The Province, in partnership with the BCMA, is providing one-time grants to support local museums, art galleries, historic places, cultural heritage institutions and First Nations communities in coordinating family-based, admission-free, Family Day events. The deadline is February 11, or as funds remain available.
Read MoreOrganizations, including not-for-profits, are invited to submit their proposals to occupy and manage historic Point Ellice House in Victoria by October 1.
Read MoreHeritage advocates, make your voices heard! Sign this petition calling on the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to ensure substantial funding for historic places in Federal Budget 2019.
Read MoreThe fund provides funding for community-initiated capital projects that engage citizens and raise awareness of local arts and heritage. Recipients may receive up to 50% of eligible expenses, to a maximum of $500,000.
Read MoreNominations are open until July 15 for the Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Community Programming, which recognizes projects or initiatives that encourage a greater public interest in the past.
Read MoreThe Department of Canadian Heritage has announced the release of the 2017 report on the Government of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions (GCSHI). Click through for highlighted data on the Canadian heritage sector.
Read MoreThe award recipients will be recognized at the annual conference dinner to be held on Friday, May 11.
Read MoreThe committee had been reduced to ad hoc status in May, and was only convened for special tasks.
Read MoreOn December 13, the City of Vancouver approved its 2018 budget, including an increase of $580,000 to arts and culture funding. The BC Alliance for Arts + Culture, in partnership with Arts and Culture Policy Council, previously sent a letter in support of the increased investment, signed by nearly 200 members of Vancouver's arts and culture community.
Read MoreColumbia Basin Trust is expanding its support for arts, culture and heritage with $11.6 million over three years, through arts and culture venue grants and a number of heritage initiatives.
Read MoreOn December 1 at 12:00 noon, Heritage BC will present a new webinar exploring the perceptions, principles and practices of real estate as related to heritage properties
Read MoreBC Museums Week, which runs May 14-21, 2017, celebrates the contributions of museums, galleries, historic sites, and other related heritage organizations to BC’s communities and economy.
Read MoreA special advocacy issue of BC Museums Association's quarterly magazine, Roundup, includes a piece by Jill Baird, which encourages the museum community to rally behind key initiatives of the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture.
Read MoreThe museum, which opens May 13, "will bring recognition to the early Chinese influence in Lytton and the Fraser and Thompson Canyons, and will create a greater awareness of the historic links between the Chinese community, the First Nations community and other local residents."
Read MoreThe winners were revealed April 24 at a ceremony in Vancouver.
Read MoreThree B.C. cultural associations have announced the formation of a formal partnership uniting the province’s GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives and museums). The three groups have signed a memorandum of understanding outlining the organizations’ commitment to share expertise, embark on collaborative research projects, explore public outreach opportunities and identify joint funding ventures to strengthen the sector.
Read MoreHeritage BC has booked the Robert Bateman Centre in Victoria for their upcoming conference, HERITAGE: Imagining Futures, from May 4 to 6.
Read MoreHeritage BC has opened registration for its 2017 conference, HERITAGE: Imagining Futures, to take place in Victoria May 4-6, 2017.
Read MoreThe public can nominate online for the People's Choice Heritage Award until March 18.
Read MoreThe federal government has earmarked $627,269 in infrastructure funding for Surrey's cultural buildings, courtesy of the Department of Canadian Heritage, as well as $195,000 in celebration of Canada 150.
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