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Grant for inclusive practices For organizations and collectives Program presentation 2019–2020

Conseil des arts de Montréal Grant for inclusive practices 1. WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? 1.1. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY? The program is for: - non-profit organizations or artist cooperatives that pay no dividends - artist collectives 1.2. WHAT DISCIPLINES QUALIFY? Organizations and collectives working in circus arts, street performance, visual arts, digital arts, film and video, dance, literature (including cultural periodicals), new artistic practices (multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary), 1 music, and theatre. 1.3. WHAT MANDATES QUALIFY? Organizations whose mandate is: i. research ii. creation/production iii. specialized or multidisciplinary presentation iv. publication of a cultural periodical v. to stage an event or festival vi. to be a museum vii. to be an association, group, or service organization 1.4. WHAT PROJECTS QUALIFY? Projects that develop inclusive practices 2 as part of professional artistic activities and that target the inclusion 3 of under-represented, excluded, or marginalized audiences and/or artists. The grant program is a complement to the General Funding Program, which covers research, creation, production, and presentation of works, including those by atypical artists. This program covers additional costs incurred by specific initiatives. Examples of inclusive practices include (but are not limited to and do not define all such practices): • simultaneous interpretation using the services of LSQ 4 and ASL 5 interpreters; 1 Items in blue are defined in the Conseil’s glossary at www.artsmontreal.org/en/glossary. 2 Inclusive practices refer to initiatives that promote universal accessibility within artistic organizations. Such projects aim to adapt an artistic environment so that artists with functional limitations can participate and marginalized audiences can attend. 3 Inclusion: a principle recognizing that each person is a full-fledged member of a group and of society. According to Mercier, inclusion is a “dialectic process in which on one hand a person with a physical or social handicap seeks to adapt as much as possible to social norms, and on the other, social norms adapt to accept their differences: the development of strategies by which each population, with its unique characteristics, finds its place.” [translation] 4 A language with a specific system of rules that developed independently of French or any other oral language. It is distinct from American Sign Language or French Sign Language. It is used by Québec’s Deaf community and in several other regions of Canada. Source: Fondation des sourds du Québec. [translation] 5 ASL: American Sign Language: ASL is not universal. There are different forms of sign language between different cultures. It is also important to recognize that the structure of ASL is radically different to spoken language. Source: Canadian Association of the Deaf. Presentation Grant for inclusive practices Page 2 of 10 21/08/2019

Conseil des arts de Montréal Grant for inclusive practices • organisation of relaxed performances 6 as part of regular or one-off programming; • guided access to a program or exhibition for people with handicaps or reduced mobility; • audio description, 7 described video, 8 live description, 9 and other tools that promote access to the arts; • funds or support for partnerships or creations that include one or more artists with handicaps, deafness, intellectual deficiencies, or mental illness; • adapted childcare services; • reduced or free admission for under-represented audiences; • facilitating travel to a cultural venue or event for under-represented audiences; • developing or writing an equity policy or guides or protocols governing accessibility; • staff training; • subtitling or translation for a work in one of Canada’s official languages (English and French); • projects that contribute significantly to raising awareness of gender parity and diversity in arts communities. 1.5. WHAT IS THE APPLICATION DEADLINE? Monday, October 7, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. 1.6. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM? In its 2018–2020 strategic planning, the Conseil des arts de Montréal desires to recognize, support, and sustain the development of “inclusive practices,” which promote the engagement of under-represented, excluded, or marginalized artists and cultural workers, as well as universal accessibility in the arts and culture sector. 1.7. WHERE CAN I FIND DEFINITIONS OF THE TERMS USED? Please consult the Conseil’s glossary (in either English or French) at: www.artsmontreal.org/en/glossary www.artsmontreal.org/fr/glossaire 6 Relaxed performances were initially designed to make theatre spaces more comfortable and welcoming to audience members with autism spectrum disorders, sensory and communication disorders or learning disabilities. Other audience members who benefit from Relaxed performances include parents with toddlers, people with Tourette’s syndrome, people who experience anxiety or people who are not comfortable with the conventions of a traditional theatre setting. Source: British Council, The Foundation: the principles of relaxed performance. 7 Audio description: A verbal description of the essential visual aspects of an artwork. The audio is made available to the gallery visitor with a hand-held device and headphones. Source: Tangled art + Disability. 8 Described video: The narrated description of non-verbal elements which may include location, clothing and action. Description happens during pauses in the dialogue. Source: Tangled art + Disability, Accessibility Toolkit 9 Live description: provided by the gallery in real time. All volunteers and staff can be trained to be sighted guides. Gallery visitors are escorted through the space with a person who describes the gallery space and the individual artwork. Source: Tangled art + Disability, Accessibility Toolkit. Presentation Grant for inclusive practices Page 3 of 10 21/08/2019

Conseil des arts de Montréal Grant for inclusive practices 2. CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION 2.1. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS Status and conditions i. Be a non-profit organization or cooperative that pays no dividends; ii. be headquartered on the Island of Montreal; iii. have a board of directors composed primarily of Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada; iv. have the mandate to create, produce or present artistic works or to bring together and represent artists and/or cultural workers from a single discipline or the multidisciplinary sector; v. have a mission focused, in whole or in part, on developing access to the arts and to professional artistic activities. Professionalism vi. Possess a level of recognized and demonstrable competence; vii. be directed by qualified persons; viii. present activities whose artistic quality is recognized by peers in the same artistic field, ix. employ professional artists and cultural workers. 2.2. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ORGANIZATIONS x. Develop initiatives that promote accessibility in the arts and/or xi. facilitate the inclusion, development, and recognition of under-represented, excluded, or marginalized professional artists. 2.3. GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COLLECTIVES Status and conditions i. Be represented by an application coordinator; ii. be a group of artists, regardless of number; iii. consist of two-thirds Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada: no more than one-third of collective members may reside outside Canada; iv. be made up of artists the majority of whom (50% +1) reside on the Island of Montréal, including the application coordinator. Professionalism v. Be made up of professional artists, all of whom meet the Conseil’s definition. 2.4. SPECIFIC CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COLLECTIVES i. Develop initiatives that promote accessibility in the arts ii. and/or iii. facilitate the inclusion, development, and recognition of under-represented, excluded, or marginalized professional artists. 3. WHO MAY NOT APPLY AND WHY? 3.1. APPLICANT INELIGIBILITY • Individual artists. • For-profit or non-profit artist collectives that are incorporated or are registered partnerships. Presentation Grant for inclusive practices Page 4 of 10 21/08/2019