[BCMA] Call for Applications // Masterpiece Study Program Grants for up to $2500

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The YVR Art Foundation is pleased to announce that the call for grant applications for the Masterpiece Study Program (http://yvraf.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d965920549e117ab677d052ea&id=8bf6665fd2&e=a4b47bb486) is now open.
Please see the information below, and you can also download the Call for Applications document HERE (http://yvraf.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d965920549e117ab677d052ea&id=feb879e9df&e=a4b47bb486) .

"...This was an amazing experience and a wonderful opportunity that I will be looking back to for quite a while. I learned a lot and really felt like I was at home while studying at the Museum of Anthropology."

– Ariane Medley, 2014 Masterpiece Study Program Grant recipient


** CALL FOR ARTIST APPLICATIONS
Masterpiece Study Program Grants
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** The YVR Art Foundation is now accepting applications from BC and Yukon First Nations artists for the Masterpiece Study Program grants.
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Grants of up to $2,500 each will be awarded to BC and Yukon First Nations artists (or small groups of artists) seeking funding to travel to one of four participating museums to research/study the museums’ collections of First Nations art and artifacts.

The deadline for submitting grant applications is 4:00pm on Friday,
October 2nd, 2015.

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for a YVR Art Foundation Masterpiece Study Program grant, applicants must:
* Be an artist, or small group of artists, of BC or Yukon First Nations ancestry
* Live in BC or the Yukon
* Be a practicing artist
* Wish to further their art practice through research and study of BC or Yukon First Nations art work currently held in the collection of one of the Foundation’s partner museums
* Submit an application outlining a proposed travel/study opportunity, including a budget, at one of the partner museums
* Be able to organize and book their own travel arrangements to the museum (transportation, accommodations etc.) from their home community
* Be able to set up a research/study visit with the proposed museum
* Be able to travel to the proposed museum for the research/study visit by June 2016
* Agree to submit a written Study Report within one month of concluding their travel/study project

Program Partner Museums in 2015/16
* UBC Museum of Anthropology - Vancouver
* Museum of Vancouver - Vancouver
* Royal BC Museum - Victoria
* The Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Native Art at the Burke Museum - Seattle

How to Apply for a Grant
Complete information on the YVR Art Foundation and the Masterpiece Study Program, including grant application guidelines, application forms, and how to submit a grant application can be found on the Foundation website www.yvraf.com/programs.

Please forward this email and the Call for Applications document to anyone who is eligible and interested in applying for a Masterpiece Study Program grant.

If you have any questions, please contact the YVR Art Foundation at info at yvraf.com or ph. 604.276.6261.

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