Deadline: 17-Oct-22
The British Columbia Arts Council (BCAC) is inviting applications for its Projects Assistance: Media Arts Organizations Program to support the development, enrichment, and creation of new or unique independent media arts programming and documentation including exhibitions, dissemination projects, new works, artists’ residencies, exploration of new artistic or curatorial practices, community engagement and audience development.
BC Arts Council defines media arts as works in film, video, audio/sound art and new media. New media includes information and communications technologies used for artistic expression.
Priority Groups
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The designated priority groups consist of applicants who are:
- Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit);
- Deaf or experience disability;
- Black or people of colour; or
- Located in regional areas (outside greater Vancouver or the capital region).
Organizations whose statement of purpose includes support for and who are led by arts and cultural practitioners rooted in communities as listed above are considered a designated priority group.
Funding Information
- There is no maximum request amount, but grants typically range from $5,000 to $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
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To be eligible, an applicant must:
- Provide arts and cultural programming or service to the arts and culture sector in B.C. and have done so for a minimum of one year.
- Engage professionals in artistic, curatorial, administrative or project leadership.
- Fairly compensate artists, arts and cultural practitioners, technicians, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers. Compensation must align with project and community contexts and industry standards within the field of practice, including adhering to international intellectual property rights standards and cultural ownership protocols.
- Adhere to the Criminal Records Review Act which requires that people who work with or may have unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults must undergo a criminal record check by the Criminal Records Review Program.
- Not currently receive Operating Assistance from the BC Arts Council.
- Have completed and submitted any overdue final reports on previous BC Arts Council grants by the submission deadline for this program.
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Organizational applicants must also:
- Be a professional media arts organization registered and in good standing as a non-profit society or community service co-op in B.C. for at least one fiscal year prior to application with a dedicated arts and cultural purpose.
- Be an Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) community organization or Indigenous government in B.C., offering dedicated arts and culture activities.
- Be a professional media arts organization operated by a local government in B.C. for at least one fiscal year prior to application, with a community-based board of management that sets policy for the organization’s programs and services, and that offers public programming by professional arts and cultural practitioners.
- Be a professional media arts organization operated by a public post-secondary institution in B.C. for at least one fiscal year prior to application, which offers public programming by professional arts and cultural practitioners in a dedicated facility with regular ongoing access to the non-academic community.
For more information, visit BCAC.
For more information, visit https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/media-arts-organizations-2/