Artists

Considering applying for a Trellis Micro-grant for Artists? Let’s see if you’re eligible! 

  • Are you someone (or a group of people) with an artistic practice, no matter how established or not? 

  • Are you committed to outreach, inclusion, and support of Quebec’s English-speaking arts community? 

  • Are you carrying out a one-time activity, implementation of which does not require ongoing funding? 

  • Are your activities entirely conducted within Quebec, even if some international artists are involved? 

  • Can you clearly explain how your project supports increasing English-language arts community visibility to the broader Quebec community and/or how your project activities will build bridges between the English and French language communities? 

  • Are you a Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident, or refugee?

A person playing a guitar while wearing a mask of flowers.

Gabi Trome performing in Black Theatre Workshop’s ClubZed (credit: Philippe Latour)

A person in a wig and dressing gown performing onstage.

Erin Yardley-Jones in Contact Theatre’s Cabaret (credit: Matthew Sandoval)

If you answered yes to all those questions, it looks like you’re eligible! Hooray! You can submit a Trellis Micro-grant application requesting up to $15,000.00 for your project. Though, if you happen to be a registered nonprofit or charitable organization, you’ll want to go to the Organizations portal instead.

Now, here are some tips as you prepare your applications: 

  • Be sure to include activities that demonstrate a strong probability of promoting English-language arts and artists to a wider community, particularly those that reach out to a Francophone audience.  

  • Ascertain your project brings together the English- and French-speaking artists/communities, whether for dialogue, exploratory creative workshops, or production.   

  • Ensure the Trellis Micro-grant will increase your visibility as an artist in both fields and broaden your capacity to carry out promotion and outreach going forward. 

  • Ensure that your budget demonstrates that the project is viable with the resources you have (including requested funds).

Ready? Apply with the form below! Deadline is November 21st!

Be sure to apply well ahead of time as this is a two-step application process.

Dane Stewart in Adam Capriolo’s Resurrection (credit: Matthew Kariatsumari)

Register to apply here!

This application is for projects with expenses from April 2026 to March 2027.