Grant Writing 101 Workshops w/ Victoria Urquhart:

Canada’s Grant System: How does it work?
How do we make that money, to spend that money, to make that money? We’re told as artists that we need to make our own work.

But making work takes money! And why is this such a big part of Canada’s current arts scene?

Have a GREAT project in mind, but unsure where to get the funding to get it off the ground?
Drawing from the last ten years of grant writing and more than 15 different granting streams and bodies, Victoria will share how to speak the hidden languages of corporate, government and math to fund and make the art we love.

This course largely uses examples from: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council and Toronto Arts Council, but teaches skills that apply across to multiple platforms and mediums, including Theatre, Film, Mixed Media, Literature, Visual Arts, Music, Communal Arts and Disability Arts.

Artists are encouraged to bring projects that they are currently planning on submitting for their next grant deadline, or can use this time to brainstorm and test a “mock-version” of a project to develop their pitching-skills.

FOR DATES: click here.

Cost: $150 (early-bird rate $125) – hst exempt

• This workshop will be limited to 8-10 participants. Sign-up will be first come, first serve.
• More questions? Please email victoria@dirtunderneath.com

To register click here.

Type of Class: OPEN

Victoria Urquart shepherded me through my last Canada Council grant application. The process I dread became far less daunting with her steady hand and enthusiastic support.

She helped me through the correct phrasing of an application, and what to target in my process that would give me the best opportunity to succeed. Victoria is the partner a creative person needs when applying to grants such as the Canada Council for the Arts.

Michelle Muldoon