Multi and Inter-Arts Projects

The program supports the creation, production and presentation of multi- and inter-arts activities by professional Ontario artists, ad hoc groups, collectives and organizations working in all art forms and initiatives that benefit the professional multi- and inter-arts community. The program has four categories:

• Creation: supports the initial artistic costs of creating new multi- and inter-arts work, for research, exploration and experimentation
• Production and Presentation: helps support the artistic production and presentation costs of multi- and inter-arts work
• Series/Festivals: helps support the presentation and promotion costs of arts activities/events presented either at regular intervals or within a defined and concentrated period of time of one or more days
• Development Initiatives: helps support the costs of activities and initiatives that significantly benefit Ontario’s multi and inter-arts sector. This includes professional development workshop series, training initiatives, conferences and other activities with a community impact. Projects cannot be related to creation, production or presentation activities of a single production. Professional development workshop series and training initiatives must include registration fees

This program funds:

• Artists’ fees
• Production costs (for example, staging, technical equipment, costumes)
• Purchase of small-scale equipment, software, electronics and similar materials required to carry out the project
• Venue or studio rental
• Marketing, promotion and administration costs
• Childcare and other dependant care fees enabling individuals to take part in the project (this does not include regular, ongoing expenses)
• Expenses related to making the project accessible to audience members and project participants (other than the applicant) who are Deaf or have a disability
• Note: Applicants to this program who identify as Deaf or as having a disability may apply for supplementary funds for their own accessibility expenses through Accessibility Fund: Project Support: https://www.arts.on.ca/grants/accessibility-fund-project-support
  

Multi- and inter-arts activities: are practices, initiatives and events that have two or more artistic forms present in equal balance in the creation, production and presentation of work. Artistic forms may remain separate or can be combined to create new, unified forms. Multi and inter-arts activities involve bringing art forms together in ways that make the activity unique and therefore not eligible for funding in OAC's discipline-based programs in Theatre, Dance, Music, Literature, Visual Arts or Media Arts.

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