We’re pleased to announce the launch of our fall intake of Project Assistance programs. Project Assistance support project-based grants for specific initiatives. For the fall round, applications are welcome from organizations or collectives depending on the program. Project Assistance: Community Arts Organizations Project Assistance: Media Arts Organizations Project Assistance: Museums & Indigenous Cultural Centres Project
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the Arts Infrastructure Program. The $2 million program will help with the development and enhancement of spaces that support the work of B.C.’s arts and cultural practitioners. The new program is a recognition of the vital role that arts and cultural spaces play in communities across the
The BC Arts Council welcomes three new members: Paula Martin, Dr. Sae-Hoon Stan Chung and Evan Klassen .
Keeping workers and employers connected as British Columbia continues on the path towards recovery.
Dear colleagues in the arts and cultural sector in B.C., The Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Lisa Beare, has written regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and our sector. If you have not yet read her letter, I encourage you to do so. This is a profound moment we are experiencing and, as we collectively navigate
Message from the Minister of Tourism, Arts & Culture on next steps for the arts and culture sector As we carefully restart economic activity in our province I want to thank everyone in the arts and culture sector for the steps you’ve taken to help flatten the curve. We’ve made extraordinary progress in B.C. by
The BC Arts Council acknowledges the profound moment we are currently experiencing; as we collectively navigate the impacts of COVID-19, we are being called upon to also acknowledge and dismantle the racism, violence, and inequities that exist in our society and our sector. We also acknowledge that inaction from any of us is a form
The BC Arts Council is pleased to announce the launch of a new pilot program for individual artists. The Microgrant Pilot Program is intended to support professional artists and cultural practitioners in B.C. to adapt either an existing work or their professional practice to respond to emergent needs or changes in the arts and culture
The Arts and Culture Resilience Supplement is now open for applications from eligible organizations. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted, on a continuous (or rolling) intake. The program has a final application deadline of May 31. The supplement is part of the BC Arts Council’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations who have received
We’ve made changes to the Project Assistance programs for Professional Dance, Professional Music, and Professional Theatre. These changes will allow for more direct support to individual artists and also better reflect the creation process for new work in the performing arts. The Project Assistance programs for the performing arts now feature two categories that applicants