Canada Art Council: Annual Report
/The report illustrates the impact of the Council’s investments and leadership in helping to rebuild the arts sector.
Read MoreThe latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.
Apply For Individual Arts Awards
/Individual Arts Awards: Visual Artists provides funding to assist professional visual artists, contemporary and traditional craft artists, and independent critics and curators with the creation of specific projects.
Read MoreApplications are open for the Arts Impact Program
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Arts Impact Grants program is now accepting applications.
Brought to you by the BC Arts Council, the program is a responsive and flexible initiative created in response to the continued need for financial support following the COVID-19 pandemic.
The grant allows applicants to prioritize a specific project or group of related activities that will provide the most meaningful impact to their organization, practice, or community, and lead to significant outcomes during this time of recovery, renewal, and change.
Register here for a free information session on November 1, 2022 @ 3:30pm.
For info or to apply, visit their website.
Deadline: December 1, 2022.
New, more accessible supports coming to B.C.’s arts, culture sector
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New arts funding will increase access and remove barriers to funding for equity-deserving arts and cultural organizations to benefit more people in B.C.’s arts sector.
Read MoreRecovery Fund for Heritage Organizations — Museums Assistance Program
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Applications for the Museums Assistance Program (MAP) are due August 2, 2022, at 5 pm (ET).
Read MoreAFC Reactivation Program To Provide Direct Financial Support to Performance Workers
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The AFC Reactivation Program is direct financial support to help restore and reactivate your work. Apply today!
Read MoreApply to the Beaumont Studios' Artist to Watch Award
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The Beaumont Studios’ Artist to Watch Award is seeking artists and collectives looking for funding, resources and exposure. This award is designed to showcase a diverse array of talent, and help to develop the next wave of creativity in our city.
Read MoreCall for Applications: BC Arts Council Operating Assistance Program
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The BC Arts Council’s Operating Assistance program is now open for professional arts and culture organizations!
Read MoreCall for Artist Proposals: Bella Coola Valley Arts Council
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The Bella Coola Valley Arts Council is currently accepting artist proposals for community art projects.
Read MoreGranting programs available in BC for projects at the intersection of arts and technology
/The deadline is approaching for the Interactive Fund, one of the only granting programs available in BC for projects at the intersection of arts and technology.
Read More$50 million Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund Distributed To These Four Arts Organizations
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On May 3, at the National Culture Summit, the Government announced that the following organizations have been identified to provide direct financial assistance to independent and self-employed workers in the live performance sector experiencing financial hardship and requiring emergency support:
Unison Benevolent Fund (Music Sector)
The AFC (Theatre sector and technical disciplines)
Canadian Dance Assembly (Dance)
La Fondation des artistes (All sectors and disciplines within Quebec)
Nominate a director, playwright, or designer you know to win a $100,000 theatre award
/Canada’s $100,000 theatre award celebrates the transformative and influential work of directors, playwrights, and designers, and this fall, the 2022 Siminovitch Prize spotlight will shine on directors!
Do you know an exceptional director working in English or French who deserves national recognition, $75,000, and the opportunity to support an emerging artist with mentorship and $25,000?
Read MoreApplications Open for $150,000 in Regional Culture Grants
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$150,000 in funding is available via regional project grants, which support creation, production, dissemination, audience development, research, project staff and/or administrative capacity building.
Read MoreCommunity and Neighbourhood Arts Development Grants Program and Workshops
/The Community and Neighbourhood Arts Development program supports artist and community-driven collaborations, cultural events and parades that celebrate and promote Vancouver's unique communities and neighbourhoods through arts and cultural activities ranging from amateur to professional practices.
Read MoreCanadian Heritage Announces $2 Million Investment in artsVest Program
/TORONTO, January 10, 2013 - A new investment from the Harper Government will stimulate corporate sponsorship and investment in the arts and culture. Funding for artsVest, an initiative of the association Business for the Arts, was announced by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages.
Read MoreBC Government Announces New Arts and Cultural Funding Programs
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For Immediate Release
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January 9, 2013
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
BC creates new opportunities for arts funding
Read MoreArts & Culture Grants from Vancouver Foundation - New Guidelines
/The follwing is a major funding policy guidelines announcement from the Vancouver Foundation.
Dear Arts and Culture Partner:
Read MoreNEWS: UBC study, Kelowna's creative sector a $144M economic driver
/UBC study: Kelowna's creative sector a $144M economic driver
Kelowna's creative sector generates $37.8 million in wages annually and has an annual economic impact of $143.8 million. Those are just two of the key findings in a new economic impact study led by Bernard Momer, associate professor of geography at UBC's Okanagan campus.
The Creative Sector in Kelowna, British Columbia: An Economic Impact Assessment follows up on a 1998 assessment of the contribution of arts and culture to the economy of the wider Central Okanagan region.
Read MoreNEWS: Canadian Arts Coalition applauds Canada Prize decision
/Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 – The Canadian Arts Coalition applauds the Government of Canada for its decision to appoint the Canada Council for the Arts as administrator of the new Canada Prizes for Arts and Creativity.
