City of Vancouver Approves More Than $2 Million in Arts and Culture Support
/On Wednesday, January 25, Vancouver City Council approved $2.05M in critical support grants to more than a hundred arts and culture organizations who have been impacted by COVID-19. Through the new COVID-19 Cultural Impact Critical Assistance (CICA) program, 103 arts and cultural non-profit organizations will receive one-time funding and in-kind access to Vancouver Civic Theatres facilities to support their restart planning and equity initiatives. The funding is specifically targeted at those non-profit organizations that have been most impacted by the pandemic, and those who are supporting communities that have been marginalized.
The cultural recovery investment will support a wide range of initiatives, including:
$1.4M in one-time, Cultural Impact Critical Assistance Grants supporting COVID-19 recovery
$250,000 toward an Equity Grants pilot program supporting equity-seeking organizations
$300,000 to renew the Vancouver Music Fund, the first municipal fund of its kind in North America to provide direct support to Indigenous and underrepresented communities, delivered in partnership with Creative BC
$50,000 to support Sector Equity for Anti-Racism in the Arts (SEARA), a community-led funding initiative for BC-based BIPOC artists facing financial hardship due to COVID-19, delivered in partnership with the Vancity Community Foundation
Read the full list of recipients and supported initiatives here.
