The Visual Arts Section provides creation, production and dissemination support in the fields of architecture, crafts, photography and the visual arts, as well as for the acquisition of works by Canadian artists. In addition to funding the activities of independent artists, museums, artist-run centres and other professional arts organizations, the Council encourages the work of independent critics and curators, and the work of performance artists whose practice is rooted in the critical discourse of the visual arts.
Grant Programs
- Assistance to Visual Artists: Project Grants
- Assistance to Visual Artists: Long-Term Grants
- Assistance to Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators: Project Grants
- Assistance to Contemporary Fine Craft Artists and Curators: Long-Term Grants
- Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts
- International Residencies Program in Visual Arts
- Aboriginal Traditional Art Forms Program for Individuals
- Assistance to Professional Independent Critics and Curators
- Assistance to Culturally Diverse Curators for Residencies in the Visual Arts
- Assistance to Aboriginal Curators for Residencies in the Visual Arts
- Assistance to Practitioners, Critics and Curators of Architecture
- Project Grants for Organizations in the Visual Arts
- Artists and Community Collaboration Program in the Visual Arts
- Assistance for the Promotion of Architecture
- Aboriginal Traditional Art Forms Program for Organizations
- Assistance to Major International Exhibitions
- Assistance To Professional Canadian Contemporary Art Dealers (Pilot Program)
- Jean A. Chalmers Fund for the Crafts
- Acquisition Assistance for Art Museums and Public Galleries
- Assistance to Art Museums and Public Galleries for 2010-2013
- Assistance to Artist-Run Centres
- Support to National Visual Arts Service Organizations
- The Flying Squad: An Organizational Development Program
- Visiting Foreign Artists Program
Endowments and Prizes
- John Hobday Awards in Arts Management
- Coburn Fellowships
- Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography
- Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts
- J.B.C. Watkins Award
- Governor General’s Medals in Architecture
- Japan-Canada Fund
- Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes
- Molson Prizes
- Saidye Bronfman Award
- Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards
- Prix de Rome in Architecture
- York Wilson Endowment Award
- Ronald J. Thom Award for early Design Achievement
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