Arts organizations

Calgary Arts Development supports and strengthens the arts to benefit all Calgarians.

As the city’s designated arts development authority, Calgary Arts Development supports and strengthens the arts to benefit all Calgarians. We invest and allocate municipal funding for the arts provided by The City of Calgary and leverage these funds to provide additional resources to the arts sector. Our programs support hundreds of arts organizations, individual artists, artist collectives, and ad hoc groups in Calgary.

WHAT IS THE MID PROGRAM?  

The Music Industry Development (MID) program fosters the development and growth of the music industry in New Brunswick through project investment proposed by artists and music businesses based in New Brunswick. Music·Musique NB administers the investment program on behalf of the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.

WHO CAN APPLY TO THE MID PROGRAM?  

The Edmonton Arts Council supports artists and arts and festival organizations in Edmonton with a variety of grant programs.

June 1 2026

Organization and Project Grants

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) supports, throughout Québec, creation, experimentation, production and dissemination in the realms of the visual arts, the arts and crafts, literature, the performing arts, the multidisciplinary arts, cinema and video, the digital arts and architectural research. CALQ also seeks to broaden the influence of artists, writers, arts organizations and their works in Québec, Canada and abroad.

This grant supports community-based arts programming by and for artists 13-29 from equity-deserving populations in Toronto who experience systemic barriers to accessing professional arts opportunities.

ArtReach runs one granting round for this program annually Applications open December 1st and are due February 1st at 11:59pm each year

The Artists in Schools program supports arts enriched learning experiences through Manitoba artists working in the classroom with students from Nursery to Grade 12 in Manitoba schools. The intent of the program is to motivate and excite students to realize the full potential of who they can be, acknowledge their role in the community, and value the importance of the arts.