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).

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

Applications are closed for this round.