Culture Programs:
Peer Juries & External Assessment Panels
Peer Juries are composed of established artists who review applications and make final decisions on which applications are to be supported. Peer juries are used for the following programs: Grants To Individuals, Grants to Organizations and Small Groups, and the Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase Program.
External Assessment panels are composed of members of the culture sector who review applications and make recommendations to the Minister on which applications should be supported. External Assessment Panels are used for the following programs: Cultural Opportunities for Youth, Cultural Activities, Emerging Music Business Program, Industries Program, and Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations.
Members of the arts and culture community who are interested in participating as a member of a peer jury or external assessment panel are invited to complete an online application form. or you can download the PDF version here. More information is also available on guidelines and qualifications.
| Jurists 2008/2009 | Panelists 2008/2009 |
Click here for a complete list of Culture Division Program Application Deadlines
Requirements for Acknowledging Funding
Successful applicants to the Culture Division programs must acknowledge the financial assistance of the Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage. Click here for details. The following logos may be downloaded for use in communications recognizing funding assistance (right mouse click on the link and select *save target* from your menu):
Tourism, Culture & Heritage Logo (Full Colour): TIF
Tourism, Culture & Heritage Logo (Black & White): TIF
Tourism, Culture & Heritage Logo (French & English, Two Colour): TIF
The Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage recognizes that Nova Scotian publishers have unique needs and developmental goals which require sector-public investment. To assist in meeting these needs the department offers financial asssitance through this program to support the presence of a viable book publishing industry in Nova Scotia.
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients
Cultural Opportunities for Youth (COY) Program
Ensuring cultural opportunity for youth speaks to empowering potential. Engaging youth in cultural activity provides opportunity for personal growth and the evolution into adulthood.
The intent of the Cultural Opportunities for Youth Program (COY) is to; foster an appreciation for the value of arts; to expose youth to artistic and cultural activity and to professional artists; to foster a life long interest in and pursuit of artistic excellence and to create a link between audience development and exposure to the arts.
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients for 2007/2008
The presence of cultural activities in our communities contributes significantly to our well-being and enriches the experiences of visitors to our province. The purpose of the Cultural Activities Program is to help build communities through community arts and cultural activities. Communities can include geographic locales, as well as communities of interest such as those involved in visual arts, music or crafts.
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients for 2007/2008
Emerging Music Business Program
The Emerging Music Business Program is designed to help people get into the music industry by assisting emerging musicians through investments which enhance the sales and marketability of Nova Scotia produced music, and develop business skills. Investment should assist applicants in making more of their living in the Music industry. Examples of eligible activity include creation of a sound recording, marketing tools of the artist or company applying, marketing and promotion of the product and professional business development.
Deadlines for submitting applications are October 15 and March 15. Click here for more information:
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients 2007/2008
Music Nova Scotia, on behalf of Tourism, Culture and Heritage, administers the Export Development Program for Music. This program focuses on marketing and touring support for artists and business professionals. Examples of projects which might be funded through this program would be to assist musicians in undertaking, marketing and promoting national or international tours.
For more information on the Export Development Program for Music, visit the Music Nova Scotia website at www.musicnovascotia.ca, or call 423.6271 or 1-888-343-6426 (toll-free).
The Grants to Individuals Program supports the creation of new works by professional artists in all disciplines and promotes a broad understanding and appreciation of art and artists through professional development, creation and presentation of work by artists. Individual artists may submit one application per program per deadline except in creation. Artists are not eligible to receive more than one Creation Grant in any one year.
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients 2007 - 2008
Recipients 2008 - 2009
Grants to Organizations and Small Groups
There are four project programs for grants to organizations and small groups. Applicants may make one application to each program at each deadline.
Program guidelines and application form.
Recipients 2007 - 2008
Recipients 2008- 2009
Government wants to help cultural industries grow and will develop a partnership with the sector to examine support mechanisms and strategies in place already and to determine a plan for the future. A lot of important work has been done already, including the Culture Sector Strategy for example, as well as some of the individual efforts underway by various sub-sectors. You can download the following documents here:
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients 2007/2008
The Nova Scotia Art Bank encourages the development of artistic excellence and stimulates awareness of and interest in visual arts and craft among Nova Scotians and their visitors. This is accomplished through the acquisition, loan, maintenance and display of works of art by professional Nova Scotian artists.
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients 2007/2008
Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations
This program is designed to enhance stability within cultural organizations that develop and sustain Nova Scotia's cultural community. Support is provided to organizations which form a framework for province's cultural sector, including those which produce cultural product, own and or manage cultural facilities, provide service to the cultural sector and produce a cultural festival or event. These organizations are fundamental to the vitality and long-term health of cultural life in Nova Scotia either as primary cultural producers, enablers or developers of cultural activity.
Program guidelines and application form
Recipients 2007/2008
Recipients 2008/2009
The Nova Scotia Talent Trust
Awards scholarships to Nova Scotian residents undertaking programs of study to further their artistic development who are not yet established in their disciplines. Click here to visit the Trust's web site.