Grants of up to $5,000 to Newmarket, Ontario, Canada individual artists, ad hoc groups, collectives, and organizations seeking financial assistance to create, produce, and present arts programs and activities for the benefit of local residents. Proposals may have a heritage or cultural component, but the primary focus of the project or event must encompass one or more of the following arts and/or crafts categories:

1. Performing Arts: Folk Music, Non-Classical and New Music, Spoken Word Theater, Classical Music, Musical Theater and Opera, Dance and Mime, Circus and Magic

2. Visual Arts: Printmaking, Photography, Performance Art, Sculpture and Installation, Painting and Drawing, Conceptual and Interdisciplinary

3. Communications Media: TV Broadcasting, Webcasting and Blogging, Radio Broadcasting

4. Heritage: Material Heritage, Built Heritage, Natural Heritage, Folkloric Arts

5. Festivals and Events: Independent, Civic

6. Literary Arts: Poetry, Non-Fiction, Storytelling, Publishing and Media, Fiction

7. Electronic Arts: Video, Film, New Media, Digital and Animation, Audio

8. Civic Arts: Urban design, Landscape, Public Art, Architecture

9. Crafts: Wood, Stone, Metal, Textiles and Fabric, Mixed Media, Glass, Ceramics

10. Design Arts: Industrial Design, Graphics

11. Aboriginal Heritage: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Heritage, Festivals and Events, Literary Arts, Electronic Arts, Crafts