Grant Writing Skills for Artists: Build Your Artistic Career with Confidence

The Grant Writing Two‑Part Mini Series is a hands‑on workshop designed to give artists practical tools to build sustainable, thriving careers. Strengthen your grant applications with sharper pitches, solid budgets, and realistic timelines.

What You’ll Learn

• Develop a clear, persuasive approach to funding applications using proven grant writing skills for artists.
• Learn how to structure, write, and present funding proposals that stand out to juries and funders.

Workshop Overview

About the series

You know art. We can teach you business.

This two-part workshop is designed to equip artists with practical tools to build sustainable careers. We’ll cover essential business and marketing skills tailored specifically for artists.

Develop your artistic practice or business strategically in order to see growth!

Part 1: The Pitch – Wednesday, May 27

Your art has potential – now you must represent it on paper in a way that will captivate the reader. In the first part of this series, you’ll learn how to craft a compelling, context-rich pitch that jumps off the page to effectively illustrate the true value of your art project. Starting with an essential grant-writing check-list, you’ll understand how to represent your work with clarity and persuasion.

Part 2: Budgets + Timelines – Wednesday, June 3

All winning grant applications include cohesive, well-thought-out budgets and timelines that accurately illustrate the project from both a time and financial perspective. In this session, we’ll focus on developing a set of best practices for crafting budgets and timelines that enhance your future grant applications and drive results.

Speaker

Caroline Gauthier, MBA, HEC & YES Artist Business Coach

Details

• Cost: $35
• Format: In person and online (live‑streaming webinar)
• Pre‑registration: Required

Don’t Miss Out: Reserve Your Spot Today!

Save your seat for both workshops for $35.00. This small investment could transform your funding success.

👉 Sign up now and take a major step toward mastering grant writing.

About the speaker:

Caroline Gauthier first began her training as an opera singer, earning her music degree at Université de Montréal, before transitioning into theatre and film. Being of an entrepreneurial spirit, she soon began producing stage shows and short films and co‑founding a film collective, where she saw her films selected in festivals in Canada, Europe and the United States. After a 12-year career in arts and media, realizing that managing and coordinating were among her core strengths, Caroline chose to pursue her passion for business by completing an MBA at HEC Montreal.

Known for her practicality, empathy, and rigor as well as her analytical mindset, Caroline has long combined her creative sensibilities with a highly rational approach to move projects forward in both artistic and nonprofit contexts.

As a YES artist business coach, she brings structure, vision, and follow‑through to artists and creative entrepreneurs, helping them develop their projects from ideation to completion.

Pre‑registration is required. This workshop is presented in English and is available in person and as an online, live‑streaming webinar.

If attending in person, please arrive at the YES office (666 Sherbrooke Street West, 7th floor) 15–30 minutes before the workshop begins.

Online participants will receive login instructions a few hours before the start. If you do not see the email, please check your Spam or Junk folder.

To learn more about our services for artists, click here.

This low registration fee is made possible thanks to our generous funders and partners.