Community & Multidisciplinary Arts
The Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Office supports individual artists and collectives working in two different ways: Community artists who collaborate with groups in their community to create public arts events; and inter-disciplinary artists who create and produce new work that integrates two or more artistic disciplines.
Community and Multidisciplinary arts programs also support community arts councils, arts and cultural centres, community arts organizations, multidisciplinary festivals, and multidisciplinary arts service organizations.
In fulfilling its mandate, the OAC serves one of the most diverse cultural, racial, linguistic and Aboriginal populations in Canada. Through its programs and services, the OAC supports artists, organizations and communities across Ontario, and welcomes all forms of artistic expression and practice.
- Artists in the Community/Workplace supports the research, development, production and presentation of community-engaged, collaborative, process-driven artistic work. Community arts activities involve professional artists and community members working together to develop collective experiences and public presentations that express their community's unique identity.
- Community & Multi-Arts Organizations provides operating funding to not-for-profit multidisciplinary arts organizations and community arts organizations based in Ontario that have at least two years of programming experience.
- Integrated Arts Projects funds artistic processes or practices that involve the integration of two or more artistic disciplines.
- Multi-Arts Projects provides grants to artists and organizations to create, produce and present multidisciplinary works and events, such as festivals, that use two or more artistic disciplines, with each discipline retaining its own identity.
For more information
- Loree Lawrence, Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Officer, 416-969-7425, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7425, llawrence@arts.on.ca
- Fabiola Cavé, Program Assistant, 416-969-7424, toll free 1-800-387-0058 extension 7424, fcave@arts.on.ca
You are not limited to the programs listed above.
Other Programs Available to You
- Aboriginal Artists in Schools supports Aboriginal artists, including elders and traditional artists, who want to provide hands-on arts projects for students.
- Aboriginal Curatorial Projects support independent Aboriginal curators, public art galleries, artist-run centres and other presenting organizations who work with Aboriginal curators to undertake a visual, media arts or craft exhibition project that presents and documents the work of professional artists.
- The Northern Arts program is designed for artists, groups and arts organizations in Northern Ontario. See
OAC’s maps of geographic regions.
- Organizational Development helps organizations build capacity through programs such as Compass.
- There are programs that help individuals undertake residencies in Canada, and around the world.
- Skills and Careers includes programs that support artists and arts professionals who want training or professional and career development.
- Touring programs help artists, groups, arts organizations and performers interested in touring throughout Ontario, in Canada and around the world.