About us
Partners
We sincerely thank the organizations who have partnered with us or supported us. These collaborations have made it possible to strengthen existing programs and to generate new forms of support for Canadian artists.
Current partners
ESSE
Starting in 2026, the Hnatyshyn Foundation has partnered with Esse arts + opinions to support the the Esse Young Critics Competition, established in 2003. This collaboration has made it possible to increase the value of the prize awarded to the laureate and finalists and to provide the laureate with an additional paid professional publication opportunity.
Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC)
Starting in 2024, the Hnatyshyn Foundation has partnered with the Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC) to establish and support the DARC Indigenous Residency Program. This one-month intensive on-site artist residency, offered annually to a mid-career Indigenous digital media artist living anywhere in Canada, allows participants to develop their current practice, experiment with a new medium, or continue an existing project at DARC in Ottawa.
University of Saskatchewan
Starting in 2022, the Hnatyshyn Foundation has partnered with the University of Saskatchewan to establish and award an annual scholarship that recognizes the academic achievement of an Indigenous undergraduate student studying in the University of Saskatchewan’s wîcêhtowin Theatre program.
Fogo Island Arts
Thanks to an ongoing partnership with Fogo Island Arts and the generous contributions of our patrons, the Hnatyshyn Foundation provides an opportunity each year for a young Canadian curator to work in residence for one month at Fogo Island Arts, a contemporary arts venue in Newfoundland.
McGill University’s Schulich School of Music
Since 2018, graduate conducting students at the Schulich School of Music are eligible to receive a substantial grant, the Hnatyshyn Foundation - Christa and Franz-Paul Decker Fellowship in Conducting.
Past partners
The Harrison McCain Foundation (2015-2018)
Thanks to the generosity of the Harrison McCain Foundation and in collaboration with The Banff Centre, the Emerging Atlantic Artist Residency provided emerging visual artists from Atlantic Canada the opportunity to create new work within the inspiring surrounds of The Banff Centre over a period of eight weeks.
TD Bank Group (2013-2019)
From 2013 to 2019, The Hnatyshyn Foundation and TD Bank Group Awards for Emerging Curator of Contemporary Canadian Art and Emerging Visual Artist of $10,000 were made possible with the generous assistance of the TD Bank Group. This national awards were given annually to support an emerging curator under the age of 35.
La Fondation Arte Musica, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Through a partnership established in 2013, La Fondation Arte Musica presented one or more young musicians selected from among the recipients of The Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Grants to perform at a concert at Bourgie Hall in Montreal.