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The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

Small Neighbourhood Grants available to help communities connect

The Vancouver Foundation is encouraging people throughout the province to come together with friends and neighbours and apply for up to $500 to work together on small projects that build connections in their community.

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Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) Grant Program Now Open for Applications

Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) Grant Program Now Open for Applications

Applications are now available for the 2022 intake of the Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) Grant Program. This in-kind granting program supports meaningful activations of Vancouver Civic Theatres’ well equipped, professional venues.

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Vancouver Needs Your Feedback for the Draft Vancouver Plan

Vancouver Needs Your Feedback for the Draft Vancouver Plan

The city of Vancouver has just presented the draft Vancouver Plan, the first unified city-wide plan to create a more liveable, affordable and sustainable city. Submit your feedback by April 24th.

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Applications Open for $150,000 in Regional Culture Grants

Applications Open for $150,000 in Regional Culture Grants

$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.

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Community Input Sought for Surrey Music Strategy

Community Input Sought for Surrey Music Strategy

Input will help create sustainable, actionable, and measurable recommendations that support the short and long-term development of music in Surrey.

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Applications Open for ArtStarts Creative Spark Grant

Applications Open for ArtStarts Creative Spark Grant

In partnership with the City of Vancouver, ArtStarts’ Creative Spark Grant provides emerging artists with financial resources ($3000 for individuals and $5000 for groups) towards small projects in schools.

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Submissions Open for City of Vancouver Book Awards

Submissions are now open for the 2022 City of Vancouver Book Awards. The winning author will receive a $3,000 prize. Apply by April 22.

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Applications Open for City of Vancouver CASC Grants

Applications are open until March 2 for Communities and Artists Shifting Culture (CASC), a grant program that supports arts and culture projects happening in Vancouver.

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Theatre Rental Grant Program at Vancouver Civic Theatres is Open For Applications

Applications are now being accepted until March 23, 2022 for the Theatre Rental Grant (TRG) program which offers financial assistance to rent the centrally-located Vancouver Civic Theatres.

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City of Vancouver Cultural Spaces and CASC Grants Open January 17

City of Vancouver Cultural Spaces and CASC Grants Open January 17

Application forms will be available via the online grants portal the week of January 17, 2022 for the City of Vancouver’s Cultural Spaces Grants program, which supports the arts and culture sector with their facility projects.

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Nominations Open for Richmond Arts Awards

Do you live in Richmond and know an artist, cultural leader or arts supporter deserving of recognition for their arts contributions? Submit your nominations for this year’s Richmond Arts Awards.

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Vancouver Art Gallery Receives $100M Donation for New Gallery

On November 4, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced it would receive of a $100 million transformational gift from the Audain Foundation, to support the creation of a new building — the largest single cash gift to an art gallery in Canadian history.

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221A Launches Tenant Applications for New Artist Housing

221A Launches Tenant Applications for New Artist Housing

221A Artist Housing Society has launched the application process for 30 units of rental housing located at 187 E 3rd in Mount Pleasant, Vancouver. Applications are due October 15.

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City of Vancouver Seeks Engagement to Redevelop West End Community Hub

City of Vancouver Seeks Engagement to Redevelop West End Community Hub

The City invites the public to attend the virtual launch of W.E. Connect, an engagement process that will help guide future redevelopment of the West End Community Hub, on September 21.

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Vancouver Arts Organizations Can Now Apply for CASC Grants

Vancouver Arts Organizations Can Now Apply for CASC Grants

Is your organization planning an arts or cultural project? If so, you may be eligible to apply for Communities and Artists Shifting Culture, a grant program which combines the programs formerly known as Projects and Community Arts.

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City of Vancouver Opens Small Grants for Cultural Spaces

City of Vancouver Opens Small Grants for Cultural Spaces

Applications will open August 18 for the City of Vancouver’s Small Grant for Cultural Spaces program, which aims to support the Arts and Culture sector with their facility projects. Apply by September 15.

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ArtStarts in Schools Opens Applications for Creative Spark Vancouver Grants

ArtStarts in Schools Opens Applications for Creative Spark Vancouver Grants

In partnership with the City of Vancouver, ArtStarts in Schools offers the Creative Spark Vancouver Grant to provide emerging artists with financial resources towards small projects. Apply by September 14.

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Share Your Thoughts on the 2022 City of Vancouver Budget

Anyone who lives in, or owns or operates a business in Vancouver is invited to share their thoughts by August 22 on municipal spending priorities for 2022, as part of the City’s annual budget engagement process.

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Women: Yoko Ono Wants Your Story

Women: Yoko Ono Wants Your Story

Yoko Ono invites self-identified women to send a testament of harm inflicted on them, along with a photograph of their eyes, to be displayed at the Vancouver Art Gallery as part of the exhibition GROWING FREEDOM: The instructions of Yoko Ono, which starts in October.

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Applications Open for City of Vancouver 2022-2025 Artist Studio Awards Program

Applications are now open for the City of Vancouver’s Artist Studio Awards Program, which leases seven studios at below-market rates to artists who are Indigenous, Black, or people of colour. Apply by August 4.

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