The latest news on BC's arts, culture and heritage sector.

City of Vancouver Cultural Spaces and CASC Grants Open January 17

City of Vancouver Cultural Spaces and CASC Grants Open January 17

Application forms will be available via the online grants portal the week of January 17, 2022 for the City of Vancouver’s Cultural Spaces Grants program, which supports the arts and culture sector with their facility projects.

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BC Arts Council Reopens Professional Development Program

BC Arts Council Reopens Professional Development Program

After a temporary suspension of the program, the BC Arts Council is again providing opportunities for arts and culture practitioners to apply for professional development activities within the constraints of all relevant public health advisories and protocols, via its Professional Development program. Apply by February 7.

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Nominations Open for Richmond Arts Awards

Do you live in Richmond and know an artist, cultural leader or arts supporter deserving of recognition for their arts contributions? Submit your nominations for this year’s Richmond Arts Awards.

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Prime Minister Trudeau Issues Ministerial Mandate Letters To Cabinet

Prime Minister Trudeau Issues Ministerial Mandate Letters To Cabinet

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has released ministerial mandate letters outlining commitments each cabinet minister will work to accomplish and the challenges they will face.

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Applications Are Open for Arts Infrastructure, 150 Time Immemorial Grants

Applications Are Open for Arts Infrastructure, 150 Time Immemorial Grants

BC Arts Council’s Project Assistance: Arts Infrastructure grants enable eligible organizations to develop and enhance arts and cultural spaces. Meanwhile, the 150 Time Immemorial grant program, administered by the First Peoples’ Cultural Foundation and Heritage BC, supports reconciliation, learning, diversity, inclusivity, and resiliency through cultural heritage infrastructure, awareness, and planning.

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B.C. Government Supports Fairs, Festivals and Events

B.C. Government Supports Fairs, Festivals and Events

The Government of B.C. is providing nearly $30 million through one-time grants to eligible event organizers to support their efforts to resume safely. Grant amounts for each event are as much as 20% of the total event budget, for a maximum of $250,000.

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HCMA Opens Applications for Artists in Residence Program

HCMA Opens Applications for Artists in Residence Program

HCMA’s Artists in Residence (AIR) program is now open for applications. Apply by January 16, 2022.

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Minister Rodriguez Will Invite the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors to a National Summit on Their Recovery in Early 2022

Minister Rodriguez Will Invite the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors to a National Summit on Their Recovery in Early 2022

The two-day national summit, taking place January 31-February 1, will “concentrate on the recovery from COVID and the longer-term competitiveness of these sectors".

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Creative Okanagan Releases Central Okanagan Music Strategy

Creative Okanagan Releases Central Okanagan Music Strategy

Built from over 1,100 survey responses, 41 personal interviews, 9 focus groups and the UpBeat Music Summit, the first ever Central Okanagan Music Strategy is complete.

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GVPTA Releases Fall 2021 COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Report

GVPTA Releases Fall 2021 COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Report

GVPTA has released its Fall 2021 COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Report, based on survey responses collected from artists, arts workers, and arts, culture, and heritage organizations across British Columbia in November.

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Hill Strategies Releases New Report on Public Engagement in the Arts

Hill Strategies Releases New Report on Public Engagement in the Arts

With the goal of enhancing the arts sector’s understanding of engagement behaviours and trends, this SIA Brief analyzes several Canadian information sources related to public engagement and spending in the arts.

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Apply Now for the BC Arts Council Arts Impact Grant

Apply Now for the BC Arts Council Arts Impact Grant

Arts and culture groups throughout B.C. can now apply for the Arts Impact Grant, for which the Province provided $3.5 million through the BC Arts Council. The deadline is January 20.

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B.C. Announces Permanent Paid Sick Leave

B.C. Announces Permanent Paid Sick Leave

Effective January 1, 2022, B.C.'s first-ever permanent paid sick leave comes into effect with 5 paid sick days each year. Both full- and part-time employees are eligible for this benefit.

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Introducing the Art for Social Change Network

Introducing the Art for Social Change Network

Led by community-engaged arts organizations acting as regional hubs, ASCN is designed to connect and support hundreds of arts for social change organizations and independent artists across Canada.

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Hill Strategies Releases Research on Anti-Black Racism in the Arts

Hill Strategies Releases Research on Anti-Black Racism in the Arts

The latest issue of Hill Strategies’ Arts Research Monitor tackles equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization — specifically, the signs and effects of anti-Black racism in the arts.

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Hill Strategies Releases Brief On Organizational Stress + Resilience in the Arts

Hill Strategies Releases Brief On Organizational Stress + Resilience in the Arts

Click through for the key findings of Organizational stress and resilience in the arts in Canada.

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New Resources from Mass Culture Tackle Arts + Mental Health, NFP Governance and More

New Resources from Mass Culture Tackle Arts + Mental Health, NFP Governance and More

New resources include the culture chapter of the Alternative Federal Budget, a report back from a conference on arts and mental health, and new ideas in board governance.

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New UK Research: "Culture: The Missing Link to Climate Action"

New UK Research: "Culture: The Missing Link to Climate Action"

The latest international research by Julie’s Bicycle – Culture: The Missing Link to Climate Action – combines data that analyses publicly available national arts policies of 25 countries, a survey to arts and culture bodies with a national mandate and cultural ministries, as well as in-depth roundtables and interviews with leading international arts leaders.

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Take the Fall 2021 COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Survey

Take the Fall 2021 COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Survey

GVPTA is asking artists, arts workers, and arts and culture organizations across British Columbia to complete the Fall 2021 version of the COVID-19 B.C. Arts & Culture Sector Impact Survey. The deadline to respond is November 23.

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Rogers, Creative BC Announce $1M Fund for Indigenous Storytellers in British Columbia

Supported privately by Rogers Group of Funds and administered by Creative BC, the Fund is Canada’s first provincial-national partnership focused on Indigenous creators and will also be the first targeted Indigenous screen fund at Creative BC.

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