Welcome
Welcome to the New Brunswick Arts Board website. We are an arm's length arts funding agency with a legislated mandate to facilitate and promote the creation of art in New Brunswick as well as administer funding programs for professional artists in the province.
The Lieutenant-Governor's Awards for High Achievement in the Arts
June 15, 2010, is the deadline to submit a nomination for the 2010 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for High Achievements in the Arts. In 2010, one award will be allocated for each of the following disciplines: English Language Literary Arts, Dance, and Music.
The Lieutenant-Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts is a program designed to recognize the outstanding contribution of certain individuals to the arts. This program was previously called the Excellence Awards Program.
Upcoming Application Deadline(s) for Grants
April 1, 2010, is the application deadline for the following four programs: Creation, Documentation, New Brunswick/Québec Creative Residency, and, New Brunswick/Manitoba Creative Residency.
The Creation Grant Program is designed to provide assistance to individual emerging, mid-career and senior professional New Brunswick artists for the research, development and execution of original projects in the arts. Creation Grants are intended to allow artists to devote some or most of their time to research and creative production.
The Documentation Grant Program is designed to provide assistance to professional New Brunswick artists and arts professionals for the research, development and execution of original documentation of arts activities, arts products or art history for archival purposes. Preference will be given to proposals related New Brunswick art or artists.
The New Brunswick/Québec Creative Residency and the New Brunswick/Manitoba Creative Residency agreements establish an annual exchange program that provides professional artists and writers with opportunities for creation and professional development residencies in the participating province. Artists and writers participating in these programs enjoy complete autonomy and define the objectives of their period of residence and elaborate the parameters and conditions governing its realization in collaboration with an arts or community organization in the territory where the period of residence is to take place.
Reminder:
Applications for the new Career Development Program should be received 4 to 6 weeks prior to the event or the activity.
The Career Development Program is designed to recognize and encourage arts professionals who have demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and potential, and who are pursuing a career in the arts. The program is divided in three components:
- assistance to present work by invitation in established arts events
- assistance for participation in residency opportunities of four (4) weeks and less. The artists in residence are to contribute to the promotion and understanding of the arts by means of the artists’ contact with the clientele of the establishments
- professional development scholarships for studies
PLEASE NOTE:
With the help of a Circle of Elders, artsnb is pleased to announce the addition of two Aboriginal Arts Consultants to its staff - Cynthia Sewell for the Mi’gmaq community and Gina Brooks for the Maliseet community.
Aboriginal artists are eligible to apply to the above-mentioned programs as well as to all other artsnb programs.
For further details about the NB Regional Arts Funding Program, the Career Development Program, the New Brunswick / Quebec Creative Residency Program, and the New Brunswick / Manitoba Creative Residency Program, please contact the Deputy Managing Director / Programs Officer, Vanessa Moeller, at (506) 444-4696 or at 1-866-460-2787, toll free in New Brunswick.
For further details about the Creation Program, the Documentation Program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the Arts Scholarships Program, and The Lieutenant-Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts Program, please contact the Programs Officer, Robert Bryar, at (506) 444-5633 or at 1-866-460-2787, toll free in New Brunswick.