ArtsNL is a non-profit Crown agency created in 1980 by The Arts Council Act. Its mission is to foster and promote the creation and enjoyment of the arts for the benefit of all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.
ArtsNL receives an annual grant from the Province to support a variety of granting programs, program delivery, office administration, and communications. It also seeks support from the public and private sector. It supports the following artistic disciplines: dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual art, and writing.
The School Touring Program (STP) is available to individual professional artists, collaborations of individual professional artists, professional arts groups, and professional not-for-profit arts organizations to support the touring of productions to schools throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Offered in partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education’s Cultural Connections Strategy, the program provides students with direct access to high quality artistic experiences. The program covers touring costs only (i.e., travel, accommodation, per diems, artist and technician fees, tour administration, royalties, and limited rehearsal). This program is open to all artistic disciplines served by ArtsNL dance, film, multidiscipline, music, theatre, visual arts, and writing.