Resources for Artists

Links to help local artists connect with opportunities, information, and their peers!

County Arts Meet-Ups

Past County Arts Meet-Up topics include Social Media Tips & Tricks for Artists with Angela Lavender, Chrissy Poitras, and Ambivalently Yours; Demystifying Publishing with Leigh Nash; Goal Setting for Artists with Christine Renaud; and Artists in the Community Grants with Stacey Sproule.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram or better yet, become a County Arts Member to join our Member Mailing List to hear about these and a whole host of other opportunities in our regular Member Newsletters!

Our County Arts Lab (Picton) and the Baxter Arts Centre (Bloomfield) both offer teaching and learning opportunities for artists.

Resources

Check out our County Arts Creation Grants 101 Session and Artists in the Community Grants 101 Session for tips and info about applying for these kinds of artist grants.
Funding opportunities for arts events and organizations: RTO9 (Regional Tourism Organization) Partnership Funding; Visit the County Community Partnership Fund; Picton BIA; Picton Recreation Committee; The County Foundation (new PEC Arts Fund, Neighbourhood Small Grants, and more); Experience Ontario – for festivals and events with a tourism economic impact; Eastern Ontario Development Fund for economic projects, open to businesses and nonprofits; Seniors Community Grant Program; Ontario Arts Council; Canada Council for the Arts; Ontario Trillium Foundation; Canada Cultural Spaces Fund; OMAFRA’s Downtown Revitalization Program
Local publisher Assembly Press is offering “Guidance Counselling” sessions with publishing experts – County Arts Members get 20% off! For more info on this and other resources for writers, visit our Writers’ Corner page!
Here is a great Budgets 101 resource on creating budgets for artist grants – focused on literary grants, but most of it is relevant for all artistic disciplines
Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC)
Legal Resources for Artists (by CARFAC)
Emerging artists can apply for grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.
Free Website Planner & Guide for Artists by Artistech.
Accessibility in Creative Spaces Toolkit, Artsbuild Ontario
Free online professional development for artists course- Creative Capital Curriculum.
Canada Council for the Arts resources on creating an artist CV
In our member Spark Box Studio’s “The Art Discourse” video series, Chrissy Poitras and Kyle Topping tackle fellow artists’ questions – on marketing to funding to finding one’s art community – about being a professional artist.
Imprimo, developed by CARFAC and partners, is a new artwork management tool for visual artists launching in 2022. It offers simple tools for uploading, organizing, and sharing the history of artworks; creating a verified artist profile; generating certificates of creation; and more.
PEC Chamber of Commerce Free Virtual Webinars
Canadian Network for Arts & Learning
Digital Main Street: Digital Transformation Grants provide qualifying brick-and-mortar small businesses with a digital assessment, online training and a one-time $2,500 grant to implement their digital transformation plan. The ShopHERE program creates online stores for independent small businesses and artists at no cost.
PADE, a project that aims to increase access to digital tools, resources and skills for puppeteers, multidisciplinary artists and arts organizations, is offering a free series of webinars and focus groups providing training and exploring digital skills and tools for building an online presence and connections.
Kick Start Arts!, in collaboration with our member Department of Illumination and SKETCH Working Arts, developed a Digital Toolkit of Online Strategies for Artists and Arts Organizations.
Artists requiring grant writing support and guidance can consult with Pam Patterson.
County Coworking is a coworking space located in Picton.
The Picton branch of the Prince Edward County Public Library has a recording studio available for rent.

County Arts Mentorship Program

In Fall 2023-Winter 2024, we ran the very first County Arts Mentorship Program (program page here), which brought together 10 mentor-mentee pairs working in a wide variety of disciplines including painting, poetry, furniture making, ceramics, writing, dance, and more. Mentors, who were selected following an Open Call and Peer Assessment process, were compensated for their time, and Mentees also received an honorarium to help cover their costs.

We invite you to view the Mentorship Program Highlight document here including photos and testimonials, as well as this 3-minute video for a glimpse into the success and impact of this program, which was funded by the Government of Ontario through a Seniors’ Community Grant. We thank them for their support!

County Arts Mentorship Video from County Arts on Vimeo. Video shot, Directed & Edited by David Rendall/Heliograph Media. Music by Delta Will.

Local Facebook Groups and Pages

Local Membership Organizations

We are a proud member of the Quinte Arts Council and the Prince Edward County Chamber of Commerce.