The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

Join BC Arts Council Program Advisors for upcoming Operating Assistance Information Sessions

Join BC Arts Council Program Advisors for upcoming Operating Assistance Information Sessions

Learn more about BC Arts Council’s Operating Assistance programs at upcoming Information Sessions.

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Recovery Fund for Heritage Organizations — Museums Assistance Program

Recovery Fund for Heritage Organizations — Museums Assistance Program

Applications for the Museums Assistance Program (MAP) are due August 2, 2022, at 5 pm (ET).

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AFC Reactivation Program To Provide Direct Financial Support to Performance Workers

AFC Reactivation Program To Provide Direct Financial Support to Performance Workers

The AFC Reactivation Program is direct financial support to help restore and reactivate your work. Apply today!

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Grant Program Available for Music Venues and Concert Promoters

Grant Program Available for Music Venues and Concert Promoters

Offered as part of the Canada Arts and Culture Recovery Program (CACRP), this grant program at FACTOR aims to keep Canadian-owned music venues and concert promoters operating during this period of continued recovery for the sector.

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Individual Micro Grants Available for Emerging BIPOC Artists and Arts Workers

Individual Micro Grants Available for Emerging BIPOC Artists and Arts Workers

Are you an emerging BIPOC artist or arts worker? Do you have lived experience of disability, or are you Deaf or Hard of Hearing, neurodivergent, and/or Mad? Are you interested in media art or exploring the use of digital media in your work? Cinevolution is giving out five $1,000 grants to individual artists and arts workers who have limited access to traditional funding.

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Apply to the Beaumont Studios' Artist to Watch Award

Apply to the Beaumont Studios' Artist to Watch Award

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.

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Call for Applications: BC Arts Council Operating Assistance Program

Call for Applications: BC Arts Council Operating Assistance Program

The BC Arts Council’s Operating Assistance program is now open for professional arts and culture organizations!

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Call for Artist Proposals: Bella Coola Valley Arts Council

Call for Artist Proposals: Bella Coola Valley Arts Council

The Bella Coola Valley Arts Council is currently accepting artist proposals for community art projects.

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Call for Applications: Vancouver Status of Women Community Action Grants

Call for Applications: Vancouver Status of Women Community Action Grants

Vancouver Status of Women is currently accepting applications for Community Action Grants.

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Apply for the Community Arts Fund grant

Apply for the Community Arts Fund grant

The Community Arts Council of Vancouver is currently accepting applications for the Community Arts Fund grant.

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B.C. invests in First Nations language, arts, culture and heritage revitalization

B.C. invests in First Nations language, arts, culture and heritage revitalization

New provincial funding will support and strengthen the reclamation and revitalization of First Nations languages, arts, culture and heritage across B.C.

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Apply for the Yosef Wosk Publication Grant program before July 29th

Apply for the Yosef Wosk Publication Grant program before July 29th

Do you have an upcoming project relating to heritage in Vancouver? Perhaps an exhibit, book or podcast has been stalling, looking for support. If so, please consider applying to the Yosef Wosk Publication Grant program.

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Grants to help youth in and from care take part in sport and cultural activities

Grants to help youth in and from care take part in sport and cultural activities

The Province is creating a new grant program to help children and youth during and after government care participate in sport, physical and cultural activities.

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Granting 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.

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Launch Festival of Emerging Artists deadline approaching

Launch Festival of Emerging Artists deadline approaching

Launch 2022 will take place as a full day masterclass including time for studio sharing of creative work and feedback, and presentations and discussions on the business side of art making. As part of this format, all participating emerging artists will be given 3 minutes to share a sample of their creative work.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 17, 2022 at midnight

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Support the Artist Survival and Healing Fund this May 18

Vines Art Festival is organizing their first official Fundraiser for the Artist Survival and Healing Fund. For more information about the Fund, please click here

Artists are often under-resourced, subject to debilitating systemic barriers, and are in dire need of space and time for healing from the trauma inherent in navigating all of the above and more. 

Having access to this fund can help artists whose tenuous financial stability makes it hard to bounce back from the emergencies that come up in life.

The fundraiser, held on 18 May 2022 at 6:30 pm will include a delicious meal from Tamam: Fine Palestinian Food and will showcase some of the most enchanting performances from drag artists, poets and musicians alike. There will also be a silent auction throughout the evening, generously donated by local artists, businesses and community members. 

Performers will include Chelsea D.E. Johnson, Maiden China, King Fisher, Toddy, erica hiroko isomura, DJ Kota, Oliver Barnes.

You can get tickets here.

ADDITIONAL WAYS YOU CAN HELP

  • Become an Artist Care Community Partner. $250, $500, $1000. Vines will shoutout and thank all community partners both at the event and on social media. Support via Canada Helps

  • Like to personally support this cause? Donations can be made via Canada Helps or on their website

  • Don’t have capacity for any of the above? Share this information via email, on social media or in your organization’s newsletter.

[copy courtesy of Vines Art Festival]

$50 million Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund Distributed To These Four Arts Organizations

$50 million Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund Distributed To These Four Arts Organizations

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:

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Two weeks left to apply to the 2022 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival

Two weeks left to apply to the 2022 Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival

Applications still open for Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival!

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Small Neighbourhood Grants available to help communities connect

The Vancouver Foundation is encouraging people throughout the province to come together with friends and neighbours and apply for up to $500 to work together on small projects that build connections in their community.

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Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) Grant Program Now Open for Applications

Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) Grant Program Now Open for Applications

Applications are now available for the 2022 intake of the Vancouver Civic Theatres (VCT) Grant Program. This in-kind granting program supports meaningful activations of Vancouver Civic Theatres’ well equipped, professional venues.

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