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 MoreFour New Cultural Grant Opportunities
/City of Vancouver Cultural Services has announced details of four opportunities to access or participate in the City's cultural grant process.
1. New deadline for Cultural Grants Program
November 2nd, 2009
Please note: there will only be ONE funding deadline for 2010.
Funding Increase To BC's Community Presenters Assistance Program
/April 5, 2013 - The BC Touring Council, which administers BC Arts Council’s Community Presenters Assistance program, is pleased to announce a significant funding-level increase in the 2013-14 presenting season.
Read MoreInfo Sessions on BC Arts Council Grants for Youth & Early Arts Career Initiatives
/Earlier this month, two new BC Arts Council programs were announced, focused on supporting the development of artists and arts administrators across the province and on supporting opportunities for youth engagement in the arts.
These new programs, the Early Career Development Program and the Youth Engagement Pilot Program, have upcoming deadlines in January.
Read MoreKoerner Foundation grant changes
/We received an important release for the The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation announcing changes to their grant programs. As you know, foundations everywhere have taken a pounding by the economic downturn. The Koerner Foundation has been a stalwart supporter of the arts and we are greatly saddened by their current predicament.
Read MoreDeadline Announced - 2013 Cultural Services Infrastructure Grant
/SAVE THE DATE!
Would your Vancouver-based cultural non-profit organization benefit from NEW, MORE or BETTER space?
The Cultural Infrastructure Grant can help with:
Read MoreFor immediate release
/Help spread the word. Send this release to anyone you know in media. We need to make some noise on this issue!
Arts community extremely concerned by cuts to the BC Arts Council
The arts and cultural sector in British Columbia is facing an imminent crisis. The Service Plans for the next two years show a 40% reduction in funding for the BC Arts Council. The BC Arts Council is the largest funding body in the province; last year, more than 224 communities throughout British Columbia depended on it for support.
"The impact to the province will be devastating," said Amir Ali Alibhai, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Arts & Culture. "The BC Arts Council supports a sector that employs 80,000 people and generates $5.2-billion annually. It is bigger than the forestry and fishing industries combined. At a time when the government is doing everything they can to create and retain jobs, why are they implementing measures that will trigger layoffs and cause organizations to reduce programming?"
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