Deadline: 17-Oct-22
The British Columbia Arts Council has launched the applications for its Project Assistance: Professional Arts Festivals Program to support the development, enrichment, and creation of new or unique public programming through a specific project, component, or programming initiative within an existing festival.
A festival is an event that includes related arts and cultural activities and programming presented over a continuous period of more than one day. Awards through this program are intended to encourage specific art forms or practices, increase the availability of professional arts in the community, and support the artistic programming of festivals. Awards are not available to support a festival in its entirety.
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 $30,000.
Eligibility Criteria
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To be eligible, an applicant must:
- Provide public arts and culture programming and engagement, 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.
For more information, visit Professional Arts Festivals.
For more information, visit https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/program/professional-arts-festivals-2/