Deadlines : February 15, June 15, October 15 The Manitoba Arts Council’s Travel/Professional Development Grant provides support to professional artists and arts administrators in all disciplines, including professional community arts practitioners, to attend or participate in activities related to the development of their practice/careers. For a copy of the program guidelines click here
Category: Music
Music Two-Year Grant – Concert Series
Deadline: March 10 The Music Two-Year Grant is available, upon invitation, to provide support for two seasons of concert series by professional Manitoba musicians’ organizations presenting a majority of professional Manitoba musicians and/or the works of Manitoba composers. Guidelines are not available for download. For more information, please contact the Program Consultant.
Management and Governance Assistance Program
Deadline: April 10 This program has been designed to support the development of effective and responsible working relationships of senior management staff and boards of directors in the professional arts sector in Manitoba. This program will fund some or all of the costs of providing appropriate experts to meet the specific needs of professional, non-profit [...]
Touring Directory
Deadline: October 1 The touring directory features artists who have been selected to tour Manitoba schools and communities. The touring directory is distributed to schools and community presenters. For a copy of the program guidelines click here. Manitoba Arts Council Touring Grants This is an important reminder to artists and organizations who received MAC Touring [...]
Touring Grant for Individuals/Small Ensembles
(Dance, Music and Theatre)
Deadline: October 1 (for tours beginning after December 10) Touring grants provide partial support toward the presentation of touring performances in Manitoba schools and community venues outside Winnipeg by professional performing artists, amateurs of professional calibre or small ensembles and creative collectives who are not currently receiving annual/operating support from the Council. Artists must also [...]
Touring Grant for Organizations
(Dance, Music and Theatre)
Deadline: March 20 This program assists organizations who have demonstrated a strong commitment to touring and who are currently receiving operating or annual support from the Council. The organizations must submit their request for touring with their request for operating or annual funding. The awards are made by an assessment panel and successful applicants are [...]
Student Bursary Program
Deadline: June 1 This program provides support for Manitoba students of the arts (crafts, dance, film/video, music, theatre, visual art, writing, arts journalism, or arts administration) engaged in full-time, long-term study at a post-secondary institution in Canada or abroad, and who intend to pursue a career in the art form. Applicants must be registered for [...]
Aboriginal Arts Creative Development
Deadline: September 25 The Aboriginal Arts Creative Development Pilot Projects initiative is designed to enable Aboriginal artists in all arts disciplines, including dance/music, drumming, singing, carving, painting, storytelling, new media, writing, theatre or crafts, to create or produce new works over a three month period. Only one Creative Development grant may be received in any [...]
Aboriginal Arts Mentorship, Training and Development
Deadline: September 25 The Aboriginal Arts Mentorship Training and Development Grant aims to promote excellence in Aboriginal arts in Manitoba by providing financial assistance to individual artists so they can reach their next level of artistic and career development. These could include skills development, apprenticeships, professional training, or mentorships that share artistic and cultural skills [...]
Artists in Community Residency Program
Deadline: March 25 The Artists In Community Residency Program will assist incorporated, non-profit organizations in Manitoba with the opportunity to respond to community development needs in, or through, the arts by engaging Manitoba artists to work in Manitoba communities for a specified period of time. In this program artists will engage with the broader community [...]
Artists in the Schools Directory Program
Artist Deadline for Directory: November 1 (for activity starting the following September) This program enhances arts education in Manitoba schools by bringing together practising professional artists of all artistic disciplines with students and teachers (K-12). Artists’ proposals are selected by juries of professional artists and arts educators. Selected artists and their projects are highlighted in the [...]
Commission and Development Grant for Composers
Deadline: March 5 The Composer Commission and Development Grant is available to support the creation of original musical compositions by Manitoban composers. This includes commissions and/or creative or production development projects. For a copy of the program guidelines click here. For general guidelines and registration form for organizations click here.
Community Connections and Access Program
Deadline: March 25 The Community Connections and Access Program is designed to address specific needs identified by artists who face barriers to equal opportunities in artistic and professional development and presentation. The program will fund projects to address the needs of the emerging and professional artists in communities that are disadvantaged or under-served. Applications can [...]
Competitions and Prizes
Deadline: February 1 for organizations This program provides prize funds for distribution to Manitobans by music organizations sponsoring competitions or activities at a national level. For a copy of the program guidelines click here.
Deep Bay Artists’ Residency in Riding Mountain National Park of Canada
Deadline: November 15 The Deep Bay Artists’ Residency at Riding Mountain National Park of Canada offers professional artists in all disciplines time, space and a facility in which to work on a creative project in the natural setting of Riding Mountain National Park of Canada. It also offers professional artistic directors and arts administrators the [...]
Major Arts Grant
Deadline: January 15 The Major Arts Grant is available to support personal creative projects of six to ten months in duration. It allows artists whose work shows exceptional quality or accomplishment to concentrate on a specific project relating to their creative artistic work. The Major Arts Grant covers living expenses, project costs and travel expenses [...]
Manitoba/New Brunswick/Quebec Creative Residency
Deadline: January 15 The Manitoba/New Brunswick/Quebec Creative Residency is a multidisciplinary program that allows professional Manitoba artists to undertake a one- to three-month creation-based or professional development residency in New Brunswick or Quebec. This program is a partnership among the three provinces. For a copy of the program guidelines click here.
Operating Grants For Music Organizations
Deadline: March 15 Music Operating Grants are available to provide partial support to the ongoing annual activity of a limited number of professional groups as well as ongoing performing ensembles of professional Manitoba performing artists or creative collectives. Organizations receiving support are expected to contribute to the development of their art form, to participate in [...]
Music Production Grant – Concert or Series
Deadlines: March 1 This grant assists the presentation of individual productions or series by professional Manitoba artists. For a copy of the program guidelines click here.
Music Production Grant – Concert or Series
Deadlines: March 1 This grant assists the presentation of individual productions or series by professional Manitoba artists. For a copy of the program guidelines: click here. For general guidelines and registration form for organizations click here.