Fear and Loathing on the Granting Trail: Canadian Art Versus Canadian Bureaucracy

Abstract

This essay is an exploration of the effect of arts and culture grants from various levels of the Canadian granting bureaucracy on the creative id of the Canadian artist. The article posits that the Canadian artist suffers from Arts Bureaucracy Angst, and chronicles the following evidence for this thesis: the infrequent but noticeable onset of sly artworks dealing directly with the granting bureaucracy; the general climate in which the press and government habitually attack grants as wasteful; direct testimony from artists who give evidence as to the extent to which granting ideology/issues have affected their mental and creative processes.

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