Call for Applications: BC Arts Council Operating Assistance Program

The following is excerpted from the BC Arts Council.

As part of Extending Foundations: Action Plan 2022 -2024, the BC Arts Council is launching a revised Operating Assistance program for 2022/23, with changes including:

• One Operating Assistance program deadline for all applicants;

• Extending the application intake period from 6 to 13 weeks;

• Expanded eligibility based on funding and organizational history;

• Return to a two-year funding cycle for all applicants;

• Application Assistance funding available for organizations with a primary purpose to serve Deaf or disability arts practices;

• Streamlined program guidelines;

• Updated assessment criteria in alignment with Extending Foundations;

• Opportunities for oral and video submissions as part of the application process; and

• Implementation of Designated Priority Groups

The Operating Assistance program is now accepting applications from:

• Arts & Cultural Service Organizations

• Literary Arts Organizations

• Book Publishers

• Performing Arts Organizations

• Professional Arts Festivals

• Professional Arts Training Organizations

• Public Museums and Indigenous Cultural Centres

• Visual Arts and Media Arts Organizations

The Operating Assistance intake for Community Arts Organizations will be announced later this summer.

The deadline for all Operating programs is September 15, 2022.

To read the full news release, click here.