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 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
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