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<p class="MsoNormal">The communities eligible to participate in the 2017 round of artsVest have been announced.
<span style="color:black">Museums and other arts organizations in the communities identified below should register for
</span>the upcoming workshops and opportunity. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.artsvest.com/artsvest-bc/">http://www.artsvest.com/artsvest-bc/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">artsVest B.C. Continues for 2017!</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">artsVest is Business for the Arts’ national flagship program that works directly with small to mid-sized arts organizations, equipping them with in-depth
training, tools and mentorship relationships. These components are thoughtfully created to build sustainable partnerships between arts and businesses and to spark sponsorship opportunities. As an added incentive,
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">artsVest participants can apply for matching grants – for every one dollar raised in sponsorship, Business for the Arts will match it with another dollar
– doubling their sponsorship opportunity. The program will launch in 2017 in the following BC communities and we invite you to register via the following links:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://2017artvest-salmonarm.eventbrite.ca/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Wednesday, March
1 – Salmon Arm, BC</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eligible Communities: Salmon Arm and Revelstoke<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/artsvest-workshop-and-launch-kelowna-tickets-31672968702"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Thursday,
March 2 – Kelowna, BC</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eligible Community: City of Kelowna<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://2017artsvest-penticton.eventbrite.ca/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Friday, March
3 – Penticton, BC</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eligible Communities: Penticton, Peachland, Summerland, Keremeos, Oliver, and Osoyoos<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://2017artsvest-portalberni.eventbrite.ca/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Monday, March
6 – Port Alberni, BC</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eligible Communities: Port Alberni, Ucluelet, and Tofino<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://2017artsvest-sechelt.eventbrite.ca/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Tuesday, March 7
– Sechelt, BC</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eligible Communities: Sunshine Coast Regional District<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://2017artsvest-terrace.eventbrite.ca/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">Thursday, March
9 – Terrace, BC</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eligible Communities: Terrace, Smithers, Kitimat, Prince Rupert<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">To read the full press release please
<a href="http://www.artsvest.com/2017/02/4715/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">click here</span></a>.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The program provides local arts organizations with:</span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Free <b>live sponsorship training</b> workshop<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Individualized <b>mentorship sessions</b> with Canada’s top sponsorship experts<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Peer-to-Peer training</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> workshops<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Webinars, marketing and branding <b>tutorials</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Access to our 6-module e-<b>Learning sponsorship course</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">A <b>resource bank</b> of sponsorship tools and templates<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">A total of $180,000 in matching incentive grants is available to selected participants in B.C. who secure sponsorship from businesses throughout the
10-month program. Combined with those sponsorship dollars, this will translate to an investment impact of at least $360,000 into BC’s cultural economy over the period of one program year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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see the results of the program to date, <a href="http://www.artsvest.com/results/"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">click here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">artsVest™ British Columbia is a sponsorship training and matching incentive program of Business for the Arts and is delivered with funding support
from the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and the City of Kelowna.</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">For more information, please contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Kenji Maeda<br>
Program Manager, artsVest B.C.<br>
<a href="http://"><span style="color:#00B6F1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none">k_maeda@businessforthearts.org</span></a><br>
(604) 619-2610<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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