[BCMA] Community Resilience Through Arts and Culture Grant -- Province of BC - deadline 2 March 2018

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

February 7th, 2018

Dear Friends of Arts & Culture,

I hope all is well with you. I wanted to connect and let you know about a new pilot program we've just launched: the Community Resilience Through Arts and Culture fund<https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=B137A85CC4F94D4EACA64DF9550EC68F>. Reflecting on the sector feedback we've heard regarding the need for more accessible, targeted arts and culture funding for smaller BC communities, particularly those experiencing hardship, we have designed a small pilot program that provides low-barrier arts and culture funding to support community engagement through the arts.

The Community Resilience Through Arts and Culture program supports arts and cultural events, initiatives and projects by and for local communities. Our focus for this program is communities experiencing hardship, historic oppression, or other challenges that would benefit from the power of arts and culture to promote healing, resilience, and connection. The program is targeted at smaller communities outside of Metro Vancouver Regional District and the Capital Regional District (Gulf Islands exempted), specifically non-profits, municipalities/regional districts, First Nations Band Councils and Native Friendship Centres. Indigenous communities and communities that have experienced hardship (economic or natural disaster, social crisis or other challenges) may be given funding priority.

The grants will range between $2,500 - $15,000 to support cultural events, festivals and community celebrations as well as arts and culture projects, programs or workshops, funding up to 75% of project costs. We're looking to take the lead from communities based on what they feel they could benefit from the most. The intake period is open from now until March 2nd and funding will be distributed by March 31st. It can be spent any time before April 1, 2019. Interested applicants can access more information and the application form here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/arts-culture/arts-and-culture-initiatives/community-resilience

Finally, we are excited to tell you that we are also accepting oral or recorded submissions in order to be culturally inclusive and as barrier-free as possible.


Feel free to circulate this to your networks or post in any upcoming newsletters, keeping in mind the VERY tight turnaround. If you have any questions or feedback, let me know! We're really looking forward to learning a lot from this program and it is an exciting new direction for us.


Monique Lacerte, BA, MACD                                      Sonja Cunningham
TA/ Senior Policy Analyst & Partnership Officer      Senior Policy Analyst
778.698.3532                                                                 778.698.3519
Monique.lacerte at gov.bc.ca<mailto:Monique.lacerte at gov.bc.ca>                                     Sonja.Cunningham at gov.bc.ca<mailto:Sonja.Cunningham at gov.bc.ca>

Arts and Cultural Development Branch
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture
2nd Floor, 800 Johnson St.
Victoria BC V8W 1N3




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