Terrace: Art gallery future uncertain after losing gaming grants
THE GAMING money cuts the provincial government unveiled earlier this year have hit another organization in town, putting its future in jeopardy.
The Terrace Art Association was receiving $18,000 per year gaming, which was used for the Terrace Art Gallery coordinator’s wages.
“We were never formally advised that we lost our funding – we heard of the possibility of losing funding on the television and read it in the newspapers,” said Pat Irving, Terrace Art Association chair.
Members called the gaming commission while filling out grant papers in early April and were told they no longer qualified because the program had changed and only youth oriented groups would be receiving money, said Irving.
The art gallery has been here for 29 years and was free to visit.
About 6,250 visitors come to the gallery every year and about 22 classes have come through the gallery this past school year.
“The loss of the gallery would be a serious blow to local artists,” said Irving.
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