Early Career Development – Organizations

Description

Early Career Development supports immersive and highly impactful opportunities, with measurable learning outcomes, for Emerging and Early Career Practitioners to:

  • Develop their artistic or administrative practice.
  • Participate in knowledge transfer, skill sharing, and reciprocal learning in the sector.
  • Expand their career experience, professional networks, and exposure.
  • Build capacity in their identified community(ies) (for example, geographic, cultural, area of practice).

This program does not support the creation or development of new artistic projects.

Assistance through this program is available to both arts and culture organizations and to individual art practitioners through six components.

For Organizations:

Internship supports arts and culture organizations to host an Early Career Practitioner in a paid internship.

Cohort supports arts and culture organizations to host a group or cohort of Early Career Practitioners in paid professional development positions.

**NEW** For Organizations in Regional Communities – Basic Training Pilot Project:

Basic Training is a new component in the Early Career Development program intended to support emerging and early career arts and arts practitioners (Arts Trainees) who may not have access to training opportunities (for example, post-secondary studies) because of where they are located. We developed this component in response to needs identified through sector-wide consultations, in conversations with artists and arts organizations in regional areas, and through a review of results from recent program intakes.

Basic Training – Internship supports arts and culture organizations in regional communities to provide paid on-the-job training and experiential learning opportunities for new and emerging artists, arts administrators, and arts and cultural practitioners who want to work in their home communities.

Basic Training – Cohort supports arts and culture organizations in regional communities to provide paid on-the-job training and experiential learning opportunities for a group of two or more new and emerging artists, arts administrators, and arts and cultural practitioners who want to work in their home communities.

For Early Career Development for Individual applicants, go to: https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/early-career-development/ ‎

For Organizations

Program Guidelines (PDF)

Application Checklist (PDF)

Application Preview (Word)

 

For Organizations in Regional Communities: Basic Training Pilot Project

Program Guidelines (PDF)

Application Checklist (PDF)

Application Preview (PDF)

Review the Program Guidelines to learn about:

  • How to apply
  • Who can apply
  • Eligible projects and expenses
  • Exclusions
  • Grant amounts (requests up to $30,000)
  • What is needed for the application, including support material
  • How applications will be assessed

Please review the Program Guidelines before contacting the Program Advisor.

Applications are currently being accepted until July 10, 2024.

Resources

For Organizations:
Watch the Information Session for Organizations on our YouTube Channel.

Application Assistance 
This program provides funding for support services required to create and submit grant applications, project updates, and final reports for BC Arts Council grants.

Access Support
This program provides additional funding to support access costs associated with a project funded by a BC Arts Council grant.

Glossary

Who Can Apply

Applications are submitted through the Grant Management System.

New applicants must register and create a profile in the online system. Once the registration request is submitted, it may take up to four business days to process your request.