Touring and presenting grant

The Touring and Presenting component seeks to improve access to the works of professional arts organizations and artists in New Brunswick, as well as to cultivate greater audience awareness and appreciation for their works.

Touring component: grants apply to the touring of completed works to multiple municipalities in the province. 

Presenting component: grants apply to the presentation of works by professional artists.

Increase the accessibility and distribution of works by New Brunswick arts organizations across the province by improving the terms for presentation.

Deadlines for this program are outlined in the program call on the Arts Culture NB Portal.

The grant is provided to professional arts organizations based on the evaluation of the proposed touring or arts programming project.

The program is open to professional arts presenters legally constituted in New Brunswick who meet the following criteria:

• the principal mandate of the organization consists of presenting performances and/or exhibits in one or several artistic disciplines
• the staff and/or volunteers of the organization have professional training and/or related experience in the areas of presenting performances and/or exhibits in one or several artistic disciplines

Applications submitted to this program are evaluated according to the program objectives and criteria, including general and contextual information about the organization, the nature and quality of the work outlined in the application and potential impacts.

Please refer to the guidelines on the Arts Culture NB Portal, which contain important information about this program's criteria.

For Professional Artist & Compensated at Industry Standard: the department reflects its commitment to the status of the artist (publication) across programs, including by encouraging fair remuneration for the professional engagement of artists.

• please refer to the definition of a professional artist (publication) to determine if an individual's career activities meet the criteria
• for compensation, refer to the most suitable recommended minimum fee(s) featured in a fee scale maintained by an association on the Certification Register; if no scale is available, rationale is still encouraged

In the case of disagreement concerning the interpretation of policies and programs, the department reserves the right to final interpretation of the intent and implementation of a program. The department reserves the right to revise programs at any time without notice. The Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture is subject to the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.