Co-productions

Arts Abroad

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Create an account and submit one or more profile(s) for validation at least 30 days before you want to apply

The Co-productions component of Arts Abroad provides support for the realization of new works or exhibitions developed by Canadian artistic groups and arts organizations in partnership with foreign arts organizations. Support is for artistic co-productions or financial co-productions.

You may be eligible for Application Assistance to pay someone to help you with the application process if you are experiencing difficulty and self-identify as:

an artist who is Deaf, hard of hearing, has a disability or is living with a mental illness
a First Nations, Inuit or Métis artist facing language, geographic and/or cultural barriers.

Activities - what is eligible

Artistic co-productions of new works or exhibitions in collaboration with foreign arts organizations, which result in a public presentation or publication
Financial co-productions by Canadian performing arts presenters and festivals investing in new works by foreign artists, which result in a public presentation in Canada

Book publishers – please familiarize yourself with the definition of eligible literary works.

You can’t apply for activities that occur before your project start date, those that receive funding from another Canada Council program or those on the general list of ineligible activities.

Who can apply

Types of potential applicants to this component include:

artistic groups and collectives
artistic organizations
festivals and presenters
literary book publishers

Your eligibility to apply to this component is determined by the validated profile created in the portal.

Additionally, you must:

presently receive core (operating) support from the Canada Council.

OR:

have received at least 1 Canada Council project grant in the last 5 years. This excludes grants from the following components and programs: Professional Development, Small-Scale Activities, Travel, Representation and Promotion, Translation, Creation Accelerator, Frankfurt initiatives, Digital Originals, Digital Now, Digital Generator, COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund, Grow Stage 1 and the Canada-Korea Connections Fund.