TAC Newcomer Mentor-Matching: Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Curation, Textile

2026 NEWCOMER MENTORSHIP APPLICATION SUPPORT SERIES

This IN-PERSON mentor-matching session is part of Toronto Arts Council's pre-application support series for the Newcomer & Refugee Artist Mentorship Grant.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS SESSION

This is the preferred mentor-matching session for artists practicing in the following art forms; Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Curation, Textile

*Please refer to the below art form grouping*

Art Form Groupings:

• Media Arts/Film/Animation/Video
• Visual Arts/Mural/Photography/Painting/Sculpture
• Music/Sound/Instrument/Singing
• Literary/Writing/Author/Poetry/Spoken word
• Theatre/Playwright/Dramaturgy/Acting
• Community Arts/Space Making/Education/Storytelling
• Dance/Movement/Choreography
• Textile/Fashion/Costume/Bead
• Curation/Director/Producer/Arts management

ABOUT THE GRANT:
(https://torontoartscouncil.org/grants/newcomer-and-refugee-artist-mentorship/)

Newcomer and Refugee Artist Mentorship program provides support for newcomer and refugee artists to develop their artistic practice and to further their integration and inclusion to Toronto. We define a newcomer as: an immigrant or refugee who has lived in Canada for less than 7 years; a refugee is a person who was forced to leave their home country and is now located in Canada.

The program provides funding for individual newcomer and refugee professional* artists to be mentored (guided) in their chosen arts discipline.

The mentorship application is submitted by the newcomer artist with the mentor as the co-applicant. Both the applicant and the mentor must identify as professional* artists.

*A professional artist is:

• someone who has developed their artistic skills through training and/or practice;
• is recognized as a professional by other artists working in the same artistic tradition;
• actively practices their art;
• seeks payment for their work, and would spend more time on their artistic activity if financially feasible;
• and has a history of public presentation, publication and/or production

The total grant amount is $15,000.

• $7,500 is paid directly to the newcomer or refugee artist
• $7,500 is paid directly to the mentor.

If you are a newcomer or refugee artist and you need help finding a mentor or accessing translation services, please contact:
Liza Mattimore, Strategic Programs Manager: liza[at]torontoartscouncil[dot]org

For translated guidelines you can download directly from here: https://torontoartscouncil.org/grants/newcomer-and-refugee-artist-mentorship/

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