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Still from “Shelf Life” by filmmaker Emmanuel Teji. Matchmaker MicroGrant Winner, 2025.
Still from “Most Of My Days” music video by Tennyson King. Matchmaker MicroGrant Winner, 2025.
Photo from Shawish Market’s Indigenous Art Journey, held at Visual Arts Mississauga. Matchmaker MicroGrant Winner, 2025

Funding Artist-Led Projects

MicroGrants

MAC’s dynamic and impactful MicroGrant program provides funding for artist-led projects which have a pronounced and impactful connection to the public and bring recognition and increased awareness to the arts across the city.

These MicroGrants are made possible through sponsor contributions and MAC’s own fundraising efforts, and target areas of interest or need within the local arts sector, often encouraging collaboration across artistic practices.

The Fall Round of MicroGrants is now closed. MicroGrant winners will be announced in late 2026. The next round of funding applications will be available in January 2027.

MicroGrant Success Stories & Past Winners

$552,700

MicroGrant funding awarded since 2019

216

Projects supported since 2019

$4.49

Sector investment generated for every $1 in MicroGrant funding (2025)

MicroGrant News & Stories

Three smiling people standing side-by-side posing for a photo in front of a large window.

MicroGrant Success: Qurat Dar & Pujita Verma, Spring 2026

Qurat Dar used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce a double book launch in partnership with fello…

A live musical performance on a stage with a black backdrop. Two women in formal dresses sing into microphones at the front, supported by a live band including a drummer, a bassist, and a keyboardist.

MicroGrant Success: Anubha Jha, Spring 2026

Anubha Jha used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Bollywood Reimagined: 70's, 80's, and 90's Magi…

A musician performs live on a stage illuminated by moody purple light. He wears a black sleeveless graphic tee, dark pants, and a light-colored scarf wrapped around his neck while singing into a microphone and playing a black electric guitar.

MicroGrant Success: Tom Barlow, Fall 2025

Tom Barlow used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to complete and release Supersonic Quadraphonic, including…

A wide shot of a theatre stage with six people seated in white chairs arranged in a semi-circle, participating in a panel or discussion. The stage is dimly lit with a black curtain backdrop, and the dark silhouettes of an audience are visible in the foreground.

MicroGrant Success: Max Kingsbury, Spring 2026

Max Kingsbury used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce The Tumblers, a play created and produced …

A close-up, low-angle shot of a man in a white t-shirt and a black baseball cap rapping passionately into a microphone under stage lighting.

MicroGrant Success: JD Era, Fall 2023

JD Era used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce JD Era & Friends, a showcase honouring Mississauga'…

A woman with long wavy hair and bold makeup poses outdoors on a brick street. She wears a black fishnet top crossed with pink "WARNING" tape, holds the chanter of a bagpipe decorated with a small dragon head, and yellow text to the right reads "CELTIC-INDIAN PARTY."

MicroGrant Success: Archy Jay, Fall 2024

Archy Jay used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to create the music video for Restless Dreamer, a remix of …

MicroGrant Success Stories

Funding through MAC’s MicroGrant program has enabled hundreds of artists to realize their goals and develop new artistic projects. These projects have positively impacted audiences and communities in Mississauga and beyond. Learn about some of these engaging projects and the talented Mississauga artists who have benefited from MAC’s MicroGrant Program.

MICROGRANT SUCCESS STORIES
LIST OF PAST MICROGRANT WINNERS

Thank you to our MicroGrant Funding Partners:

The Mississauga Arts Council logo featuring the letters "MAC" in a stylized, lowercase, interconnected font with a gradient of orange, red, blue, and green. The full name "Mississauga Arts Council" is written in a clean, black sans-serif font underneath.
Two logos side-by-side: on the left, a circular black-and-white seal for "Rama Gaming House" featuring the initials "RGH" and locations "Mississauga - Scarborough." On the right, an icon of a simple house overlapping a teal heart, surrounded by the text "Charitable Gaming. Community Good."
The logo for City Centre Musical Productions (CCMP). The letters "CCMP" are large and stylized in purple and teal, with a teal spotlight shining from the top left and a musical note integrated into the letter "P." The full company name is listed to the right in stacked, coloured text.