City of St. John’s Grants to Artists and Arts Organizations

The City of St. John's Grants to Artists and Arts Organizations will make financial resources available to both individual artists and arts organizations in the following disciplines:

• Theatre
• Dance
• Music
• Literary Arts
• Film and New Media
• Visual Art and Craft

The Grants to Artists and Arts Organizations program has the following goals:

• To support the artistic development of individual artists.
• To support arts organizations in fulfilling their mandates.
• To contribute to the grown and sustainability of the St. John's arts community.
• To improve the well-being of the community.

Funding Categories

1. Individual Artists: Individual artists may apply once annually for project funding. Project funding is defined as funding to cover costs involved in the creation and/or presentation of works of art in the disciplines of theatre, dance, music, literary arts, film and new media, and visual art and craft.
2. Arts Organizations: Arts organizations may apply once annually for operational funding. Operational funding is defined as funding to cover costs involved in the annual operation, programming, and services of the organization.

Eligibility

1. Applications must be in one of the six disciplines noted above.
2. Individual artists must reside, operate a business within the municipal boundaries, or be a taxpayer of the City of St. John’s.
3. Arts organizations must be physically located with the municipal boundaries of the City of St. John’s.

Duration of Grants

1. Assistance provided under the Grants to Artists and Arts Organizations Program will be for the period of one year commencing January 1 and ending December 31.
2. The granting of assistance in any one year is not to be construed as a commitment by the City of St. John’s to continue such assistance in subsequent years.