[BCMA MBEN] BC Arts Council Funding Update
Jim Harding
JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:31:14 -0700
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Here is the second of two funding updates, received by the BCMA from the </span></font>
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Alliance for Arts in Vancouver and </span></font>
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The Professional Arts Alliance of</span></font>
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Greater Victoria [ProArt], our ArtsFutureBC advocacy partners:</span></font>
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NEWS RELEASE</span></font>
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For Immediate Release</span></font>
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August 24, 2009</span></font>
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Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts</span></font>
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Ministry of Housing and Social Development</span></font>
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BC Arts Council</span></font>
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BC ARTS COUNCIL PROVIDES $5.1 MILLION IN GRANT AWARDS</span></font>
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VICTORIA - Individual artists and arts organizations across B.C. will</span></font>
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receive $5.1 million in BC Arts Council grants, announced Tourism, Culture </span></font>
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and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger and Rich Coleman, Minister of Housing </span></font>
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and Social Development today.</span></font>
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"This funding is part of the government's continued investment in our</span></font>
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province's vibrant arts and culture community," said Krueger. "The Province</span></font>
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is committed to the long term health of B.C.'s arts sector and recognizes</span></font>
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the key social and economic roles that heritage, arts and culture play in our</span></font>
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society."</span></font>
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The council will award 338 grants to individual artists and arts and</span></font>
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cultural organizations representing a range of disciplines including music,
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arts, literature, theatre and dance. Once the council has notified grant</span></font>
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recipients of their funding allocations, specific details of each award will be </span></font>
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available on the BC Arts Council website, at www.bcartscouncil.ca</span></font>
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"One of the BC Arts Council's key goals is to ensure that excellence,</span></font>
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creativity and diversity in BC's arts and cultural sector are recognized</span></font>
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and encouraged," said council chair Jane Danzo. "This funding helps us
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this goal while enriching artistic practice in communities across B.C."</span></font>
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A total of $10.9 million in funding for the 2009/10 Arts Council budget,</span></font>
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which includes this round of grants, has been provided through the Ministry</span></font>
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of Housing and Social Development's Community Gaming Grants program.</span></font>
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"Revenues from the Community Gaming Grants program will assist the BC
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Council in the provision of this year's grants to artists and arts organisations,
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also reiterate the Province's on-going support for B.C.'s arts community,"
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Coleman, whose portfolio also includes gaming.</span></font>
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The BC Arts Council is an independent agency that supports a range of</span></font>
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activities including funding for professional artists and arts organizations, </span></font>
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community initiatives, training and scholarships. Its funding decisions</span></font>
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reflect recommendations that come out of a careful, peer-review process.</span></font>
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Since 2001, the BC Arts Council has provided over $124 million to assist</span></font>
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artists and arts and cultural organizations throughout B.C.</span></font>
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Contact: Angie Poss</span></font>
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Communications Manager</span></font>
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To date, provincial associations have not been notified of their operating
assistance grants for the current cycle. Normally, the BCMA would have
received confirmation of its operating grant by the end of July.</span></font>
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--Jim</span></font>
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Jim Harding, ED</span></font>
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