Welcome to Windsor Endowment for the Arts!
Windsor Endowment for the Arts, a not-for-profit charitable organization, allows artists in Community, Literary, Performing, and Visual Arts to grow and flourish. Our goals centre on providing artists with financial support, honouring community arts patrons, and funding youth art programs.
Since 2010
Arts Awards & Grants Program 2022
Launched in 2010, the Arts Awards and Grants program is a biennial granting program offered through the Windsor Endowment for the Arts to recognize and support creative projects from a diverse range of homegrown talent from Windsor-Essex.
We welcome applications for one of our 11 art grants totalling $29,000; or for nominations for one of our 4 Art Leadership Awards of merit via our online application platform open from Monday, January 24, 2022, to midnight Friday, March 25, 2022.
WEA reserves the right to decline any grant application or award nomination if it does not meet the eligibility requirements. The eligibility criteria and the link to the online submission form can be found on each grant or award page in the list below or on the tabs at the top of this webpage.
All grants and awards are awarded by a jury made up of community members recognized for the knowledge, skill, and expertise they bring to their artistic fields. The Board of Directors of WEA is responsible for their selection. The identity of the jurors will be made public at the Awards and Grants Ceremony.
The 11 grant recipients and 4 award winners will receive their grant cheques or Arts Leadership Awards at The WEAs Awards & Grants Ceremony in May. The date and location of the ceremony are still to be determined at this time.
The WEA Board wishes all applicants the best of luck!
ARTS LEADERSHIP AWARDS – 4 awards of merit are presented to recognize and celebrate outstanding individuals, philanthropists, businesses and/or organizations devoted to the arts in the following areas: Community, Literary, Performing, and Visual Arts.
*Nominees must be nominated by a peer.
EMERGING ARTIST GRANTS – $3,000 each – Four grants are presented to support the professional and creative development of emerging artists in the following areas: Film Arts, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts.
ARTS INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS – $3,000 each – Four grants are presented to individual professional artists/arts professionals, ad hoc groups, collectives, organizations and businesses dedicated to developing the arts in the following areas: Community Arts, Literary Arts, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts.
ELIZABETH HAVELOCK GRANT IN THE ARTS – $2,000 – One grant is presented to foster and support the artistic excellence of the mid-career artist in any artistic discipline.
THE MORRIS AND BEVERLY BAKER FOUNDATION YOUTH GRANT IN THE ARTS – $2,000 – One grant is presented to a graduating high school student registered in an arts program at a college or university.
THE ERIC JACKMAN YOUTH GRANT IN THE ARTS – $1,000 – One grant is presented to Grade 11 or Grade 12 student who completes a summer internship at an arts organization in 2022.
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