Announcing Trellis Micro-Grants Call for Submissions

UPDATES:

Deadline for Projects with expenses that run between April 1, 2025-March 31, 2026 has been extended to February 3rd, 2025
ELAN will be hosting the following info sessions [click the title to register]:
- Trellis Briefing Meeting for potential jury members
  Jan 21, 2025 06:00 PM
- Trellis Briefing for Arts Organizations
  Jan 23, 2025 10:00 AM
- Trellis Briefing Meeting for Artists
  Jan 23, 2025 04:00 PM

Arts and culture provide opportunities for communities to have their voices heard, to pass on their stories, to share their concerns with the world, and in the process, build a sense of belonging that is unique to its language, geography, and/or defined community, and consequently its symbols.

The Trellis Micro-grant project, supported by The Department of Canadian Heritage’s, Official Languages Support Programs, seeks to highlight English-language Arts and Artists to make them visible to a broader community, and build bridges between Québec’s English-speaking minority and Francophone majority.

Projects supported will be those that seek to strengthen the English-language community sense of belonging in Quebec, though arts and culture. Projects must seek to increase intra- and inter-community appreciation and provide more opportunities for cooperation. The goal of the funding is the promotion of the English-speaking artistic communities’ contributions to Québec’s development and/or to create more opportunities to bring the English- and French-speaking communities closer together.

Projects will be vetted for eligibility by ELAN staff, and recommendations for funding will be made by a jury consisting of professional representatives from the various artistic disciplines that make up the English-language arts community.

Artists and artists collectives are eligible for a maximum grant of $15 000 per project
Organizations are eligible for a maximum grant of $25 000 per project

Application deadlines:

Projects with expenses that run between August 1, 2024-March 31, 2025: January 7th, 2025

Projects with expenses that run between April 1, 2025-March 31, 2026: February 3rd, 2025 [Extended]

Eligibility Criteria

Non-profit arts organizations, artists, and artists’ collectives who have a history of outreach, inclusion, and support of the English-language community.
- Project activities that take place between August 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025 or between April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026. Projects must carry out one-time activities, implementation of which does not require ongoing funding. Expenses related to international activities are not eligible. Travel expenses must conform to federal government regulations
- Projects applications must demonstrate how the project supports English-language arts community visibility to the broader Quebec community and/or how project activities will build bridges between the English and French language communities.

How to Apply

Applications must be sent in the form of a single PDF document

Download and fill out the application which includes:
- a) a project description including activities proposed, capacity to deliver project, and anticipated outcomes
- b) a detailed budget including costs and any revenues from other sources
- It is acceptable that your proposed project seeks to extend work already in progress but must not require refinancing to attain project goals.

Include in your application:
- In the case of an organization, a motion from the Board mandating application and the signing officer for application and reporting purposes.
- In the case of an artist or arts collective, a 1 page addendum that details your history of producing/project management.

Submit your application as a single PDF document to trellismicrogrants[at]gmail.com *

Artist Application Form

Application form for Organizations

Eligibility Information

Distribution of funds is dependent on the receipt of funds from the funder. Answers to grant applications will be confirmed as soon as funding is confirmed, which is expected mid-January. ELAN is not responsible for any costs incurred before confirmation of successful application.

If you have any questions, please contact Deborah Forde at trellismicrogrants[at]gmail.com

*Note: use the traditional @ symbol in the email address. Our use of “[at]” in this article is for security purposes.

Land Acknowledgement

ELAN is an official minority language organization within a country that recognizes two languages as official. ELAN is located in Tiohtià:ke, the original name for Montreal in Kanien’kéha, the language of the Mohawk—also known as Mooniyang, which is the Anishinaabeg name given to the city by the Algonquin. While we are based in this city, our projects have also taken place in many regions across Quebec.

We acknowledge the colonial origin of English and French in Canada, and recognize that both languages benefit from official status throughout the land. The province that we know as Quebec is an amalgamation of the traditional territories of the Innu and Inuit nations, Algonquian nations, as well as the Mohawk nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kanien’kéha and Anishinaabemowin are but two of the original languages of this province; Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, and Innu-aimun are also among the many Indigenous languages spoken across Quebec as majority languages, all well before French and English.

ELAN acknowledges the important work being done by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples to revive the traditional languages of these territories, and their advocacy for the official status of Indigenous languages.