Culture Programs:
Peer Juries & External Assessment Panels
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 2007/2008 | Panelists 2007/2008 |
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
Description:
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 Description
Recipients 2005 - 2006
Cultural Opportunities for Youth (COY) Program
Description:
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 Description & Application Form
Description:
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.
Application Form
Recipients for 2006
Emerging Music Business Program
Description:
The Emerging Music Business Program is designed to help people get into the industry with a focus on establishing up-and-coming musicians, building artist-manager relationships and enhancing music business skills. Examples of activities which might be funded through this program include assisting an artist to develop marketing and business plans, secure professional manager services, create a professional demo recording or to design a website.
Deadlines for submitting applications are October 15 and March 15. Click here for more information:
Guidelines and Application Form
Recipients 2006/2007
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).
Description:
The Gaelic Activities Program is designed to help Nova Scotians learn from, work with and share resources with other Gaelic communities. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed between the Province of Nova Scotia and Highland Council, Scotland, is a mechanism to facilitate sharing of resources, ideas, skills and experience for the benefit of both areas. Community-based educational and cultural projects that support the goals of the MOU will be considered under the Gaelic Activities Program.
Download Program Information (PDF)
Download the Application Form (PDF)
Recipients 2006/2007
Description:
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 description, policy and guidelines
Application form ( * with eight steps to help prepare a strong application)
Recipients 2005 - 2006
Grants to Organizations and Small Groups
Description:
There are four project programs for grants to organizations and small groups. Applicants may make one application to each program at each deadline.
Program Description and Application.
Recipients 2004 - 2006
Description:
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 information including eligibility criteria and application procedures
Program application form A for use by Organizations
Program application form B for use by Consortiums and Consortium Partners Agreement form
Recipients 2006/2007
Description:
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 Details
Application form
Recipients 2006/2007
Operating Assistance to Cultural Organizations
Description:
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.
Download Program Information (PDF)
Recipients 2007/2008
The Nova Scotia Talent Trust
Description:
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.