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Browse our funding opportunities to discover how AFA funding can support your personal artistic practice or your organization's arts programming or projects.

Arts Presenting Project Funding

Deadline: Dec 1/20

Funding supporting the public presentation of professional artists by reimbursing a portion of fees.

Community Support Organizations Operating Funding

Deadline: Mar 1/21

Annual funding for not-for-profit community organizations that provide arts programs and services.

Cultural Relations Individual Project Funding

Deadline: Dec 31/22

Funding to support artists who are formally invited to represent Alberta or Canada.

Cultural Relations Organization Project Funding

Deadline: Dec 31/22

Funding to support art presentations that have been formally invited to present outside of Alberta.

Dr. MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship

Deadline: Mar 1/21

This scholarship of $5,000 is awarded annually to a young Albertan writer.

Literary Individual Project Funding

Deadline(s): Sep 1/20, Mar 1/21

This funding provides up to $15,000 for a specific literary arts project.

Organizations: Arts Project Funding

Deadline(s): Jun 1/20, Dec 1/20

This funding assists not-for-profit organizations by providing funding for a specific arts project.

Summer School Project Funding

Deadline: Jul 15/20

This funding supports organizations in delivering residence-based art summer schools.

Travel Grant for Individuals and Ensembles

Deadline(s): Jun 1/20, Sep 1/20, Dec 1/20, Mar 1/21

This funding provides up to $2,500 to perform or present original work outside of Alberta.