Visual/Media Arts Projects: Presentation

Program Overview

The Visual and Media Arts Projects: Presentation program provides funding to professional, non-profit Toronto visual arts/media arts organizations, collectives, curators or programmers to pursue one-time or time-limited projects involving the exhibition or distribution of contemporary visual or media arts and/or other activities that contribute to the development of the visual arts/media arts in Toronto. The maximum grant available is $15,000.

Eligible Project Types

• Exhibition: must present work in a curatorial or critical context with a secured venue in Toronto or online distribution
• Screening Series: including film/video festivals, must present work in a curatorial or critical context and include some work from Toronto artists
• Lecture Series: must present work in a curatorial or critical context with an audience development plan explaining contribution to contemporary media/visual arts in Toronto
• Residency/Workshop Series: audience development plan must include a rationale on how the project contributes to the development of contemporary media/visual arts in Toronto

Key Requirements

Proposed projects must have a secured venue in the City of Toronto or be produced in Toronto and shared online, and have a well-focused audience development plan. Applicants must have already selected the artists or artworks they wish to present, or have developed clear critical or curatorial objectives. The payment of artist fees is a requirement. TAC will not fund 100% of a project; applicants must indicate a range of revenue sources.

Eligible Expenses

• Artists fees (required)
• Production and technical fees
• Marketing and outreach costs
• Administrative costs
• Childcare costs

What This Program Does Not Fund

• Projects completed prior to announcement of results (no retroactive funding)
• Organizations or collectives receiving TAC Operating funding
• Schools that are part of Ontario's public or private education system
• Student exhibitions or screenings
• Educational and religious institutions without clear programming/budget separation
• Individuals or individual artwork creation/production
• Curatorial/programming research
• Screening programs without Toronto artist work
• Ongoing operating costs and general administration
• Equipment purchase, capital projects, publishing, archiving, awards, art therapy, fundraising events, deficit reduction
• Activities outside the City of Toronto

Project Timeline

• Applications submitted to March 16, 2026 deadline: projects must commence after June 1
• Applications submitted to August 4, 2026 deadline: projects must commence after November 1
• Projects must be completed within two years of the grant Notification Letter date

Eligibility

Applicants must be an incorporated non-profit organization, an unincorporated collective operating on a not-for-profit basis, or an individual programmer or curator living in Toronto. For collectives of two artists, both must be City of Toronto residents. For collectives of more than two artists, the majority of members must be City of Toronto residents. Organizations/collectives must be located within the City of Toronto and the activity must occur within the City of Toronto.

Application Deadlines & Notification

• Submission Deadline: March 16, 2026
• Submission Deadline: August 4, 2026

Contact

For questions or if you are a first-time applicant, contact Peter Kingstone, Program Manager, Visual & Media Arts at 416-392-6802 x 208 or [email protected]