The spring intake for our Project Assistance Programs is now open. The revised deadline for these programs is May 30. Arts Periodicals Professional Literary Arts Professional Arts Training Organizations Professional Dance Professional Music Professional Theatre The spring intake was delayed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have also provided a longer application window
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To help address the immense and unprecedented impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having, and will likely continue to have, on the B.C. arts and culture sector, we’ve developed significant updates to our policies and programs. In making these changes, we have been guided by four key objectives, to: support the sustainability of arts and culture
Dear colleagues in the arts and cultural sector in B.C., If you have not yet read the letter from the Honourable Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture I would encourage you to take the time to do so. The measures we are taking at self-isolation and social distancing are necessary to help flatten
Message from the Minister of Tourism, Arts & Culture to the British Columbia arts and culture sector regarding COVID-19. I want to start by thanking you for your leadership in this unprecedented situation. I know you are all working in extremely difficult and quickly-changing circumstances. The impacts of COVID-19 to the arts and culture sector
To focus efforts on containment of COVID-19 in British Columbia, provincial health officials have implemented the following measures: EVENT CANCELLATIONS: Event organizers are required to cancel any gathering in British Columbia with more than 50 people (view joint statement here). GLOBAL TRAVEL ADVISORY: Federal authorities indicate that Canadians are to avoid all travel outside Canada,
The BC Arts Council is pleased to announce the recent appointment of three new program officers. We want to take this opportunity to introduce them to you. Anissa Paulsen Anissa brings more than 20 years experience in the museum, arts, and cultural heritage sectors. After starting her career at the Smithsonian Institution, she worked in
The BC Arts Council is now on Facebook and Twitter! If you’re on these platforms, please follow us and help us build a community interested in supporting and developing the arts and culture in B.C.
We’re excited to announce that the intake for In-Province Arts Touring and Circulation is now open. This pilot program supports organizations, individuals, and groups to engage in opportunities away from their home base within B.C. The deadline for the program is Sunday, March 8. These opportunities could include touring and circulation activities, planning for the
Deadlines have changed for upcoming spring Operating and Professional Project Assistance Programs, including Enhanced Capacity. The new deadline for the following operating assistance programs and associated Enhanced Capacity applications will be April 15, 2020: Operating Assistance for Professional Arts Training Organizations Operating Assistance for Arts Periodicals Operating Assistance for Professional Performing Arts Organizations – Dance
The Community Arts Festival Program is now open for applications. The deadline for the program is 21 February 2020. The program provides support to community-based arts and cultural organizations in British Columbia in the production of a local community arts festival. Funding is intended to assist with the fees to professional artists and technicians engaged