Description
Celebrating youth engagement through the arts
Deadline: Accepting nominations from September 25 - November 25, 2024 (for an award presentation in 2025)
Access the Full Eligibility Guidelines HERE
About: The Toronto Arts Foundation Arts for Youth Award is a $20,000 cash prize, with finalists receiving $2,000 each. The award celebrates an individual, collective or organization that has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to engaging Toronto’s youth through the arts. Established in 2007, the Arts for Youth Award is presented every year at the Mayor’s Arts Lunch. The recipient prize is generously supported by Martha Burns and Jim Fleck. The finalist prizes are supported by Toronto Arts Foundation’s general donations.
Eligibility Criteria:
Individuals:
- must have demonstrated an ongoing association with Toronto
- must have contributed significantly to the arts and culture of Toronto
- must be living at time of selection
- may not nominate themselves for the award
- are not eligible to nominate or receive Toronto Arts Foundation awards while serving as an executive board member or staff of Toronto Arts Foundation or Toronto Arts Council
Organizations and Collectives:
- must be headquartered in Toronto and have a significant portion of its activity taking place in the city
- must have contributed significantly to the arts and culture of Toronto
With the exception of the Newcomer Artist Award, no person or organization may be selected for more than one Toronto Arts Foundation award within any given year and no person or organization may receive the same Toronto Arts Foundation award twice. This does not preclude a recipient from being considered for a different Toronto Arts Foundation award in the future.
How to Nominate: To nominate an individual, a collective or organization for the Arts for Youth Award you must,
- Visit the Toronto Arts Foundation Nomination portal https://tac.smartsimple.ca/welcome/taf/
- Register an account on the Toronto Arts Foundation Nomination portal or sign in to your existing account
- Submit the nomination online, complete with supporting material
Notes:
Along with the name of the individual or organization you are nominating, the nomination portal will ask for a biography, a nomination rationale, and accompanying support material in the form of visual, audio or text-based attachments.
Nominators can save their application at any time before submission by clicking ‘Save Draft’. Nominators can log-in and out of the Toronto Arts Foundation Nomination portal as many times as needed before clicking ‘Submit’.
* Please ensure you are on/ register through the Toronto Arts Foundation Nomination portal and not Toronto Arts Council’s TAC Grants Online.
Curious about the info/questions you'll be asked when filling out the nomination? Check out this handy guide.
Selection Procedure: An award panel of up to 10 assessors selected by the Award Manager will review nominations and recommend a shortlist and a recipient for final approval by Toronto Arts Foundation’s Board of Directors. Participants in each panel include practitioners of the arts, organizers, programmers, producers, curators, critics, commentators and lay specialists. Panelists must have recognized expertise, credibility, and experience along with a sense of history and perspective.
This award is presented in recognition of a body of creative accomplishment, rather than for specific works or achievements. In addition to specific requirements for each award, deliberations will be guided by the following assessment criteria: artistic strength and achievement; strength of the candidate’s artistic goals and objectives; contribution to the development of arts and culture in Toronto; and the candidate’s overall public impact including public engagement and animation.
For question about the awards and eligibility please contact:
Liz Tsui, Coordinator, Program Outreach
liz@torontoarts.org
416-392-6802 x225
