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This site presents translated summaries of information obtained from each funding body’s website. While we strive to ensure that all program information is as accurate and up-to-date as possible, we encourage users to consult each funder’s program documentation in full or to contact a program officer directly with any questions prior to submitting an application.

Public Events and Presentations

Manifestation et présentation publique

DESCRIPTION

This program makes resources available to the professional arts community in order to encourage the development of artistic disciplines and the outreach of artists both within and outside of Quebec. It also seeks to stimulate the emergence of projects or initiatives that are vital to the development of their discipline and that promote encounters between different practices and points of view.

CRITERIA

Open to: Professional artist associations, Presenters, National and international events, Creative and/or production organizations, Service organizations, Organizations for production assistance, Cultural periodicals, National associations

 

  • Partners must provide a letter of intent or commitment to the project
  • Applications must be submitted at least three months prior to the start of the project
  • Organizations receiving CALQ’s operating funding cannot submit a new application in any program if their fiscal year has been over for four months or longer and a report on the use of the grant, including financial statements, has yet to be received and approved by CALQ
  • Regardless of the program or section, an application cannot be made if a funded project has been completed for three months or longer and a report on the use of the grant has yet to be received and approved by CALQ
  • Maximum of eight concurrent projects with CALQ per year
  • An applicant cannot present a project that has already been reviewed and rejected in the same fiscal year unless it has been significantly altered
  • Organizations funded by SODEC or the Ministry of Culture and Communications are ineligible
  • Applications must be accompanied by confirmation of at least three performances or activities to be eligible
  • Eligible projects include exhibitions, symposiums, performance programs, digital arts, film and video programming, conferences, public experimentation workshops, thematic meetings, art and community projects, public development projects or any other activity of a similar nature involving travel within or outside Quebec.
  • Projects must support the dissemination of works by living quebecois artists.

EXPENSES

  • Fees and royalties (exposition, reproduction, publication, communication, representation, etc.)
  • Promotion costs directly related to the project
  • Travel and accommodation costs for artists and other participants
  • Transport costs for works
  • Production costs for works
  • Costs associated with presenting works
  • Equipment and facility rental costs that are directly related to the project
  • Certain costs related to travel and professional or contractual honoraria (consultants, technicians or any other specialist providing expertise to the project)

DOCUMENTS

  • Completed CALQ application form
  • Copies of the organization’s letters patent
  • Copies of the organization’s general regulations
  • List of board members
  • Copies of documents outlining the transaction terms between related parties (if applicable)
  • Copies of signed contracts with artists, presenters, participants, etc.
  • Curriculum vitae of artists and participants of the project
  • Press kit
  • Written confirmation of artists, curators, and other participants
  • Supporting audiovisual materials

Get In Touch With Your Agent

Alain Depocas

Program manager – digital art, film and video, multidisciplinary arts, music (dissemination)

alain.depocas@calq.gouv.qc.ca

514 864-2005, 1 800 608-3350

Alain Depocas

Program manager – digital art, film and video, multidisciplinary arts, music (dissemination)

alain.depocas@calq.gouv.qc.ca

514 864-2005, 1 800 608-3350

Click the funder’s logo to see the program’s official documentation. Please note that official documentation for some programs is only available in French.