BC arts funding
Duncan and Chemainus get $30,000 in Spirit cash Legacy: Money for post-Olympics cultural celebrations in communities
Duncan and Chemainus are two of 49 B.C. communities to share more than $1 million the province is using to commemorate B.C.’s 2010 Olympic success. This time it’s all about arts and culture with a series of BC Spirit Festivals scheduled for next February. Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux announced the handout [...]
Northern Communities to see Provincial Funding For Spirit Festivals in 2011
Over $70,000 will be coming to northern communities to lead spirit festivals next February. Minister for Community, Sport and Cultural Development Stephanie Cadieux announced today that to commemorate the provinces’ 2010 Olympic success, 49- communities will share just over a million dollars. The money is going to local arts and cultural organizations throughout the province [...]
Prince George Symphony Gets 50- G’s
The Prince George Symphony Orchestra will lead BC Spirit Festivals next February to commemorate B.C.’s 2010 Olympic success thanks to $50,000 from the Province. BC Spirit Festivals will bring together artists, cultural organizations, creative industries and local citizens to celebrate the spirit of British Columbia. Featured activities will include visual arts exhibitions, public museum programs, [...]
B.C. hands out just $1 million of the $3 million promised for Spirit Festivals
The B.C. government has announced that 49 communities will share just over $1 million to lead B.C. Spirit Festivals in February—one-third of the $3 million originally promised for the program. According to a news release, $1,077,224 will be dispersed to local arts councils, First Nations groups, and arts associations. The grants range from $2,000 each [...]
Culture Minister Cadieux on arts funding: government must balance priorities
Will the 2011 B.C. budget reflect the recommendations of the bipartisan finance committee when it comes to funding for the arts? Time will tell, but recent comments by Minister for Community, Sport, and Cultural Development Stephanie Cadieux aren’t likely to buoy the spirits of the province’s cultural sector. In a conversation with the Straight about the committee’s [...]
Burnaby festivals grant program almost ready to roll
A city pilot program to provide grants for community festivals and special events is readying for a January launch. The three-year pilot will fund a maximum of $250,000 annually in grants to Burnaby-based non-profit groups, said a city staff report. Applicants will have to demonstrate proof of additional funding sources as well as partnerships and [...]
Select Standing Committee on Finance recommends increase in arts funding
The province’s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has recommended that arts funding be made a high priority in the 2011/12 budget. The bipartisan committee, which has been conducting hearings throughout the province since September 15, released its recommendations today. For the second year in a row, the committee called on the province [...]
Gordon Campbell snubs artists with an end run around a legislative committee
B.C.’s cultural sector has been snookered again by Premier Gordon Campbell. In September, members of the arts community devoted a great deal of time and energy preparing submissions to the legislature’s committee on finance and government services. The committee was holding hearings across the province as part of the 2011-12 budget-consultation process. Finance Minister Colin [...]
Greater Victoria arts groups grapple with uncertainty on grants
In the last 18 months, the Victoria Conservatory of Music managed to lop nearly $1.5 million off its accumulated debt of $2 million. That’s a lot of lopping. But in the midst of that big-time belt-tightening, the B.C. Arts Council cut the conservatory’s grant to $55,000 this year from $110,000 last year. Then it restored [...]
New Culture minister Stephanie Cadieux asserts arts council’s independence
Newly minted Minister for Community, Sport and Cultural Development Stephanie Cadieux has asserted her support for the B.C. Arts Council’s independence from the provincial government—a relationship that came under scrutiny in August, when former council chair Jane Danzo publicly resigned from the granting agency. Among other concerns, Danzo’s resignation letter voiced concern about the arts [...]
Arts community divided over Premier Gordon Campbell’s legacy
Members of the B.C. arts community have mixed views over the legacy that Gordon Campbell leaves behind. While the outgoing premier has been the focus of much ire over recent cuts to the B.C. Arts Council and to gaming grants, some in the community say his track record is not all doom and gloom. “As [...]
Money remains challenge for culture ministry
Stephanie Cadieux reiterated her government’s commitment to arts and culture in B.C. in her first speech just three days after appointment as Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. But she stopped short of committing additional funding to arts, culture and heritage groups in B.C. “Money is a challenge,” Cadieux said during her address to [...]
Kelowna: Funding for arts, culture and heritage up for grabs
Information, guidelines and application forms for the 2011 arts, culture and heritage operating grants and community public art grants are now available online at the city’s website, kelowna.ca/culture. Application forms for project grants are also available by contacting city cultural services staff at 250-469-8811. The deadline for submission of an application is 3 p.m. on [...]
2010 Legacies Now fund shuts out support for arts in B.C.
2010 Legacies Now is rebranding itself and will no longer provide support for the arts, its CEO Bruce Dewar has confirmed. A not-for-profit organization created in 2000 to develop community legacies leading up to, during, and beyond the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Legacies Now will focus on venture philanthropy in sport and healthy living as well [...]
North Vancouver: City aids funding-starved theatre: $25,000 gift helps Presentation House cope with gaming grant cut
The City of North Vancouver has produced $25,000 to help bail out Presentation House Theatre after the provincial government doubled back on a commitment to give the arts group gaming money. The theatre will be approaching the District of North Vancouver for the same amount. In his written report to city council, Ian Forsyth, director [...]
