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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Guidelines and application forms for the BC Arts Council’s Early Career Development grant June 15<sup>th</sup> deadline are now posted on the website at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><a href="https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/guidelines/artists/youth/early_career_development.html">https://www.bcartscouncil.ca/guidelines/artists/youth/early_career_development.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">The grant is open to BC organizations that are current or recent recipients of a BC Arts Council grant and to BC individuals who have finished their training within the last five years. See details at the site address
above.<span class="bodytextheaderbold"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background:#370705"><span class="bodytextheaderbold"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Early Career Development Program</span></b></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">The Early Career Development Program will help bridge the gap for emerging and early career arts practitioners, supporting their career development and ability to work as artists and
arts and culture workers. The program will support early career practitioners to develop their practice while building their portfolio, professional exposure and/or career experience through co-op placement, internship, residency, and mentorship opportunities.
The program is intended to support the development of knowledge, learning and capacity within the sector and to create opportunities for the next generation of artists and practitioners.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">The program will support the career development of B.C.-based early career and emerging practitioners through four components:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:#370705"><span class="bodytextbold"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Component I: Co-op Placements</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">will
provide arts and cultural organizations from across B.C. with support in hiring students through co-op placements for professional work experiences.<br>
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<span class="bodytextbold"><b>Component II: Internships</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will provide arts and cultural organizations from across B.C. with the opportunity to host emerging practitioners in paid internships of up to one
year.<br>
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<span class="bodytextbold"><b>Component III: Residencies</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will provide individual artists and practitioners with the opportunity to pursue residencies with arts and culture organizations across the province,
nationally and internationally.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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<span class="bodytextbold"><b>Component IV: Mentorships</b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will provide individual artists and practitioners with the opportunity to develop sustained one-on-one learning and development relationships with
established practitioners working in their fields and disciplines, provincially, nationally and internationally.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="bodytextboldred"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">Application Deadline:</span></b></span><span class="bodytextitalic"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white">June
15, 2015</span></i></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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