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Legacy Award preview

This is a copy of the form used to apply for the Legacy Awards.

Eligibility
You may apply for as many awards for which you meet the eligibility criteria. However, please note that the Assessment Panel will use its discretion to ensure that no applicant receives more than one award in any given year. Applications from previous award winners will only be considered following a 7-year period, regardless of category, so we may support the greatest number of Saskatchewan artists.

Eligible Applicants
Emerging or Established Professional Artists who are: • Saskatchewan residents (one year minimum) • Canadian citizens or permanent residents • Graduate students working on a project that is not being submitted for academic credit (as confirmed by a letter from their department head). • Saskatchewan residents absent from the province for a period of up to one year for an artistic residency, arts education, or related opportunity, who intend to return at the end of the term.

Ineligible Applicants
• Presenters or agents applying on behalf of an artist. • Undergraduate students, except where an applicant has developed an artistic practice prior to enrolment at an educational institution, and providing the project is not being submitted for academic credit (as confirmed by a letter from their department head).

Eligible Activities
• Creation of new work or development of a work-in-progress within 1 calendar year of receiving the award. • Activities required to continue with a work-in-progress.

Ineligible Activities
• Activity undertaken prior to the application deadline or after the one-year project term. • Activity undertaken for academic credit or for professional development. • Commissioned work.

BIOGRAPHY (maximum of 250 words)


AWARDS
Please check which awards you wish to be considered for. You may apply for as many awards for which you meet the eligibility criteria. However, please note that the Assessment Panel will use its discretion to ensure that no applicant receives more than one award in any given year.
Literary Award; supported by The Colleen Bailey Memorial Endowment Fund Indigenous Literary Award; supported by The Dick & Jane Endowment Fund Regina Artist Award; supported by The Harry Nick Kangles Endowment Fund Visual Award for Female; supported by The Jane Turnbull Evans Fund for the Arts Visual Award; supported by The Shurniak Endowment Fund Indigenous Artist Award; supported by The Cameco Endowment for Indigenous Artists

PROJECT INFORMATION
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Project Statement:
Please summarize your project in 100 words or less in the space below. This will serve as an identifier on adjudication materials and reports.


RELEASE OF INFORMATION
Your reports and acknowledgements make a significant contribution to the success of the Foundation's efforts to increase support for artists. They inform the donor of the impact of their contributions and support of artists through their investment. Equally important, they help us to acknowledge fully your achievement and do justice to your work. By doing so, we will create greater interest in the donor community and increase our support for Saskatchewan artists. Excerpts from your reports may be included in promotional materials by the Foundation. The Foundation is pleased to celebrate Award recipients in the Featured Artists section of its website. In doing so, we promote your work with a bio and a brief description of the work you have undertaken with the Award. We further promote your ongoing success by providing our supporters with a link to your website, and social media sites. We (the Foundation) are proud that you are an award recipient and we are committed to assist you by promoting you with our supporters and sponsors. The Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts may be approached for contact information on successful award recipients. These inquiries will be referred to your entry on the Featured Artists page. Excerpts from your reports may be included in promotional materials developed by the Foundation.

DECLARATION
I, the undersigned, agree and certify that: • I have read, understand and meet the eligibility criteria for this program including residency requirements. • I am a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada AND have been a Saskatchewan resident for a minimum of one year, have a permanent physical address in Saskatchewan, and live and pursue my creative work and career in Saskatchewan for at least six months each year. For Regina applicants for the Harry Nick Kangles Awards I confirm I am a Regina resident. I understand and agree that: • I retain independent creative control of my project. • The Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts will rely on third-party review, adjudication and assessment of this application as part of its due diligence. • Generally, only one Artist Award will be recommended in each category, but the Foundation has the right to determine otherwise. • If this application is successful, I will receive a cheque from the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts for $5,000. By cashing this cheque, I agree to use the funds only for the project as described and approved in this application. • I will publicly acknowledge the financial support of the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts whenever possible. • Within 18 months after the end of the project term, submit a Final Report to the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts. If this application is successful, I authorize the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts to publicly release my name, community, project description, and amount of the approved grant, as well as post my photo and short bio on their website. As a public foundation, the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts is required to report on the funds it disburses through this program. I authorize the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts to contact me at any time about any matter related to this application and/or any conditions associated with the funding received. I accept the conditions of this program and agree to direct all questions concerning the assessment and/or results of this application to the Saskatchewan Foundation For the Arts.
ARTISTIC VISION / ARTIST STATEMENT (maximum 500 words)
Enclose a description of your artistic practice and work, addressing topics such as: • The nature of your art (genre, form, medium, themes) • Your goals and vision for your work • The development of your artistic practice • The effect and difference the Award will make to your career path


PROJECT DESCRIPTION (maximum 1500 words)
Describe your proposed project, addressing topics such as • How this project fits into your body of work and reflects your artistic vision/artist statement • What you hope to accomplish - your project's current state of development, and the work and progress you anticipate over the duration of the project • What you hope to do with the project after completion (your plans to exhibit, produce, perform, publish or present the work).


SPENDING SUMMARY (maximum 500 words)
Enclose a brief summary of how the $5,000 award will be spent: e.g., supplies, equipment, studio rental, technology, sustenance, etc.


SUPPORT MATERIAL (see below for technical requirements)
Support material helps jurors assess your project against the adjudication criteria. The work samples and support material should be readable, relevant to your proposed project and as recent as possible. Enclose the following information/material to support the application:

1. Resume (maximum 1000 words– include website URLs if available).


2. Samples of Recent Work
Excerpts from recent work
Dance and Theatre
Include 1 video URL (maximum 5 minutes) recorded within the last three years. Excerpts should: • Feature your own work and artistic practice • Reflect the genre or art form in which you propose to work.

Music
Include 10 minutes maximum mp3 file recorded within the last three years. Excerpts should: • Feature your own work and artistic practice • Reflect the genre or art form in which you propose to work.

Literary
Include 1 PDF sample of the work-in-progress (maximum 10 pages, double spaced) and 1 excerpt from previously published work (maximum 5 pages, double spaced).


Visual Arts
• For Digital Media: · Digital images (maximum 20 files) · Video(s) file URL(maximum 5 minutes each). If you are submitting more than one url, separate them with a comma.

• For Video, Film or Audio Documentation (URL maximum 10 minutes) · Documentation of installation performance and similar work. · Do not submit news media documentation related to public relations (ie. print media or television interviews).

• For Exhibition Catalogues and Critical Reviews (maximum 3): · Photocopies of essays or reviews (in pdf format). · DO NOT submit newspaper or magazine exhibition listings.

3. Letter of Confirmation for Eligible Student Applicants
Submit a letter (in pdf format) from your Department Head confirming that the proposed work will not be submitted for academic credit.

4. Other Support Material: please include a list of submitted materials
• You may include up to 3 pages of additional material to support your application (in pdf format), such as reviews, letters of support, etc. Submit photocopies of reviews on 8.5 x 11 white paper (single-sided). Include the source and date of publication.
Applicant name: I declare that the statements and information above and in this form are accurate and complete.