Toolkits & Resources
Resources
Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) • The Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) is the primary arts resource and grant funding body in Alberta.
Alberta Craft Council (ACC) • A Provincial Arts Service Organization that develops, promotes, and advocates for fine craft in Alberta.
Alberta Dance Alliance (ADA) – A provincial service organization that exists to foster and promote the appreciation and practice of dance in Alberta.
Alberta Media Arts Alliance Society (AMAAS) • AMAAS serves media artists and organizations through advocacy, development opportunities and connecting media artists and media art organizations across the Province.
Alberta Music • The Alberta Music Industry Association is a non-profit, service-based association dedicated to helping professionals in the music industry to succeed in their careers.
Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) • The Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA) sustains a healthy and thriving magazine industry by serving the people who publish, create, print and distribute an uniquely Albertan view of the world.
Alberta Playwrights’ Network • Alberta Playwrights’ Network is a not-for-profit provincial organization of emerging and established playwrights, dramaturgs, and supporters of playwriting.
Canada Council for the Arts • The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to “foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.”
CARFAC Alberta • CARFAC Alberta advances best practices for all visual artists in Alberta through education, advocacy and engagement.
CARFAC National • Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is incorporated federally as a non-profit corporation that is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists.
Theatre Alberta • Theatre Alberta is dedicated to the growth and development of the Alberta theatre community.
Writers’ Guild of Alberta • Supports and advocates for all writers and provides opportunities to grow and connect while enriching Alberta’s culture and economy.
FACTOR • (the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings) is a public/private partnership that supports the production of sound recordings by Canadian musicians and helps Canadian music companies make recordings available to a wider public.
SOCAN • SOCAN is a not-for-profit music rights organization that connects more than four-million music creators worldwide, and more than a quarter-million businesses and individuals in Canada.
ART/Work Professional Development Sessions
Much More Music into Media: Music Video Productoin with Nick Bohle of Hat Chap Productions
The Art of Taxes (of Art): Tax Preparation for Artists with Steph Hogan of MNP
How to Make a Mural: Practical mural advice in the public sphere with AJA Louden & April Matisz
I Have An Idea: A Talk about Creativity, Comics, and the Path to Publication with Gillian Goerz
Arts x Media: Exploring the Intersection of Creatives and Communication in Media with Ose Irete
The Royalty Road: Navigating royalties and licensing for published works.
From Studio to Showcase: Mastering the Art of Gallery Submission
UPCOMING
ART/Work: Mock Jury Grant Workshop!
We are collaborating with SHE-Q on a Grant Workshop for musicians at the Slice on Dec. 18!
Tired of struggling with music grant applications? Join us at our FREE mock jury session. Get real answers from real jurors, and learn how to secure the funding your music deserves. Don’t miss out!
Register Here
Upcoming Arts and Culture Funding Opportunities
Red = Deadline Approaching
Lethbridge
Community Foundation Grants | Various Local Grant Opportunities
Alberta
Music Organization Operating Grant | INTAKE OPEN!
Professional Performing Arts Organizations Operating Funding | November 3, 2025
Indigenous Artist Microgrant | Deadline: Until funds are used
Artist Manager Program Funding | September 2, 2025
Artists and Education Funding | May 1st, 2025
Art Acquisitions by Application | April 1st, 2025
Community Support Organizations Operating Funding | March 3, 2025
Dance Individual Project Funding | March 3, 2025, September 2, 2025
Dr. MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship | March 3, 2025
Film and Video Arts Scholarship | March 3, 2025
Film and Video Individual Project Funding | March 3, 2025, September 2, 2025
Indigenous Arts Individual Project Funding | March 3, 2025, September 2, 2025
ISCP Residency in New York Funding | September 2, 2025
Literary Individual Project Funding | March 3, 2025, September 2, 2025
Major Arts Presenters Operating Funding | April 1, 2025
Music Individual Project Funding | March 3, 2025, September 2, 2025
Professional Performing Arts Organizations Operating Funding | November 3, 2025
Provincial Arts Service Organizations Operating Funding | February 1, 2027
Public Art Galleries Operating Funding | April 1, 2027
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Scholarship for Performing Arts | March 3, 2025
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Scholarship for Visual Arts | March 3, 2025
Summer School Project Funding | July 15, 2025
Theatre Individual Project Funding | March 3, 2025, September 2, 2025
Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Funding | March 3, September 2, 2025
Canada-wide
Government of Canada, Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives | Deadline: 18 weeks prior to event date
RBC Sponsorship for Arts & Culture Organzations – NEW
Guidelines
Apply for Sponsorship
Apply for Donation
SOCAN
Travel Assistance | Rolling Deadlines
Professional Development Assistance | Ongoing
FACTOR
-FACTOR- Live Performance Funding | Rolling deadlines, apply now!
-FACTOR- Songwriter Development | Rolling deadlines, apply now!
-FACTOR- Sponsorship: The Sponsorship program allows FACTOR to support music-related projects and events that are not captured in other program mandates | Ongoing
Canada Council for the Arts
Explore and Create Deadline: Any time before the start date of your project or the part of your project for which you are seeking funding
Arts Across Canada
Travel Deadline: Any time before your departure
Representation and Promotion: Deadline: Any time before your departure
Arts Abroad
Travel Deadline: Any time before your departure
Representation and Promotion Deadline: Any time before your departure
Professional Development for Artists
Research and Creation
Concept to Realization
Artist Driven Organizations
Engage and Sustain
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Artistic Catalysts
Artistic Institutions
Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
Travel Deadline: Any time before your departure
Small-Scale Activities Deadline: Any time before your project
Supporting Artistic Practice
Support Organizations Deadline: January 21, 2026
National Arts Service Organizations Deadline: January 21, 2026