ArtsNB Career Development Grants: New Brunswick Media and Visual Artists, 1 November 2026 Deadline
Career development support for New Brunswick artists
The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is accepting applications to its Career Development programme, with a submission deadline of 1 November 2026. The programme supports eligible professional artists' career activities, including professional training, work presented by invitation, and promotional or professionalization work. Visual and media-oriented artists may use the general programme where their individual activity satisfies the artsnb criteria. It is not a specialised, exclusively digital-art grant.
About artsnb
Artsnb is New Brunswick's provincial arts funding agency in Canada. It administers individual artist grants and artistic-development support, including recurring Artist in Residence and Career Development programmes. In February 2026, the agency announced changes to application schedules, including multiple fixed Career Development deadlines each year.
Eligibility
Applicants must be professional artists who meet artsnb's definition of professional artistic practice. They must have lived in New Brunswick for at least the 12 months preceding the application deadline. Citizenship and residency criteria require qualifying Canadian citizenship, an eligible First Nations affiliation, Canadian permanent resident status or an in-process permanent-residence application as defined in the agency's rules.
Applicants must also meet artsnb's grant compliance conditions, including filing overdue reports on earlier awards. Living in another Canadian province is not equivalent to the New Brunswick residency requirement.
Types of activities
The programme covers Arts by Invitation, Professional Development, and Professionalization and Promotion. Examples can include accepted professional presentations, training opportunities and career-material development, depending on the stream. Artists working with video, creative technologies or other contemporary visual practices should confirm that their specific proposal falls within the grant's artistic criteria; the programme does not finance every equipment purchase or commercial business activity.
Deadline and official applications
The next published Career Development deadline is 1 November 2026, with further rounds announced for 2027. Applications are made through the grant process identified on artsnb's own programme page. Grant amounts depend on the stream and programme terms; this notice makes no claim about a guaranteed payment.
Source and applicant information
The dates, programme aims, territorial eligibility and submission rules have been checked against artsnb's official Career Development programme and the agency's eligibility guidance. Application materials and award decisions remain subject to the current official rules.
Career Development programme: https://artsnb.ca/web/programs/career-development/
Eligibility details: https://artsnb.ca/web/grants/eligibility/
This article provides a summary. To avoid misunderstandings, please be sure to check the official page for full details. Information checked: 20 October 2026.
Aion Laboratory and calls for artists
For digital-art projects, Aion Laboratory also publishes its own digital-art award information (Japanese-language page): https://www.aionlabo.com/blank-2
To enquire about paid postings for art and design opportunities, use the Aion Laboratory website: https://www.aionlabo.com/