Deadline: 30-Sep-21
The First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC) is offering 2021 Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations grant to support projects where the primary focus is passing on traditional arts skills and knowledge through generations and includes all art forms – visual, music, dance and story.
The Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations grant enhances training and participation and advances the work of B.C. Indigenous artists, arts organizations, collectives and First Nations. Projects should be initiated and directed by Indigenous artists, arts and culture organizations or established arts collectives not otherwise eligible for existing BC Arts Council programs.
The program will assist projects that include the transmission of traditional arts skills and knowledge as their primary focus. Projects must be initiated and directed by Indigenous artists, arts and culture organizations, or established Indigenous arts collectives.
Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations:
- advances the work of Indigenous artists practicing traditional art forms in all disciplines;
- increases training and participation of artists;
- supports the transfer of traditional arts practice, related knowledge, and skills across generations;
- enhances the network of artists practicing traditional art forms in all disciplines.
Funding Information
- Grants for Sharing Traditional Arts Across Generations projects are available up to $15,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant must:
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- have an artistic mandate that demonstrates a commitment to their practice
- demonstrate the support, participation, and direction of recognized Indigenous artists, cultural or community leaders
- present a realistic and balanced project budget that identifies other sources of revenue required to complete the project (if applicable)
- indicate an achievable project timeline that works for the artist/mentor(s) involved;
- not have the same project funded through the BCAC support programs
- organizations MUST be First Nations or Indigenous directed (at least 51% of directors).
- The project must:
- demonstrate commitment to the development and practice of traditional arts and artists (this must be evident in their written mandate and previous activities)
- have a clear objective focused on sharing knowledge and skills related to a traditional art form in any discipline (visual arts, song and music, dance and story)
- demonstrate the input and direction of the senior artist/mentor(s) involved in the project
- have a start date after the application deadline.
For more information, visit https://fpcc.ca/program/sharing-traditional-arts/