ARTISTS IN WINDSOR-ESSEX COUNTY CAN APPLY FOR UP TO $10,000 IN FUNDING TO
DEVELOP COLLABORATIVE, COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS
Learn more at the Artists in the Community / Workplace (AICW) program
Information Session on Thursday, July 26th, 2012 at 6:30pm
Join Arts Council - Windsor & Region's Cultural Animator, Alana Bartol on Thursday,
July 26th, 6:30pm at the GIBSON GALLERY located at 150 Richmond
St in Amherstburg, for an Information Session on the Ontario Arts Council's
Artists in the Community / Workplace (AICW) grant program.
The AICW grant program supports the research, development, production and
presentation of community-engaged, collaborative, arts projects between artists
and community organizations. Arts and Non-arts partners can apply for up to $10,000
to cover material costs and artistic fees for their project.
Projects funded by the AICW program take place in various communities and
workplaces. Examples of successful applicants include: Hamilton Printmakers
Arts Association led a series of mixed-media workshops with staff from
Juravinski Cancer Centre, resulting in a public exhibition of artwork, artist
Florencia Berenstein worked with Canadian Auto Workers to create a public art
installation celebrating 25 years of participation by female members in the
union and Weston Mount Dennis Youth Association collaborated with Everybody’s
Theatre Company to create a 'theatrical walk' for their neighbourhood. Local
recipients included Windsor photographer, Sandi Wheaton, who partnered with the
Injured Workers Coalition, Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers and the
Workers Health & Safety Centre to create 'Legacy Costs: Burden or
Benefit?', a research and development project that aimed to give voice to
community members affected by issues of injury or death in the workplace,
pension loss, plant closures and other workplace issues.
The program is open to artists from ALL disciplines.
An application to the program requires a partnership between an arts partner
and a non-arts partner.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Arts Partners:
-A Professional Artist
-A Professional Group or Collective of Artists
-Not-for-Profit Arts Organizations
Non-Arts Partners:
-Not-for-Profit Community Organizations
-Health Care Facilities
-Ad Hoc Community Groups
-Trade Unions
-Amateur and Emerging Artist Groups
For more information on the AICW project grant program, please visit: www.acwr.net/aicw
For more information about the Gibson Gallery, please visit: www.gibsonartgallery.com
For more information on the Ontario Arts Council, please visit: www.arts.on.ca
by Tim Fairhurst
Biz X Magazine
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