Deadline: 2-Nov-23
The British Columbia Arts Council (BCAC) has launched the Project Assistance Program to support eligible arts and culture organizations in the development and delivery of training activities through a specific project or component within the organization’s overall activities.
Priority Groups
- The BC Arts Council’s designated priority groups include applicants and arts and cultural practitioners who are:
- Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit) Peoples
- Deaf or experience disability
- Black or people of colour
- Located in areas outside greater Vancouver or the capital region
Funding Information
- There is no maximum request amount, but project assistance grants typically range from $5,000 to $20,000.
- Requests for amounts beyond this range must include a clear rationale for why the project requires a higher amount.
Examples of Eligible Projects
- Examples of eligible activities include but are not limited to:
- Professional skills development for artists, arts and cultural workers, arts and cultural practitioners, including workshops, artists’ residencies, and activities that develop the arts sector
- Examples of activities that are not eligible for support in this program:
- Activities where learning or skills development is not the primary purpose
- Self-directed or self-led learning activities
- Projects with a sole focus on the creation or commissioning of new work
- General operating expenses and activities, ongoing expenses, or annual artistic programming plans
- Projects or activities that do not involve or benefit artists or arts and cultural practitioners and professionals
- Projects or activities that do not have a clearly defined arts and culture focus
Eligibility Criteria
- Professional Arts Training Organization Applicants
- To be eligible, an organization must be:
- A professional arts training 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:
- The majority of key staff (paid or volunteer) and board members based in B.C.
- Creative control and decision making for programming and engagement primarily maintained within the organization and by leadership based in B.C.
- A purpose or mandate to provide professional-level training for artists and cultural workers. or
- A purpose or mandate to provide services to the arts and culture sector in B.C.
- Operations and activities that reflect this purpose or mandate. or
- An Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) community 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:
- The majority of key staff (paid or volunteer) and board members based in B.C. o A commitment to offering regular arts and culture activities. OR
- An Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) government in B.C. that offers regular arts and culture activities.
- A professional arts training 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:
- An eligible organization must also:
- Provide public arts and cultural programming (or service to the arts and culture sector) in B.C. as a primary activity and have done so for a minimum of one year prior to the intake closing date.
- Provide programs that benefit the community at-large and not solely the interests of its nonprofit society members.
- Engage skilled artistic, curatorial, and administrative leadership (volunteer or paid) for project or service delivery.
- 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.
- Follow international intellectual property rights standards and cultural ownership protocols.
- Follow 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.
- Have completed and submitted any overdue final reports on previous BC Arts Council grants by the intake closing date for this grant program.
- Not currently receive Operating Assistance from the BC Arts Council.
- To be eligible, an organization must be:
For more information, visit British Columbia Arts Council.
