Arts

Applications Open For Windsor Endowment For The Arts Awards & Grants 2024

Launched in 2010, the Windsor Endowment for the Arts (WEA) Arts Awards and Grants program is a biennial granting program offered to recognize and support creative projects from a diverse range of homegrown talent from Windsor-Essex.

“Celebrating the vibrant spirit of our region, we invite local artists to seize the opportunity to apply for WEA art grants. In nurturing our creative community, we believe the arts have the transformative power to uplift, inspire, and unite our citizens” said Stephanie Barnhard, President, WEA. “Through these grants, we aim to fuel the imaginative flame that enriches our region’s cultural tapestry, fostering a dynamic environment where creativity flourishes and the collective spirit soars.”

Any resident of Windsor and Essex County is eligible for the WEA awards and grants. WEA welcomes applications via their WEA online application portals for one of their 11 art grants totalling $31,000 (up from $29,000 in 2022); or for nominations for one of their 4 Art Leadership Awards of merit.  Applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday, March 31, 2024.

The WEA Arts Awards and Grants available for 2024 are as follows:

  • Arts Leadership Awards – Four awards of merit are presented to recognize and celebrate outstanding individuals, philanthropists, businesses and/or organizations devoted to the arts in the following areas: Community Arts, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts.
  • Emerging Artist Grants – $3,000 each. Four grants are presented to support the professional and creative development of emerging artists with 2 to 7 years of professional arts practice. These grants include Emerging Artist in Film Arts Grant, Emerging Artist in Literary Arts Grant, Emerging Artist in Performing Arts Grant, and the Lois Smedick Emerging Artist in Visual Arts Grant.
  • Arts Infrastructure Grants – $3,000 each. Four grants are presented to individual professional artists/arts professionals, ad hoc groups, collectives, organizations and businesses dedicated to developing the arts. These grants include Community Arts Grant, Performing Arts Music Infrastructure Grant (new), Performing Arts Theatre Infrastructure Grant (new), and the Carolyne Rourke Visual Arts Infrastructure Grant.
  • Elizabeth Havelock Grant in the Arts – $3,000. One grant is presented to foster and support the artistic excellence of a mid-career artist with 7 to 15 years of professional arts practice in any artistic discipline. This grant has been increased by $1,000 this year.
  • The Morris and Beverly Baker Foundation Youth Grant in the Arts – $2,000. One grant is presented to a graduating high school student who will pursue visual art studies at the post-secondary level.
  • The Eric Jackman Youth Grant in the Arts – $2,000. One grant is presented to a graduating high school student who will pursue performing art studies (Music or Theatre) at the post-secondary level. This grant has been increased by $1,000 this year.

Click here to access the WEA Online Application Portal which is open from Monday, February 5, until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 31, 2024,

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