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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""></span><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">The BC Arts Council’s Youth Engagement Program (YEP) provides support to organizations<b><u>, including museums & galleries, that have received a BC Arts Council museum or gallery grant in the last five years</u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Funding is provided to organizations that take innovative and inspiring approaches to actively engaging British Columbia’s young people with professional arts and cultural organizations and their programming, through
exposure to professional artists/museums professionals and arts/museums experiences, as participants in the artistic or creative process, and/or, as the primary audiences for artistic/curatorial work and programming.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Funding assistance through this program will support exemplary approaches to youth engagement and the development of programming at various stages of implementation. Eligible projects can include
<u>both</u> new and existing youth programming initiatives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">The Youth Engagement Program builds on existing expertise in the sector by supporting programs delivered by organizations that demonstrate success in artistic/curatorial achievement, community engagement and organizational
capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA">Maximum request : $30,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA">Application deadline : January 15, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR-CA">FMI read the YEP grant program guidelines and download the application at the hyperlink here :
<a href="http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/guidelines/artists/youth/youth_engagement.html">
http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/guidelines/artists/youth/youth_engagement.html</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><a href="http://www.bcartscouncil.ca/documents/guidelines/pdfs/Project%20Assistance/guidelines_YEP_nov2017.pdf"></a><span style="color:black"></span> and then contact BC Arts Council’s YEP officers Chris Gilpin
<a href="mailto:chris.gilpin@gov.bc.ca">chris.gilpin@gov.bc.ca</a> or Nicole Neidhardt
<a href="mailto:nicole.neidhardt@gov.bc.ca">nicole.neidhardt@gov.bc.ca</a> to confirm eligibility to apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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