNL
- that has the creation and/or presentation of works of art as a primary activity
- that is registered, or operates as a non-profit arts entity
- that has a board of directors overseeing the operations of the organization
- that operates as a community-based organization (i.e. run by volunteers and typically does not pay a professional administrator or artistic director)
- that has internal or external oversight of the organization’s finances and produces an annual
- financial statement
Residency, age, and activity requirements:
Community-based arts groups and not-for-profit arts organizations:
- Must have been active in Newfoundland and Labrador for a minimum of one year at the time of submitting an application
- Must have actively engaged in community-based arts activities within the last year
- Must have at least half its members (for groups) or board members (for organizations) residing in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Must have at least half its members (for groups) or board members (for organizations) who are at least 18 years of age, or have post-secondary standing