More Local Arts
Arts & Health Antigonish https://www.artshealthantigonish.org/
Festival & Theatre Antigonish https://www.festivalantigonish.ca/
StFX Art Gallery https://www.mystfx.ca/art-gallery/home
Down to Earth Art Gallery https://www.downtoearth.ca/
Old Barn Gallery https://www.oldbarngallery.ca/
Funding for the Arts
Town of Antigonish https://www.townofantigonish.ca/
County of Antigonish https://antigonishcounty.ns.ca/
Province of Nova Scotia https://beta.novascotia.ca/programs-and-services
Canadian Heritage
Canadian Heritage and its portfolio organizations play a vital role in the cultural, civic and economic life of Canadians. Arts, culture and heritage represent $54.6 billion in the Canadian economy and more than 630,000 jobs in sectors such as film and video, broadcasting, music, publishing, archives, performing arts, heritage institutions, festivals and celebrations.
Atlantic Region, 1-866-811-0055 or visit the Canadian Heritage site
Arts Nova Scotia
Arts Nova Scotia is the provincial funding agency that provides support to professional artists and arts organizations, arts education programs and a number of arts awards and prizes.
Visit the Arts Nova Scotia site
Nova Scotia Department of Communities Culture & Heritage
The Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage is responsible for contributing to the well-being and prosperity of Nova Scotia’s diverse and creative communities through the promotion, development, preservation and celebration of our culture, heritage, identity and languages; and, by providing leadership, expertise and innovation to our stakeholders.
Visit the Communities Culture & Heritage site
Canada Summer Jobs
CSJ is an initiative that helps students gain the skills and experience they need to be successful, now and in the future, while earning money for the upcoming school year. It also helps non-profit organizations and employers create much needed summer job opportunities for students, while increasing the capacity of so many worthwhile community organizations and strengthening local economies and communities.
Visit the Service Canada site.
Cultural Human Resources Council
The Youth Internship Program (YIP), offered through CHRC in partnership with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (Career Focus) and the Department of Canadian Heritage (Career Focus – Building Careers in Heritage) provides opportunities for non-profit, public and for-profit arts and heritage organizations to hire emerging cultural workers for a 4 to 12 month full time internship. It also helps post-secondary graduates to obtain career-related work opportunities in culture to gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to make a successful transition to the workplace.
613-562-1535 ext.21 or visit the CHRC site
Support 4 Culture
Support4Culture is a new collection of programs that support arts, culture, and heritage in communities across Nova Scotia. Funds are raised through the sale of designated ticket lottery products via the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation, and the programs are managed by the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage and Arts Nova Scotia.
Visit the Support 4 Culture site
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.
Call 1-800-263-5588 or visit the Canada Council site
Halifax Culture & Heritage
The Municipality offers a number of opportunities ranging from cultural partnership opportunities, to professional and volunteer opportunities. The municipality often requests proposals for culture-related intitiatives. These include feasability and needs assessment studies, reviews, inventories, discussion papers, public art commissions, specialized consulting services, and employment opportunities.
Visit the Halifax Culture & Heritage Site
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) supports artists through education, connection and advocacy. They operate across Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the L’nu people, also known as Nova Scotia. They prioritize artist-to-artist learning through workshops, mentorship, and sharing information about meaningful opportunities. Visual Arts Nova Scotia advocates for artists by listening to their concerns, speaking up for their needs, and creating platforms to share their work. Recognizing that equity-deserving artists face additional barriers to a career in the arts, Visual Arts Nova Scotia works to make resources accessible to artists across the province, while prioritizing support for those who are impacted by systemic oppression.
Visit the Visual Arts Nova Scotia site