Arts Circulation & Touring Program – Canada

Deadline: 31-Aug-23

The BC Arts Council is currently accepting applications for the Arts Circulation & Touring Program to support arts and culture organizations, collectives and individuals with circulation and touring activities both within British Columbia and outside of the province.

Grants received in this program are intended to encourage enhanced professional and artistic opportunities and exposure of BC artists, collectives, and arts organizations regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Categories

• There are three categories of Arts Circulation and Touring grants:
  • Category A: Outbound Activity
    • The circulation and touring of artistic and cultural works originating from the applicant to specific venues or events inside or outside of British Columbia.
  • Category B: Inbound Activity
    • The hosting, presentation, and circulation of artistic and cultural performances, exhibitions, and works originating inside or outside of the province to specific venues or events held in British Columbia by the applicant.
  • Category C: Digitization and Translation – PILOT
    • The digitization of artistic and cultural works for the purposes of dissemination to and access by the identified communities the applicant serves; or
    • The translation of literary, dramatic, other written artistic works, critical arts writing, or public programming materials originally created by B.C. artists, arts practitioners, and arts and culture organizations, for the purposes of publication, presentation, or greater access by the identified communities the applicant serves.

Funding Information

• Applicants may:
  • request a grant amount up to a maximum of $25,000; and
  • request funding for up to 50% of the eligible project budget; or
  • request funding for up to 65% of the eligible project budget from applicants that are considered part of the BC Arts Council’s;
  • request funding for up to 100% of the eligible project budget (for individuals).
• Applicant contributions to the project budget can be composed of both cash and in-kind contributions.
• The maximum request amount is $25,000 but grants typically range from $5,000 to $25,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organization Applicants
  • To be eligible, organizations must:
    • be 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:
      • the majority of key staff (paid or volunteer) and board members based in B.C. with creative control and decision making for programming and engagement primarily maintained within the organization and by leadership based in B.C.;
      • a purpose/mandate primarily dedicated to arts and culture programming and activities; or
      • a purpose/mandate to provide services to the arts and culture sector in B.C.
• For Individuals
  • To be eligible, you must:
    • be a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident who ordinarily resides in B.C. and has lived in the province for at least 12 months immediately prior to submitting an application.
    • demonstrate professional status by meeting the following criteria:
      • have completed appropriate and relevant training in your discipline at a level that would be recognized as professional by other practitioners working in similar disciplines. Training may be through post-secondary institutions, traditional knowledge transfer, or apprenticeship with a qualified practitioner;
      • have a minimum two years of professional practice in your field following basic training;
      • be recognized as professional by other practitioners working in a similar discipline;
      • be committed to working full-time at your practice when financially possible;
      • meet discipline-specific criteria, as below:
        • Performing Artist: have a demonstrated body of previous professional work;
        • Visual or Craft Artist: have at least two professionally curated shows or exhibitions where artists fees have been received;
        • Visual Arts Critic or Curator: have curated two or more exhibitions or published two or more works of critical writing for which you have received professional fees;
        • Media Artist: have directed/created or had creative control on at least one project subsequent to basic training for which you have been paid professional fees. This may include student works which have been professionally exhibited or screened;
        • Creative Writer: have at least one book (or equivalent – 40 pages of poetry or 120 pages of prose) professionally published;
        • Arts Administration, Publishing, Producer, Artistic Support Staff: two or more years of full- or part-time paid employment (permanent or contract) in arts or cultural administration, artistic support, or at a professional book or periodical publisher;
        • Deaf, Disability and Mad Arts: have a demonstrated body of work in or across any artistic practice;
        • Museum or Indigenous Culture Centre Professional: two or more years of full- or part-time paid employment (permanent or contract) in a museum or Indigenous Cultural Centre.
• Grants are not available through this program to support projects that are solely or primarily focused on the creation or development of new works or programming.

For more information, visit BC Arts Council.