BC arts funding
B.C. government letter now hints at how it will hand out other Legacy funds to arts groups
Arts groups are starting to receive letters from the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism saying some Legacy funding will be made available to the B.C. Arts Council’s “annual operating clients“. But to be eligible, their events must meet certain requirements and “reflect the vision of the Legacy”, according to the letter. The letter, signed [...]
City of Vancouver, Cultural Services: New Cultural Infrastructure Grant Program
Deadline: September 24, 2010 The Cultural Infrastructure Grant program, launched in 2009, provides support to Vancouver-based non-profit, cultural organizations to assist with projects related to cultural facility planning, purchase, construction, renovation, or expansion. Established as part of the 2008 Cultural Facilities Priorities Plan, the Cultural Infrastructure Program enables arts and cultural groups to advance their space planning [...]
B.C. First Nations and Aboriginal Artists and Arts Organizations Awarded AADA Grants
The First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (the First Peoples’ Council) today announced that the Aboriginal Arts Development Awards (AADA) program has this year awarded 47 grants totaling $540,000 to Aboriginal and First Nations artists and organizations working in all artistic disciplines across the province. Proposals are accepted annually from First Nations and Aboriginal [...]
BC Spirit Festivals News Release, guidelines and application forms available
The Province is providing $3 million this year to support arts and cultural festivals in more than 150 communities across British Columbia through the 2010 Sports and Arts Legacy, announced Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Kevin Krueger. “We created the Legacy to celebrate and renew the pride and excitement British Columbians experienced during [...]
Editorial: Spirit fests and arts cuts in B.C.
Arts groups in British Columbia, still trying to cope with government funding cuts over the past year, must be doubly frustrated to see that the government has plenty of money for a new, untested series of cultural events. These government-sponsored community festivals next February will be designed, the government says, to recapture the spirit of [...]
Metro Vancouver Cultural Grants – Deadline July 26
Funding assistance applications from cultural organizations that operate region-wide programs and services will be accepted by Metro Vancouver until July 26, 2010. Metro Vancouver provides cultural operating grants to major metropolitan arts groups that serve all Lower Mainland residents. Specifically ineligible from regional funding are religious, ethnic, social service or sports organizations, local art institutions [...]
Skyscrapers and Streetscapes: Why Art Funding Murder Kills More Than Just the Artist
There are many ways to help the less fortunate. Clothing drives, canned food, a friendly smile, or just a simple conversation when there’s something to talk about. Personally, I don’t have much to give away — but I can hold a conversation, and I can write stories. I play to my strengths. Sharon Kallis is [...]
Festivals set for 2011
The B.C. government plans to fund arts-centric festivals, dubbed “spirit festivals,” throughout B.C. in February but what’s unclear is what, if any, role professional arts groups will have in the festivals. Kevin Krueger, minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, said the festivals will build on the success of the Cultural Olympiad, associated with the [...]
Hilary Peach: B.C. government “hijacks” $10 million from cultural community
This originally appeared on the Poetry Gabriola blog. Way back when we learned that the BC Liberal government was planning to cut arts funding in B.C. by up to 92 percent (they settled for around 80 percent) all kinds of weird things were going on. Among them, Gaming was supposed to be administrating the B.C. [...]
Festivals will help arts groups get over cuts, minister says: Culture groups describe idea as a poor substitute
A series of government-sponsored community festivals to retap the spirit of the 2010 Olympics is a way for cultural organizations to get over recent cutbacks in their funding, according to Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Kevin Krueger. “We do think it’s important that these groups find new ways to build their sustainability. This is a new [...]
Amir Ali Alibhai: B.C. government will maximize arts investments with more consultation
We will soon learn what the provincial government has in mind for the $10 Million “new money” for the arts and culture that was announced on budget day last year. According to Spencer Chandra Herbert’s statements in the Georgia Straight, it seems that a significant portion is going to something called “B.C. Spirit Festival Days”. It [...]
B.C. arts groups blast funding cuts: Questions raised over money to be spent on ‘Spirit Festivals’
Even as the provincial government slashed funding and grants to arts and cultural groups across B.C., there was still the promise of a $10-million fund earmarked in the spring budget for a new “2010 Sports and Arts Legacy Fund.” Now, it appears that a large chunk of the money will not go directly to the [...]
Bulk of $10-million arts legacy fund going to B.C. Spirit Festival Days, NDP MLA says
The bulk of the new $10-million arts legacy fund that B.C. Liberals promised in its March budget is earmarked for a new B.C. Spirit Festival Days, NDP MLA and culture critic Spencer Chandra Herbert says he has discovered. Chandra Herbert said Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger made reference to the new event at the [...]
Burnaby: Festivals find favour
Last week the Burnaby city council approved the executive committee’s Festivals Burnaby pilot project, which would see $670,000 per year from the gaming reserves fund put towards festivals and special events for the next three years. This is great news for Burnaby, and for the Burnaby Arts Council (BAC), our member groups and many other [...]
Final Exit show a reflection of the plight faced by Cowichan Valley Arts Council
Themes of life, death and dying — reflecting the arts council’s dire financial condition — are explored in the current Final Exit show downtown. About 20 artists of various media are displaying an array of pieces symbolizing the dilemma of reality and the potential of the hereafter in the Cowichan Valley Arts Council’s bold exhibit. [...]
