Well, it’s official. I was so moved by the effects of spending $50 on art that I am venturing to develop a model for arts microgranting in Canada for my Criticism and Curatorial Practice thesis at OCAD. My project will have three major components: researching microfinance, arts funding policy and relational aesthetics; creating a funding model, facilitating a small number of projects and examining their effects; and organizing an exhibition of documentation, along with producing a catalogue.
The impetus behind the project, besides the inspiration provided by Wooster Collective and Ché Francisco Ortiz, is that granting structures in Canada exclude two large groups of artists: student artists, and artists with small projects. I’m hoping that tinygrants will be a plausible solution to fill this significant gap (but for the record, you won’t need to be a student in order to receive tinygrants funding).
I’d love for everyone interested to submit an application once they’re available.
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